Our Co-Founders discuss our launching of “The Movement” designed to reshore jobs from China, make economic development organizations more successful, and improve the quality of lives of economic developers.
Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Joe Melvin, Director of Business Development for North Carolina’s Southeast. The two discuss marketing rural communities in a regional organization and how, in the last 6 years, the region has grown by over 5,400 new jobs, $1.1 billion in investment and 38 new locations. They also discuss their switch to a public/private partnership model that resulted in over 740 new jobs, $120 million in capital expenditures, and 6 new company locations for the region just in the past year.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Eddie Crittendon, CEO of the McNairy County Tennessee, Economic Development & Chamber of Commerce. The two discuss how in the past four years, McNairy County has had 500 new full time job announcements and $30 million in investment, and how throughout Crittenden’s career, relationship building was a key factor in landing projects in rural America.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Courtney Pogue, Director of Economic Development for the City of Dallas, Texas. The two discuss how Dallas has attracted new investment interest from around the globe, recent momentum, including a Southwest expansion and the location of Uber’s second largest facility bringing 3,000 new jobs, and the City’s new partnership with SizeUp that will help small to mid-sized businesses make informed decisions as they recover from the impact of COVID-19.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Linwood Thomas, Director of Economic Development in Hanover County, Virginia. The two discuss how Hanover County has seen $600 million in deals over the past two years, Virginia's five tiered site ranking system, and two potential project wins that would create over 1,000 jobs.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Josh Fenn, Executive Director of the Henry County, Georgia Development Authority. The two discuss how Henry County won two manufacturing deals in the last 6 months, and how Fenn’s passion for rural America influenced his career in economic development.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Kurt Foreman, President and CEO of the Delaware Prosperity Partnership. The two discuss how Delaware recently landed an Amazon facility, what makes Delaware a good place for manufacturing and logistics projects, Kurt’s joining of “The Movement,” and Kurt’s career in economic development.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group interviews Austin Monk, President of Riverview Solutions. The two discuss how Riverview Solutions partners with companies to help maximize their potential, and Monk’s passion for workforce development.
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Our Co-Founders discuss our launching of “The Movement” designed to reshore jobs from China, make economic development organizations more successful, and improve the quality of lives of economic developers.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Adam Knapp, President and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC). The two discuss BRAC’s COVID-19 recovery initiatives and how last year BRAC was ranked by Site Selection Magazine as second among communities with 200k to 1 million people, during which they completed 27 different projects with 3 billion dollars in capital investment.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Beth Bilyeu of Forest City, Iowa Economic Development. The two discuss the area’s Small Business Recovery Fund and their efforts to call and meet with every eligible small business in town.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Tray Hairston from Butler Snow LLP. The two discuss how healthcare is an economic driver and what state and local economic developers should do with incentives agreements during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Ryan Egly, CEO of the Lawrence County, Tennessee, Chamber of Commerce. The two discuss how the Lawrence County Chamber is going above and beyond to aid small businesses during the Covid-19 crisis and how the county has landed 8 new projects since 2015.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Bob Hess, Vice Chairman of Consulting for Newmark Knight Frank (NFK). The two discuss why manufacturers will consider reshoring back to the US as an alternative and the future of economic developers and site selectors after COVID-19.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Jeff Finkle, President & CEO of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The two discuss how IEDC is aiding economic developers during the current COVID-19 crisis and the economic benefits of reshoring essential goods to rural America
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Chad Chancellor’s guest, Gray Swoope, honors Melissa Medley, talks about VisionFirst Advisors, discusses running a state economic development agency during a disaster like Hurricane Katrina, and gives career advice.
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More than 400 people have watched as Mark Manning joined us to launch our new YouTube Video Newscast last Sunday with an opinion piece about how globalization hurt rural America and what we need to do as a country to bring back the manufacturing of essential goods from China when this crisis ends.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, and Ned Staebler, CEO of TechTown Detroit, discuss how Detroit is not sitting back and waiting for government assistance, but instead aiding small businesses impacted by COVID-19 through its innovative Small Business Stabilization Fund.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Barry Broome, CEO of the Greater Sacramento (California) Economic Council. The two discuss the important role economic developers will play in helping the economy recover from the coronavirus as well as the great momentum Sacramento has created in improving the lives of their citizens from an economic standpoint.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group and Shannon Landauer, Executive Director of the Carroll Area Development Corporation of Iowa, discuss Carroll County’s innovative workforce development effort, the Computer Languages Program, and the spirit of Carroll County that makes the community a great example of economic development in Iowa and across the United States.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group and Kay Brockwell, President & CEO of Future Focus Development Solutions, discuss Kay’s history of helping economic development professionals become more successful and the key strategies to getting your rural community “on the map”.
