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A commitment
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... to provide personal search assistance when its requested by those who identity with the user group The Network is designed to serve or who care to join in on its mission. This is a promise of free services. Read on for details or CONTACT US now. We are happy to answer questions or receive reports of broken links or other problems you may encounter using The Network. You may contact us anonymously by simply identifying a location.
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Our offer to provide services without cost or obligation covers ...

spaceryour search [page down] for a place of interest and its location data supplier

spaceryour search [page down] for contact data in order to join in on the mission

spaceryour search [page down] for any other resource related to the mission

spaceryour arrival [page down] at what seems to be a search dead end

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location search:

CLICK HERE for information about how The Network defines a location.

Places of interest to you and other .network users are listed for free. We are attempting to put together a global list of locations that want enterprise and economic development, realizing that we can never attain the ideal, which would be to offer a resource complete with information that stays up-to-date. In lieu of the ideal we offer you a search promise.

Search inside .network websites or throughout the Web, using any of the search tools we provide. Send us an anonymous email should you not readily find what you look for. Likewise, contact us if you do find the location listed, but without enough information to carry on with your participation in the .network mission. Our response will be to publish the name of the place of interest to you in our websites along with a link to information on how to contact someone in position to to supply location data. This is a free service.

CLICK HERE if you have information about a location that would interest other users.

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resource supplier/service provider search:

CLICK HERE to learn where such contacts fit into the operations of The Network.

The much-used Global Registry of Contacts supports our mission. It contains thousands of records. The opportunity to list contact data in it is free for service providers as well as resource providers around the world. Savvy contacts wanting to put their information out front have opportunities to participate in the The Network. CLICK HERE if you want to know how to best access the GRC database information published on line.

CLICK HERE to search for information published online from the GRC
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CLICK HERE to request contact data for a listing online from the GRC
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CLICK HERE if you are in anyway dissatisfied with your search of the GRC
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CLICK HERE if you want you want your contact data included/updated in the GRC

Our response to any contact you make with us to request assistance will be provided as a free service. Assistance is provided in support of our specialized online information service.

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resources:

CLICK HERE for a directory with links to details about The Network as a resource for global enterprise and economic development. As such, The Network functions as a specialized online information service in two ways: (1) by facilitating your search for resource providers; and, (2) by archiving information about resources useful those who join in on the mission.

Facilitating your search for resource providers means that The Network functions by passing you on as swiftly as possible to the point of making direct contact. It facilitates your desire to build and maintain working relationships without us (who we are) getting in the middle of communications or business transactions. See the explanation above about how our promise works to accommodate your search for resource and service providers.
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Archiving information about resources for moving forward with opportunities for enterprise and economic development is accomplished in two ways: (1) by offering to help you search the Web for specific resources by name or by type; and (2) by publishing links and discussions or profiles suggested or contributed by users who want to share with others as well as help build a useful online information service. For more about sharing, CLICK HERE.
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CLICK HERE for information about the archives from The Network introduction
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CLICK HERE for search tools for using inside or outside The Network
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CLICK HERE to send an anonymous email for free resource search assistance

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problems:

CLICK HERE to read about our commitment to help you with search problems.

Problems include finding broken links and out-dated or misleading information as well resources or services that you simply don't trust. If you arrive at a place in one of the .network websites that seems to be a dead end, that's a problem! You can anonymously send us an email and ask for our assistance in addressing any of these problems. Overall our promise of free, personal attention to resolving the problems that you point out to us.
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CLICK HERE to anonymously report a problem or ask for free search assistance
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CLICK HERE for information about overcoming problems when searching for a location
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CLICK HERE
for information about overcoming problems when searching for a contact
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CLICK HERE for information about overcoming problems when searching for a resource

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Anonymously ask for delivery on the search promise of The Network:

Rather than identify yourself and provide anything other than an email address you want us to respond to you can simply identify a locationdashone, for example, that you would like to see listed in Economic Development.net. We operate with a privacy policy.

First, type the word from and a colon in the subject line of your email. After that identity of the location. The location identity need only be enough information so that we can find the place on a map or listed in an atlas. The location may be anywhere in world.
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Briefly explain what free search assistance you are requesting or what problem you are reporting to us in the memo section of your email. Use the following address to contact us:.

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A footnote to the history of our search promise involves the demise of an association once well know in economic development, corporate real estate, and industrial assets management circles for its networking opportunities. For months after disbandment a remnant of its membership directory remained online as a resource that continued to become more and more outdated over time. It fouled search engines and contributed to dead end frustrations for members of the .network target audience.

The upside for those who discovered and used The Network was the salvage of all of the names and addresses of the associates of the International Development Research Council from the final issue of its membership directory. Records for all associate members were recreated in the Global Registry of Contacts. There they remain to this day a a source of contact data. Individual records are updated continuously in the GRC database as requests are received for us (who we are) to deliver on the .network search promise.
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Information from other membership directories, for example the last one published by the American Economic Development Council, was also incorporated into the GRC.

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The glossary is a specialized reference and learning tool for the .network target audience. It is covered by our search promise. To access or search the glossary now, CLICK HERE.

The glossary also serves to demonstrate the extensive use The Network makes of hyperlink technology. The purpose of the plethora of links throughout .network websites is to allow users to have a choice in gathering as much information as they want.

Following is an example of a glossary definition showing the use of links. A line of text is at the end of the definition. Notice that it begins with the words definition of. This is to facilitate searches. Put the words definition of in a search box ahead of anything else. This will help the search tool zero in on what you want. CLICK HERE for more search help.
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associate member:

Designation for a member of an organization who has access to informational resources and networking opportunities without full rights and privileges, for example, to vote or hold office. See the answer to the question: Who organized the first association giving economic developers the opportunity to network with corporate real estate executives? At one time the association the answer identifies provided professional recognition to its members. For example, the highest recognition given to resource suppliers and service providers in the field of enterprise and economic development by the organization was associate master professional. The founder of The Network has held the Associate Master Professional designation longer than any other person who was a member of the association.

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definition of associate member / definition of associate master professional
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