This month's special guest is Bryan Brackemyre, Vice President of Member Services at the Indiana Municipal Power Agency. In this role, Bryan is responsible for working on various economic development projects with many different types of communities.Today Bryan shares many economic development tactics, and he also gives advice on how to start an economic development partnership with your local utility providers.

This month's podcast episode features Kelly Kinsey Overby, Business Retention & Expansion Director for the Longview, TX Economic Development.

This month I'm joined by David Camerlengo, Trade & Investment Commissioner for North America for the Queensland, Australia Trade & Investment Department. David discusses their Advance Queensland Initiative and shares different elements of international economic development.

This month's special guest is Tony Gioveniello, President of Shasta EDC. Tony discusses several BRE practices that they've implemented to assist their local businesses. He shares how they've done an in depth study of what their business community's internet presence is and how they've been able to assist them in advancing this web presence. Tony also shares how they use a third party telemarketing firm to assist in their recruitment efforts.

This month's special guest is Carlton Schwab, President and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Council. As the leader of a state advocacy group, Carlton shares a unique perspective on economic development at the state and local level and also discusses the future of economic development.

This month's special guest is Mark Lautman, Principal at Lautman Economic Architecture, LLC. He is the author of "When the Boomers Bail," which discusses how the powerful combination of economic and demographic forces change the job creation game and make it more difficult for community leaders to manage their local economies. Along with a group of colleagues, Mark co-founded the Community Economics Lab, a not-for-profit think tank focused on understanding these new forces and developing new approaches to economic and workforce development. In this podcast episode, Mark shares a new algorithm for analyzing your community and engaging stakeholders.

In this special episode of Economic Development Secrets, we discuss highlights from this year’s podcast episodes. We will cover current trends in the economic development field and discuss some of the top tips shared by our special guests.

This episode of Economic Development Secrets features Nathan Tafoya, Executive Director of the Lamesa Economic Development Corporation. Nathan shares tips for rural economic developers and compares economic development tactics in Texas and New Mexico.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Jenny Philip, Director of Research for the Greater Houston Partnership. She discusses what outlets to use as you get started using economic development research more.

This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Michael Collins, President & CEO of Port KC. Michael shares how to conduct effective bi-state economic development and how their industrial sector has become one of the top eight in the nation.