Organizational Capacity and Professional Development
Here you will find resources for maximizing your organization’s potential both operationally and strategically
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NADO Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary With a Highly Successful Annual Training Conference in Anchorage
NADO marked its 50th Anniversary by hosting the 2017 Annual Training Conference in Anchorage, AK on September 9 – 12, 2017. Over 500 attendees, representing 38 states and the District of Columbia, came together to learn, share best practices, network,...
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CEDS Outreach & Communication Materials for EDDs
How well is your organization communicating to its stakeholders about what the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) is and how it supports your region? The most effective CEDS are ones developed with the input, creativity, and enthusiasm of a wide...
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Economic Development District Training Program Graduates 10 Participants: Pilot Program Serves Five-State EDA Southwest Region
2016 EDA Austin Emerging Leaders Class, left to right: Kyle Ingham, Panhandle RPC (TX); Michael Ryburn, South Western Oklahoma Development District; Jorge Ayala, EDA Austin; Vickie Williamson, Ark-Tex COG (TX); Evan Williams, Northwest New Mexico COG; Ron Garza, Lower Rio...
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It’s a Wrap! 2016 NADO Annual Training Conference
With over 600 attendees from 40 states and the District of Columbia representing 188 organizations and two federal agencies, the 2016 Annual Training Conference: Taking a Stand for Regional Development had a broad range of economic development practitioners, planners, and...
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Organizational Leadership Briefs for Executive Directors
Regional development organizations are called upon to serve various functions for their constituents, providing communities with a host of services, resources, data, and other information. They work every day to support prosperous communities, forge...
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Tapping the Unique Power of Story and Narrative
This closing plenary session at NADO’s 2015 Annual Training Conference explored how narrative and storytelling can motivate your audiences and advance your cause and mission as a regional development organization. It covered the elements of a good story—whether in a...
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Learning Lab: Claiming and Sharing Your Region’s Stories
This hands-on learning lab at NADO’s 2015 Annual Training Conference offered strategies and tools for gathering and telling your own stories in compelling ways and explored the power of sharing your story utilizing local voices and language. Methods and tools...
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Strategies for Exceptional Board Governance
Today’s RDO board member typically wears many hats. In addition to serving as an elected official, running a local business, leading a nonprofit organization, overseeing an educational institution, or a combination of some of these vocations, they are also charged...
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Preparing for the Future: Early Career Executive Directors/Assistant Directors
NADO’s research has shown a trend in executive director retirements, which is not too surprising given the sheer number of baby boomers that are considering retirement in the near future. As today’s executive directors start to plan for their departure...
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EDA’s Streamlined Application Process
During the 2015 NADO Annual Training Conference, Angela Belden Martinez and Nathan Ohle of the U.S. Economic Development Administration reviewed proposed changes to streamline the agency’s grant application process. These changes are incorporated in the 2016 Federal Funding Opportunity...