Delivering The American Dream
Take a look at recent headlines: The American Dream is Dead and Good Riddance The American Dream is Alive, But Unrecognized It’s Unfortunate We Deny Others The American Dream China Buys Big Into The...
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I was very disturbed by an article I read recently entitled “The American Dream is Over: 70 Million people Would Be Starving In The Streets Without Government Welfare Programs”. The author (Mac Salvo)...
View ArticleQuick Guide: American Dream State Performance [Infographic]
STATE BY STATE RANKING How easy is it to achieve the American Dream in your state? This info graphic provides a quick way of assessing how residents of each state rank their ability to achieve their...
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Giving is not an afterthought to success, but rather the foundation. To be successful is to be aligned with our unique creative expression in service to the world. Thanks to: Jeff Gitterman of Beyond...
View ArticleHow To Use The American Dream Data For Community Development
If You Build It, He Will Come Field of Dreams – 1989 THE AMERICAN DREAM Every body wants it. But, without effective strategic planning communities can get in the way of people achieving their American...
View Article9 Questions To Evaluate An Ad (Infographic)
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View Article5 Myths You Shouldn’t Believe About The American Dream
And so even though we still face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American Dream. Martin Luther King Jr. Everybody seems to think they...
View ArticleLocal Histories
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow. Ovid Every once in awhile, a contact sends...
View ArticleFocusing On Job Growth And Attraction Will Ruin Your Community
Focus on building the best possible community. If you are great, people will notice and opportunities will appear. paraphrased from Mark Cuban Tweet: Check out these online courses for ED pros –...
View ArticleThe Importance of High-Speed Internet Infrastructure to Support Start-Ups
Experts believe that, by the year 2016, 192 million Americans will be shopping online, spending as much as $327bn between them. With this in mind, it has never been more important for businesses to...
View ArticleImpending Labor Crisis
I think that retiring the baby boomers is going to be one of the great challenges in America, that you cannot make fiscal sense out of the future of our children without taking on entitlements. Richard...
View ArticleTired Of Not Getting What You Need From Your Agency?
A brief should never be more than a page because most ads are never more than a page, 30 second TV spot, etc. If we expect creatives to produce a succinct output, there is no excuse to produce a create...
View ArticleAre Deal Incentives Killing The Economic Development Profession?
Lawmakers are looking for a quick fix rather than dealing with the underlying issue of long-term tax reform. David Seiden, a leading authority on state and local tax – Huffington Post article The...
View ArticleDoes Your Governor Deserve Your Vote For Reelection?
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. Franklin D. Roosevelt In 36 states this year...
View ArticlePrimacy of Place and The American Dream
The quality of our cities effects the cultural underpinnings of the American Dream and therefore the nature and location of the growth we choose. They are interdependent and connected at the root by...
View ArticleWe Have Lost Our Way In Economic Development
The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity. These are the choices that measure your life....
View ArticleWinning Strategies In Economic Development
In God We Trust, All Others Must Bring Data. W. Edwards Deming Development Counsellors International (DCI) publishes results of a survey they do every 3-years to understand how the private sector makes...
View ArticleAs An Economic Developer Do You Really Want To Serve Only 2% Of Residents
Walk The Talk. Take the initiative and lead the way. You can make a difference. Source: Successories I don’t know about you, but I would have a hard time getting out of bed every morning knowing the...
View ArticleMake The Short List In Site Selection
The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight. Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of HP In the 2014 DCI Winning Strategies in Economic Development Marketing Report, business executives...
View ArticleI Worry About The Image of The Economic Development Profession
Your true character is revealed by the clarity of your convictions, the choices you make, and the promises you keep. Hold strongly to your principles and refuse to follow the currents of convenience....
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