Stronger Economies Together
Supplemental Modules Phase 5
Sustaining Existing Businesses (expand)
- Why focus on existing businesses?
- What is Business Retention and Expansion?
- How does the process work?
- Where can I get support/assistance to initiate a BR&E strategy in my community?
Communication (expand)
- Define the components of a communications strategy?
- Conduct a stakeholder analysis to better understand the different communications needs for each audience
- Inventory internal and external audiences and indicate what SET components are relevant to each audience
- Conduct a SWOT analysis as part of an environmental scan to help craft the message
- Determine which channels will be used to reach each target audience
- Create messages that support the regional SET initiative
Entrepreneurism: (expand)
- Review data to demonstrate the importance of entrepreneurs to the regional economy
- Discuss key ingredients needed in the regional economy to grow entrepreneurship as a development strategy
- Identify existing entrepreneurs and resources for entrepreneurs in the region
- Conduct a regional assessment of the entrepreneurship ecosystem
Grant Writing: (expand)
- Know your objective
- Where to find resources
- Navigating a request for proposal/funding
- Using evidence to support your proposal
- Creating SMART goals
- Measuring impacts
- Sustainability
Local and Regional Food Systems: (expand)
- Regional Foods - Summary
- Regional Foods - PowerPoint FULL
- Regional Foods - Coaches Guide - FULL
- Regional Foods - PowerPoint Printout - FULL
- Regional Foods - PowerPoint - An Overview
- Regional Foods - Coaches Guide - An Overview
- Regional Foods - PowerPoint Printout - An Overview
- Regional Foods - PowerPoint - Farmers Markets
- Regional Foods - Coaches Guide - Farmers Market
- Regional Foods - PowerPoint Printout Farmers Market
- Regional Foods - PowerPoint - Food Hubs
- Regional Foods - Coaches Guide - Food Hubs
- Regional Foods - PowerPoint Printout - Food Hubs
- Regional Foods - Handouts
Tourism: (expand)
- Learn the basic services tourists need
- Learn the basic principles for planning, developing, and managing tourism for economic development
- Review rural tourism examples, case studies, and available resources
- Identify their sustainability goals
- Align Plan of Work to strengthen sustainability
Leadership: (expand)
- Take stock of the problems that have occurred in some regions in terms of the SET Program
- Offer an effective structure for making sure the work of the SET team gets done
- Identify ways to keep counties actively involved in the SET Program
- Identify their sustainability goals
- Align Plan of Work to strengthen sustainability