RDG Celebrates Economic Development Week 2019!
Happy fourth annual Economic Development Week! Economic Development Week was created by the International Economic Development Council...
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Clint Nessmith
Dec 13, 20183 min read
Planning Now Translates To Future Fundraising Success
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of joining a panel at IEDC’s Annual Conference in Atlanta where my role was to speak about the...
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Rob Radcliff
Sep 19, 20182 min read
Investor Retention: The One Thing Everyone Must Do
So you just raised a bunch of money to fund your organization for the next three years. Or maybe you raised a new pot of money to use...
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Michael Trubiano
Jun 13, 20183 min read
Hidden Talent
You never know what you might discover in your backyard. I’m a Bruce Springsteen fan. Recently my wife and I went to NYC to see him on...
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Rob Radcliff
Jan 8, 20183 min read
I’m A Runner
One of my traditions is a New Year’s Day run. I’ve done one for at least 25 years now, sometimes alone, oftentimes with one or more...
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Clint Nessmith
Oct 2, 20172 min read
Thoughts on IEDC’s 2017 Annual Conference
I’m impressed! That is how I left feeling about Toronto after a very successful IEDC Annual Conference a few weeks ago. A city of over...
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Rob Radcliff
May 8, 20174 min read
Interview Series – Ashley Folladori, JAXUSA Partnership
Ashley Folladori, Director of Investor Relations for JAXUSA Partnership This year, JAXUSA Partnership is celebrating 27 years of...
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Rob Radcliff
Feb 20, 20173 min read
Takeaways from the 2017 IEDC Leadership Summit
2017 IEDC LEADERSHIP SUMMIT TAKEAWAYS I always enjoy the late January IEDC Leadership Conference — shorter timespan, more relaxed, nice...
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Matthew Chambers
Jun 29, 20163 min read
Lessons from the Greatest
I come from the generation that grew up with Muhammad Ali – I was 7 when he knocked out Sonny Liston; 12 when he knocked out Jerry Quarry...
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Matthew Chambers
May 10, 20161 min read
Economic Development Week
May 8-15th is Economic Development Week – something Resource Development Group is proud to celebrate! Please join us in honoring all of...
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Rob Radcliff
Jan 5, 20161 min read
How Do We Tell Our Story?
One of the biggest challenges for EDO’s is telling their story in a succinct, clear and compelling way. Not the story of the community or...
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Rob Radcliff
Jan 1, 20162 min read
Does The Rising Tide Really Lift Everyone’s Boat?
I read an article in our local paper a few weeks ago that really stuck with me. It chronicled the dramatic disparity in relative...
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Rob Radcliff
Dec 28, 20153 min read
Big Things Come In Small Packages: Small Markets CAN Compete In The Big Leagues
RDG does a lot of work in major metros across the United States. In fact, of the 48 metros of 1 million population or higher with a...
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Rob Radcliff
Dec 20, 20153 min read
Regionalism and the Retirement of Pat Danahy
Principal and Co-Owner Clint Nessmith provides our blog for this edition of RDG Interactive. I was recently at Pat Danahy’s retirement...
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Rob Radcliff
Dec 9, 20153 min read
Wrestling is a Metaphor…
This past Saturday morning while the rest of the country was preparing for another weekend of March Madness, I was at a celebration...
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Rob Radcliff
Nov 29, 20152 min read
Are We Listening?
As I travel the country and listen to Chamber Execs., EDC Presidents and Board leaders talk about the challenges faced by their...
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Rob Radcliff
Sep 29, 20143 min read
Tell the Story or Change the Story?
I just finished reading How Money Walks: How $2 Trillion Moved Between the States and Why It Matters by Travis Brown. It traces the...
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Rob Radcliff
Jun 10, 20142 min read
Secretariat Was Fast…..
As one of the top three thoroughbreds of all time, Secretariat was in a class by himself. In fact, no other horse has ever run 1 1/2...
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Clint Nessmith
Apr 30, 20142 min read
Building Blocks
Let’s face it. Unless you are one of the lucky few organizations with more money than you know what to do with, there never seems to be...
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Rob Radcliff
Feb 13, 20143 min read
Investor Relations: What Am I Missing?
This is an age-old question asked by many Chamber and EDO CEO’s when their investors tell them they are “cutting back”, “dropping out” or...
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