EDO Membership Organizations

Learn about services designed specifically to advance the economic development programs of utilities and regional/state EDO groups and their members.

Ady-Voltedge Webinars for EDO Membership Organizations

The place for EDO leadership and staff to begin when they don’t know where to start—Ady-Voltedge Webinars for state or regional EDO membership organizations and regional utility companies are seminars delivered via the Web and feature world-renowned site selection consultant Robert M. Ady speaking on your choice of topics. Mr. Ady can simultaneously address up to 100 remote locations, each requiring only a standard Internet connection. Topic choices include:

Offered topics include bit are not limited to:

  • Crucial steps in the site selection process: a detailed review of the six steps intrinsic to the site selection process, as well as numerous real world examples and pertinent anecdotal insights
  • Trends in site selection: information and discussion about strategic planning for the changing needs of corporations, to make your community more competitive and desirable as a potential site.
  • Strategies for successful rural economic development marketing: perceived detriments can be actual benefits to companies wishing to expand or relocate—how to identify, leverage, and market them
  • Characteristics of shovel-ready sites: the desirability of shovel-ready sites cannot be over-emphasized, and this webinar identifies and discusses what critical features and benefits they must offer prospective companies.
  • Keys to a successful EDO website: Your website is in direct competition with that of hundreds of other communities. This webinar identifies what information is crucial to include on your website, as well as the most effective way to organize and present it.
  • Marketing to site selection consultants: A discussion about how to differentiate your community from others so as to receive the attention of site selection consultants.

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