FEEDBACK
ADVISORY PROJECTS
WABASH VALLEY POWER ALLIANCE SEPTEMBER 2019
Thanks for bringing the site consultant advisory group to Indianapolis. We have heard nothing but positive feedback from the event. I think it was a great overview of the site selection process for our cooperatives and staff members who joined us. We look forward to working together moving forward.
Lauren Davis, Business Engagement Representative, Wabash Valley Power Alliance
BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER SEPTEMBER 2018
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber was pleased to engage the Site Consultants Advisory Group’s (SCAg) for its two day advisory Workshop presented to an audience of BRAC team, regional officials, ED partners and local allies. The excellent Workshop content advised how to stay “in the game” during the RFP process, ways to win business through real estate/incentives/taxes, best recruitment strategies and real world case studies on company expansions.
Without a doubt, all who attended walked away with a better understanding of how site selection works, current trends in the industry and BRAC’s important role in continuing to maintain great relationships with influential decision makers.
We are very pleased with our decision to bring the SCAg Workshop program to Baton Rouge and the resulting positive feedback we have received from our allies.
Rachel Pierson Delamain, E.D.F.P., Director of Business Development Baton Rouge Area Chamber - Louisiana
EDMONTON PARTNERSHIP JUNE 2017
I speak for all of our group when I say this met all of our expectations and we are thoroughly pleased with the outcome, the feedback, and the relationships we built with your group.
Edmonton Partnership (Alberta Industrial Heartland Assoc.), Canada
DUKE ENERGY (IN) MARCH 2017
Thanks sincerely to SCAgroup for the time and effort to bring your Advisory Visit to our region. I can imagine that it takes a tremendous amount of work to prepare feedback in such a short time but the end result was greatly appreciated.
We were not surprised by what we heard but instead it empowered us to focus more so on the identity of the region. We are eager to implement more compelling data to tell our story and given your Group's feedback know exactly where to start. The economic development team in this region has what it takes and we’re excited to strengthen our partnership by how we can best support them based on your Group's insight. Thanks again.
Duke Energy - Indiana
GREENVILLE UTILITIES (NC) OCTOBER 2015
Following your (group's) departure, the local group stayed and had some discussions about the visit, and the meeting adjourned on a positive note. The feedback was well received and is just what was needed to help stimulate the economic development process.
Office of the GM – Greenville Utilities
WORKSHOP PROJECTS
NORTHEAST INDIANA REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP MARCH 2019
I wanted to send a quick note to thank you for all your hard work in setting up this training. You were an incredible partner to work with and I hope we exceeded your expectations. SCAgroup is a great team of consultants and we truly appreciate all the time the Group spent on this event. We plan to take the lessons we learned and create a workgroup to improve our readiness for projects and our overall RFP response. We appreciate you helping us take the next steps in growing our region.
Director of Business Development, Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership
VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION OCTOBER 2017 (VEDA attendee comments)
Great speakers. Very knowledgeable for their areas of expertise! I really appreciate their time and a great job on VEDA's part in organizing this. Best ever!
I am glad VEDA tried this approach- bringing in a team of site selectors for a full day. Overall, the sessions were relevant and provided good perspective on efforts we make every day- so very relevant to our profession.
They did a great job of setting the record straight for what is important and what is not.
Enjoyed hearing these folks. Like the down to earth approachable feel of it and the way some of them tag teamed the sessions.
I was very worried about turning over a full day of our agenda to "outsiders," but they did a great job. Very entertaining and informative.
The candid nature of the talks was eye-opening and supportive in many instances.
I thoroughly enjoyed the site selection panel. It provided a number of unique perspectives on a number of relevant topics.
Speakers were very knowledgeable.
One of the best sessions I have been to in a long time.
Loved the content, loved the individual personalities and insights each expert brought to the table.
Great consultant choices.
Money well spent!
INDIANA EDA WORKSHOP AUGUST 2017
The Duke Energy Economic Development team would like to personally thank you for your participation at the Indiana Economic Development Association’s Site Consultant Event. We thought it was the best conference so far and we very much appreciated the insightful and candid presentations. We walked away with some tremendous ideas!
Director, Economic Development, Duke Energy
REDI CINNCINATI WORKSHOP AUGUST 2017
The pleasure was all ours. Thanks for the innovative programming.
President & CEO, REDI Cincinnati
INDIANA EDA WORKSHOP AUGUST 2016
Our members tend to be a critical audience: but their response to our site consultant's event this year have been some of the most positive we've received for any event. The SCAGroup consultants struck the right balance of compliment, critique, and constructive input, knew the Indiana market, and were very accessible during the entire event. Working with SCAGroup and Area Development this year turned out to be a very wise choice for us.
President/CEO – Indiana Economic Development Association, CEO – IEDA Foundation
DALLAS WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 2015 (Dallas attendee comments)
All the speakers did a very good job. I appreciated their candor and insight into their processes. I would gladly participate in future sessions with them.
Loved the format! One of the best events I've attended.
Speakers were all experts in their own fields, hard to say if one was better than the other. Great opportunity to meet in a small group environment - there was good interaction from the audience with each speaker which kept the sessions meaningful. The amphitheatre setting was great!
I liked the 2 person team presentation approach. It gave the opportunity for both presenters to offer something unique in their experience working with clients.
Speakers are each experts with common skills/experience, but each also offered a slightly different specialty which worked really well with excellent agenda topics. Their personal relationship with each other also made the event fun. All the agenda topics were well thought out and in the right order. This was a great event.
All (presenters) stood out, all were very good and knew their subject content well. One of the best events I've attended. I liked the 'interactive' approach! Great panel discussion ... lot of synergies!
All of the speakers were great. I loved the format and the free flow of information. The smaller group was great as the speakers were more at ease and went deeper into the topics.
