Wednesday, December 14, 2005

·         8:30 – 8:45 am

Welcome, Introductions, and Plans – Mary Schmidt

·         8:45 – 9:15 am

Understanding and explaining how economies work and how economic development comes about – Jim Nelson

PRESENTATION:  Understanding How Economic Development Happens

·         9:15 – 10:15 am

Developing skills to lead a planning process to help community leaders understand the strengths and weaknesses of their communities, and to help them develop community visions – Lorraine Roach

PRESENTATION:  Community Based Strategic Planning for Economic and Community Development

·         10:15 – 10:30 am

Break

·         10:30 – 11:30 am

Developing skills to lead a planning process … (cont.) – Lorraine Roach

·         11:30am – 12:30 pm

Compiling and understanding social, economic and demographic information about a county or community – Ben Eborn

MATERIALS:

Steps to creating a county profile

Data sources for your county profile

·         12:30 – 1:30 pm

Lunch

·         1:30 – 2:30 pm

Compiling and understanding social, economic, and demographic information… (cont.) – Ben Eborn

·         2:30 – 3:00 pm

Guidelines for determining what types of firms or entrepreneurial ideas to target for business expansions and establishing new businesses – Jim Nelson

PRESENTATION:  Targeting Economic Development

·         3:00 – 3:15 pm

Break

·         3:15 – 5:00 pm

Helping businesses and local government entities improve customer service – Sue Traver

PRESENTATION:  The Gold Standard in Customer Relations

Thursday, December 15

·         8:15 – 10:15 am

Helping entrepreneurs and businesses develop business plans – Sarah Howe and Steve Hines

PRESENTATION:  Business Planning

·         10:15 – 10:30 am

Break

·         10:30am – 12:30 pm

Evaluating economic viability of business ideas – Lindy Widner and Jim Nelson

PRESENTATION:  Evaluating the Economic Viability of Business Ideas

MATERIALS:

   EcVia Simulator - Beta Version

   Example:  Redclaw Crayfish Inputs

   EcVia Simulator - Crayfish Example

·         12:30 – 1:30 pm

Lunch

·         1:30 – 3 pm

Who you “gonna” call???  (Brief presentations from government entities in Idaho with major programs related to rural economic development).

Ø       Idaho Rural Partnership (Dale Dixon)

Ø       Idaho Dept. of Commerce and Labor (Gloria Mabbutt)

Ø       EDA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Rick Tremblay)

Ø       Idaho SBDC (Katie Sewell)

Ø       USDA Rural Development (Daryl Moser)

·         3:00 pm

ADJOURN