What are you going to do differently in 2021? You will not create different outcomes until you create different Inputs.   

This is a time that traditionally, individuals will pledge to do different, be different, to get different results so their life will be different.   

The steps you take today will determine your reality tomorrow.   

The words for success in 2021 are:  

Why, Intend, Commit, Responsibility, Be Hungry, Share with others.  

When you define your steps as words, you take the steps as actions.   

Your belief is more important than what other people think.

Community Builders Institute is an interactive economic development process designed to create unity, education and awareness of people and businesses between:  

communities       businesses      schools      organizations      individuals   

When you build trusting relationships, shift attitudes, create jobs, increase momentum, entrepreneurial spirit gets going! CBI is flexible, FUN, can take place in a large business, community, county/multiple counties.

Rural America deserves to be heard! Are you listening to Positions or Interests?  

Most people think of deliberation as something juries do after hearing all the evidence. Just as juries do, each of us makes decisions that affect the lives of our families, our co-workers, and those with whom we share this planet. We weigh carefully the costs and consequences of buying a house or starting a new project at work and we usually discuss those decisions with others who will be affected. Don’t community issues deserve the same consideration?  

Deliberative dialogue is more than casual discussion. It is not a gripe session. It is different from town hall meetings, community input sessions, forums, public hearings, facilitation or debate.   

The goal of public deliberation is thoughtful conversation, where sound decisions are made together about what action is best for the public as a whole, because the experts are those who live in the community. 

Deliberation is based on our individual values – those things we hold dear that bring us to hold the positions we do on a wide range of subjects.

In 2021,  How you respond and answer these questions are more important than ever. This will determine your future.  

What is leadership? How should your community be committed to community prosperity. What does it take.  

These questions will be answered through the Five Institutes to Build Community Prosperity. Prosperity is more than projects. You get progress only through people.   

Community prosperity is a commitment to attracting and building people.

A value that we hold dear at Rural Community Solutions, is our belief in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.   

Kim and Frank would like to leave you with a very special Christmas Card this year.   

May your Christmas be filled with great memories of loved ones past and present. 2020 has been a challenging year for most and we pray and believe that 2021 will be a year of promise and great breakthroughs.   Merry Christmas to you and to yours. May your candle shine bright and your warmth extend to others.   

Kim and Frank Spillers, 

Rural Community Solutions

Why do some people resist change and but they complain about the present? It is because they do not see clearly the results of the change. 

Join us today as we talk about The Other Side of Change with Julie Bartkus to Attract, Hire and Retain a Motivated Team So You Can Grow and Be Free!   

Learn to D. R. I. V. E. to attract the right people you need when you need them.   

Without a specific process in place to attract the right people from the start - you’ll be stuck in a repeating pattern of hiring the same types of people over and over again. It doesn’t matter where you’re placing your Help Wanted Ads. If the energy behind those ads is an energy of fear and desperation, you’ll get results that leave you feeling the same. Shift your results and raise the bar on the type of candidates you attract.

Travel and tourism is one of the most significant industries worldwide, and a leading sector in North America. Dean Runyan Associates has worked for over 25 years to assist with market research, planning and economic analysis for travel, tourism, recreation and education projects. Our emphasis is on facilities and destinations that seek economic or market information for planning, marketing, policy, evaluation and/or design. Projects range from single facility or event to states and the nation.  

Our guest today ar Leon Alisi and Dan Mishell. 

Leon Aliski has served as senior project manager for an uncountable number of DRA studies. He specializes in regional economic analysis and has particular experience with input/output and other advanced economic analysis methodologies.  

Dan Mishell is our Client Relations Manager, helping us develop the most current and useful research products and facilitating relationships with our clients nationwide. In his previous role as research director of Visit California Dan oversaw the research, analysis and evaluation of data related to the California travel industry. His research department monitored industry trends, conducted qualitative and quantitative research, and measure program effectiveness for the organization’s brand advertising and digital marketing efforts.

2020!! What a year! What have we learned as communities and what should your next steps be moving forward into 2021 for Community Prosperity?   

Don Macke with e2, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems helps us move from where you are to where you need to go in order to build Resiliency into your community in 2021.   

Fostering entrepreneurship is foundational to all economic development today. For most communities, and particularly those in rural areas, entrepreneurship offers the greatest opportunity for strengthening local economies by building stronger and rooted business communities. Entrepreneurship contributes to community competitiveness, more diversified economies, higher value economies and increased economic resiliency.  

Don is Vice President of e2, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.

A community is defined by so many different ways. It can be your town, business, school, region, church, and even an organization that you belong.   

No matter what community you are experiencing at any moment, there are certain steps that you need to take to keep your community a comm-unity.  

Start here and then give me a call.

What is your community culture and how did it get that way?   

If you do not understand your culture and how it became the way it is, you can not grow. Rural America needs a culture of prosperity.   

Rural America's paradigm needs to change but in order to change, you need to understand why it is continuing to be the way it is.   

The future will only change if you start to address and then to change the culture.