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    <title>The Leading Ladies of Economic Development - Episodes Tagged with “Economic Recovery Corps”</title>
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    <itunes:subtitle>These are the women leading economic development across the US. </itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Kaycee Bunch</itunes:author>
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  <title>Local Growth and Global Minds, IEDC Economic Recovery Corps Senior Program Director │Nicole Manapol </title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Nicole Manapol is the Senior Program Director of the Economic Recovery Corps at the International Economic Development Council. She has nearly 20 years of international development and education experience in social enterprise, organizational capacity building, tech innovation, strategic partnerships, and workforce development. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this episode, we explore:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
What is the Economic Recovery Corps Program?&lt;br&gt;
Nicole's role in framework creation and stakeholder collaboration&lt;br&gt;
Selection criteria balancing distress, equity, and organizational capacity&lt;br&gt;
How the involvement of fellows impacts long-term development efforts&lt;br&gt;
The power of listening, empathizing, and connecting in leadership&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quotable&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
“If we can create those incentives and those things that allow people to come back at a different point in their life to serve, I think that is a really interesting model."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resources and Links&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.iedconline.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;International Economic Development Council (IEDC)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://economicrecoverycorps.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Economic Recovery Corps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/coronavirus-relief-fund" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;CARES Act Funding&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.naco.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;National Association of Counties&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.nado.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;National Association of Development Organizations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.nlc.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;National League of Cities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://ruralinnovation.us/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Center on Rural Innovation&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://icma.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;International City County Management Association (ICMA)&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.raincatalysts.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;RAIN Catalysts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.ukb-nsn.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;United Keetoowah Band&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/thecenterbylendistry/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;The Center by Lendistry&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://wrdf.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Wind River Development Fund&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/a&gt; Special Guest: Nicole Manapol.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p><strong>In this episode, we explore:</strong><br>
What is the Economic Recovery Corps Program?<br>
Nicole's role in framework creation and stakeholder collaboration<br>
Selection criteria balancing distress, equity, and organizational capacity<br>
How the involvement of fellows impacts long-term development efforts<br>
The power of listening, empathizing, and connecting in leadership</p>

<p><strong>Quotable</strong><br>
“If we can create those incentives and those things that allow people to come back at a different point in their life to serve, I think that is a really interesting model."</p>

<p><strong>Resources and Links</strong><br>
<a href="https://www.iedconline.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">International Economic Development Council (IEDC)</a><br>
<a href="https://economicrecoverycorps.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Economic Recovery Corps</a><br>
<a href="https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/coronavirus-relief-fund" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CARES Act Funding<br>
</a><br>
<a href="https://www.naco.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">National Association of Counties</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nado.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">National Association of Development Organizations</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nlc.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">National League of Cities</a><br>
<a href="https://ruralinnovation.us/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Center on Rural Innovation<br>
</a><br>
<a href="https://icma.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">International City County Management Association (ICMA)<br>
</a><br>
<a href="https://www.raincatalysts.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">RAIN Catalysts</a><br>
<a href="https://www.ukb-nsn.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">United Keetoowah Band<br>
</a><br>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/thecenterbylendistry/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Center by Lendistry<br>
</a><br>
<a href="https://wrdf.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Wind River Development Fund<br>
</a></p><p>Special Guest: Nicole Manapol.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><strong>In this episode, we explore:</strong><br>
What is the Economic Recovery Corps Program?<br>
Nicole's role in framework creation and stakeholder collaboration<br>
Selection criteria balancing distress, equity, and organizational capacity<br>
How the involvement of fellows impacts long-term development efforts<br>
The power of listening, empathizing, and connecting in leadership</p>

<p><strong>Quotable</strong><br>
“If we can create those incentives and those things that allow people to come back at a different point in their life to serve, I think that is a really interesting model."</p>

<p><strong>Resources and Links</strong><br>
<a href="https://www.iedconline.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">International Economic Development Council (IEDC)</a><br>
<a href="https://economicrecoverycorps.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Economic Recovery Corps</a><br>
<a href="https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/coronavirus-relief-fund" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CARES Act Funding<br>
</a><br>
<a href="https://www.naco.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">National Association of Counties</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nado.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">National Association of Development Organizations</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nlc.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">National League of Cities</a><br>
<a href="https://ruralinnovation.us/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Center on Rural Innovation<br>
</a><br>
<a href="https://icma.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">International City County Management Association (ICMA)<br>
</a><br>
<a href="https://www.raincatalysts.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">RAIN Catalysts</a><br>
<a href="https://www.ukb-nsn.gov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">United Keetoowah Band<br>
</a><br>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/thecenterbylendistry/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Center by Lendistry<br>
</a><br>
<a href="https://wrdf.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Wind River Development Fund<br>
</a></p><p>Special Guest: Nicole Manapol.</p>]]>
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