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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210915
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SUMMARY:IEDC: Economic Development Credit Analysis
DESCRIPTION:This hands-on course presents business financing tools and available private financing options\, as well as how the public sector can complement bank financing. You will learn how to stimulate private sector investment that results in the creation of permanent\, private sector jobs and increased productivity. Course participants will also perform credit analysis by determining how well a company buys and sells to make a profit. Learn how to read financial reports\, financial statements\, balance sheets and profit and loss statements. Enroll now to understand the basics of structuring deals for small businesses that often combine public and private sector financing programs. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Business credit analysis and deal structuring/restructuring\n• Credit risk\, maturity risk\, rate risk and liquidity\n• Determining if a firm is productive and profitable\n• Analysis of small business lending programs\n• Negotiation and loan packaging options\n• Review lending programs\n• Overview of real estate financing and lending tools
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-economic-development-credit-analysis-3/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210902
DTSTAMP:20210820T151107Z
CREATED:20201203T202717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210820T151107Z
UID:33665-1630368000-1630540799@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Workforce Development Strategies
DESCRIPTION:MEDA Members can attend at the IEDC Member rate. \nSkilled workers are the backbone of a productive and efficient economy. This versatile course explains the strong relationship between economic and workforce development through case studies\, practical examples\, and current research. Course participants will learn what programs currently leverage federal\, state\, and local financial resources to support workforce development. Learn about what collaborative programs will help upgrade the skills of your community’s existing workforce. Other topics of discussion will include: talent attraction\, K-12 development and integration\, occupational analysis\, target industry clusters\, and more. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Reviewing the core components of the workforce development system\n• Availability of funding sources at the local\, state and federal levels\n• Accessing Department of Labor grants and initiatives (e.g.\, WIRED)\n• Understanding occupational data analysis and career pathways\n• Assessing qualifications\, skills and abilities of current workforce\n• Recruitment and retention of a skilled labor force\n• The role of higher education in workforce and economic development\n• New alliances\, new models and best practices in regional & local initiatives
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-https-www-iedconline-org-events-2021-08-31-training-course-online-training-course-workforce-development-strategies/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210828
DTSTAMP:20210820T151031Z
CREATED:20201203T202622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210820T151031Z
UID:33663-1629936000-1630108799@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development Strategies
DESCRIPTION:This multi-faceted course explores the core aspects of entrepreneurial and small business development including value-add partnerships\, technical assistance programs\, financing\, business incubation and more. Entrepreneurs and small businesses stimulate job creation\, develop crucial innovations in both products and services and promote the diversification of the economic base. In this course\, you will learn the financial and managerial tools economic developers use to create a climate that encourages entrepreneurial and small business development. Also\, practitioners will examine the barriers they face and how communities can leverage their economic development resources to build highly integrated networks to help businesses thrive in the global economy. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Identifying and addressing the needs of entrepreneurs\n• Defining urban v. rural-focused entrepreneurial and small business strategies\n• Managing technical assistance (e.g.\, economic gardening) programs\n• Development and management of business incubators\n• Understanding federal and state government resources (e.g.\, SBDCs)\n• Financing programs including micro-lending\, venture capital\, and angel networks\n• Creating a technical assistance tracking system to measure job growth and etc.
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-entrepreneurial-and-small-business-development-strategies-2/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210814
DTSTAMP:20201203T202527Z
CREATED:20201203T202527Z
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UID:33661-1628726400-1628899199@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Economic Development Strategic Planning
DESCRIPTION:This highly interactive course lets participants work in small teams to help understand the complexity of strategic planning and its challenges. Economic developers must build consensus among board members\, stakeholders and the community as a whole\, creating a unified vision for the future. Learn techniques to build consensus among stakeholders who represent different values and interests. Also\, participants will learn the quantitative techniques used to better understand their community including: location quotients\, shift share\, input-output and cluster analyses. Explore project assessment methods for setting priorities and measuring your plan’s impact. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Stakeholder analysis\, structuring participation\, planning fundamentals\n• Consensus building\, group facilitation and conflict\n• Defining geography\, competitive advantage and SWOT\n• Determining vision\, mission\, goals and objectives\n• Demand-side strategies and supply-side strategies\n• Identifying projects\, strategy formation and implementation\n• Setting realistic benchmarks and measuring success\n• Exploring the use of dashboard indicators
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-economic-development-strategic-planning/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210731
DTSTAMP:20210728T122008Z
