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exception! With this goal in mind, we want to kick off the year right and on January 17 at 10 am CDT, we are hosting our first webinar of 2017: "A Disrupted Economy: Is Your Community Ready for Tech Disruptions?" presented by Jon Roberts, Principal and Managing Director at TIP Strategies. Disruptive trends in technology are irrevocably changing economic development. Employment, supply chains, and social norms are all being impacted. Traditional models are no longer sufficient; our assumptions about what constitutes economic vitality must evolve. Every industry is adapting to respond to disruptive trends in technology. Economic development—as a profession—must show similar flexibility and a similar commitment to change. This webinar continues a dialogue that can move our profession in a new direction. Hope you can join us for the webinar and you can attend at no charge, but space is limited and registration is required. Click here to reserve your seat now! Conferences Last quarter in 2016 we attended numerous events across the country in order to stay on top of the best practices and new trends in the economic development field, these events include: • Texas Economic Development (TEDC) Annual Conference in San Antonio Texas • Ohio Economic Development Association (OEDN Annual Summit in Columbus, OH • National Rural Economic Developers Association (NREDA) in Mount Pleasant, SC • Southern Economic Development Council(SEDC) Young Professionals Meet the Consultants in Greenville, SC • American Public Power Association (APPAL Customer Connections Conference in Nashville, TN • Mid America Economic Development Council Competitiveness Conference and Site Selector Forum in Chicago, IL 2017 offers great opportunities for learning and networking and January is full of it! We won't stop working to continue gaining expertise in the areas that are most relevant to the economic development field and this month brings several can't -miss events and our agenda is filling up fast. Some of the upcoming events are: • Wyoming Economic Development Association (WED& Winter Annual Conference in Cheyenne, WY • Economic Development Association of Minnesota(EDAM) 2017 Winter Conference in Brooklyn Park, MN where Aaron Brossoit, our CEO is also invited to present a session titled "Websites that Work: New Communication Strategies for 2017" • International Economic Development ConferenceI(EDC) 2017 Leadership Summit in Jacksonville, FL where Aaron Brossoit, our CEO is also invited to present a session titled "Websites that Work: New Communication Strategies for 2017". We are looking forward to these great events and we're sure there will be many opportunities to network with other development professionals. If you are attending as well, it would be great to connect! Golden Shovel Agency Groundbreaking Economic Development Communications Page 2