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Join our free webinars and learn from the experts.  <br />Technology evolves at lightspeed and we know  <br />sometimes is not easy to stay on top of all these changes,  <br />but there is no reason for you to miss out the latest  <br />innovations and trends in the industry. You can join our  <br />free expert webinars to learn about relevant topics,  <br />innovative strategies and upcoming technologies. This is  <br />a free resource available to you and your colleagues to  <br />hear and learn from experts in the economic development  <br />industry.   <br />The following are the sessions from first quarter and if you couldn’t join any of them, don’t worry, we got you  <br />covered and you can always access the recording​ ​here​!  <br />●Being Opportunity Zone “Investment Ready” - ​What does it mean and what a community can do to  <br />attract investments? Opportunity Zone’s have been the talk of the Economic Development world  <br />throughout 2018, most of the conversation to date has been targeted directly at private-sector investors  <br />and how individual corporations can utilize the program to meet their tax goals. Springsted’s Housing and  <br />Economic Development (HED) clients come only from the public and non-profit sectors. During this  <br />Opportunity Zone Webinar, the focus is what local development leaders can do to become “Investment  <br />Ready” and how to encourage projects that meet their community’s goals in 2019 and beyond.   <br />●Using Social Media for Economic Development - ​Learn the basics of social media, channels, features  <br />and benefits, type of content and tips on social media best practices to increase engagement. Economic  <br />Development tips and tricks on how to effectively use social media for both business and industry  <br />attraction and community engagement.   <br />●Attracting a Workforce for Community Needs - ​Recruit people to our city? Why should we focus on that  <br />over attracting businesses? These type of questions from critics rarely surface now. Almost every  <br />economic development organization, urban and rural (especially rural), has started realizing the need for  <br />workforce attraction. The three elements to successful workforce development—developing, attracting,  <br />and retaining skilled talent—require short- and long-term thinking among community partners.   <br />  <br />  <br />  <br /> <br />Golden Shovel Agency  <br />Groundbreaking Economic Development Communications  <br />  <br />Page​ 3  <br />   <br /> <br />