Posts Tagged ‘P&G’

The Brand and Marketing Strategy for the Cork City Region, Ireland

Monday, December 1st, 2014

This post was first published on the Place Brand Observer blog.  The Place Brand Observer connects place branding thinkers, shakers and doers. It offers case studies and examples of city, region, destination and country branding, and provides insights into responsible, sustainable branding of places, including cities, regions, countries, nations, and destinations. On 1 October Malcolm Allan […]

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Does Regional or State Branding Work?

Monday, November 24th, 2014

I have been asked several times to share what I learned from leading the Ohio Branding effort as the executive Director of the Ohio Business Development Coalition from 2005 to 2011. During this time period, Ohio won Site Selection’s Governor’s Cup award in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 (5 of the 7 years).

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How Investing in STEM Can Help Local Economies

Saturday, November 22nd, 2014

STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math, is the way of the future. It’s where the jobs are, and where America needs to be to remain competitive in a global economy.

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I Worry About The Image of The Economic Development Profession

Thursday, November 20th, 2014

Two issues that have real potential to damage the image of the economic development profession – 1) Incentive packages are getting larger and 2) company attraction tactics are getting more aggressive.

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Make The Short List In Site Selection

Monday, November 17th, 2014

In the 2014 DCI Winning Strategies in Economic Development Marketing Report, business executives cited incentives information as the most useful feature of an economic development organization’s website. That is what the data say.

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As An Economic Developer Do You Really Want To Serve Only 2% Of Residents

Thursday, November 13th, 2014

I don’t know about you, but I would have a hard time getting out of bed every morning knowing the work I do only serves 2% of the residents in my community. When that alarm goes off, I want to get out of bed knowing the work I do can potentially have a positive impact on 100% of the people in my community.

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Winning Strategies In Economic Development

Thursday, November 6th, 2014

In God We Trust, All Others Must Bring Data. W. Edwards Deming Development Counsellors International (DCI) publishes results of a survey they do every 3-years to understand how the private sector makes site location decisions. At the 2014 Annual IEDC Conference, DCI released their 2014 Report – A View from Corporate America: Winning Strategies in […]

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We Have Lost Our Way In Economic Development

Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity.  These are the choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity. There is never a wrong time to do the right thing. Source: Successories I don’t know if […]

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Primacy of Place and The American Dream

Monday, October 20th, 2014

The quality of our cities effects the cultural underpinnings of the American Dream and therefore the nature and location of the growth we choose.  They are interdependent and connected at the root by our sense of community. The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community, and the American Dream by Peter Calthorpe I recently presented at a Primacy […]

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Does Your Governor Deserve Your Vote For Reelection?

Tuesday, September 30th, 2014

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. Franklin D. Roosevelt   In 36 states this year (2014), residents will be voting in Gubernatorial elections.  Hopefully, they will be making an informed choice based on the incumbent’s performance rather than a […]

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