NREDA Sponsored: Monetizing Economic Development

Actions Panel

NREDA Sponsored: Monetizing Economic Development

By Whittaker Associates, Inc.

Date and time

Thursday, July 24, 2014 · 11am - 12:30pm PDT

Location

Online

Refund Policy

Contact the organizer to request a refund.

Description

NREDA partners and friends,

NREDA has developed an affiliation with the Professional Learning Laboratory, a network of professional economic development trainers and their guests who have begun offering webinars on topics specifically designed for the economic development practitioner, their staff, and supporters. Sign up today!

Monetizing Economic Development

Presented & Hosted by:

Dean Whittaker, Founder-President, Whittaker Associates, Inc.

in collaboration with the Pro Learning Lab

Panelists:

Mark Waterhouse, President, Garnet Consulting Services, Inc.

Sharon Younger, President, Younger Associates, LLC

Funding (monetizing) economic development efforts is a challenge. This month’s PLL webinar, taking place on Thursday, July 24 at 2:00pm ET, will focus on both the traditional methods being used as well as the innovative approaches being taken. With our panel of experienced practitioners, learn the concepts and procedures they use to raise the money necessary to carry out the mission of their organizations.

The panel will discuss local, regional, and state funding, cost sharing, foundations and crowd funding sourcing, and other approaches being used. Learn how to engage your community, leadership team, and yourself in the process.

Attend our webinar to discover these take-aways:

  • Why do people and organizations fund economic development

  • How to organize the effort

  • What are the sources of funding - traditional and otherwise

  • Who to engage to help you - volunteers and/or professionals

  • Where to focus our effort - measuring the market

  • When to carry out a fundraising effort - timing is everything

Bring your leadership team to hear first-hand these approaches to funding your organization, and then brainstorm how you can get your strategies off the ground! Join us on July 24th at 2:00 pm for this webinar to help your organization get the resources it needs to carry out its important mission.

Sign Up Now!

About the Pro Learning Lab

The Pro Learning Lab (PLL) is a collaborative effort among Blane Canada, Ltd., The University of Northern Iowa Institute for Decision Making, and Whittaker Associates, Inc., working to provide relevant, timely, and educational topics of interest to economic development professionals in a commercial-free webinar format.

About the Panelists


Mark D. Waterhouse, CEcD/FM/HLM has been in the economic development field since 1972. He is President of Garnet Consulting Services, Inc., an economic development consulting firm. Mark is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and The University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute (OUEDI). He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree and is a qualified Myers-Briggs counselor. He has served as Chair of IEDC; Dean of OUEDI where he still teaches; Executive Director of NEDA; and President of the Connecticut Economic Development Association. He is a recipient of IEDC’s Edward deLuca Lifetime Achievement Award and has been similarly honored by NEDA and CEDAS.

Sharon Younger is President and founder of Younger Associates, LLC, an economic research and strategic planning firm that provides services to businesses, economic development organizations and transportation agencies. Dr. Younger has twenty-five years of experience in her field and is a frequent speaker at national conferences for professional organizations. She is an instructor for the Economic Development Institute, University of Oklahoma, Auburn University, University of Tennessee and CETYS University in Mexico.

Organized by

This webinar is produced by Whittaker Associates, Inc.  It is part of the Professional Learning Laboratory economic development educational series.  The Lab is a joint venture of dedicated professional trainers committed to providing high-quality content, and expert instruction without commercial messages.

About UsFor over 30 years Whittaker Associates, a trusted market research and consulting firm, has connected corporate businesses, real estate professionals, and economic development organizations to business opportunities worldwide. Our services can help you grow your business and local economy.

Whittaker Associates, Inc.1121 Ottawa Beach Road, Suite 200Holland, MI 49424Ph: 616.786.2500www.whittakerassociates.com

Sales Ended