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I'm a site selector. What will The Network do for me when I can't find location data? The Network makes you a search promise but let's not go there just yet for an answer. Instead, we state here that we will be delighted to provide free personal search assistance if you will send us an email. You don't have to tell us about yourself. Just give us a location identity and memo a few words to say that it's information you want. CLICK HERE for instructions. From whom does a site selector gather location data? ... location
data suppliers. What does a location data supplier do? See About Economic Development, Page 4 for a breakdown of various types of contacts as suppliers of information about places of interest to site selectors and enterprise developers. In all categories, contacts can be found to either assemble location packages or put you in touch with someone who can. For example, libraries are listed under regional and local information sources but, as you may expect, they provide only what they have collected without interpretation. (Libraries should) ... have knowledgeable staff available to guide users to appropriate contacts for obtaining additional information as well as assistance to prospects (source of quote). A location
or community profile is a useful publication produced by many
location
data suppliers, especially, area
and local developers who additionally offer assistance
to prospects. Profiles
are available online or by request. They are typically included in location
packages. Easy to use profiles have information organized
under various universally recognized categories, such as the items
of location data listed in About
Site Selection, Page 2. Location packages may be organized using
so called Site
Selection Data Standards as a guide. Where does a .network user find resources for doing site location work? Searching online seems to suit the majority of them now that we have the Internet. See the six page series about searching in the .network introduction. Also, see three things that every user needs to know about The Network. Given that a site selector is someone who searches for a location during the course of an enterprise development project, it is suggested that you go to the files, Search for a Location and Search for a Contact. In the latter case, especially, take a look at the file section about contact directories. It explains by example how we take a multiple approach to helping .network mission participants, site selectors included, find resources. Who is involved in enterprise and economic development? All types of change agents and top decision makers involved in organizing and operating enterprises as well as all types of resource and service providers. Take a look at the definition of the target audience served by The Network for more about who participates in the process. I've reached a dead end. Now what? Send an email asking for search promise delivery. Suggestion: Copy and paste to your email memo the URL address string of the problem webpage where you came to a dead end. Search results produced a file-not-found. Now what? Send an email telling us what keyword combination you searched for. Provide the URL address string for a file-not-found or if you cannot access a file. We (who we are) can neither recreate a file that doesn't exist nor enter one to which access is denied; nevertheless, we address the situation and offer you suggestions or a solution to the problem as a free service. How do mission participants find and get in touch with contacts? They can start out by searching a global
directory of contacts maintained specifically to serve the
main purpose of The Network. Three
key search items are published online from
the database that supports the directory in order to make finding contacts a
quick and easy process. Links to contact
data are published for free* at
the request of .network users.
Once published, links remain in place until broken or changes occur
with connected resources. To understand more about the commitment of The Network in assisting users with their efforts to find resource and service providers select this link: www.ecodevdirectory.com. The URL is the address of an outside contacts resource known as the Economic Development Directory. It doesn't matter whether you choose to search
the Global Registry of Contacts or another contact directory relevant
to the the mission, you are covered by a unique search
promises.
... either the comment (1) Publish link to contact data or (2) Problem link and the contact name as it appears on the webpage for which you provided the URL. Use the instructions to request listings for contacts
not found in the GRC or any other directory you access through
The Network (only one contact per email, please).
Memo information that you
believe will
help us track contacts down, for example, last
know locations or addresses. Also help us by explaining what services
they provided and in what geographic areas. To apply for a GRC listing for yourself, CLICK HERE. * The exception to the implication that all users of The Network may request links to contact data for free is as follows: It is not intended that mission contacts should request links to contact data for their own listings in Global Registry of Contacts online, except under the circumstances of having contributed financially to the operations of The Network (see The Global Registry of Contacts is a Springboard ... ). In addition, those who contribute significantly otherwise with resources or through forming a mutually beneficial partnership with us (who we are) are provided free links to their contact data from within the GRC online. Otherwise, mission contacts are on par with all other users in that they are entitled to request links to information for getting in touch be published or corrected for free in the GRC. See the answer to the question of who pays for the operations of The Network. Questions or comments regarding exception to our free services offers are welcomed. FYI: The reason why links and information for getting in touch with mission contacts are not published online with every listing in the global directory of contacts maintained by The Network is that information is subject to change without notice. We (who we are) therefore opt to publish contact data and links to websites at the request of users as a free service. FAQ: Why isn't all information from free records in the GRC published online? answer To apply for a free GRC listing as a mission contact, CLICK HERE CLICK HERE to request that contact data or other information be published online CLICK HERE to request that we take action because of a problem CLICK HERE to see what information is published online to facilitate searches What does a listing in the enterprise and economic development directory cost? We (who we are) refer to our directory as the GRC database. Listings are provided for free. Where can I find the meanings of the following expressions? definition of domestic economy: answer definition of developing economy: answer definition of global economy: answer definition of national economy: answer definition of regional economy: answer definition of enterprise and economic development: answer (1) / answer (2) / answer (3) definition of enterprise and economic development project: answer definition of enterprise developers: answer / What do enterprise developers do? answer |
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... a URL address string made up of are informational items used to identify or access a specific place on the Web seen in their sequence alignment. For example, URL address string for the page you are now using, including the tag linked to this definition, is ... http://www.findmehere.com/search/faq/51-60.htm#addstring * Area Development is the name of a resource section of the Economic Development Network website. It supports the mission of The Network. It has no relationship to the magazine of the same name. For information about the magazine, CLICK HERE.
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