The Council Training
The Council for Community and Economic Research (formerly known as ACCRA) is dedicated to helping to improve the skills of community and economic development researchers. The Council provides an opportunity for researchers to earn professional recognition as a "Certified Community Researcher" (CCR).
Training for Calendar Year 2008
The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER)
TRAINING INSTITUTE
August 18-21, 2008
Hotel Indigo Chicago Gold Coast
Chicago, Illinois
Overview of Data for Community Economic Researchers
August 18, 2008 / Hotel Indigo Chicago Gold Coast / Chicago, IL
This session provides the basics about the critical data sources used in describing regional economies. Learn more about how to manage your community's data and be prepared with the data that businesses need most in making economic and workforce investments.
Community Profiling: The Basics of Demographic Analysis
August 19, 2008 / Hotel Indigo Chicago Gold Coast / Chicago, IL
Community profiles represent one of the most fundamental products of an applied research unit. Within those profiles include a number of key demographic variables. This session focuses on helping researchers understand the foundations of demographic research, providing the most important data sources and fundamental tools/techniques for conducting demographic research. You will learn by doing- accessing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting demographic data to your community, county or region.
Monitoring Your Economy: Understanding Economic and Business Data
August 20, 2008 / Hotel Indigo Chicago Gold Coast / Chicago, IL
This session is designed to help you better understand the fundamental metrics of regional economies. You will examine a variety of data elements about business activity that are used in deriving Gross Domestic Product and how that data is adapted to help us understand metro areas. You will also review other key economic indicators that can be used in monitoring your economy and learn basic principles used in selecting appropriate measures of regional economic performance.
Measuring Innovation and Entrepreneurship
August 21, 2008 / Hotel Indigo Chicago Gold Coast / Chicago, IL
This training session reviews basic principles for developing benchmark indicators that demonstrate how innovative and entrepreneurial your local or regional economy is and/or can be. You will learn about different data sets and weighting systems to develop your own index as part of a strategy for promoting 'innovation/entrepreneurship' as an element of your regional or statewide economic development efforts.
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