The Network/SSD makes publishing announcements of site
selection projects on the Web cost-effective and safe
from the standpoint of confidentiality.
It is cost-effective because an enterprise
developer wanting to gather
information from places
of interest can publish a project
profile with selection
criteria and reach out to resource
and service providers for free.
Using the SSD online is
safe when you follow the tips we (who
we are) provide on how
to protect confidential plans and activities. Announcing
a project online can easily be made safe
by use of a relatively
low-cost information gathering service as a shield.
Site Selection Directory users can also gather information
without publishing announcements. They can approach location
data suppliers directly after requesting
publication of information about places
of interest as a free service. In addition The Network
offers other services, reasonably priced, that help
users gather informaiton.
Identify location data suppliers and reach out to them via the Internet:
The Network furnishes
blank webpages for
publishing project announcements that include profiles and specifications or selection
criteria. Pages are offered to qualified .network users.
 You
qualify for a free page as an active enterprise
developer or site
selector.
We
contact up to 50 location
data suppliers by email for free on behalf of your page.
All .network users have
to your page. We do not involve ourselves in your transactions.
No
way pays to refer to or utalize information collected from your page.
Scroll
further down this page if you are concerned about confidentiality.
CLICK
HERE if you do not want a page but would like discreet data collection
services
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Suggestions for how to protect confidential plans and activities:
Review
the definition of confidentiality.
Use
a blind
address when asking outsiders to deliver information.
Don't
freely give away your identity to contacts. Develop a checklist for being
discreet.
CLICK
HERE if you do not want a page but would like discreet data
CLICK
HERE if you do not want a page but would like discreet data
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HERE if you do not want a page but would like discreet data
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HERE if you do not want a page but would like discreet data
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HERE if you do not want a page but would like discreet data
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HERE if you do not want a page but would like discreet data
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1. Understand why confidentiality is important to the
enterprise
development and site
selection processes. Begin
with the definition of confidentiality in the Enterprise
and Economic Development Glossary. Reference is made
to the wartime adage stating that loose lips sink ships which is a warning
equally profound for those times when business
decision makers reach out to find resource
and service providers by networking.
:decisions during site selection and other enterprise development
projects
are
available
about something detrimental or pejorativeFor example, information
about
can give a
competitor
an advantage when confidential information about it is
brought to his attention. Members of the target
audience of The
Network are reminded of the wartime adage,See
the answer
to the question about whether enterprise
developers and site
selectors should work discreetly when dealing
with resource
and service providers. Confidentiality should
also be considered important in dealing with employees
when, say, a relocation project
is in the works. It's a
component of rumor control
2. Use when requesting that information
be sent to you. Select the next link or the one in the previous
sentence for more information about using a blind address successfully.
3. Use the address of an information gathering
service that operates discreetly on behalf of its clients ... a
service that simply receives information and passes it on. Economic
Development Services provides such a service with 40 years of enterprise
development and location
work experience in its background. EDS efficiency that controls
costs for its clients is in knowing the resource
and service providers in the business. Understanding of the
information being collected can be helpful. For EDS the understanding
is on par with what management consultants having
years
of
experience
in site selection work know. If a site
selection consultant is needed
to collect and analyze information about locations, any experienced professional
will know how to handle a confidential project from the start.
4. Recognize that
enterprise
development draws the attention of employees,
especially those concerned about job
security. Rumors can quickly develop
and move to the outside. Smart risk
management includes having a strategy
for communicating convincingly with employees at the first thoughts of
site
selection. This tip applies equally to suppliers.
5. Dress for
enterprise
development and
site
selection. Displaying logos even as lapel pins can reveal identity
in the wrong place. Referring to so-called aircraft tail numbers
(registration
numbers) may help curious observers who want to do a little
investigating to discover where visitors to their communities are from.
Likewise, the use of credit cards and telephones in hotel
rooms may help with making an identity. The point is that you need to
control the indirect ways that you communicate who you are or who you
work for when site
location work takes you into the field. Expect
that members of ally
networks focused on development activities in a region
will compare notes. It is all part of the game that savvy resource
and service providers play as they aggressively pursue prospects.
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How does one qualify to publish a project announcement online
for free?
1. Determine what your position is within the .network user
group.
2. Send an email and tell usthat you have an interest
(who
we are) ...
 tell
us if you ... (1) want to publish online ... (2)
do not want to publish online.
if
you do not want to tell us who you are, CLICK HERE
anticipate offering you shortly thereafter
a webpage to
be
used to
publish a profile and specifications or selection
criteria. Preferably you would feel comfortable in asking
questions and exchanging information by email using the instructions
and address shown below. Notice that you can begin by contacting
us discreetly, i.e., without revealing any confidential information
or
even an identity other that that of the email address you use.
Shortly thereafter we should be able to create a confidential
working relationship
in accord with what you prefer as we develop your announcement
for publication. As we proceed there will incur no obligation
or pay
any fees to us. When we agree upon the information that will
go into your
announcement, it can be finished and published online as a free
service. In the course of developing what is to be published we also mutually
target a group of up to 50 location data suppliers or other resource
and service providers which we will contact by email and alert to your
announcement.
You will pay for any emails sent out beyond the first 50. Those first
ones, however, will be sent without cost or obligation. The objective
is alert them so that they do not miss seeing your announcement and responding
directly to you. We do not become involved in any transactions between
you and the contacts. Also, there is no solicitation for anyone to pay
us for the services we provide. Here are some additional key points:
1. Should you choose to be discreet in your announcement
and not publish your name and address for contacts to respond to, you
will pay us to use our address to collect information on your
behalf while protecting confidentiality. We will negotiate our services
at a base fee of $35.00 per hour plus expenses. What we offer is a service
of collecting information and forwarding it on to you on an agreed upon
schedule ... no hidden broker or finders fees involved.
2. Should you choose not to publish your announcement
on the Internet but instead want to use our contact and information
gathering services, we will be delighted to negotiate as indicated in
the paragraph above at the same base fee of $35.00 per hour plus expenses.
In case you are wondering how we make money on the free side of the
Site Selection Directory, please take a moment to to look over information
about the Global Registry of Contacts as a springboard for resource and
service providers engaged in enterprise and economic development. Also,
see the answer to the question sometimes asked about who is behind the
operations and provides its financial support. Some of our support comes
from past Site Selection Directory users.
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Use of the Site Selection Directory for free includes asking
us to deliver on the promise
of The Network in regard to specific locations see
Search for
a Location. In other words, you
can send us an anonymous email and ask that we publish the
identities of up to 50 municipality locations in Economic Development.net/Area
Development or a city-region file
in Sie Location Assistance.com/Regional Site Selection Directory. CLICK
HERE for instructions for sending an email (send
a separate email for each place of interest).
We will respond to your
anonymous email by (1) searching for location
data suppliers for the places
of interest and
(2) publishing the names of the places online along
with links for getting in touch with contacts offering location
data. We will respond to the email address and send a URL for each location
request
you make
which
will
lead you to contat data. It will be up to you to make contact with the
individual location data suppliers directly to request the information
and any site location assistance. go back
email instructions:
Type the address to send to from the graphic below. Type the initials GRC and SSD with
a colon in between (GRC:SSD). Call 706-579-1526
if you prefer to reach us by telephone.
Use the memo section of your email to ask questions.
If you choose to explain your project or provide a profile at first contact,
please identity
its status as tentative, preliminary, or active.
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