University-initiated economic development has become a major focus for many TTOs, and the push to document and report economic impact is getting more intense.
This Program will discuss the methods they use for benchmarking, what statistics they gather and report, and how the programs and protocols used at each university ensure positive growth and maximum impact.
~ What does economic development mean? There is no clear-cut definition. We'll discuss each university's regional and institution-based mission to better define what it truly is.
~ In-depth look at the programs and protocols used at each university
~ Decipher the economic development philosophies of land grant and non-land grant universities
~ Bootstrapping your data gathering and reporting using interns and consultants
~ Techniques for saving time and money in the benchmarking process
~ Creating a "start-up map" to identify locations of companies and where in the state funding is most prevalent
~ How each university gathers and reports data for their annual economic development reports
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