|
Associations, Training
Programs, Professional Development |
Website |
Suggested Contact,
e-mail |
| International
Economic Development Council - professional association which also
maintains the
DevelopmentAlliance.com portal in cooperation with
Conway Data, publisher of Site Selection. The portal includes
database services
based on data guidelines developed with leading
location consultants. |
www.iedconline.org
www.developmentalliance.com |
|
| American
Chamber of Commerce Executives - ACCE |
www.acce.org |
Chris Mead
(703) 998-3545 |
| EDAC - Economic Development Association
of Canada |
www.edac.ca
|
|
| EURADA - a European association of development agencies |
www.eurada.org |
|
| World Association of Investment
Promotion Agencies - supported by UNCTAD, UNIDO, OECD as well as MIGA and
FIAS of the World Bank Group |
www.waipa.org |
|
| Urban Land
Institute |
www.uli.org
|
|
| Association of
University Research Parks |
www.aurp.net |
|
| CoreNet Global
- professional association for corporate real estate, with many economic
development members and event attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors. We
sponsored their 2003
Economic Development Leadership & Accomplishment Award,
and again in 2004, as featured in
Corporate Real Estate Leader
magazine, their official publication. We chose not to sponsor the
award again or to remain active in CoreNet after recent changes in the
organization. |
www.corenetglobal.org
|
|
| NAFTZ National Association
of Foreign-Trade Zones - seminars, conferences, and reference information |
www.naftz.org |
|
| The University
of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute |
www.ouedi.org
|
|
| Georgia Tech
Economic Development Institute - training programs, local fiscal impact
analysis |
www.gtconted.org/econdev |
Martha Schoonmaker |
| National Development
Council - training programs and community development finance services |
www.nationaldevelopmentcouncil.org |
|
| National
Association of Development Organizations |
www.nado.org
|
|
| National Association of Regional
Councils (NARC) - for regional development |
www.narc.org
|
|
| American
Planning Association |
|
|
| BURA - British Urban Regeneration
Association - a forum to exchange private and public sector ideas and best
practices about regeneration of urban areas; collaborates with IEDC |
www.bura.org.uk |
John Walker, Chief
Executive |
| International
Downtown Association |
www.ida-downtown.org
|
|
| Regional and State
Economic Development Associations |
see state
directories for more |
|
| Southern Economic
Development Council, Inc. |
www.sedc.org |
|
| Northeast Economic
Developers Association |
www.nedaonline.org |
|
| MAEDC - Mid America
Economic Development Council |
www.maedc.net |
|
| Florida Economic
Development Council |
www.fedc.net |
|
| South Carolina Economic
Developers Association |
www.sceda.org |
|
| Michigan Economic
Developers Association |
www.medaweb.org |
|
|
Fund raising for
economic development programs |
|
|
|
STELLAR Fundraising
Executives Inc. - fund raising for economic development organizations to
support their programs. Other services include the development of
strategic plans, marketing plans, and competitive analysis for economic
development organizations, which in turn can reinforce their business case
for local financial support. |
www.stellarfundraising.com |
Terry Cusack
(888)897-4667 |
| NCDS - National Community Development Services
- fund raising for economic development |
www.ncdsinc.net |
Howard Benson
(800) 635-4071 |
| Resource Development Group
- fund raising for economic development |
www.rdgusa.net |
|
| Integrity Fundraising -
fundraising for economic development, based in Atlanta |
www.integrityfundraising.net |
866-459-2379 |
| Sage Fundraising
Solutions, LLC - economic development fundraising services |
www.sagefundraisingllc.com |
Mark Bergethon
800-517-4980 |
| Community Development
Finance |
|
|
| Association for Enterprise
Opportunity (AEO) - Arlington VA |
www.microenterpriseworks.org
|
|
| Bridgeview
Capital Solutions - specializes in USDA and SBA loan programs for project
finance in rural areas to support business and economic development |
www.bridgeviewcs.com
|
Bill Burke -
western states
(817)421-5662
- TX |
| Coalition of Community
Development Financial Institutions (CDFI Coalition) - Arlington VA |
www.cdfi.org |
|
| Community Development
Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA) - New York NY |
www.cdvca.org |
|
| Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc. - funding ED loans |
www.crfusa.com
|
|
