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commercial fields which are not relevant in the context of residential real estate. <br />Conferences <br />Once again, our executive team was busy attending interesting events to stay on top of the best practices <br />and new trends in the economic development industry. Some of these include: <br />• Texas Economic Development Council (fEDC) Annual Conference - Houston, TX <br />• National Rural Economic Developers Association (NREDA) Annual Conference - San Antonio, TX. <br />• Kentucky Association for Economic Development (KAED) Fall Conference - Bowling Green, KY <br />• Mid-America Economic Development Council (Mid-America EDC) Competitiveness Conference & Site <br />Selector Forum - Chicago, IL <br />Last quarter we hosted excellent webinars including the following: <br />• Lead Generation in the Al Age: Marketing Strategies for Economic Developers - Presented by <br />Bob Lytle, President of rel8ed.to and Aaron Brossoit, CEO of Golden Shovel. We all know that <br />`facts and data' are important for Economic Development communication. But the game is changing <br />— Big Data strategies are now table stakes for innovative agencies and Al is the new buzzword. <br />Standard marketing websites are giving way to interactive presentations that engage the user with <br />information and tThe rel8ed.to team uncovers AI -enabled advertising campaigns to increase <br />awareness and lead generation for real Economic Development. <br />• Place VR for Economic Development - Presented by Aaron Brossoit, CEO of Golden Shovel. <br />How do you reach a CEO sitting in a boardroom, a thousand miles away or across the world? How <br />do you capture the imagination and attention of a site developer sitting at their mahogany desk, <br />sifting through a mile -high stack of proposals? Elite communities have discovered the answer — <br />virtual reality. At IEDC in Toronto, Canada, Golden Shovel Agency unveiled the newest innovation in <br />business and workforce attraction for economic developers: 360 Virtual Reality Immersion Videos. In <br />this webinar, we learned how 360 VR technology is being used by economic developers as a <br />business and workforce attraction tool. <br />• Please Mind Your Business - Presented by Mark Hays, SizeUp LBI National Sales Executive. It is <br />widely known that the heavy majority of net new jobs created over the next 10 years will be from <br />entrepreneurship yet most economic developers are spending the majority of their time recruiting big <br />business. During this webinar we took a look at just how crucial small businesses are to a local <br />economy and found out different ways to help grow those businesses without having to change much <br />about how you currently do your job. <br />If you couldn't attend any of the above, please contact us to request a copy of the slides and/or the recording <br />link. <br />Save you seat for our upcoming Free Expert Webinars! <br />• Please Mind Your Business - Presented by Mark Hays, SizeUp LBI National Sales Executive. <br />®Golden Shovel Agency <br />Groundbreaking Economic Development Communications Page 2 <br />