Institute for Economic Advancement

Discussion Groups

By admin, October 1, 2009 5:21 pm

After the formal presentation segment of the program, we turned to an audience-participation activity.  With attendees working either individually or in small groups, we asked them to evaluate a list of issues/concerns that arose from focus group discussions that preceded the meeting.  (See the worksheet HERE).

Participants were asked to assign a total of 10 priority points among the list of challenges, in any way they saw fit.   As a second step, they were asked to think about the extent to which the challenges they identified were issues over which there is some control, either locally, regionally, or at the state level.   Rankings for the degree of control were coded as ”H” for high control, “S” for some control, and “L” for little control.

The links below bring up our tabulation of the results for each site and for the statewide (unweighted) average.  The priority points in the summaries are renormalized to equal 100.  In some cases, participants used the “other” option to list issues or concerns that were not included on the worksheet.  In those cases where additional issues came up, they are noted on the summary reports.

Pine Bluff Challenges

Monticello Challenges

Jonesboro Challenges

Little Rock Challenges

Magnolia Challenges

Fort Smith Challenges

Fayetteville Challenges

Statewide Rating of Challenges

 

News Coverage From Arkansas Business:

By admin, October 1, 2009 12:22 pm

Notes From the Presentations

By Michael, October 1, 2009 11:52 am

The program for our September 30th event included presentations from Kathy Deck in Fayetteville, Alan McVey in Jonesboro, and Michael Pakko in Little Rock.  The presenters worked from a common set of notes/handouts, which are available (in PDF or Powerpoint form) by clicking on the links below.

Presentation_Handouts_(PDF)Powerpoint_Slides

Background: Focus Group Discussions

By JimF, October 1, 2009 9:51 am

In preparation for the first Arkansas Economic Issues Breakfast, small focus groups were assembled at each of the seven locations around the state.  Summaries of the discussions from those focus groups are available by following the links below:

State-Level Summary

Fayetteville Focus Group Summary

Fort Smith Focus Group Summary

Magnolia Focus Group Summary

Little Rock Focus Group Summary

Jonesboro Focus Group Summary

Monticello Focus Group Summary

Pine Bluff Focus Group Summary

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