| National Community Capital
Association - Philadelphia PA |
www.communitycapital.org
|
|
| National Community
Investment Fund - Chicago IL |
www.ncif.org |
|
| National Congress for
Community Economic Development (NCCED) - Washington DC |
www.ncced.org |
|
|
Consultants - Economic
development strategy, programs, business attraction and retention |
see also location
consultants |
|
|
Ady
International - former leader of Fantus for many years, now working
independently as a location consultant and advisor to economic development
organizations; frequent speaker at events |
www.adyinternational.com |
Bob Ady |
|
AngelouEconomics - Austin TX |
www.angeloueconomics.com |
Angelos Angelou
|
|
The Austin Company, Facilities
Location Group - primarily business location consultants for clients of
this engineering and construction firm, which was going through
organizational changes in 2005 |
www.theaustinconsulting.com
www.theaustin.com |
Don Schjeldahl |
| The Boyd Co.,
Inc. - comparative cost models |
www.theboydcompany.com |
John Boyd |
|
Buck
Consultants International - focus on work for European and other international IPA's |
www.bciglobal.com
|
Rene Buck |
|
Business Location International - new company set up in 2005
by the former leader of the Ernst &
Young International Location Advisory Services in Belgium, with over 40
years of experience in this specialty. Global consulting practice offering various services to assist
economic development organizations in addition to business location
consulting. |
www.businesslocationinternational.be/
www.bli-holding.com
|
Marcel De Meirleir |
| Canup & Associates, Inc. -
Austin TX - site selection and economic development consulting services |
www.canup.com |
Dr. C.R. "Buzz"
Canup
512-658-2899 |
| Competitive
Strategies Group, LLC (CSG) |
www.competitivestrategiesgroup.com |
Jay
Garner |
|
Corporate Affairs International
- Canadian economic development and business location consulting |
www.caiglobal.com |
Howard Silverman |
|
DEALTEK, Ltd.
- Areas should periodically check and update the data used for project
financial models by executives who subscribe to their
DEALS web-based decision support software tool, or who work with DEALTEK
consulting services to select business location
alternatives.
Updates can be made through their website. DEALS can also be used by
area representatives as a tool to assess and model their competitive position
and negotiations for attraction of capital investment projects. |
www.dealtek.com |
Rhett
Weiss |
|
Deloitte & Touche,
Corporate Real Estate Solutions, formerly known as Fantus Facility &
Location Strategies, has evolved through various name changes after the
Fantus acquisition in recent years. Now Deloitte
Consulting - Strategy & Operations - Global Expansion Optimization Group
(GEO) & Location
Strategy Group |
www.us.deloitte.com
|
Mark Klender
Phil Schneider
Elias van
Herwaarden |
| Development Strategies |
www.development-strategies.com
|
|
| Economic Development
Research Group (EDR Group) - specializes in evaluating economic development
performance, impacts and opportunities, and offers EDR-LEAP -- the Local
Economic Assessment Package (an online data and analysis resource for
economic development targeting). |
www.edrgroup.com |
Glen Weisbrod |
| Ferguson
Development Network - consultant with southeast US regional contacts among
economic development agencies, chambers of commerce; executive search and
other services to agencies |
www.fergusondevelopmentnetwork.com |
Tom Ferguson |
| George, Henry, George
Partners - economic and development consulting |
www.ghgpec.com
|
Vernon George |
| Global Consulting and
Affiliates - (1) domestic and
international economic development (2) trade development, and (3) marketing
training and planning. |
www.globalconsultingtrust.com
|
Russ Froneberger |
| ICF Consulting - Global Economic Development Practice - regional strategies,
cluster development, emergency management, sustainable development |
www.icfconsulting.com
|
James Gollub |
| JBA & Associates -
workforce analysis, relocation strategies, incentives analysis, building an
economic development marketing program |
www.jbaassoc.com |
Jack Allston |
| KMK Consulting
Company LLC |
www.kmkconsulting.com |
|
| Koios Associates LLC -
trade development and investment promotion consulting experience in south
Africa, sub-Saharan and east Africa as well as the Middle East |
www.koiosllc.com |
Charles Krakoff |
| Millier Dickinson Blais
Inc. - based in Toronto, Canada |
www.millierdickinsonblais.com
|
|
| OCO Global |
www.ocoglobal.com
|
|
| Elliott D.
