Upcoming Webinars
SSTI Webinars are a great way to keep up on the major issues and initiatives impacting technology-based economic development. The live interactive webinars provide a convenient and cost-effective platform to learn about new approaches and tools that can help you in your work. This informative and educational webinar series is hosted by SSTI staff, thought leaders and colleagues from around the country with relevant experience and knowledge.
What to Expect
- In-depth examinations of current state and regional approaches to financing startup companies, crowdfunding and commercializing university research, among others;
- Strategies for successful economic transformation through intelligent, strategic investments in tech-based economic development; and,
- Stimulating dialogue and thought-provoking exchange among your peers from across the country.
Upcoming Webinars
How ecosystem mapping can aid your region
May 21 @ 3pm ET | Free
Ecosystem mapping facilitates clear communication about the resources, support programs, and key players available to entrepreneurs and innovators in a region. For TBED organizations, it is also a valuable tool for identifying potential partners, facilitating referral networks, and uncovering new strategic opportunities. However, keeping these maps current and reflective of a region’s growing and evolving economic landscape can be a challenge. In this webinar, experts from EcoMap and SourceLink will demonstrate how they approach developing ecosystem maps tailored to your region as well as strategies to keep these tools up-to-date and seamlessly incorporated into your daily operations. This webinar will provide the actionable insights needed to integrate ecosystem mapping into your organization’s strategic toolkit.
Speakers:
- Sherrod Davis, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officier, EcoMap Technologies
- Maria Meyers, Founder, SourceLink
- Casey Nemecek, Program Director, SSTI
Hear from your Peers – Three Build to Scale Success Stories
June 20 @ 2pm ET | Free
Interested in leveraging EDA's Build to Scale program to launch or grow your innovation programs? Go beyond what you can learn from the NOFO and video explainers and hear from three B2S awardees about their experiences with the program. Speakers will discuss what challenge they sought to address, how that process developed in practice, and what impact the award helped them achieve in their communities.
Speakers:
- Amanda Hedrick, Director, Grants and Sponsored Programs, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, Shawnee State University/Kricker Innovation Hub
- Stacy Nimmo, Executive Director, Red Wing Ignite
- Tim Jones, Chief Operating Officer, Innosphere Ventures
TBED Community of Practice Subcommunity Meetings
SSTI is supporting subcommunities that focus on strategies within the field. Given the broad nature of the TBED field, we believe that fostering networks within more specific areas of practice will help achieve these goals.
Subcommunities on Entrepreneurship Development; Research Parks; Risk Capital; and, Lab-to-Market are meeting regularly.
Visit the community information page to learn more or complete this brief registration form to sign up.