directory:

... a reference as a source of contact data; a contact directory; published information which classifies or lists names, addresses, and other data useful for finding contacts and getting in touch with them. A buyers guide is a directory for finding and contacting suppliers of goods and services.

Of interest to members of the .network core user group are enconomic development directories and site selection directories. Both are contact directories that help them find and get in touch with resouce and service providers. Directories used by participants in the mission of The Network can be valuable resources. Business networking is essential to moving forward with enterprise and economic development projects.

Area and local development representatives as contacts for enterprise developers and site selectors, for example as locaton data suppliers, build and maintain ally networks. Many economic development organizations organizations work in concert with so called development partners. The business of providing resources and services to economic development prospects requires a working group of allies as well as partners.

The Global Registry of Contacts, which you can freely search using the tool provided below, is a useful enterprise and economic development directory, as well as a site selection directory. Take a look at the definition of mission contacts to see that The Network behind the GRC also provides free access to links and search capabilities to many useful outside directories.

The websie, www.businessdictionary.com, defines directory by making the analogy that it is a ... a filing cabinet' of a data-storage device (more from Business Dictionary.com); and, there are other explanations as well of what a directory is other than a contact directory.

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See mission contacts definition:

Two important things that enterprise developers and site selectors must do when considering an area are to (1) gather reliable information for comparative analysis as well as for making sound business decisions and (2) build networks of resource and service providers (quote from http://www.sitelocationassistance.com/search/regions/glossary/area.htm#ss_area)

Network has a mission whose success depends upon participants finding and getting in touch with one another. Participants have two types of resources available. This addendum to the glossary covers both. CLICK HERE to see a list of the types of networks defined below or CLICK HERE for the types of contact directories, or you can scroll down the page.

ally network ... http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/a/ally.htm#network

... a group of contacts who are supportive of, for example, an economic development effort and with whom there is an ongoing exchange, either formally or informally, of mutually beneficial information; alliances formed within a group that are maintained by networking; a business network that is formed and/or maintained for the purpose of exchanging information about opportunities as well as problem alerts and problem solving.

buyers guide:

... a directory of contacts offering resources, services or products, typically published by a trade association; a supplement to a publication listing advertisers and contact data, for example, an economic development directory published by a magazine dedicated site selection and real estate (examples); a contact directory for an industry trade group.

definition of buyers guide / how to find services and products

development partners:

... a quasi-category of location data which shows up as a header for information in economic development publications and websites acknowledging cooperation from members of an ally network. Partners contribute resources. They may be listed as sponsors in which case it is likely that they are acknowledged for their support.

definition of development partner / definition of development partners

directory:

... a publication useful as a reference for finding contact data in addition to providing information; a contact directory (more about contact directories and The Network which is itself a directory of resources for enterprise and economic development). Directories are sources for guidance, instructions and directions, for example, the pull-down menu that is a directory to sections of the Enterprise and Economic Development Library. The italicized link in the previous sentence is a directory to information about using pull-down menus.

definition of directory / definition of development contacts directory

economic development directory ... see About Economic Development [page 1]

where to to an economic development directory

economic development network:

... any group actively engaged in exchanging information about economic development opportunities and prospects; an ally network made up of economic development practitioners and other resource and service providers. The glossary you are using is published in an economic development network referred to as The Network.

definition of economic development network

enterprise and economic development directory:

... the various types of directories of The Network; any directory that is useful to participants in the the mission of The Network or one operating with a similar purpose.

what is the enterprise and economic development directory

enterprise development directory:

... a publication that serves to direct its users to resources and/or resource and service providers to those who are enterprise developers and site selectors. The glossary you are using is published in an enterprise development network referred to as The Network.

definition of enterprise development directory / where to find development contacts

enterprise development network ... definition available through the .network library.

where to find information about networks for enterprise development

resource and service provider network:

... a network as a group made up of both resource suppliers and service providers.

definition of resource and service provider network / what are service provider networks

resource supplier network:

... resource suppliers identified together because they have a common interest.

definition of resource supplier network / definition of resource provider network

service provider network:

... service providers identified together because they have a common interest.

definition of service provider network / definition of service supplier network

site selection directory:

... a site selection resource directory; generic adaptation of Site Selection Directory, an open access resource of The Network. For more information about the SSD, see page 4 of About Site Selection. It's in the aptly named website, Site Location Assistance.com.

where to find site selection help for gathering data about locations as places of interest

site selection resource directory:

... same as above with the word resource inserted for emphasis. The Network, although identified in its mission statement as dedicated to enterprise and economic development is a resource for site selection. It's Global Registry of Contacts, for example, is a site selection resource directory. Site Selection is a process of enterprise development.

definition of site selection resource directory / where to find site selection resources

site selection resources network ... see site selection network, Appendix K

definition of site selection resources network / where to find site selection resources

where the rubber meets the road:

... the place and/or time where something happens; where the action is; a point of serious reality, often meaning that there is no choice other than taking a stand or making a decision; the point where procrastination needs to be replaced by action; the event of things beginning to move. The image is that of a tire spinning but nothing happening until it touches a surface.

Those who work in the economic development field representing locations are expected to be skilled at marketing as well as networking. Economic development is defined as a defined as a specialized form of marketing.

There are two forms of marketing. Advertising and promotion that doesn't require followup is indirect marketing. Having an economic development program that is totally indirect, such as image advertising is difficult, if not impossible, to measure for results. Results is an operative word implied when defining economic development as a process.

Savvy location development representatives organize their efforts around control of direct marketing so they can arrive efficiently at a point of dealing with a prospect or suspect as soon as possible. Following up in order to promote or network in a selling mode is a form of direct marketing. A focus on processing information exchanges with an eye on benefiting from the experiences of others is the key to following up within a network.

The Network has a target audience that is involved in one way or another with the kind of enterprise development that brings about economic development. It affords members of its target audience the opportunity to build and maintain working relationshipssee its mission statement. That's why it's called The Network. It is an online information service that is a virtual enterprise and economic development network.

resource links:

(1) Economic Development / Links to Marketing Resources

(2) About Economic Development / Networking

(3) Eight Essentials for Successful Networking

(4) What is Economic Development? from Tourism as Economic Development

communitas:

... the following quote from Wikipedia contributes to inventing a definition somewhat related to the mission of The Network: ... Communitas is an intense community spirit, the feeling of great social equality, solidarity, and togetherness .

Networks are formed when when people come together to make enterprise and economic development happen. Community and network are drawn together under the definition for social structure in an anthropology dictionary at AnthroBase.com. Scroll down the dictionary page to social structure where the term is linked to a definition stating that it as a "... network of people who know people, directly or indirectly, each in his or her own way(quote from as British anthropologist credited with being the father of network theory).

The place of a local economy has its business network(s) intertwined with social structure(s). The glossary you are now using defines business networking as well as social networking ... ally networks and economic development network have both components.

definition of communitas as it relates to community spirit leading to economic development

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