Pollack & Company - Retention & Relocation - economic & fiscal impact
models, data |
www.RetentionandRelocation.com |
|
| RKG Associates, Inc.- ED
consulting, urban revitalization strategies, real estate research,
transportation and land use, economic impact analysis, military base reuse |
www.rkg1.com |
Richard Gsottschneider |
| Regional Economic Models, Inc. (REMI) forecasting & policy analysis |
www.remi.com |
|
| Smart Solutions Group -
West Des Moines, Iowa - strategic operational and marketing plans for EDO's |
www.smartsolutionsgroup.net |
|
| Ticknor &
Associates - economic development consultants |
in Chicago : TEL 847-446-8861 |
Tom Ticknor |
|
WDG Consulting, LLC (The Wadley Donovan Group) - focus on North American economic development |
www.wdgconsulting.com
|
Dennis Donovan
|
| Website development -
GIS applications and general |
See also GIS tools |
|
| Breken Group -
web-based market research technology to organize timely information about
local businesses within a community |
www.breken.com
|
Jim Bottomley |
| CloudSource -
website applications for the public sector, such as the design, development,
and support of websites for economic development agencies |
www.cloudsource.com
|
David Daniels or
John Bilby |
| ED Solutions,
Inc. - website development and related services for ED agencies |
www.solutionsED.com
|
Mark James |
|
ESRI - developer
of GIS mapping software tools and data for both US and
international markets
|
www.esri.com
www.esri.com/international
|
|
| GIS Planning - GIS mapping
applications for ED purposes using ESRI tools
2003 CoreNet Global Learning : Economic Development Leadership &
Accomplishment Award |
www.gisplanning.com |
Anatalio Ubalde |
| MyWebSiteGuys - has done
various economic development websites in MS, WI, SC, NC |
www.MyWebSiteGuys.com
|
Keith Tunnell |
| UAI Inc. - ESRI-based GIS
applications for communities, utilities, emergency response |
www.uai.com |
|
| Inlumen integrator of selective news content
with websites or portals, formerly known as NewsAlert , which may be of some
interest to professionals in this field |
www.inlumen.com
|
|
| IntraPromote LLC - search
engine optimization services, link building, pay per click ad campaigns |
www.intrapromote.com
|
|
| Axandra - search engine
optimization software tools, including Arelis software for reciprocal link
building and guidance for more effective Google AdWords campaigns |
www.axandra.com |
|
| SEVENtwentyfour Inc. -
LinkChecking checks links within your website, links to other sites, and
links into your site. RankChecking searches for your site in the major
search engines so you'll know how you rank. |
www.seventwentyfour.com |
|
| Website language
translation software applications |
see also :
translation services |
|
| Alta Vista Babel Fish -
website add-in product to allow users to do machine translations of web
pages |
www.babelfish.altavista.com |
|
| SYSTRAN language
translation technologies - machine translation for the Internet / intranets |
www.systransoft.com |
|
| InterTran - website
translation software by Translation Experts - translation tools, software,
machine translation, dictionaries |
www.tranexp.com |
|
| Available property
listing services and demographic or community database services |
Explanation
, data
pointers |
|
| LoopNet - used by many US
commercial real estate brokers to list and find properties as an open system
(for leases; must register to see properties for sale) |
www.loopnet.com
|
|
| CoStar Group, Inc. - property listings and
market analysis, mainly for major US cities - but content is available
through CRE brokers rather than openly to the public |
www.costar.com
|
|
| Xceligent, Inc. - US
commercial property listing service |
www.xceligent.com
|
|
| CB Richard Ellis -
proprietary service for listing available subleases for office space |
www.greatleasedeals.com
|
|
| NRECA (Touchstone Energy)
Electric Cooperative site selection website - Sites Across America |
www.SitesAcrossAmerica.com
|
|
| LocationOne
Information System - developed by Aquila (regional utility), and used as a
tool by several ED organizations (midwest US) on a subscription basis as a web-based
database service to present regional property listings and community data
(per IEDC data standards) through their own websites |
www.locationone.com
|
For information |
|
Executive search - for
economic development |
|
|
| Joan Jorgenson
Consulting - executive search, specialized in economic development
organizations |
www.jorgensonconsulting.com |
Joan Jorgenson
561-748-8048 - FL |
|
Marketing services,
public relations, targeting databases, direct mail resources |
|
|
| Development
Counsellors International - (DCI) "is the leader in marketing places. Since
1960, the firm has worked with 300+ cities, regions, states and countries
helping them attract both investors and visitors."
|
www.aboutdci.com
www.dc-intl.com
|
Andrew Levine |
| Odell Simms & Associates -
market research, telemarketing, lead generation, and key account contact
work |
www.odellsimms.com
|
|
| 310 Marketing Ltd. |
www.310marketing.com
|
800-238-7801 |
| Dulle & Co. International - Internet market research and direct mail surveys about
investment plans |
www.dulleco.com
|
Oliver "Skip"
Dulle |
| Blane Canada Ltd. - economic development marketing |
www.blanecanada.com
|
Eric Canada |
| Applied Marketing Sciences
- business database targeting strategies, data screening, ex Whittaker, does
some work with DCI and has a new 2006 deal with Competitive Strategies Group |
www.appliedmarketingsciences.com
|
|
| Whittaker Associates LLC -
business database targeting, screening company lists, cluster analysis |
www.wainc.com
|
Dean Whittaker |
| Kenneth Caplan and Associates
Ltd - corporate and economic development brand marketing and
image management - market research, communications planning, strategic
design, and public relations |
www.kennethcaplan.com |
Kenneth Caplan |
| National
Telewire Corp. - expedited business mailing services to produce and deliver
direct mail pieces which look like a mailgram to attract attention at a low
cost per piece for any volume. The data for targeted mailings is
generally provided by the clients, although they can rent lists as
appropriate. |
www.telewire.com
|
Clifford J.
