by Blane Canada | Oct 4, 2018 | Business Retention and Expansion
~~~Business retention and expansion defined We stumbled on the problem (lack of a definition of BR|E) while writing For the Team. There are many process descriptions, but no definition. That problem has now been eliminated through a joint effort with Business...
by Blane Canada | Jun 7, 2018 | Economic development marketing
~~~Desperate to have a copy of our original book, “Economic Development Marketing for Results!” You’re in luck. We noticed recently there are used copies available on Amazon, $25 to $215. Marketing for Results introduced economic developers to B2B...
by Blane Canada | Jun 7, 2018 | BRE guru, BRE, BEAR Program
~~~Share your BR|E success stories… We are looking for BR|E success stories – collaboration, individual company, group company, saves, recognition, ah ha moments, etc. – for future issues of the Coach’s Playbook series, our ongoing research, as well as articles we are...
by Blane Canada | Jun 7, 2018 | Strategy leadership
~~~Michigan opens World’s First Highway Test Facility for Self-Driving Cars… The American Center for Mobility (ACM), Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, is a non-profit initiative focused on testing and product development in automotive safety and future of mobility. ACM...
by Blane Canada | Jun 7, 2018 | Funding
~~~Follow the money… a new tool from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta allows users to explore a variety of sources of grant funding for community and economic development. Click on the how-to video tab to get a quick overview as well as a fund seekers perspective....
