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Networks :
Business organizations |
Professional Service Provider Participants |
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Corporate Participants |
Economic Development Participants |
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Foundation Participants |
Non-Profits and Voluntary Service
Organizations |
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Government Participants |
Multilateral Economic Development
Organizations |
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The basic premise behind The Global Direct Investment Forum
is to develop an action-oriented global network of local B2B networks
related to the market for corporate investment projects. It is a
global network of local networks of business leaders, professionals, social
venture entrepreneurs, and others relevant to this market. The focus
is to drive teamwork, innovation, and progress through the positive economic
and social impact of corporate direct investment projects to overcome some
of the great economic development challenges of our time and achieve
sustainable prosperity. |
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Join Us - information about membership
The Meaning of The Logo - leverage the power
of 3 global and local B2B networks |
Contact Us to discuss your interests.
About Us and
Structure diagrams
Market Impact - motivation |
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As a new organization in 2006, it will take time to grow our
membership base and the market impact of the GDI Forum through our work with
members and investment by members in the work of the GDI Forum and GDI
Foundation. This involves local collaboration with many existing B2B
networks and organizations engaged in local business cluster or economic
development around the world. If you lead or
participate in a business organization (chamber of commerce, business
forum, executive club, professional association, trade association, etc.)
which might want to explore how we could work together, please
Contact Us to discuss it. Scroll down
to the Explanation below for more
background.
In particular, we welcome opportunities through such
organizations to make their members aware of our work, such as through GDI
Forum presentations or workshops at their relevant events. We also
welcome reciprocal links to help spread
awareness of our work through their own networks. |
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GDI Forum Networks : Business organizations
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chambers of commerce, forums, B2B networking, trade associations, special
interest groups, etc. |
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As we grow the GDI Forum, we will highlight business
organizations here which have chosen to work with us as participating
networks of business leaders with interests in this market.
The short descriptions here will link to their websites as
well as executive summary Profiles describing the nature and scope of their
working relationship with The GDI Forum, and how their own services relate
to our work and contribute to progress in this market.
In other words, our global focus on the challenge of
achieving "sustainable prosperity" is advanced through local B2B networks
working globally as a local-to-local peer network, so that investment can
flow faster and better from anywhere to anywhere by sharing knowledge,
contacts, and experience for the benefit of the companies and communities
involved. |
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GDI Forum Participants : Corporations
- see also The Leaders - individual members |
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GDI Forum Participants : Foundations
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corporate or private - see also
The GDI Foundation |
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GDI Forum Participants : Governmental
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national, provincial, state, city, county, local community |
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GDI Forum
Participants : Professional Services - and professional associations |
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Global Direct Investment Solutions -
www.OnTheShortList.com and
www.GDI-Solutions.com is a
professional service business, like a global concierge as an independent
referral service and information resource for executives and their advisors.
It introduces well-qualified professional contacts, their capabilities, and
specific communities as appropriate for corporate project needs. It is
supporting the work to create, launch, and grow the GDI Forum and GDI
Foundation. The websites make it easy to find over 20,000 resources
worldwide related to this niche market. |
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Partners4Technology
The International
Business Introduction Service
for Technology-Led
Business Cluster Development
Partners4Technology specializes in B2B introduction services at
networking events, such as to efficiently pre-schedule meetings according to
the common interests of attendees. This includes "meet the buyer"
events with a "contact to contract" focus on results, as well as other types
of events to easily connect attendees with their peers as a more effective
networking process. |
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www.OnTheShortList.com has been set up to share research about
business locations, such as Area Reports and Area Profiles developed through
familiarization visits to areas with top site selection consultants.
It also provides a variety of custom Google site search tools to easily
search through the content of
www.GDI-Solutions.com or OnTheShortList, as well as many other relevant
websites in this market. The website is maintained as a research
service of Global Direct Investment Solutions to share more market knowledge
in cooperation with professional clients. |
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GDI Forum Participants : Economic
Development Organizations
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national, regional, or local investment promotion agencies (IPA's) |
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Non-Profits and Voluntary Service Organizations
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humanitarian and charitable services, voluntary agencies ("volags") |
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Multilateral
Development Organizations |
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EXPLANATION |
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Rather than try to create a new association to organize more
large networking events or services as yet another non-profit bureaucracy,
the GDI Forum is intended to work closely with existing organizations and
executive networking activities in many regions while maintaining a very
lean organization. It is not designed to be another global "talking
shop" about public policy issues. The focus is on how executives,
professionals, and communities can achieve both corporate and social ROI
goals through the positive impact of many capital investment projects every
year. |
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For example, individual executives and professionals may
join as members to actively participate and guide the work of the GDI
Forum and GDI Foundation, including the growth of regional or local networks
of contacts to support cross-border investment into their own region.
They may also, through their contacts or business operations in other
regions, help to grow the networks in other parts of the world such as
places of special interest, even if they have not invested there. |
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Executive associations (professional associations,
international business forums, chambers of commerce, executive clubs, or
other relevant group) may choose to participate as independent local
Networks - like sponsors or alliances, rather than by joining as
individual members. |
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Instead of creating a large association, the GDI Forum is
intended to be a small organization with many relationships to larger
business networks which focus on other services to top executives and
professionals who share a strong local interest in the mission of the GDI
Forum networks. |
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The pre-launch market research work performed by Global
Direct Investment Solutions, as reflected at
www.OnTheShortList.com and
www.GDI-Solutions.com has already
identified over 20,000 relevant organizations and information resources for
quick reference by executives and business advisors with interests in this
market. Only two years after launch with limited
resources as a start-up "social entrepreneur venture", this initiative
already reached 320,000 website visitors in 2005, up 60% from 2004, and is
expected to attract 400,000+ in 2006. The global reach and market
impact should rapidly expand now as we grow to scale through regional
offices, industry specialists, and local B2B relationship leaders.
If you would like to work together according to your own
corporate, professional, or community interests and priorities in this
global direct investment market, please see how to
Join Us. |