Broder
800-835-3947 ext. 226 |
| Broadcast News Corp. -
high-end broadcast and video production services, including the "Winners
Circle" and "Pick of the Week" segments hosted by Terry Bradshaw on networks
such as CNN and CNBC in the early morning (pre commute times) on Monday
through Thursday. These are usually 1, 2 and 5 minute segments as can
be seen through examples on their website, with copies available for
promotional use. |
www.broadcastnewschannel.com
|
Brent Erdman
(972)309-5614
TX |
| Platinum Television Group
- produces Business and Beyond, Eye on Technology, and other educational programs
for cable TV networks on a variable schedule. Refer to their website for
details. Promotional TV and videos may be of interest to highlight
success stories in an area. National sponsors help to cover production
and placement costs. |
www.platinumtelevision.com
|
954-570-5558 |
| WebEx - webcasting and
online event services -
interactive online meeting service, video conferencing and web seminars |
www.webex.com
|
|
| Trade show information
services and professional associations |
|
|
| CTSM - Certified Trade
Show Marketer - ExhibitorOnline - Exhibitor Magazine and Corporate Event
magazine |
www.exhibitoronline.com/ctsm/
www.exhibitoronline.com
|
|
| Meeting Professionals
International |
www.mpiweb.org
|
|
| Expo Magazine - Expo Web |
www.expoweb.com
|
|
| American Tradeshow
Directory |
www.tradeshowbiz.com
|
|
| Professional Convention
Management Association |
www.pcma.org
|
|
| Trade Show Exhibitors
Association |
www.tsea.org
|
|
| Trade Show Week - Reed
Business Information publication and trade show directory |
www.tradeshowweek.com
|
|
| Trade Show News Network -
trade show directory for exposition and exhibitor trade show services |
www.tsnn.com
|
|
| International Association
for Exhibition Management, and
TradeShowStore.com for products |
www.iaem.org
|
|
| International Association
of Convention and Visitor Bureaus - IACVB |
www.iacvb.org
|
|
| Canadian Tourism
Commission - information for planning meetings and conventions in Canada |
www.canadameetings.com
|
|
| ExpoWorldCanada - trade
show and exhibitions directory |
www.expoworldcanada.com
|
|
| Trade show services,
exhibitor displays, trade show booths |
see also :
Event Recall and Events |
|
| Catalyst Exhibits, Inc. -
custom trade show exhibits and rentals, based in the Chicago suburbs with an
office near San Francisco and in Europe and Shanghai |
www.catalystexhibit.com |
847-462-1550 xt. 6288 |
| Exhibit Designers and
Producers Association - companies that design and build exhibits |
www.edpa.com |
|
| Exhibitor Appointed
Contractors Association - companies that install and dismantle exhibits |
|
|
| Exhibition Services and
Contractors Association - services for trade shows, conventions, meetings |
www.esca.org |
|
| ExhibitJet - pop-up and
panel system trade show displays distributor. Provides online quote request
form. Based in San Antonio, TX , ships from Las Vegas, also offers