CREATED:20201202T140646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210728T122008Z
UID:33553-1627257600-1627689599@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:2021 MEDA Chesapeake Basic Economic Development Course
DESCRIPTION:The Chesapeake Basic Economic Development Course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of economic development. The course is designed to prepare participants for the challenges they face in the practice of developing communities.\nIn 2021\, this course will be offered online (via Zoom). Please note that the time zone is Eastern Time (ET). \nThe course will highlight the key aspects in an economic developer’s career: \n\nManaging Economic Development Offices\nStrategic Planning\nEthics\nBusiness Retention & Expansion\nFinance for Economic Development\nReal Estate Development & Reuse (MEDA Summer Conference – included in your course registration)\nMarketing & Business Attraction\nNeighborhood Revitalization\nWorkforce Development\nSmall Business & Entrepreneurship\n\nHere’s a link to the draft agenda (subject to change). \n 
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/2021-meda-chesapeake-basic-economic-development-course/
LOCATION:VIRTUAL
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210717
DTSTAMP:20201203T202354Z
CREATED:20201203T202354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201203T202354Z
UID:33659-1626307200-1626479999@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Real Estate Development and Reuse
DESCRIPTION:This course clearly articulates the eight stage process for real estate development and reuse. Specifically\, course participants will learn the fundamentals of market and site analysis\, financial feasibility\, and what political considerations are required to move a development project from conception to realization. Additionally\, this course will cover a wide variety of financing tools that are available at the local\, regional\, and state levels\, including tax increment financing\, bond financing\, tax credits\, tax abatements\, land assembly\, and brownfield redevelopment. Multiple in-class case studies will be used to help participants work through actual financial and regulatory problems. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Housing\, retail\, office\, industrial\, hotel\, and mixed use development\n• The regulatory and approval process including zoning and permitting\n• Assessing community involvement and political feasibility\n• Public\, private and nonprofit financial modeling\n• Understanding the pro forma operating statement structure\n• Property valuation and capitalization rates\n• Brownfield redevelopment phase structure and liability\n• Request for qualification/proposal process
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-real-estate-development-and-reuse/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210522
DTSTAMP:20201203T202143Z
CREATED:20201203T202143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201203T202143Z
UID:33657-1621382400-1621641599@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Economic Development Finance Programs
DESCRIPTION:The core objective of this analytical course is to explain the financial tools used to stimulate private sector investment that results in the creation of permanent\, private sector jobs\, increased productivity and improvement in the local tax base. Specifically\, the course will review current debt\, equity\, grant and incentive-based financing programs that are accessible to practitioners both rural and urban. Moreover\, course participants will learn how to calculate debt/service ratios\, cash on cash rate of return\, capitalization rates\, underwriting ratios\, debt coverage ratios and similar financial tools used to identify project feasibility. Course instructors will also spend time teaching how potential investors measure return on investment (ROI) how lenders evaluate risk. Participants will have an opportunity to work through multiple case studies in order to solidify their knowledge of the finance programs. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Learn how to help small businesses adjust the imbalance between cost and revenues\n• Explore the fundamentals of reducing risk of default and foreclosure\n• Understand credit risks – matching sources and uses of funds to lower monthly payment and strengthen cash flow position\n• Review maturity risks – providing collateral substitution with guarantee of collateral cushion\n• Evaluate Community Development Block Grants\, Rural Business Enterprise Grants and Public Infrastructure Grants\n• Revolving Loan Funds\, Community Development Financial Institutions\n• New Markets Tax Credits\, Historic Preservation Tax Credits\, Tax Increment Financing
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-economic-development-finance-programs/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210508
DTSTAMP:20210125T140645Z
CREATED:20201203T202048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210125T140645Z
UID:33655-1620259200-1620431999@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Business Retention & Expansion
DESCRIPTION:MEDA Members can attend at the IEDC Member rate. \nThis interactive course presents the core components of a BRE program and why the concerns of local businesses need to be actively addressed. By building an understanding of business visitation techniques and survey methods\, practitioners will be able to clearly gauge their community’s business climate. Learn the “red flags” that may indicate a company is looking to move elsewhere\, and learn how to structure an effective technical assistance program to respond to business concerns. This course helps participants understand how a BRE program relates to attraction\, workforce development\, small business finance\, technology transfer and many other economic development activities. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Establishing\, maintaining and upgrading a BRE program\n• Creating effective models for business visitations and surveys\n• Customer-Relationship Management (CRM) techniques\n• Marketing a BRE program\n• Establishing an early warning system\n• Cluster and industry-focused BRE programs\n• Tracking and analyzing customer feedback and response\n• Quantitative and qualitative economic development metrics
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-business-retention-expansion-3/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210506
DTSTAMP:20201203T201937Z
