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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/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Tour of Maryland SBDC
DESCRIPTION:Since 1988\, the Maryland Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has served as a premier resource for aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small businesses. The SBDC Network is a partnership between the U.S. Small Business Administration\, the State of Maryland\, and the University of Maryland\, College Park. Our organization links private enterprise\, government\, higher education\, and local economic development organizations to provide high-quality no-cost consulting\, low-cost training\, and market and industry research to Maryland’s small businesses. \nIn addition to our core service offerings\, the SBDC also provides specialized services including executive training\, retail and restaurant\, market growth\, ownership transition assistance\, technology transfer\, and SBIR support. We offer expertise and keen insight essential to helping small businesses address their concerns today\, and design solid long-range plans to secure their vision for tomorrow. \nThis event is open to MEDA and Leadership Maryland Members only. 
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/tour-of-maryland-sbdc/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Networking
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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/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210522
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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/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210527
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SUMMARY:2021 MEDA Primer for Economic Development in Maryland
DESCRIPTION:Join MEDA for a virtual training that has been created to provide participants an introduction and overview of how Maryland practices economic development. Course attendees will quickly develop a network of resources to link contacts\, all while building camaraderie among participants to further Maryland’s economic development team. This course is designed for those who are new to economic development in Maryland\, in addition to strategic partners in collaborative industries. Find out how economic development transforms lives by creating opportunities\, inspiring innovation\, and enriching communities. Together we can work to make a brighter\, more prosperous future for the state of Maryland! \nClick here to view the agenda.
URL:https://www.medamd.com/event/2021-meda-primer-for-economic-development-in-maryland/
LOCATION:MD
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