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Aaron SauerbreiHeartland ED Assistant Course Director
Program Manager- UNI Institute for Decision Making
Accredited by:
What is the Heartland EDC?
O The Heartland EDC provides professionals with the fundamentals of economic development
O The intensive program offers practical training in basic development strategies
O Covers the five-state region of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma
What is Heartland All About? Business Retention &
Expansion Effectively Managing an EDO Business Attraction/Marketing Financing for Development Workforce Development Community Development Real Estate Development &
Reuse Strategic Planning Entrepreneurship Ethics
What is Heartland All About?
O Heartland EDC instructors are EXPERIENCED economic development professionals and university faculty providing PRACTICAL tools
O Economic Development Challenges present REAL-WORLD situations
O Tours provide a REAL-WORLD overview of economic development approaches
O Heartland One to One enables attendees to seek advice from instructors, share their own insights and LEARN from their peers
The Growth of Professional Development
O Make Heartland the beginning of your professional education
O Graduation from Heartland fulfills one of the prerequisites for those who wish to take examinations for Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) designation.
Heartland Economic Development Course
EDI or IEDC Course Series
CEcD Exam
CEcD
What are these numbers?
O1,783O335
2012 Heartland Participants
OOklahoma- 8OIowa- 14ONebraska- 15OMissouri- 19OKansas- 25
Who should attend?O Economic DevelopersO Community
DevelopersO Chamber ExecutivesO Site LocatorsO Utility
RepresentativesO Government OfficialsO Tourism OfficialsO Development Support
Staff O Volunteer LeadershipO Planners
The 2012 Heartland Class
Where is Heartland Held?The Heartland EDC will be held in the Kansas City Area at the
Adams Pointe Conference Center
Blue Springs, MO
(www.adamspointecc.com)
April 21-25, 2013
Heartland Partner Associations
Kansas Economic Development Alliance
Professional Developers of Iowa
Oklahoma Economic Development Council
Nebraska Economic Development Association
Missouri Economic Development Council
How Do I Register?On-line Information available at the
Heartland website:www.bcs.uni.edu/heartland
Or check us out on:
LIMITED CLASS SIZE
How Do I Get More Information?
Contact Heartland EDC at the University of Northern Iowa
Institute for Decision Making
Be sure to check with your economic development associations or utility
providers…Scholarships ARE available!!
