Tag: Conference
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4 Steps to Succession Planning: Tips Part 2
Developing a succession plan is easier than you may think. See Part 1 of this series: Succession Planning Tips for Not-for-Profits 4 steps to developing your succession plan:
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Using Driving Time to Help Analyze Regions
One of the key changes to the New Analyst has been the addition of Google Maps to Economic Modelling Specialist Intl.’s (Emsi) mapping tools. This addition helped pave the way for the inclusion of Drive Time to Analyst. Drive Time is an easy way to select a region based on the time it takes to drive from one…
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Succession Planning Tips for Not-for-Profits
Succession planning is the process of passing important leadership roles to the next generation of members in an organization. Proper succession planning allows for the smooth transfer of responsibilities and tasks from existing members to the succeeding group. A succession plan is put in place to avoid scrambling before an annual meeting, trying to get…
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Downtown Revitalization Ticking Along in Gravenhurst
Downtowns are often the historical heart of communities across rural Ontario. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ (OMAFRA) Downtown Revitalization program offers a framework for improving the physical, economic, and social well-being of those traditional town centres and their historic places and spaces. The Town of Gravenhurst launched their Downtown Revitalization initiative…
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Four Simple Considerations You Need for Performance Measurement Success
I recently had the opportunity to attend the PuMP Toronto Workshop. PuMP is a performance measurement process that was created by Stacy Barr and licenced to Adura Strategy in Canada. OMAFRA’s Rural Economic Development Branch provides performance measurement resources to our clients; I am a firm believer in the value that they bring to measuring…
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Three Things We Learned From The Teeny Tiny Summit
The first-ever “Teeny Tiny Summit” was held on March 30, 2016 in Seeley’s Bay. The summit was dedicated to community economic development in Ontario’s smallest places and was coordinated by the Township of Leeds and 1000 Islands, and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Teeny Tiny Places have the following characteristics: Rural…
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Staff Profile: Darren Shock
Get to know our staff. We are profiling them here so you can get to know who can help you grow your ideas. What is your role in the Regional Economic Development Branch? As an Economic Development Specialist, my role is to lead and develop economic development programs for the province’s rural municipalities. At the…
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Attracting and Retaining Youth in Rural Communities
Attracting and retaining youth is one of the many challenges faced by rural communities. The Newcomer and Youth Community Indicators is a tool that was designed to assist rural communities looking to better understand their attractiveness to both newcomers and youth. It is a free Excel-based tool that includes information for every municipality in Ontario.…
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Improving the Analyst User Experience
Data plays a number of roles in effective economic development. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs – in partnership with Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI) – has offered Ontario’s economic development community access to a full range of data to support regional analysis, strategic planning, and monitoring in a free, user-friendly tool…
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E-Learning 4: Conflict Management- Minimize and Resolve Conflicts
Conflict is natural; everyone has their own views, values, opinions and ways of expressing themselves, which can often result in conflicting ideas. Conflict is also a good thing. Without people questioning certain aspects of scenarios or decisions, it would be very difficult to reach an optimal solution for all parties. The “Conflict Management” e-learning module is…