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How to Do Strategic Planning Like a Futurist

By Jules Broussard | Advocacy, Blog Series, Business Help, Economic Development | Comments are Closed | 14 April, 2021 | 0

Article written by Amy Webb for the Harvard Business Review on July 30, 2019. I recently helped a large industrial manufacturing company with its strategic planning process. With so much uncertainty surrounding autonomous vehicles, 5G, robotics, global trade, and the oil markets, the company’s senior leaders needed a set of guiding objectives and strategies linkingRead more

LA’s New Broadband Official Talks Connectivity Plans

By Jules Broussard | Economic Development, News | Comments are Closed | 7 April, 2021 | 0

The first week in a new job is always a big deal, and no one knows that better than Veneeth Iyengar, Executive Director for Louisiana’s Broadband Development and Connectivity. As the first in this position, it falls onto his shoulders to help coordinate the state’s efforts in addressing challenges in broadband accessibility and affordability. AndRead more

State of the Parish Address | Updates from Acadia Parish Leaders

By Jules Broussard | Advocacy, Business Help, Chamber Announcements, Economic Development, Events, News | Comments are Closed | 18 March, 2021 | 0

The Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2021 State of the Parish Address. It will bringing together Acadia Parish Sheriff K.P. Gibson, Acadia Parish Police Jury President Chance Henry, and Acadia Parish School Board Superintendent Scott Richard. This great event will make an effort to inform local citizens of the progressRead more

American Rescue Plan Act Signed Into Law | It’s In the Details

By Jules Broussard | Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, News | Comments are Closed | 16 March, 2021 | 0

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was signed into law this week. The law makes an additional $7.25 billion available for the Paycheck Protection Program and expands eligibility to most 501(c) nonprofit organizations. It does not, however, change the program’s March 31 expiration date. The law also extended the Employee Retention TaxRead more

Top 5 Things that 2020 Taught Us About Remote Work

By Jules Broussard | Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education | Comments are Closed | 12 March, 2021 | 0

Back in March of 2020, when lockdowns began to be put in place and more than 40 percent of us began commuting from our beds to kitchen tables or makeshift home office spaces, no one could’ve expected that many still do that same commute a year later. Yet here we are. The big question facingRead more

What the 2020 Census will Reveal About America | A Report

By Jules Broussard | Advocacy, Economic Development | Comments are Closed | 10 March, 2021 | 0

Adapted from article by William H. Frey on 1/11/21 Over the coming months, the U.S. Census Bureau will roll out the results of the 2020 census, its once-a-decade headcount that will give us precise details on the size, growth, age, and racial-ethnic makeup of the nation’s population. In the lead-up to that over the pastRead more

How to Grow When It’s Slow | What Your Team Needs Right Now

By Jules Broussard | Blog Series, Business Help, Economic Development, Education, How to Grow When Slow | Comments are Closed | 1 March, 2021 | 0

How to Grow When It’s Slow is another Blog Series brought to you by the Acadia Parish Chamber.  We continue this series with another quote by Cameron Herold, who says “to really grow quickly, you have to be slightly more than a business, slightly less than a religion.” When you add publicity to a greatRead more

How to Grow When It’s Slow | Build Company Culture Remotely

By Jules Broussard | Blog Series, Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education, How to Grow When Slow | Comments are Closed | 23 February, 2021 | 0

How to Grow When It’s Slow is another Blog Series brought to you by the Acadia Parish Chamber.  “I just got off a coaching call with a client in Detroit,” recalls business expert Cameron Herold. “He’s got about a hundred employees in his manufacturing shop and I was talking to him about culture while they’reRead more

How to Grow When It’s Slow | Increase Productivity Now

By Jules Broussard | Blog Series, Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education, How to Grow When Slow | Comments are Closed | 17 February, 2021 | 0

How to Grow When It’s Slow is another Blog Series brought to you by the Acadia Parish Chamber. “Imagine,” suggests business expert Cameron Herold, “if you train your employees on interviewing, train them on effective meetings, train them on an email management, train them on time management, or if you could really work on skillRead more

Small Business Credit Survey | 2021 Report on Firms

By Jules Broussard | Business Help, COVID-19 Updates, Economic Development, Education | Comments are Closed | 10 February, 2021 | 0

In a collaboration among the twelve reserve banks of the Federal Reserve System, the publication of this report seeks to document the toll the COVID pandemic took on small businesses in 2020. At the time the survey was fielded, six months into the pandemic, closures, layoffs, depressed revenue, and uncertainty continued to plague small businessesRead more

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