Services

Economic Transitions is an outcomes driven company delivering strategies to ensure the sustainability of regional communities.

We work with our clients to ensure the transition from a good business to a great business is effortless. Our clients vary in location, industry and size, from emerging regional businesses to mid-tierorganisations. However they recognise the need to transition through developing business strategy, effective marketing, funding opportunities or staff training.

Our experience and expertise cross many sectors:

• Government and public services,
• Hospitality and tourism,
• Professional business services, and
• Not-for-profit organisations.

Our Approach is all about your business.  To deliver the best results, we work with you and your team through a four step approach:

• Analysing your needs,
• Developing a strategy,
• Implementing the process, and
• Reviewing the results.

We listen to you tell us where you want your business to be.   We share your vision and work with you to develop the most suitable strategy to transform your business or community economically to one this is sustainable by adding value and seeking opportunities.  We work with you through the economic transition, anticipating your questions and providing solutions to problems.  We review the results, modify the strategy, and congratulate you on your achievements.

Director Kim Hewson and her team of consultants provide services in the following four areas, consistent with their skills and experience:

• Tourism sustainability and planning –
  • Development of tourism strategies to provide beneficial and sustainable economic, social, and/or cultural outcomes to your business or community.
  • Development of tourism projects through community based tourism practices.
  • Audit of current tourism strategies to ensure maximum economic, social and/or cultural benefit.
  • Tourism planning and evaluation of governance.
  • Asset evaluation and infrastructure audits.
  • Analysis of tourism categories and markets to determine product and market gaps.
  • Assessment of tourism assets and inrastructure to drive and support growth.
  • Analysis of the tourism regulatory environment.
  • Situational analysis of economic delivery from tourism.
  • Skills gap analysis and development of operating procedures of tourism teams to deliver outstanding performance.

• Community and stakeholder consultation -
  • Facilitation of workshops and focus groups.
  • Engagement with key stakeholders through one-on-one meetings.
  • Development and administration of surveys and questionnaires.
  • Collection and analysis of data.
  • Analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.
     
• Marketing and communication strategies –
  • Development of marketing and communication strategies to ensure maximum stakeholder engagement.
  • Audit of current marketing and communication strategies to identify gaps.
     
• Solutions for business sustainability –
  • Review of financial and non-financial business operations to identify potential for improvement and sustainability.
  • Review of company and business governance and compliance.

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