CREATED:20201203T201937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201203T201937Z
UID:33653-1620086400-1620259199@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Workforce Development Strategies
DESCRIPTION:Skilled workers are the backbone of a productive and efficient economy. This versatile course explains the strong relationship between economic and workforce development through case studies\, practical examples\, and current research. Course participants will learn what programs currently leverage federal\, state\, and local financial resources to support workforce development. Learn about what collaborative programs will help upgrade the skills of your community’s existing workforce. Other topics of discussion will include: talent attraction\, K-12 development and integration\, occupational analysis\, target industry clusters\, and more. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Reviewing the core components of the workforce development system\n• Availability of funding sources at the local\, state and federal levels\n• Accessing Department of Labor grants and initiatives (e.g.\, WIRED)\n• Understanding occupational data analysis and career pathways\n• Assessing qualifications\, skills and abilities of current workforce\n• Recruitment and retention of a skilled labor force\n• The role of higher education in workforce and economic development\n• New alliances\, new models and best practices in regional & local initiatives
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-workforce-development-strategies/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210422
DTSTAMP:20210318T134128Z
CREATED:20210318T134128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210318T134128Z
UID:36410-1618876800-1619049599@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:Online Training Course: Introduction to Entrepreneurship-led Economic Development
DESCRIPTION:This course focuses on building an understanding of the importance of building a community centered around entrepreneurship and small business creation\, sustainability and growth. After taking this course\, course participants will be able to identify their role in the ecosystem\, understand the roles of others and come away with the skills to bring organizations together around shared goals. Learn important skills such as assessing a community’s appetite for risk\, identifying resource gaps\, understanding the importance of inclusion\, and developing practical ways to measure success. \nCourse Highlights:\n• Understanding entrepreneurship-led economic development\n• Building an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem and collaborating with other entrepreneurship support organizations\n• Assessing your community’s entrepreneurship composition\n• Becoming a trusted source\n• Understanding the importance of an inclusive ecosystem\n• Measuring and funding your ecosystem\n• Addressing BRE\, attraction and philanthropy in your entrepreneurship efforts
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/online-training-course-introduction-to-entrepreneurship-led-economic-development/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210417
DTSTAMP:20201202T211908Z
CREATED:20201202T211908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201202T211908Z
UID:33583-1618444800-1618617599@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Economic Development Marketing and Attraction
DESCRIPTION:This hands-on course will review the fundamentals of developing and implementing a high-impact marketing and attraction plan. Businesses looking to locate or expand need accurate\, up-to-date\, and credible information and communities need rock-solid marketing techniques to reach the needs of the business community. Course participants will be able to learn how to craft their community’s message by learning about online marketing fundamentals\, website design\, and current trends in foreign direct investment. Participants will also explore various mediums of communication\, including how to best utilize social media and other technologies as economic development marketing tools. Case studies and will highlight the dos and don’ts of economic development marketing and attraction. This online course will offer an interactive experience for both instructors and attendees that allows everyone to engage with one another similarly to how they would in a classroom setting\, using Zoom software. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Identifying target audiences using data-driven techniques\n• Developing a community marketing plan and brand\n• Garnering internal and external support for the marketing campaign\n• Engaging social media and website design to target new markets\n• Making the most of your foreign direct investment efforts\n• Benchmarking\, evaluating\, and monitoring the marketing plan
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-economic-development-marketing-and-attraction/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210327
DTSTAMP:20201202T171006Z
CREATED:20201202T171006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201202T171006Z
UID:33567-1616630400-1616803199@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development Strategies
DESCRIPTION:This multi-faceted course explores the core aspects of entrepreneurial and small business development including value-add partnerships\, technical assistance programs\, financing\, business incubation and more. Entrepreneurs and small businesses stimulate job creation\, develop crucial innovations in both products and services and promote the diversification of the economic base. In this course\, you will learn the financial and managerial tools economic developers use to create a climate that encourages entrepreneurial and small business development. Also\, practitioners will examine the barriers they face and how communities can leverage their economic development resources to build highly integrated networks to help businesses thrive in the global economy. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Identifying and addressing the needs of entrepreneurs\n• Defining urban v. rural-focused entrepreneurial and small business strategies\n• Managing technical assistance (e.g.\, economic gardening) programs\n• Development and management of business incubators\n• Understanding federal and state government resources (e.g.\, SBDCs)\n• Financing programs including micro-lending\, venture capital\, and angel networks\n• Creating a technical assistance tracking system to measure job growth and etc.