graphic design and production services. |
www.exhibitjet.com |
(800)754-1240 |
| Exhibits Galore - New
York, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas and London -
Displays Galore in the UK |
www.exhibitsgalore.com |
|
| Freeman exhibit and
display services |
www.freemanco.com
|
|
| GES Exposition Services -
see also GES Canada for services in
Canada |
www.ges.com |
|
| Menlo Event Services -
computer and A/V technology rentals and services for events |
http://www.menlogroup.com/event.html |
|
| Nimlok - displays and
exhibits |
www.nimlok.com |
|
| Nomadic Display - portable
and modular displays, including pop-up and modular panel systems |
www.nomadicdisplay.com |
|
| Skyline Trade Show
Displays - portable displays, modular exhibits, and graphics |
www.skycorp.com |
|
| Xtra Lite Display Systems,
Burnsville MN - banner stands, roll-ups, trade show and event displays |
www.xtralite.com |
|
| Promotional items,
merchandise, gifts for trade shows and events |
|
|
| PromoDirect - imprinted
promotional products |
www.promodirect.com
|
800-748-6150 |
| Schreiner Chicago -
marketing promotional materials, such as for major
trade shows |
www.schreiner-chicago.com |
Carla Burkhart 630-845-3310 |
| Market Research |
|
|
| National Center for Business
and Economic Research - a division of ERISS Corporation,
providing timely market intelligence work in major urban centers in
cooperation with local development agencies and Chambers and funded by
exclusive private sector sponsors. Collaborates with IEDC (see
Associations) for this "Business Census Initiative" for local market
research, not to be confused with governmental census work. |
www.ncber.com
www.eriss.com |
KD Nyegaard or
Dan Collins |
| Brandow -
BizMiner |
www.brandow.com
www.bizminer.com
|
|
| ACCRA - The Association
for Economic Development Researchers and Analysts - sells some research
which helps US communities compare their cost of living or other
demographics in cooperation with Decision Data Resources for data and GIS
resources for analysis. They also offer a product to help areas
compare their incentive programs to others. |
www.accra.org
www.coli.org
www.demographicsnow.com |
|
| Buxton Company - retail
market analyses |
www.buxtonco.com |
|
| Easy Analytic
Software |
www.easidemographics.com |
|
| Economics Research Associates |
www.econres.com |
|
| KPMG Economic Development Advisory Services
(EDAS) - part of the state and local tax practice |
www.kpmg.com
|
|
| MMK Consulting -
has performed Canadian
sponsored comparative costs studies with KPMG, based in Vancouver, British
Columbia |
www.mmkconsulting.com |
Glenn Mair,
Stuart MacKay |
| Pathfinders US - labor
market analyses to support investment attraction, targeting strategies |
www.thepathfindersus.com
|
|
| PricewaterhouseCoopers - National Economic
Consulting Group - economic and policy analysis, research,
economic impact analysis, and comparative tax burden studies as part of the
Washington National Tax Service office, mainly for US market.
