Regional Business Talk - Economic Development

Regional Business Talk - Economic Development


Latest Episodes

Laura Phillips – Vehr Communications
June 24, 2015

In this week's episode, Ed Burghard speaks with Laura Phillips, VP of Client Services and Counselor at Vehr Communications, about the challenges and considerations with creating and deploying a comprehensive strategic communications strategy.

Jerry Bologna – JEDCO
June 17, 2015

This week Ed Burghard speaks with Jerry Bologna, Executive Director of the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO), about his perception of the challenges and opportunities facing the economic development profession.

Laura Martin – Conway Events
June 11, 2015

Confused about how to effectively utilize social media in promoting your community message? This week, Ed Burghard speaks with social media expert Laura Martin about the opportunities and challenges of using social media in community branding.

Kelly Flenniken – Grand Junction Economic Partnership
June 09, 2015

This week, host Ed Burghard talks with Kelly Flenniken, executive director of the Grand Junction Economic Partnership (GJEP) in Colorado about her perspective on the future of the economic development profession.

Lorie Vincent – Team Texas
May 27, 2015

In this podcast, International Roving Host Bruce Levine speaks with Lorie Vincent, Executive Director of the Team Texas, a statewide marketing coalition operating under the umbrella of the Texas Economic Development Council. -

Victoria Hirschberg – Tennessee Economic and Community Development
December 30, 2014

Victoria Hirschberg, Statewide Project Manager with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and based in Nashville, joins our host Ed Burghard this week as he continues with the 40 Under 40 Rising stars in economic development se...

Chris Steele – Investment Consulting Associates
December 24, 2014

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has the potential to transform a community's economic development efforts. In many ways it is the same as domestic company attraction, retention and expansion. But there are very important differences that need to be t...

Kevin Hughes – Suffolk Department of Economic Development – Virginia
December 16, 2014

In this episode, Ed Burghard speaks with 40 Under 40 Rising Star recipient Kevin Hughes about his perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing the economic development profession.

Jennifer Bosser – Wake County Economic Development
December 02, 2014

In this episode, Ed Burghard talks with Jennifer Bosser, Assistant Executive Director for Wake County Economic Development (WCED) in Raleigh, North Carolina and DCI 40 Under 40 awardee about her perspective on the future of economic development.

Tom Wengler – Cloud Nine Solutions
November 05, 2014

Tom Wengler, Partner at Cloud Nine Solutions in Chattanooga, TN joins Host Jeff Porter this week to talk about Customer Relationship Management systems for Economic Development organizations. Cloud Nine Solutions is a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Partner wit...