TRIF is now signing sponsors for 2010.
Save the date ... July 21 in Tyler
Texas Rural Innovators will offer a special Forum in conjunction with the Summer Meeting of the Texas Economic Development Council – TEDC. This is one of four regional conferences on family asset-building strategies that we will host in partnership with RAISE Texas and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas as Part One of a project to extend these programs into rural Texas. Asset-building programs are widely viewed as a valuable tool in community economic development. They include a variety of measures to help working families succeed in the mainstream of community economic life.
Conferences in other locations will be announced soon … along with additional Rural Innovators Forums, as they are finalized.
In the mean time, check out the training webinars offered by the Heartland Center for Leadership Development . . . and the courses of the Texas Leadership Institute. These might be just what you’ve been looking for to fill gaps or generate new ideas for your work.
What is TRIF?
TRIF is a series of forums, held approximately 6-8 times per year. Each forum features noted speakers with outstanding expertise in rural development and practitioners with firsthand knowledge of successful programs and practices.
TRIF brings firsthand knowledge of the most innovative and successful rural development projects in the nation to YOU – the business, civic, social, educational and cultural leaders of Texas’ small cities, towns and rural regions. And we bring it from the people who are making it happen in their home towns from coast to coast.
TRIF speakers will present a mix of theory and practice, but it is all about action and improvement at home, on the ground – not pie-in-the-sky! We are supported by a cast of all-star sponsors who insist on keeping it real!
As an added benefit, through TRIF you become part of a network of like-minded innovators from across rural (and urban) Texas. TRIF is your opportunity to get together with real people who make things happen!
Why?