NOTE : Area representatives may also want to note that
the WNTS office should know where to find any of the various country "tax
desks" within the firm (US-based specialists in taxation in specific
countries, which may include tax specialists from the country who are
serving on a temporary assignment to a US office). That is NOT the
role of this NEC group - call the main WNTS office of PwC in Washington DC
to ask to find your own "country desk" tax specialist, to whom other tax
advisors around the US will often turn for assistance with tax planning as a
local liaison point to work with the tax specialists in the country of
interest. They are not all located in one office. Other major
tax consulting firms such as Ernst & Young follow a similar process for
"country desks". Refer to the section on
corporate development and
financial advisors. |
www.nec.pwcglobal.com |
Peter Merrill |
| Blogs and news about
economic development |
|
|
| EDProWeblog -
content largely from Ed Morrison, refer to biographic summary on the site
for background |
http://www.edpro.blogspot.com/ |
|
| Economic Development America - new
journal created for the US Dept of Commerce EDA "Economic Development
Information Coalition", consisting of IEDC, NARC, and NADO |
www.doc.gov/eda |
|
| IPAnet, Investment Promotion Network, published by MIGA
(Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency -
www.miga.org ), part of The World
Bank, which also publishes FDI Exchange and PrivatizationLink, with a focus
on less developed countries |
www.ipanet.net
www.fdixchange.org
www.privatizationlink.com |
|
| Development
Gateway - links to many sources of information about development issues |
www.developmentgateway.org |
|
| Other Resources
|
|
|
| The World Bank - MIGA -
in addition to their risk insurance role for investment projects, MIGA
provides marketing assistance, research, support infrastructure improvement,
and training services for investment promotion agencies (IPA's) in emerging
markets such as many countries and regions in Africa, Asia, and Central or
South America. Also publishes IPAnet , FDI Xchange, and
PrivatizationLink. New in 2004 : FDI Promotion Center (developing
country marketing) |
www.miga.org
www.ipanet.net
www.fdixchange.org
www.privatizationlink.com
www.fdicenter.com |
|
| US Department
of Justice, Criminal Division : Foreign Agents Registration Unit - note that
the US offices of foreign investment promotion agencies may be required by
law to register periodically and provide copies of promotional materials
which are clearly marked to indicate compliance with FARA (promotional
activities directed or controlled by a foreign government agency). |
www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/ |
|
|
Directories - see
also economic development
magazine publishers
|
|
|
| Directory of
Development Organizations - focus on development such as poverty reduction
in developing countries - long global and regional lists of International
Organizations, Governments, Private Sector Institutions, Development
Agencies, Universities, Research and Training Institutes, NGOs/PDOs,
Grantmakers, Banks, Microfinance Institutions and Development Consulting
Firms |
www.devdir.org |
|
| Economic
Development Directory - listing service for EDO websites, with optional
advertising |
www.ecodevdirectory.com |
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