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-entrepreneurial-and-small-business-development-strategies/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210309T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210309T100000
DTSTAMP:20210118T204718Z
CREATED:20210118T204718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210118T204718Z
UID:34664-1615280400-1615284000@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:MWCC Event: Lean Learning
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our quick\, virtual\, monthly events called “Lean Learnings“. \nFrom 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. each month\, catch a quick presentation from one of our consultants\, a member or a guest speaker on some of your favorite lean subjects and methodologies! \nTopic: Lean Healthcare \nLean Healthcare is the subject of this presentation. Learn how applying process excellence can improve your patient safety\, quality and throughput while increasing staff satisfaction. \nWith our nationwide healthcare and hospital population seeing more acute patient types along with increasing cost pressures\, the need for a solution has never been greater. Charlie Protzman and Mike Hogan will review overarching opportunities for Lean in healthcare with results obtained at client hospitals over the last 20 years in areas such as Emergency Departments\, Surgery\, Pharmacy\, Lab\, Radiology\, Clinics etc. utilizing the BASICS Lean® Model.  \nIdentify and eliminate the characteristics of your processes that don’t contribute to World Class Quality Healthcare Outcomes. \n\nWant to Improve Your Quality of Care?\nWant to Increase Positive Safety Outcomes?\nWant to Create Flow and Increase Patient Throughput?\n\nPresenters \nCharlie Protzman has 20 years of experience in Lean healthcare across the U.S. His Shingo Prize winning series of books called “Leveraging Lean in Healthcare”\, describes how to implement Lean in every area of the hospital.  \nMike Hogan has over 17 years of Lean Healthcare implementation and design experience. Mike is the OPEX manager for Florida Cancer Specialists and former COO of Studio Plus Architecture in Fort Myers\, FL and is OSHA 30 Certified. Charlie and Mike have trained thousands of practitioners worldwide in Lean concepts. \nKey Messages \nIncrease patient and staff safety by creating Flow \n\nBalancing Inputs vs. Outputs\nFaster is better – reducing steps = reducing defects\nLean applies to all areas of the hospital and healthcare. \nTools in combination with Human Aspect is the secret to sustaining Lean
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/mwcc-event-lean-learning/
CATEGORIES:Networking,Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T170000
DTSTAMP:20210118T204508Z
CREATED:20210118T204508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210118T204508Z
UID:34662-1613998800-1614013200@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:MWCC Course: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Program
DESCRIPTION:The Maryland World Class Consortia’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Program (LSSGB) provides detailed instruction on\, and guidance through\, the Define\, Measure\, Analyze\, Improve and Control (DMAIC) Roadmap.  The Certified LSSGB will be able to identify the right projects\, collect specific data\, analyze the data with powerful Lean and/or Six Sigma tools\, identify root causes\, put solutions in place and set the new process up for both sustainability and continuous improvement. \nThe LSSGB Program consists of 5 learning units covered over a 4-week period.   Because this is delivered via Zoom\, candidates for LSSGB Certification meet 4 hours per day online to participate in training sessions and exercises covering the DMAIC Roadmap. \nProgram Cost \nOption 1 – Standard Course.  The fee for the standard Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Program is $3\,500 per person.  This tuition covers all academic modules and course training materials for each academic day.  Students will receive a training guide and “The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Tool Book: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed”. \nØ  Participants who successfully complete the program will be presented with a Certificate of Completion. \nOption 2 – DMAIC Project Mentoring and full Certification.  Additional $1300 per person.  Those opting for the DMAIC Project Mentoring and full Certification will receive an additional six hours per student (remote mentoring activities). \nØ  Participants undertaking the “DMAIC Project Mentoring and Full Certification”  will be certified by HartePro Consulting and the MWCC provided they successfully complete the program. \nØ  Participants are strongly encouraged to plan improvement projects in their home facility between monthly classroom meetings beginning after Module 2.  Time necessary to conduct these projects can be significant\, depending on the scope and level of difficulty selected by the student and their sponsor/senior leader\, and should be considered when planning business commitments while the course is in session.  Please contact us if you have questions regarding project planning and applied learning. \nTRAINING FUNDS \nWe are excited to announce that through a grant from the Maryland Department of Commerce\, this training is eligible for 50% reimbursement of the program training costs if you are a Maryland manufacturing or technology company.  \nPlease contact Joyce La Padula at 410-960-3785 or via email at joyce@leanmaryland.com for reimbursement criteria.  \nCLICK HERE FOR FULL COURSE DESCRIPTION \nWho Should Attend? \nThe LSSGB Program is appropriate for workers at all levels in the organization.  This structured program provides guidance for change agents the organization may be underutilizing.  No prior exposure to Lean Six Sigma is required.\n \n2021 Calendar: \nWEEK 1 OF 4: \n22-26 February \nDefine Phase and approximately 1/3 of Measure Phase to be completed in 4 hour/day sessions \n1-6 March \nNo class this week. GBs work independently through Define Phase \nWEEK 2 OF 4: \n8-12 March \nComplete Measure Phase in 4 hour/day sessions \n15-19 March \nNo class this week. GBs work independently through Measure Phase. \nWEEK 3 OF 4: \n22-26 March \nComplete Analyze Phase in 4 hour/day sessions \n29 March – 2 April \nNo class this week. GBs work independently through Measure and Analyze Phases \nWEEK 4 OF 4: \n5-9 April \nComplete Improve and Control Phase in 4 hour/day sessions \n\nLSSGB Certification Exam available electronically.\nExam will be available for 4 weeks. Last possible date to take exam Friday\, May 7\, 2021.\nCandidates working toward LSS Project Certified Green Belt status will have until Friday\, June 25\, 2021 to complete all project certification requirements. Each candidate must meet with/update instructor minimally at the end of each phase to remain on track for certification.\n\nMeet Your Instructor \nMaureen Harte\, MT(ASCP) \nHartePro Consulting\, President \nMaureen Harte is a Medical Technologist\, Johnson & Johnson Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB)\, and a Certified Myers-Briggs Training Institute (MBTI) Instructor. She was the first Certified MBB in Sales and Marketing for Johnson & Johnson worldwide.  Click here for complete bio! \nQuestions? \nIf you have questions about this program\, contact MWCC Managing Director\, Joyce La Padula (410-960-3785).
