Displaying items 11-16 of 16 in total of Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic Development with the tag "workforce development".
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146: The Coming Demographic Drought: Navigating America's Looming Labor Crisis with Josh Wright
October 21st, 2024 | 40 mins 22 secs
baby boomers, birth rates, community strategies, data-driven approach, demographic drought, eco devo, econdev, economic development, education alignment, future-ready workforce, industry needs, labor shortage, local economies, productivity, skills-based hiring, talent attraction, workforce development
In this episode of the Econ Dev Show Podcast, Dane Carlson interviews Josh Wright about Lightcast's new report "The Rising Storm: Building a Future-Ready Workforce to Withstand the Looming Labor Shortage," which explores the impending demographic drought due to retiring baby boomers, declining birth rates and other factors, and exploring strategies for economic developers and communities to prepare for this unprecedented challenge.
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145: Economic Development in Southern Oregon with Marta Tarantsey
October 14th, 2024 | 26 mins 58 secs
business oregon, childcare challenges, community resilience, dutch bros coffee, eco devo, econdev, economic development, regional success stories, rural entrepreneurship, southern oregon, urban growth boundaries, workforce development
Marta Tarantsey, Regional Development Officer for Business Oregon, talks economic development in Southern Oregon.
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144: Innovative Economic Development in St. Louis with Jason Archer and Darrell Scott
October 7th, 2024 | 36 mins 50 secs
bre program, business finance, collaboration, covid-19 impact, eco devo, econdev, economic development, incubators, small business support, st. louis, talent attraction, workforce development
Darrell Scott and Jason Archer from the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership discuss their roles in business finance and development respectively. The conversation covers topics like their career backgrounds, challenges facing the St. Louis region, their innovative business retention and expansion program, and how COVID-19 has impacted their work.
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140: Transforming Southern Illinois' Economic Development with Deb Barnett
September 16th, 2024 | 29 mins 42 secs
business incubation, community partnerships, cross-county cooperation, deb barnett, economic development, entrepreneurship, field trip fridays, innovation, local assets, podcasting, regional collaboration, regional marketing, rural economy, rural revitalization, si now, small business, southern illinois, storytelling, strategic growth, workforce development
Deb Barnett, executive director of SI Now, discusses the organization's regional approach to economic development in Southern Illinois on the Econ Dev Show with host Dane Carlson.
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66: Workforce Development Starts in 3rd Grade with Greg Lowe
September 26th, 2022 | 41 mins 31 secs
eco devo, econdev, economic development, workforce development
Greg Lowe is the Economic Development Director in Lewisburg, Tennessee. His workforce development program doesn't start in trade school or junior college. It starts in third grade.
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6: Economic and Workforce Development with Cody Mosely
June 14th, 2021 | 25 mins 8 secs
econdev, economic development, jobs, podcast, workforce, workforce development
Can a workforce developer lead the charge for economic development? While many organizations made the the switch from attraction to business retention last year because of COVID and the associated downturns in the economy, Cody Mosely with the Francis Tuttle Technology Center in Oklahoma is going in the other direction and leading the charge for regional economic growth.