Strengthening Regional Collaborative Initiatives
Assisting Regional
Collaborative Business Development Initiative
Targeting Based on Regional Cluster
Analysis
Establishing Private Sector
Industry-Led Teams for Cluster Development
Developing a Private-Sector Fundraising
Strategy for a Region
Assisting Regional Collaborative Business Development Initiative
We
design and facilitate two to three regional meetings reaching
a consensus as to the internal marketing aspects of the regional collaborative
business-development effort. Key aspects of the sessions include the following:
Building additional capacity for collaboration, developing an internal marketing/communications plan outlining the regional competitive advantages,
creating collaborative structures for the future,
determining expected outcomes and progress measures.Benefits:
- Bringing business, government and leadership together to embrace a shared initiative- long term - to strengthen the economy
- Develop a focused internal communications plan to the stakeholders
- Fostering greater cooperation and collaboration in the economic development effort for your region
Targeting Based on Regional Cluster Analysis
Regional
Cluster Analysis identifies value-chain clusters (buyer-supplier linkages),
technology clusters and labor clusters. We identify industry targets by
conducting an analysis of the clusters to spot industry sector gaps that
could be targeted for expansion or development within the "broader"
region. The analysis focuses on clusters that have significant presence
in the region as well as emerging clusters that could be expanded or developed
within the region. The geography of the Regional Cluster Analysis will include
multiple counties.Benefits:
- Improving economic development competitiveness
- Fostering the region's identify as a productive and profitable place to do business
This
service provides assistance to organizations in the establishment of up
to five (5) private sector industry-led cluster development teams. This
includes approximately five initial sessions with identified teams supported
by local development staff members. The teams focus on improvements desired
or needed in a specific cluster or across clusters. Identified issues may
include workforce, technology improvements, transportation issues and new-product
development, among others.
We
provide assistance in designing a self-directed private sector fundraising
strategy by outlining a step-by-step implementation process. This also
includes a volunteer training session.