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You've already registered for Annual Conference, but have you created your day by day schedule? Get a headstart on the process. Plan each day down to the minute.

You guessed it. According to IEDC survey results from past conferences, one of the top reasons people attend events is for the networking opportunities.

How are your networking skills? Do you jump right into a lively conversation, or ease your way around the room until you strike upon something interesting?

Here are a few resources you might consider:

1. Seven Networking Tips for Introverts Extroverts and the Socially Awkward

2. Do's and Don'ts of Professional Networking

3. Tips for Effective Career Networking within Professional Associations




You're now able to go onto Guidebook, IEDC's conference app which allows you easy access to the conference schedule, speakers information, and you can upload your own bio and contact information to ease the networking process.

Join in on the fun! These events will have you inspired long after Annual Conference concludes. To register, download the special events registration form and email it to Cherrika Gordon at cgordon@iedconline.org.


Women's Mentoring Luncheon
Sunday, September 25 | 11:15 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Price: $30

In the spirit of leadership development, this women's mentoring luncheon is designed to help women in the economic development field understand best practices, current trends and receive support for their career development. This luncheon will seek to foster mentoring relationships between attendees, and the women will hear economic development leaders deliver thoughtful yet brief speeches on issues pertinent to women in economic development. We invite you to attend this luncheon in order to build relationships and support female professionals in the economic development industry.


Volunteer Service Project
Saturday, September 24 | 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Price: Free, but registration is required

To celebrate the IEDC Annual Conference, up to 50 adult volunteers are invited to assist restoration efforts in one of Cleveland Metroparks' largest conservation efforts of an urban watershed. Join your peers as we journey to the Acacia Reservation, a 155- acre green space oasis among a significantly congested area of the City of Lyndhurst. You'll participate in an informational meeting highlighting the transformation of this unique area from a former golf course to a nature preserve over the next few years. You'll get to use basic hand tools to restore and increase native habitat. Tasks include installing plants and trees, providing plant care with enclosures to minimize animal browse, and other restoration activities as needed. Participants will be trained and be given a project overview prior to the start of work. These tasks help to address overall water quality issues of Euclid Creek.


Workshop: Building a Rock-Solid Board-CEO Partnership
Sunday, September 25 | 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Price: $25

Economic development organizations that thrive over the long run - both operationally and financially - are always led by a "Strategic Governing Team" consisting of a board of directors that is capable of making the kind of high-impact governing judgments and decisions that capitalize on growth opportunities and a board-savvy CEO working in close partnership with the board. And while a number of factors determine the long-term success of the chief executive of an economic development organization, none is more important than building a close, productive and enduring partnership with a high-impact board.

What you'll learn:

- Tested and true guidance in building and maintaining a close and productive board-CEO relationship
- Significant advances in the rapidly changing field of nonprofit governance
- The three roles that truly board-savvy CEOs must play in building a partnership with the board

A light breakfast will be served for workshop attendees.

Speakers:

Doug Eadie
President & CEO
Doug Eadie & Company, Inc.
Clearwater, FL

Kurt Foreman
Executive Vice President of Economic Development
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber
Oklahoma City, OK


Special Networking Luncheon: Elected Officials and Board of Directors of EDOs
Monday, September 26 | 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Price: $55

IEDC extends a special invitation to elected officials and board of directors of EDOs to network and discuss economic development strategies in your community. This lunch is open to all registered attendees of the conference.

It only takes a moment to lock in Annual Conference special events. Pencil in all the things you want do during Annual Conference now. Tickets to individual events are selling out - hurry while spaces last. And be sure to book your hotel room - discount block rates are filling up.


The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization serving economic developers. With more than 4,700 members, IEDC is the largest organization of its kind. Economic developers promote economic well-being and quality of life for their communities by creating, retaining and expanding jobs that facilitate growth, enhance wealth and provide a stable tax base. From public to private, rural to urban and local to international, IEDC's members are engaged in the full range of economic development experience. Given the breadth of economic development work, our members are employed in a wide variety of settings including local, state, provincial and federal governments, public-private partnerships, chambers of commerce, universities and a variety of other institutions. When we succeed, our members create high-quality jobs, develop vibrant communities, and improve the quality of life in their regions.

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