Preparing for Large-Scale Development

Ensuring communities have the tools and resources they need to maximize benefits from large-scale projects while mitigating negative impacts is key to sustainable development. This workshop will provide information and tools that will assist you to keep the focus...

Budgeting

This workshop is a primer on budgeting for economic development organizations. It provides basic information on: β€’ developing budgets for business start-ups and community projects β€’ reviewing and analysing business and project budgets β€’ revising business and project...

Selecting Project Management Software

There are many software solutions to project management on the market today. This workshop reviews most commonly used project management tools and will assist you in identifying the features you need, whether Web based or PC Based, open source or proprietary, to...

Project Management Fundamentals

This workshop provides an overview of Project Management (PM). Topics include: β€’ Compare and critique common PM frameworks β€’ Review and discuss fundamental PM concepts β€’ Basic versus complex projects β€’ Critical success factors in PM β€’ Risk management as it applies to...

The Strategic Planning Process

This workshop addresses the when, why, where, how, and who of strategic planning. It will help you to assess whether your business/organization is ready for a strategic planning exercise.Β It will provide strategic planning tools and techniques and discuss the...