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/mwcc-course-lean-six-sigma-green-belt-program/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210220
DTSTAMP:20210125T135331Z
CREATED:20201202T160852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210125T135331Z
UID:33565-1613606400-1613779199@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Managing Economic Development Organizations
DESCRIPTION:MEDA Members can attend at the IEDC Member rate. \nThis advanced course will focus on the key principles and practices of professional management in economic development. It will define excellence in economic development and explain the fundamentals of managing for results\, outcome-based performance\, organizational assessment\, stakeholder identification\, vision and mission scope\, organizational culture and more. Also\, participants will learn how to engage their board or council\, staff and community stakeholders\, constituents\, and customers to achieve results in job creation\, tax-base stabilization and community growth and development. Since EDOs differ from one another depending on their available resources\, location\, and mission\, this course is designed to equip a leader of any organization to make the right decisions. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Outcome-based management and performance\n• Managing conflict and developing a statement of ethics\n• Understanding and evaluating the EDOs core competencies\n• Serving the customer and measuring customer satisfaction\n• Improving knowledge management and internal processes\n• Working with board/city council members\, staff and community stakeholders\n• Team building\, determining hiring needs\, and managing budgets\n• Leveraging existing resources and working with regional organizations
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-managing-economic-development-organizations/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210206
DTSTAMP:20201202T160641Z
CREATED:20201202T160641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201202T160641Z
UID:33563-1612310400-1612569599@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Economic Development Credit Analysis
DESCRIPTION:This hands-on course presents business financing tools and available private financing options\, as well as how the public sector can complement bank financing. You will learn how to stimulate private sector investment that results in the creation of permanent\, private sector jobs and increased productivity. Course participants will also perform credit analysis by determining how well a company buys and sells to make a profit. Learn how to read financial reports\, financial statements\, balance sheets and profit and loss statements. Enroll now to understand the basics of structuring deals for small businesses that often combine public and private sector financing programs. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Business credit analysis and deal structuring/restructuring\n• Credit risk\, maturity risk\, rate risk and liquidity\n• Determining if a firm is productive and profitable\n• Analysis of small business lending programs\n• Negotiation and loan packaging options\n• Review lending programs\n• Overview of real estate financing and lending tools
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-economic-development-credit-analysis-2/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210130
DTSTAMP:20201202T160505Z
CREATED:20201202T160505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201202T160505Z
UID:33561-1611792000-1611964799@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Business Retention & Expansion
DESCRIPTION:This interactive course presents the core components of a BRE program and why the concerns of local businesses need to be actively addressed. By building an understanding of business visitation techniques and survey methods\, practitioners will be able to clearly gauge their community’s business climate. Learn the “red flags” that may indicate a company is looking to move elsewhere\, and learn how to structure an effective technical assistance program to respond to business concerns. This course helps participants understand how a BRE program relates to attraction\, workforce development\, small business finance\, technology transfer and many other economic development activities. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Establishing\, maintaining and upgrading a BRE program\n• Creating effective models for business visitations and surveys\n• Customer-Relationship Management (CRM) techniques\n• Marketing a BRE program\n• Establishing an early warning system\n• Cluster and industry-focused BRE programs\n• Tracking and analyzing customer feedback and response\n• Quantitative and qualitative economic development metrics
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-business-retention-expansion-2/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210125T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210125T163000
DTSTAMP:20210118T203821Z
CREATED:20210118T203821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210118T203821Z
UID:34660-1611563400-1611592200@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:MWCC Course: Leadership Skills and Style Development (LSSD)
DESCRIPTION:The Leadership Skills & Style Development (LSSD) program is proven to provide participants with personal insights\, key concepts\, critical skills & practices to bring out the best in employees and drive performance. Leaders will learn\, put into practice & share best practices to better match their leadership approach to the performance needs of the organization and the maturity\, motivational and skill levels of their associates. \nClass size is limited\, interaction is high and the program design allows participating leaders to put new ideas into practice “real-time” through the four (4) week program. Each week consists of an online learning event followed days later by an interactive application & learning exchange. This course is from January 25 to February 18. \nIncludes: Four online learning events\, PDFs of all instructional material\, four application exchanges & post-session coaching.\n \nYour facilitator for this event is Kelly Petrock\, President of the LEAD Institute. \nFor details on the program\, please see attached.
