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SUMMARY:Maryland Chamber’s Event: 50-Fest
DESCRIPTION:It is an anniversary milestone that only happens once—and we certainly intend to celebrate with a bang! \nThe Maryland Chamber of Commerce presents 50-Fest\, a celebration of its 50th anniversary\, on November 1st. You won’t want to miss the festivities held at the Baltimore location that celebrates Maryland’s business history—the Museum of Industry. \n50-Fest aims to bring together over 400 people\, from government leaders to businesses across the state. No formal sit down dinner here\, this will be an upbeat evening filled with fun entertainment\, local food\, beer\, wine and spirits\, hands-on activities\, and more—all the while\, celebrating Maryland businesses\, how far we have come as a state\, and the rich history of the Maryland Chamber! \n50-Fest highlights include:\n\nA show-stopping skydiving performance by FasTrax\nHeart-pounding musical entertainment by the Baltimore Ravens marching band\nA “taste of Maryland” offered by Sagamore Distillery\, Patapsco Distillery\, Lyons Distillery\, Old Westminster Winery\, and Jail Break Brewery\nRaffles and prizes\nA relaxing networking lounge\nGreat local food\, awesome company\, and more!\n\nThe party wouldn’t be the same without you! \nCome—and bring your team too—for a dynamic evening celebrating Maryland business at a party that’s sure to be the talk of the town.
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/maryland-chambers-event-50-fest/
LOCATION:Baltimore Museum of Industry\, 1415 Key Hwy\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking
ORGANIZER;CN="Maryland Chamber of Commerce":MAILTO:info@mfchamber.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181110
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SUMMARY:Managing Economic Development Organizations
DESCRIPTION:This 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. \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/managing-economic-development-organizations/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Training Course: Managing Economic Development Organizations
DESCRIPTION:This course is held in partnership with Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA). \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. \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 \nAgenda\n\n\n\nNovember 8\n\n\n8:30 – 9:00 am\nRegistration\n\n\n9:00 – 10:30 am\nManaging for Excellence: An Introduction to Managing Economic Development Organizations\nSuccessful Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) are distinguished by their ability to be innovative in their program activities and to quickly react to changes in the marketplace. To do this\, an EDO manager or Executive Director must engage the board of directors and staff to create an efficient and effective organization. Participants will be introduced to the various aspects of EDO management\, with an eye toward achieving organizational excellence.\n\n\n10:30 – 10:45 am\nBreak\n\n\n10:45 am – Noon\nDefining an Organization’s Identity\nBefore embarking on ambitious plans for community improvement\, EDO leaders must first determine “who” or “what” the organization is. In order to plan for where you want go\, you must know where you are. In this session\, participants will look closely at the structure of their own organizations\, including formal components such as value and mission statements and less tangible elements like organizational culture and communication styles.\n\n\nNoon – 1:15 pm\nLunch on your own\n\n\n1:15 – 2:45 pm\nEnvisioning the Future\nAn effective organization has a clear sense of itself and where it wants to go. It can clearly articulate its direction\, purpose\, goals and rationale for the actions it is pursuing. This session will examine strategic planning and how EDO leaders can best facilitate that process among stakeholders and the Board of Directors.\n\n\n2:45 – 3:00 pm\nBreak\n\n\n3:00 – 4:30 pm\nServing the Customer\nEDOs have different ways of defining their customers. Some may see city hall as the primary customer\, others business leaders or the community as a whole. All EDOs should have a clear sense of who their customers are and what they expect. If the customer’s perception of your organization is positive\, i.e.\, they perceive you will offer them a quality product\, they are likely to continue to do business with you. This session will focus on how organizations can meet and exceed consumer expectations.\n\n\n\n\n\nNovember 9\n\n\n9:00 – 10:15 am\nImproving Internal Processes\nIn order to better serve the customer\, it is important to closely explore the organization’s internal processes. This session will look at ways for EDOs to best align organizational processes toward delivering customer value. In addition\, participants will identify methods that will help structure meetings and develop trainings so that employees are able to work collaboratively to solve problems and deliver results to the customer.\n\n\n10:15 – 10:30 am\nBreak\n\n\n10:30 – 11:45 am\nDefining Leadership \nEDOs need strong boards to provide strategic leadership and to leverage resources. Unfortunately\, many boards fall short of their full leadership potential. How can the expertise and experience of board members best be utilized? This session will explore some of the pitfalls of board management and look at various strategies to fully engage board members in developing and implementing a strategic agenda.\n\n\n11:45 am – 1:00 pm\nLunch on your own\n\n\n1:00 – 2:15 pm\nMeasuring Performance / Case Study\nWith internal processes improved\, how can an organization know if the changes are having an impact on performance? To do this\, EDO managers employ a number of tools to monitor day-to-day progress\, assess performance and most importantly\, measure community impact. In this session\, participants will review the steps for successful achievement of outcome-based performance in an organization.\n\n\n2:15 – 2:30 pm\nBreak\n\n\n2:30 – 4:30 pm\nOrganizational Ethics: Focus on EDOs\nAs organizations and institutions evolve\, underscoring the need for regular education about acceptable conduct in the profession and the organization is needed to ensure long-term growth and development. This session will focus on ethics and EDOs and it help participants work through case studies to better understand ethics and economic development.\n\n\n4:15 – 4:30 pm\nWrap-up/Evaluation/Certificates\n\n\n\n\n\n* Agenda subject to change\n\n\n**PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive full IEDC certification credit for this course and a certificate indicating course completion\, participants must attend the entire course and stay through the final session on the last day. Please make travel plans accordingly.**\n\n\n\n  \nInstructors\nInformation is forthcoming. \nCertification\n\n\n\n\n\nThis course meets the professional development requirements for the Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) exam. CEcDs earn recertification credits for participation.\n\n\n\n  \nAccommodations/Training Location\nInformation is forthcoming. \nRegistration\n\n\n\n\nBy Sept 28\nSept 29 – Oct 26\n*After Oct 26\n\n\nIEDC Member\n$490\n$630\n$650\n\n\nNon-member\n$640\n$780\n$800\n\n\nFull Time Student**\n$105\n$125\n$145\n\n\n\n*Walk-in registrations will be accepted. Full payment must be made on-site in order to attend the course. \n** Copy of current transcript required.
