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November 30, 2023 Features 📢Call for C2ER Mentors!📢 We are looking for mentors! If you are passionate about making a difference, believe in the transformative power of mentorship, and are willing to commit some time to shape the future of our community in Economic and Workforce Development Research, please consider becoming a C2ER mentor. […]
Continue Reading2023 – Fall Edition In This Issue: Registration Open for the 2024 C2ER/LMI Institute Annual Conference June Conference Training Preview C2ER Welcomes Its Newest CERP! Just a Tube of Toothpaste or a Teller of Tumultuous Times? LEARN Soft Launch! 64th C2ER Annual Conference & LMI Institute Annual Forum June 12 – 14, 2024 Norfolk, […]
Continue ReadingNovember 2, 2023 <!– Training Feature <!– <!– 📢Last Call for Leaders – Don’t Miss Out on the Reduced Registration Pricing 📢 <!– Agenda How do you navigate the balance between administrative, teamwork-load, and morale? How do you manage, lead, and inspire a team? How do you effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders, […]
Continue ReadingBy: Mandana Nakhai, Senior Research Manager, CareerWise Colorado As the Senior Manager of Research at CareerWise, my job is to make sure data helps connect students to good jobs through apprenticeships. Unfortunately, fragmented national and state labor market and education data ecosystems make this job difficult. The challenges are well-documented. Workforce, education, and economic development analysts […]
Continue Reading<!– 📢 Call For Proposals 📢 <!– <!– The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute are currently soliciting proposals for the next annual conference and forum, which is currently planned to be an in-person event June 11-14, 2024 in Norfolk, VA. The theme this year is: Navigating […]
Continue ReadingSeptember 7, 2023 <!– Feature <!– <!– 💡DATA LEADERSHIP STARTS AT C2ER – 20% OFF FOR A LIMITED TIME 💡 <!– Being a leader in economic and workforce development means more than understanding facts and statistics. It requires strategic planning, building and managing your team, developing an internal and external communications plan, and more. Through facilitated […]
Continue ReadingIntroduction With the passage of the American Rescue Plan in 2021, Congress reauthorized the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI 2.0) with an allocation of $10 billion to improve access to capital for underserved small businesses and entrepreneurs. The Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) administers the program and oversaw a first round (SSBCI 1.0) from 2010 and […]
Continue Reading2023 – Summer Edition In This Issue: Letter from the C2ER Chair on Professional Development Step Into the Incentives Spotlight C2ER Partners With FRED on Data Practitioner Digital Badge Program Set Sail for Norfolk, VA in 2024 for the C2ER/LMI Institute Annual Conference LEARN Message from Angela Ladetto, C2ER Chair Dear C2ER members, For […]
Continue ReadingAlmost 18% of the country’s economy and 30% of American jobs are directly or indirectly tied to food and agriculture, making the agribusiness industry a cornerstone of the American economy.[1] Although the primary output of the industry is livestock and crops, there is so much more that the industry offers including the support of livelihood […]
Continue ReadingJuly 27, 2023 Feature Better Data ➡️ Better Communications ➡️ Better Decisions Agenda Do you have access to the most relevant data about your region? Are you getting the right answers from your data? Can you effectively communicate your economic analysis to key stakeholders? Join us in Pittsburgh, PA from September 13-15 for the […]
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