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/mwcc-course-leadership-skills-and-style-development-lssd/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210114T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210115T170000
DTSTAMP:20201202T141523Z
CREATED:20201202T141523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201202T141523Z
UID:33555-1610620200-1610730000@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC: Technology-led Economic Development
DESCRIPTION:This technical course focuses on the competitive advantage of regions and the role of economic developers and community stakeholders in building an innovation ecosystem. It is important to understand the process of technological commercialization. In this course participants will be introduced to the legal and financial framework for bringing innovation to market\, including technology protection and product licensing. Learn how to partner with government\, industry\, higher education\, and the private sector to create a highly integrated network of technology and innovation. Multiple case studies will be presented to explain the role of business incubators\, accelerators\, venture capital\, angel networks\, gap financing\, and more. \n  \nCourse Highlights:\n• Forming strategic alliances and technology clusters\n• Building partnerships with higher education and technology councils\n• Understanding technology transfer and commercialization\n• Reviewing patent\, copyright\, trademark\, and licensing terms\n• Developing incubators\, accelerators\, and research parks\n• Developing multiple financing mechanisms for technology businesses\n• Debt vs. equity financing options for entrepreneurs and small businesses\n• Rural technology-led economic development strategies
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-technology-led-economic-development/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201121
DTSTAMP:20201010T002528Z
CREATED:20201010T002528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201010T002528Z
UID:32263-1605657600-1605916799@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC Course: Economic Development Credit Analysis
DESCRIPTION:This hands-on course presents business financing tools and available private financing options\, as well as how the public sector can complement bank financing. You will learn how to stimulate private sector investment that results in the creation of permanent\, private sector jobs and increased productivity. Course participants will also perform credit analysis by determining how well a company buys and sells to make a profit. Learn how to read financial reports\, financial statements\, balance sheets and profit and loss statements. Enroll now to understand the basics of structuring deals for small businesses that often combine public and private sector financing programs. \nCourse Highlights: \n\nBusiness credit analysis and deal structuring/restructuring\nCredit risk\, maturity risk\, rate risk and liquidity\nDetermining if a firm is productive and profitable\nAnalysis of small business lending programs\nNegotiation and loan packaging options\nReview lending programs\nOverview of real estate financing and lending tools
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-course-economic-development-credit-analysis/
LOCATION:VIRTUAL
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201118
DTSTAMP:20201010T002325Z
CREATED:20201010T002325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201010T002325Z
UID:32261-1605571200-1605657599@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC Course: Economic Development Marketing and Attraction
DESCRIPTION:This hands-on course will review the fundamentals of developing and implementing a high-impact marketing and attraction plan. Businesses looking to locate or expand need accurate\, up-to-date\, and credible information and communities need rock-solid marketing techniques to reach the needs of the business community. Course participants will be able to learn how to craft their community’s message by learning about online marketing fundamentals\, website design\, and current trends in foreign direct investment. Participants will also explore various mediums of communication\, including how to best utilize social media and other technologies as economic development marketing tools. Case studies and will highlight the dos and don’ts of economic development marketing and attraction. \nThis course is held November 17\, 24\, December 1 and 8\, 2020. \nCourse Highlights:\n• Identifying target audiences using data-driven techniques\n• Developing a community marketing plan and brand\n• Garnering internal and external support for the marketing campaign\n• Engaging social media and website design to target new markets\n• Making the most of your foreign direct investment efforts\n• Benchmarking\, evaluating\, and monitoring the marketing plan
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-course-economic-development-marketing-and-attraction-2/
LOCATION:VIRTUAL
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201107
DTSTAMP:20201010T004133Z
CREATED:20201010T004133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201010T004133Z
UID:32266-1604534400-1604707199@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC Course: Business Retention and Expansion
DESCRIPTION:This interactive course presents the core components of a BRE program and why the concerns of local businesses need to be actively addressed. By building an understanding of business visitation techniques and survey methods\, practitioners will be able to clearly gauge their community’s business climate. Learn the “red flags” that may indicate a company is looking to move elsewhere\, and learn how to structure an effective technical assistance program to respond to business concerns. This course helps participants understand how a BRE program relates to attraction\, workforce development\, small business finance\, technology transfer and many other economic development activities. \nCourse Highlights:\n• Establishing\, maintaining and upgrading a BRE program\n• Creating effective models for business visitations and surveys\n• Customer-Relationship Management (CRM) techniques\n• Marketing a BRE program\n• Establishing an early warning system\n• Cluster and industry-focused BRE programs\n• Tracking and analyzing customer feedback and response\n• Quantitative and qualitative economic development metrics
