LEDCast

Shawn Cunningham•ledcast.mesopartner.com

This podcast is about Local Economic Development (LED). The authors will discuss interesting topics in the field of LED. Industry experts will be interviewed and practical tools will be discussed.

Last refreshed: August 24th, 2025 at 11:31 AM ⓘ

Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.

Follow on

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

RSS

Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app

Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

Tourism and LED in Da Nang, Vietnam

Christian Schoen (mesopartner) and Jonathan Mitchell (Overseas Development Institute) talk about their efforts to promote tourism through local economic development activities in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang.

May 19, 2007•25 min

LED in South Africa

We discuss the evolution of LED in South Africa.

May 06, 2007•17 min

Involving the business sector in LED

Why is it often difficult to involve the business sector in LED? What can you do to raise their interest? At one point, we refer to Malcolm Gladwell's concept of "connectors". More information on this is available at http://www.gladwell.com/tippingpoint/tp_excerpt2.html.

Apr 19, 2007•31 min

LED in industrialised and developing countries

In industrialized countries, LED has been practized for decades, whereas in developed countries it is a fairly recent phenomenon. Current practice in industrialized countries is the result of extensive learning-by-doing and trial-and-error processes. Practitioners in developing countries who want to learn for those experiences need to understand the evolutionary pattern of LED, and they need to ask the right questions to understand how current practice emerged.

Apr 07, 2007•14 min•Season 1Ep. 2

LED in four types of regions

In this programme, we discuss four different types of locations and the possible approaches to LED in each of them.

Mar 25, 2007•20 min

LED and Strategy

In this program, we discuss the difference between strategy and strategic planning and the meaning of strategy for LED. In the Podcast, we mention Henry Mintzberg's "5 Ps of Strategy". There is more information available at http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/dstools/paradigm/5pstrat.html We also mention David La Piana, the author of "Play to Win. The Nonprofit Guide to Competitive Strategy". You can find a Podcast where he presents some of his main ideas at http://cdn.conversationsnetwork.org/SI.CLB-D...

Mar 19, 2007•22 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Why LED?

Why has Local Economic Development received so much attention in recent years, both by local actors and by national governments?

Mar 07, 2007•14 min•Season 1Ep. 1

← Prev

Hosted on Libsyn

For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android