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PEDC <br />d) Incubator Project - Job description for the Director of the Paris New Busines <br />has been offered and accepted by Mr. Fred Green. Steve will provide the board mei <br />his resume. <br />e) Young Professional Focus Groups - Steve stated that he attended the Young <br />the Chamber sponsored February 25th at Heritage Hall. In his opinion it was a huge <br />provided an outlet for young executives to meet others in the community that are th <br />same interest in a variety of subjects. Kenny Dority, Chamber Chairman, stated tha <br />support of this type of event opens the door to many opportunities and would hope <br />industry's involvement to assist in recruitment and meaningful workforce connectic <br />Steve led the board members in a discussion about a dedicated PEDC web <br />EDSuite along with social media options provided by The New Celebrity. The do <br />www.paristexasusa.com has been purchased for this dedicated site. The EDC wet <br />with the current Paris, Texas Brand website, and will provide: <br />• Traditional page layout for economic development; <br />• Contact information on home page; <br />• Optimize site for highest placement on search engines; <br />• Improved visitor interactivity and navigation for finding relevant ecc <br />information (business owners, site location consultants and c-level b <br />makers); <br />• Link to current website (www_paristexas.com); <br />• Economic development tools: <br />❖ Conservative & professional flash technology; <br />❖ Programmed using CSS Technology; <br />❖ Ensure site is visible to all major internet browsers with little <br />Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.; <br />❖ Content Management system; <br />❖ Community Profile Tool; <br />❖ News & Information Tool, i.e., Blogging & RSS Feeds; <br />❖ Available Property Database with Mapping; and <br />❖ On-Line Proposal Tool. <br />The New Celebrity (social media) deliverables: <br />1) Assist PEDC to understand and evaluate the language and tools of social m( <br />focused economic development strategy to leverage the concept of "Listenir <br />Engaging" with and for the Paris community (internal and external) includi: <br />Social Media Landscape; Socialnomics; eMarketer.com; Prezi.com; Techno <br />Tweetadder; Twittalyzer; Hootsuite; TweepSearch.com; Google Analytics; <br />Four Square; etc. <br />2) Custom design and launch of unique PEDC social network presence (pages; <br />Facebook; Twitter; LinkiedIn and others based on economic development a, <br />3) PEDC will take a leadership role to develop the centralized place for local s <br />Social Media Portal. <br />4) Develop policies, procedures and "how-to" guides (strategies) for social mi <br />focused on existing businesses and community partners.\ <br />5) Develop strategies to use social media as a workforce/talent attraction tool <br />education, training and workforce development partners. <br />Minutes <br />19, 2010 <br />Incub or. Position <br />bers w h a copy of <br />;xecuti <br />e Mixer that <br />cuccess <br />This event <br />;ir age <br />d share the <br />the Ch <br />ber's <br />enco <br />age major <br />developed by <br />i nam of <br />will 86 consistent <br />i.e., <br />a ana reate a <br />- Tal ing - <br />: Nav gating the <br />ti.co ; Tweet Deck; <br />;o Ta ging; Gowalla; <br />i the llowing: <br />antag s. <br />ial m dia - Paris' <br />a cha*el users, <br />coni <br />with our <br />2 <br />14 <br />