Economic Development Online Newsletter second issue

Hi everyone, Community Development is covered by EDO courses so I
hope you'll find this newsletter of interest. Michael

EDO News: Online Newsletter
Volume One. Issue Two.

Happy New Years to all of our readers! If advancing your career and
making your life easier are on your New Year's list of goals… keep
reading - you won't want to miss a thing. In this course registration
issue of EDO's e-newsletter you will learn about several classes to
further your career in 2001.

Registration deadlines are fast approaching for our line up of Winter
Courses. EDO offers professional and convenient online courses taught
by leading international experts. Check out all of our courses by
visiting http://www.edo.umn.edu. We hope you enjoy receiving EDO news.
We promise future issues will bring more articles, relevant to your
work in your community. Our articles will be stored in our pressroom
for future reference at http://www.edo.umn.edu/news.html.

If you know of associations that may be interested in informing
their members about our courses or that would like to link to our site
please contact mdarger@apec.umn.edu.

Until next time -

George Morse, Professor
Applied Economics
University of Minnesota

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IN THIS COURSE REGISTRATION ISSUE
1) Winter 2001 Online Course Listing
2) Register for Classes Online
3) Featured Course: Socioeconomic Impact Assessment

Boost Your Career With Our Winter 2001 Line-Up of Courses

· Business Retention and Expansion Research Reports
Dates: January 22 - March 2, 2001 Register by January 12, 2001
· Community Economic Analysis
Dates: January 29 - March 18, 2001. THIS COURSE IS FULL.
Please sign up for the September 17 - November 4, 2001 offering.
· Business Retention and Expansion Consultant Certification
Dates: February 5 - April 15, 2001 Register by January 26, 2001
· Socioeconomic Impact Assessment
Dates: February 12 - March 25, 2001 Register by February 2, 2001

++++ REGISTER FOR CLASSES ONLINE ++++
Registration is easy online. Simply go to http://www.edo.umn.edu/
then click on REGISTER. Winter Classes are accepting registrations
NOW. Deadlines are approaching. Register today!

Featured Course
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Taught by Dr. Larry Leistritz

Six week course starting February 12. Register by February 2.
Designed for economic and community development specialists,
extension educators, and consultants. Students do not need to have
degrees in economics.

· Ever had a major development project stall because the
public didn't realize the magnitude of the multiplier effects?
· Ever had consultants estimate the multiplier effects of a
controversial project without providing any details on how they got
their results? · Wish you could develop better requests for proposals
for doing socioeconomic impact studies or better evaluate studies that
have been done already? A "YES" to any of these questions means you
need to sign up for this course.

In this course you will learn how to interpret the results of
socioeconomic impact assessments for your community. Those
completing this course will be able to evaluate studies and
determine if the results are realistic for their problem and their
community or their region. Want to learn more? For a detailed outline
of the six-unit course, go to
http://www.edo.umn.edu/onlineAnalysisSocio.html.

Your instructor for this course will be Dr. Larry Leistritz, a
Distinguished Professor at North Dakota State University. You will be
learning from an internationally renowned expert in this field and the
co-author with Steve Murdock of the classic in the field,
"Socioeconomic Impacts of Resource Development: Methods of
Assessment". Read more about Dr. Larry Leistritz at
http://www.edo.umn.edu/aboutflleistritz.html.

REGISTER ONLINE: The fee for this six-week course is only $260, only
1/3 to 1/2 what it would cost to take Dr. Leistritz's course in a
workshop format…Not to mention the travel cost savings! To register
online, go to http://www.edo.umn.edu/ before February 2nd.



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