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/training-course-managing-economic-development-organizations/
LOCATION:Baltimore\, MD\, Balitmore\, MD\, United States
CATEGORIES:Economic Development
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SUMMARY:2018 MEDA Event: Engaging With Your Elected Officials
DESCRIPTION:Please join MEDA for a Professional Development Seminar\n“Engaging With Your Elected Officials”\nFacilitated by Sean M. Looney\, Vice President\, State Government Affairs Comcast NBC Universal \nSean has been chief lobbyist for major companies in Annapolis for 24 years\, and has also lobbied the US Congress\, Federal Communications Commission and the New Jersey General Assembly.  He will discuss the nuts and bolts of the legislative process as well as how to be most effective in communicating with state elected and appointed officials\, including testifying in hearings before legislative committees. \nWe have limited space for this event so register today before it’s sold out! \nIMPORTANT NOTE: You’ll need to bring your ID and arrive early for entry through security. \n 
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/2018-meda-event-engaging-with-your-elected-officials/
LOCATION:Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation (AAEDC)\, 2660 Riva Road\, Suite 200\, Annapolis\, MD\, 21401\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181117
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SUMMARY:MTC Event: Maryland Tourism and Travel Summit
DESCRIPTION:The Maryland Travel & Tourism Summit (MTTS) is Maryland’s annual tourism industry conference that brings together all sectors of the hospitality industry where business and public sector leaders convene\, network and learn new strategies to advance MD’s Tourism industry. \nThe summit attracts more than 250 attendees who engage with a variety of keynote speakers on industry trends\, legislative representatives during a tourism town hall\, participate in interactive learning sessions including off-site educational tours of the destination. This will be the 39th year of the MTTS through a continued collaboration with the Maryland Office of Tourism\, partnering associations\, and hundreds of volunteers. \nRegistration information coming soon!
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/mtc-event-maryland-tourism-and-travel-summit/
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay\, 100 Heron Blvd. at Route 50\, Cambridge\, MD\, 21613\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="Maryland Tourism Coalition":MAILTO:info@mdtourism.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181116T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181116T100000
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SUMMARY:BWI Business Partnership Event: Signature Breakfast Series
DESCRIPTION:Steve Taylor \nGeneral Manager of the Mid-Atlantic \nLyft \nLearn about the growth of the brand’s presence in the Mid-Atlantic\, the future plans for the BWI Region\, and what it takes to succeed and stand apart in the competitive\, lucrative\, and challenging ride-hailing market.
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/bwi-business-partnership-event-signature-breakfast-series-2/
LOCATION:Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport Hotel\, 1739 W Nursery Road\, Linthicum Heights\, MD\, 21090\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T133000
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SUMMARY:2018 Upper Shore Rural Economic Development Session
DESCRIPTION:The Upper Shore Region in Maryland is a unique combination of communities that complement one another in a way that can affect successful job creation and investment for our three counties and the people who call the region home.  Together\, we are shaping our future through regional understanding and cooperation.  The Upper Shore Rural Economic Development Session is designed for attendees to hear more about new and innovative opportunities that include ways to reimagine our workforce\, strengthen our infrastructure\, and build partnerships among public and private sectors to retain and expand business. \nOur speakers will highlight and accentuate the positives we have in our region\, while taking a broad view of best practices currently underway in other communities around the state and country.  Practices that we too can put into place to positively impact the future of our region. \nPlease join us! \nClick here to download the draft agenda! \n\n\n\n\nIn Cooperation with: Cecil\, Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties\, and the Upper Shore Regional Council \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/2018-upper-shore-rural-economic-development-session/
LOCATION:Cecil College – Technology Building (Room TC208)\, One Seahawk Drive\, North East\, MD\, 21901\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T180000
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SUMMARY:Regional Manufacturing Institute (RMI) 2018 Champions of Maryland Manufacturing
DESCRIPTION:Come out and celebrate with RMI and friends at the 2018 Champions of Maryland Manufacturing Gala Thursday\, November 29\, 2018\, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Martin’s West in Baltimore.  In the meantime\, MEDA members\, as key manufacturing stakeholders\, nominate noteworthy companies\, organizations\, agencies\, projects\, or individuals to be recognized as 2018 Champions of Maryland Manufacturing at the event. All nominees will be featured in the 2018 Champions Yearbook provided to the media\, the General Assembly\, and manufacturing stakeholders. This RMI event is being held in partnership with the Maryland Department of Commerce. \nPlease visit the link to nominate any companies\, organizations\, agencies\, projects\, or individuals: \nhttps://rmiofmaryland.com/champion-nomination/
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/regional-manufacturing-institute-rmi-2018-champions-of-maryland-manufacturing/
LOCATION:Martin’s West\, 6817 Dogwood Road\, Baltimore\, 21244\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland":MAILTO:rmi@comcast.net 
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