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-course-business-retention-and-expansion/
LOCATION:VIRTUAL
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201104T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201104T150000
DTSTAMP:20201029T144242Z
CREATED:20201029T144242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201029T144242Z
UID:32793-1604498400-1604502000@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:MWCC: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Info Session
DESCRIPTION:What is Green Belt?! Is it right for you? An Introduction. \nJoin us for a 45 minute discussion about our new Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Program.  Hear about the program.  \nMeet Your Instructor\n \nMaureen Harte\, MT(ASCP) \nHartePro Consulting\, President \nMaureen Harte is a Medical Technologist\, Johnson & Johnson Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB)\, and a Certified Myers-Briggs Training Institute (MBTI) Instructor. She was the first Certified MBB in Sales and Marketing for Johnson & Johnson worldwide.  Click here for complete bio!
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/mwcc-lean-six-sigma-green-belt-info-session/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201010
DTSTAMP:20201010T002027Z
CREATED:20201010T002027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201010T002027Z
UID:32259-1602115200-1602287999@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC Course: Economic Development Strategic Planning
DESCRIPTION:This highly interactive course lets participants work in small teams to help understand the complexity of strategic planning and its challenges. Economic developers must build consensus among board members\, stakeholders and the community as a whole\, creating a unified vision for the future. Learn techniques to build consensus among stakeholders who represent different values and interests. Also\, participants will learn the quantitative techniques used to better understand their community including: location quotients\, shift share\, input-output and cluster analyses. Explore project assessment methods for setting priorities and measuring your plan’s impact. \nCourse Highlights:\n• Stakeholder analysis\, structuring participation\, planning fundamentals\n• Consensus building\, group facilitation and conflict\n• Defining geography\, competitive advantage and SWOT\n• Determining vision\, mission\, goals and objectives\n• Demand-side strategies and supply-side strategies\n• Identifying projects\, strategy formation and implementation\n• Setting realistic benchmarks and measuring success\n• Exploring the use of dashboard indicators
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-course-economic-development-strategic-planning/
LOCATION:VIRTUAL
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200919
DTSTAMP:20191216T201209Z
CREATED:20191216T201209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191216T201209Z
UID:26873-1600300800-1600473599@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC Course: Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development Strategies
DESCRIPTION:This course is held in partnership with the International Economic Development Council. \nThis multi-faceted course explores the core aspects of entrepreneurial and small business development including value-add partnerships\, technical assistance programs\, financing\, business incubation and more. Entrepreneurs and small businesses stimulate job creation\, develop crucial innovations in both products and services and promote the diversification of the economic base. In this course\, you will learn the financial and managerial tools economic developers use to create a climate that encourages entrepreneurial and small business development. Also\, practitioners will examine the barriers they face and how communities can leverage their economic development resources to build highly integrated networks to help businesses thrive in the global economy. \nCourse Highlights:\n• Identifying and addressing the needs of entrepreneurs\n• Defining urban v. rural-focused entrepreneurial and small business strategies\n• Managing technical assistance (e.g.\, economic gardening) programs\n• Development and management of business incubators\n• Understanding federal and state government resources (e.g.\, SBDCs)\n• Financing programs including micro-lending\, venture capital\, and angel networks\n• Creating a technical assistance tracking system to measure job growth and etc.
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-course-entrepreneurial-and-small-business-development-strategies/
LOCATION:Baltimore\, Maryland
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200727T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200731T170000
DTSTAMP:20200729T171159Z
CREATED:20191216T202024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200729T171159Z
UID:26875-1595838600-1596214800@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:2020 Chesapeake Basic Economic Development Course (ONLINE)
DESCRIPTION:The Chesapeake Basic Economic Development Course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of economic development. The course is designed to prepare participants for the challenges they face in the practice of developing communities.\nThe course will highlight the key aspects in an economic developer’s career: \n\nManaging Economic Development Offices\nStrategic Planning\nEthics\nBusiness Retention & Expansion\nFinance for Economic Development\nReal Estate Development & Reuse\nMarketing & Business Attraction\nNeighborhood Revitalization\nWorkforce Development\nSmall Business & Entrepreneurship\n\nLofton Scholarships are available to MEDA members. Click here to learn how to apply for a Lofton Scholarship. \nPlease click here to view the draft agenda (subject to minor changes).
