Dan Tobergte, President and CEO of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, leads a team of ten in one of Kentucky’s first regional economic development organizations. Dan shared advice to his peers that he has accumulated during his thirty years in economic development. … Read More
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004 – Economic Development Secrets- Dan Tobergte, Northern Kentucky Tri-ED
This month’s episode of Economic Development Secrets features Dan Tobergte, President/CEO of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED. He leads a team of ten highly-skilled employees and reports to three Boards of Directors. Tri-ED is the economic development organization for the counties of … Read More
Lesson #6: Economic Developers Are Full of Wisdom
As the only person doing business retention in a city of 230,000, I was always on the go, always busy, and always concerned about different businesses who needed something. It was so rare that I would take the time to … Read More
Lesson #5: Strategic Plans vs. Performance Reports
All too commonly strategic plans take months to draw up, are shared with your board, and then placed on a shelf where they are never to seen again until it is time to create an updated plan for the next … Read More
Lesson #4: Soak Up All the Articles and Webinars You Can
One of my biggest regrets is that while a BRE manager, I so infrequently stopped to read helpful articles and sit in on webinars. Many would call this a millennial mindset (even though I would argue fully against it), but … Read More
Lesson #3: Social Media Is Your Friend
This one is very straight forward but not well utilized. Social media can help you promote your community and various business activities. Have you gone on Twitter and searched #EconDev lately? If you do, you’ll find interesting economic development news … Read More
Lesson #2: Keep Your Data and Website Current
I can’t stress this enough: in the world of economic development data and statistics change fast. Really fast. In fact, by the time you update your website, you have probably received new info and need to change it again. I … Read More
Lesson #1: Regionalism
The benefit in supporting your neighboring communities is something that I picked up on as an economic developer. However, I truly did not understand the real value until I turned to consulting. It is easy to get caught up in … Read More
The Top 6 Lessons I've Learned in the First 6 Months of ED Consulting
Six months ago I made a big move: I left my position as an economic developer for a community that I had invested my heart and soul in for three years to become an economic development consultant at Impact DataSource. … Read More
ED Secret from 003: Putting the Private Sector in the Driver's Seat
SeonAh Kendall, Economic Health Manager in Fort Collins, Colorado, is a part of a very unique economic development team. Her department was one of the first organizations to be formed under the triple bottom line and they also have a … Read More