Tag: RED
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Ontario’s BR+E Program Receives International Award
Ontario’s Business Retention + Expansion (BR+E) program received international recognition as an award winner for an innovative, effective and exemplary BR+E Program at the most recent Business Retention + Expansion International Conference (BREI), held in San Antonio, Texas on May 25th, 2016. This award recognizes Ontario’s achievements on a global scale. The provincial program was…
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5 Points to Consider Before you Collaborate
Are You Ready to Collaborate? Collaboration is a process where groups or individuals partner with others. They share a common purpose and most importantly, mutually benefit from doing so.
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5 Ways to Positively Impact the Economic Viability of Agriculture in Northern Ontario
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) is leading the development of the Northern Ontario Agriculture, Aquaculture and Food Processing sector strategy. Agriculture, Aquaculture and Food Processing is a priority sector that can help grow and diversify Northern Ontario’s economy under the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario, OMAFRA needs input from a…
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Succession Planning Tips Part 3: Selecting A Leader
Selecting a leader is much more than just simply filling an existing position. In the third and final part of our Succession Planning Tips series (see Part 1 and Part 2); we will be over-viewing a checklist for selecting a leader. Succession Planning Checklist:
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Ontario Greenhouse Business Enhances its Competitive Edge with Growing Forward 2 Funding
Andrew Hendriks Jr. knows that in his business, he must constantly evolve. It’s the only way to stay competitive in the greenhouse industry.
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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…