Future Here Now: March 03

The Get it Done edition

Welcome back to Future Here Now, where we discover how the world around us is changing, how that’s affecting our communities, and what we can do right now to help the places we care about thrive into the future.

In this edition:

Coming Soon: Fixing Job Descriptions: a new role for Economic Development?

Businesses are realizing that degree requirements often hurt their employee search more than they help, but reworking job descriptions to focus on skills is harder than it looks. What’s happening, and how might economic development professionals help? You might be surprised.

Pay for feedback: Should you get a check for public participation?

Some communities are giving small payments or gifts to people who give public feedback. Is that right? Is it enough? A lesson from the business world and a big challenge to tackle.

To Do Now: Who ya gonna call? Marian the Librarian. For real.

Economic Development struggles to work with the smallest and most disadvantaged of small businesses - and that’s a problem when we know they’re so important. Who does know how to work with them - and is doing it right now?

Plus a very impactful opportunity to do better marketing, a invitation for New Majority Fellows, and four ways you can help Ukraine, possibly the new vanguard of the Fusion Era.

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