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/2020-chesapeake-basic-economic-development-course/
LOCATION:VIRTUAL
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200229
DTSTAMP:20191216T200934Z
CREATED:20191216T200934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191216T200934Z
UID:26871-1582761600-1582934399@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC Course: Economic Development Marketing and Attraction
DESCRIPTION:This course is held in partnership with the International Economic Development Council and in conjunction with Real Estate Development and Reuse on February 25-26. Register for both\, and save on travel costs! \nThis hands-on course will review the fundamentals of developing and implementing a high-impact marketing and attraction plan. Businesses looking to locate or expand need accurate\, up-to-date\, and credible information and communities need rock-solid marketing techniques to reach the needs of the business community. Course participants will be able to learn how to craft their community’s message by learning about online marketing fundamentals\, website design\, and current trends in foreign direct investnment. Participants will also explore various mediums of communication\, including how to best utilize social media and other technologies as economic development marketing tools. Case studies and will highlight the dos and don’ts of economic development marketing and attraction. \nCourse Highlights:\n• Identifying target audiences using data-driven techniques\n• Developing a community marketing plan and brand\n• Garnering internal and external support for the marketing campaign\n• Engaging social media and website design to target new markets\n• Making the most of your foreign direct investment efforts\n• Benchmarking\, evaluating\, and monitoring the marketing plan
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-course-economic-development-marketing-and-attraction/
LOCATION:Baltimore\, Maryland
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200227
DTSTAMP:20191216T200811Z
CREATED:20191216T200811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191216T200811Z
UID:26867-1582588800-1582761599@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:IEDC Course: Real Estate Development & Reuse
DESCRIPTION:This course is held in partnership with the International Economic Development Council and in conjunction with Economic Development Marketing and Attraction on February 27-28. Register for both\, and save on travel costs! \nThis course clearly articulates the eight stage process for real estate development and reuse. Specifically\, course participants will learn the fundamentals of market and site analysis\, financial feasibility\, and what political considerations are required to move a development project from conception to realization. Additionally\, this course will cover a wide variety of financing tools that are available at the local\, regional\, and state levels\, including tax increment financing\, bond financing\, tax credits\, tax abatements\, land assembly\, and brownfield redevelopment. Multiple in-class case studies will be used to help participants work through actual financial and regulatory problems. \nCourse Highlights:\n• Housing\, retail\, office\, industrial\, hotel\, and mixed use development\n• The regulatory and approval process including zoning and permitting\n• Assessing community involvement and political feasibility\n• Public\, private and nonprofit financial modeling\n• Understanding the pro forma operating statement structure\n• Property valuation and capitalization rates\n• Brownfield redevelopment phase structure and liability\n• Request for qualification/proposal process
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/iedc-course-real-estate-development-reuse/
LOCATION:Baltimore\, Maryland
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191203T200000
DTSTAMP:20191113T184917Z
CREATED:20191113T184917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T184917Z
UID:26401-1575396000-1575403200@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:CCED Event: Presentation Skills Workshop
DESCRIPTION:As an entrepreneur or small business owner\, there are many times you will have to speak in front of an audience. This includes speaking in front of employees and making presentations to potential customers\, investors\, bankers and other social groups. Public speaking takes practice and experience to reach a desired level of comfort. Learn tools and techniques to feel comfortable in front of an audience. As a business owner\, you are the face of your business\, and being confident with public speaking will positively reflect on your business’s image.
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/cced-event-presentation-skills-workshop/
LOCATION:Carroll Community College\, 1601 Washington Road\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T200000
DTSTAMP:20191113T185507Z
CREATED:20191113T185507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T185507Z
UID:26403-1574100000-1574107200@www.medamd.com
SUMMARY:CCED Event: Understanding Business Insurance
DESCRIPTION:This workshop meets on Monday and Wednesday from 6:00–8:00 p.m. on November 18 and 20\, 2019. \nEvery business is different when it comes to insurance needs and requirements for coverage. Learn about the various types of business insurance that are available and which ones make sense for your business. Get tips on what and how much insurance to buy and make sure you have the basis for understanding how to rightsize your insurance needs.
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/cced-event-understanding-business-insurance/
LOCATION:Carroll Community College\, 1601 Washington Road\, Westminster\, MD\, 21157
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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