Don't do this at home Sunday, January 15, 2006 Don't: Buy $100 humidors and charge them to your expense account. Have the taxpayers pay $35,000 in your moving expenses, then seek expense reimbursement of $700 to your in-laws for helping you move. Refer to yourself as Dr. Big Cheese when you are not. Buy a desk set for $8,000 as part of a $10,000 office makeover for yourself. Read more here and here. Then don't go out pumping up a prospect without doing some due diligence. Read more here and here. (If you put the company's address in to Google Maps and look at the location from a satellite view, you see that the company is located in a residential subdivision of St. Paul. The processing facility listed in the company's web site apparently does not exist.) posted by Ed Morrison |		This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. links Some Background on EDPro Weblog The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it. One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information. So, spread the word...Share the knowledge. Tell a friend about EDPro Weblog. If you are using a news reader, here is the link to syndicate this site: Here's the link if you are a bloglines subscriber: Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking. Background on Ed Morrison Download some background information on me here.

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