The Memphis Economy; Using Data to Reach A New Audience Presented by Ryan Hanson

The Sparks Bureau of Business and Economic Research Founded in 1963 Largest Research Center at the University of Memphis, in terms of grants Center for Manpower Studies Center Center for Real Estate Research

About Me Hired in 2006, GIS Services Programmer MA in Geography and MS in MIS Candidate for the PH.D. in Earth Sciences Positions at SBBER always evolving

How we used to do things

Advantages and Disadvantages Business Perspective was our calling card Limited Audience Cost to Produce Time to Produce Challenge to present timely data Not Flexible

The Partnership Memphis Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) PILOT and TIFFs Expanding their role

Challenges Limited Staff Limited Funding Development Cost University Website Software Narrow Focus Better Serve the Public Raise Awareness About Us Gain a Larger Audience

Solutions SquareSpace DataZoa Facebook Twitter YouTube GoAnimate MailChimp Google Docs Power BI

TheMemphisEconomy.com http://thememphiseconomy.com/ 2 main functions Data Center Analysis http://thememphiseconomy.com/

News Feed YouTube Twitter Facebook

Improved Data Request Response

YouTube Data Animations https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGj06tyMlRo0ypLeNLtSV4w

What’s next First issue of the web publication will come out in Q1 2017. Website will go live in Q1 2017. Economic Outlook and a Year-end Review Developing Social Media Presence Expanding Data Center Animations GIS and Data Visualization Development and Automation