📌 How do you effectively market an entire region?

📌 What marketing channels should economic developers lean into?

📌 How can economic developers create simple yet powerful marketing campaigns?

Greater Seattle Partners Vice President of Marketing & Communications Robert Payne answers all of those questions and more in #TheDevelopmentDialogue's Season 1 finale episode. Tune in!

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Connect with Robert (LinkedIn):

(https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertlpayne/)

Connect with Greater Seattle Partners:

(https://greater-seattle.com/)

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The Development Dialogues is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GMI POST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and made in collaboration with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Expedock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

"Economic development is an ever-changing process." 🙌

Griffin Spalding Development Authority (GSDA) Executive Director David Luckie is our guest for Episode 5 of #TheDevelopmentDialogues!

With over 30 years of experience, David Luckie shares how economic development has changed through the decades and what it will look like in the near future.

Tune in!

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Connect with David:

Griffin Spalding Development Authority (gsda.net)

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The Development Dialogues is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠GMI POST⁠⁠⁠⁠ and made in collaboration with ⁠⁠⁠⁠Expedock⁠⁠⁠⁠.

What does it take to grow rural communities? 🤔

On this episode of #TheDevelopmentDialogues, Grow Wabash County's first President and CEO Keith Gillenwater shares his experience and strategies for unleashing the full economic potential of rural communities. From growing local industries and supporting homegrown entrepreneurs to attracting foreign direct investments, this episode of the pod gives us a behind-the-scenes look at Grow Wabash County's work and how the organization continues to build a community that thrives on personal and economic growth.

Tune in!

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Connect with Keith:

Keith Gillenwater (LinkedIn)

Grow Wabash County (Website)

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The Development Dialogues is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠GMI POST⁠⁠⁠ and made in collaboration with ⁠⁠⁠Expedock⁠⁠⁠.

Driving economic growth and building a legacy of success for one's region is a tough job — but our guest for this episode of the podcast is tougher. 💯💪

Welcome to episode three of #TheDevelopmentDialogues! For this episode of the pod, we talk to Greater Portland Inc. (GPI) President and CEO Monique Claiborne as she shares how her career in economic development started, her guiding principles for developing regional economic growth, and so much more (NBA analogies included). Tune in!

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Connect with Monique:

Monique Claiborne (LinkedIn)

GPI (Website)

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The Development Dialogues is brought to you by ⁠⁠GMI POST⁠⁠ and made in collaboration with ⁠⁠Expedock⁠⁠.

📌 What is workforce development?

📌 How important is workforce development in fostering economic growth?

📌 How can economic development organizations create effective workforce development initiatives?

We answer all those questions and more in this episode of The Development Dialogues with Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC)'s Vice President for Workforce Development and Special Projects Jermaine Hampton.

With more than 13 years of leadership expertise in workforce development across both public and private sectors, Jermaine shares on the podcast how his career in economic development all started, his passion for propelling empowering communities, how LAEDC brings together different stakeholders within the region to create effective community and economic development programs, and a whole lot more.

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Connect with Jermaine:

Jermaine Hampton (LinkedIn)⁠

LAEDC (Website)

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The Development Dialogues is brought to you by ⁠GMI POST⁠ and made in collaboration with ⁠Expedock⁠.

Storytelling is vital for economic development. From marketing your city to investors to communicating policies to your stakeholders, effectively translating data into compelling stories is a powerful way of highlighting industries, communities, and regions.

For the first episode of The Development Dialogues, Frisco Economic Development Corporation (Frisco EDC) Vice President Gloria Salinas shares how her career in economic development started, Frisco EDCs strategies, the role of storytelling in economic development, and so much more. Tune in!

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Connect with Gloria:

⁠Gloria Salinas (LinkedIn)⁠

⁠Frisco EDC (Website)⁠

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The Development Dialogues is brought to you by ⁠GMI POST⁠ and made in collaboration with ⁠Expedock⁠.

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Join us as we talk to leading economic developers across the United States to learn more about their stories and strategies.

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