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Chad Chancellor and Alex Metzger, Co-Founders of Next Move Group, discuss the launch of Next Move Group's new website and how it reflects our mission to create economic growth for small to mid-sized companies, communities, and organizations.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group and Clarence Hulse, Executive Director of the Economic Development Corporation of Michigan City, Indiana, discuss momentum in Michigan City, including $1.5 billion in investment over the last 6 years, and Hulse’s economic development journey from Belize to Michigan City.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group and Joseph Boylan, Executive Director of Wilkes-Barre Connect discuss the organization’s innovative THINK Center and the inventive techniques and promotion of entrepreneurship that helps businesses grow in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group and Mike Kirchhoff, President & CEO of the North Central Illinois Economic Development Corporation discuss the organization’s niche marketing strategy, location advantages of North Central Illinois, and the essential need for mentors in economic development.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group and Nicole Sedlacek with the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) and current Chair of the Mid-America Economic Development Council Conference discuss how the NPPD supports economic development in their service area and detail the annual Mid-America EDC Competitiveness and Best Practices Conferences.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Horton Hobbs, VP of Economic Development at the Greater Springfield, Ohio Chamber of Commerce about recent momentum in the area and on telling the story of Springfield, Ohio.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, features, what is in his opinion, the best prospect generation firm for economic developers, Research FDI. Amber Hunter, VP of Business Development in North America for Research FDI discusses how Research FDI helps communities create prospects and highlights the firm’s growth for their 10-year anniversary.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group kicks off 2020 discussing Next Move Group’s 2021 Mardi Gras event, an overview of Next Move Group’s ongoing executive searches, and a look back at start of season college football predictions and next week's LSU vs. Clemson Championship Game in New Orleans.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Will Coppage on Washington County, Mississippi and how it is the only county in the United States to be a 4th tier ACT work ready community.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, simulcasts with the Industry Liaison of Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP), Trish Adams of the East Kentucky Works Podcast. They discuss the progress EKCEP has made with the coal mining industry in Eastern Kentucky, and Chad Chancellor does a deep dive into why Next Move Group has the mission to help small to mid-sized companies, communities, and nonprofits.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Mitch Mays about the history of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews one of the most well known economic developers in America, Rod Miller, about his career stops in Detroit, New Orleans, and now Puerto Rico.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Winston-Salem, Inc. CEO Bob Leak about Winston Salem, North Carolina's, economic development momentum.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Pete Fullerton about momentum in Kansas City and advancing your learning in economic development.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Anatalio Ubalde.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Matt Tackett about economic development in Kentucky.
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Next Move Group Co-Founder Chad Chancellor interviews with Hal Johnson about his transition from being a successful economic developer to now doing site selection and industrial real estate.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, discusses industrial site diligence with Raul Peralta of ECS Limited.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder Next Move Group, interviews Elmore County, Alabama, economic developer Cary Cox.
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Hear how St. Petersburg, Florida, places and emphasis on recruiting small to mid-sized companies as Chad Chancellor interviews J. P. DuBuque, President of the Greater St. Petersburg Area Economic Development Corporation.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Larry Holt about the good things happening in Greater Portland (Oregon/Washington).
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Josh Tubbs about the good things happening in Marshall County, Kentucky.
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Chad Chancellor, Next Move Group Co-Founder, interviews Mayor Harvey Dales and Ron Reischl of Manning, Iowa, about the development success they have spurred in their town of 1,400 population.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, previews the college football season with multiple interviewees.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group visits with Lisa Franklin of Location One about their recent investment in the LOIS buildings and sites database.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder Next Move Group, discusses the positive economic development momentum in Louisiana with Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group interviews Brad Hall about how Appalachian Power supports economic development in Brad’s region.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Jerry Lococo and Greg Lavann highlighting Yuma, Arizona, and SVN Velocity Commercial Real Estate as Next Move Group’s 100th customer.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group interviews author and economic developer Garry Clark about his book Unlikely Viking: From the DC Projects to Rural Nebraska.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews Chuck Sexton about how One East Kentucky is landing manufacturing plants by aggressively recruiting and understanding the skills of their available labor.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group, interviews John Engelmann about how Evergy Electric Power supports their local communities’ economic development efforts.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group discusses how Retail Strategies helps small to mid-sized communities have success in recruiting retail projects to their communities.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group discusses how being an AeroReady certified community helps recruit aerospace companies with Robert Ingram, owner of Common Sense Economic Development and partner in the AeroReady certification program.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group interviews JESCO Construction team members about how they are teaming up to offer virtual spec buildings to assist small to mid-sized communities with prospect and product development.
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Chad Chancellor, Co-Founder of Next Move Group interview Mark Manning about the unique challenges of economic development in small to mid-sized communities and their recent successes.
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This week, Chad interviews Younger Associates Founder and President Sharon Younger about how her company helps communities identify and tackle the challenges of the modern workforce.
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This week’s episode has something for all. Hear about how Redguard is keeping oil/gas workers safe with their manufacturing of blast proof buildings. And how corporate listeners can access capital, real estate, and equipment financing if they locate in the Crossgate District in Wichita, Kansas.
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Learn how Northwest Florida is using $1.5 billion from the BP oil spill to help companies locate and expand in the Florida Panhandle.
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Learn how economic development leaders in Wisconsin optioned over 1,200 acres from 40 different land owners in 6 weeks to land the Foxconn deal which recently broke ground on a 1,000 job, $2 billion manufacturing facility in a Milwaukee suburb.
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What are the most common mistakes economic developers make when interviewing for a new job?
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Does your community need more prospect leads?
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Are you interested in a Master’s degree in economic development? Or, could you use university backed research to aid in your economic development efforts?
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Do you own a small to mid-sized company and need help with supply chain modeling, valuation, site selection, or a potential merger/acquisition?
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How does Missouri’s public-private business attraction organization work?
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