State Associations Program Ideas
This webpage will allow executives, like yourself, to access the recent programs of other state associations for possible program ideas. This page will only be accessed by our region state association executives. We know sometimes themes, program topics and good speakers can be a challenge.
Economic Development Association of Alabama (EDAA)
2018
EDAA 2018 Winter Conference
Panels:
- Local/Home Grown Successes
- C-Shift Economies/Innovation
- Modalgisitics
- Agriculture
- Disruption
- Ethics Commission
2019
Panels:
- Recruiting in Today’s World
- Talent Wars: Best and Next Practices in Marketing Your Community
- How Others are Doing It
- Department of Commerce Update
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Entrepreneurs/Innovation/Incubators
- Developing a Sense of Place
- Update of Economic Development Initiatives
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Help Local Industries Obtain and Retain Employees
- Using Technology For Your Advantage
- DISCOVERING AN UNTAPPED WORKFORCE
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The Magic is in the Message: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Data Visualization in Practice
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Public - Private Partnerships in Retail Development
- Alabama Technology Foundation
2020
Panels:
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Community Development Initiatives – MSA, ACE, YTA & DA
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University research as an economic driver
- Workforce development resources
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Rapid Response – Resources available for displaced workers
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Rural Economic Development Initiative, An Overview
- Boots on the Ground (Pilot Participants Panel)
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Rural Development Resources
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Rural Transportation Infrastructure
- Workforce Innovations in Rural Alabama
- Legislative Update:
The Alabama Incentive Modernization Act and Rural Communities
The Alabama Jobs Act / Grow Alabama - Community Development in Rural Alabama
- Rural Economic Development “The Final Word”
Arkansas Economic Developers & Chamber Executives (AEDCE)
AEDCE Annual Conference
Panels:
- Legislative/ED Contract Review
- Workforce Legislation
- Education/Industry Partnerships
- Sustainable Agriculture
- State of the Steel Industry
- Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub-One year later
2016
AEDCE Joint Winter Conference
Panels:
- Constitutional Amendment Campaign
- Site Selectors
AEDCE Annual Conference
Panels:
- Workforce- Attracting Millennials: Catch Me If You Can
- Aggressive Acceleration
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Strategies for Economic and Community Development
- FOR Issue No. 3, Jobs for Arkansas
- Hot Trends in Site Selection
- Refreshing Your Leadership Program
- Workforce Training Grants
- Rail & Its Impact on Site Selection
- My Acxiom Partner — Using Big Data to Generate Chamber Revenue
2017
AEDCE Annual Conference
Panels:
- Workforce Development Session
- Chamber Marketing/Communications
- Site Selector’s
- New Economic Development Acts
2018
Panels:
- Leveraging Taxes to Catalyze Economic Development (or at
Least Not Thwart It) - Diverse & Inclusive Communities WIN!
- Lawsuit Reform as Economic Development & Upcoming
Arkansas Legislative Briefing - Business Leadership of Public Education
- Communicating Your Chamber’s Value
- Invigorating the Workforce Pipeline Through CommunityBased
Career & Technical Education - Site Location Consultant
2019
Panels:
- Leveraging Taxes to Catalyze Economic Development (or at
Least Not Thwart It)
Florida Economic Development Council (FEDC)
Panels:
- Cyber Security
- State of Economic Development
- SBA Strategic Alliance Signing
- Access to Capital Panel
- Leadership in Advocacy
- The Bottom Line of Being Green: Building Sustainable Communities
- Sector Strategy Solutions: Building Talent Pipelines for Florida Businesses
- The “Skinny on Consultant Relationships
- How to Market your Competitive Assets
- Is International Trade a part of your BRE Strategy
- Access to Capital:
- Growing our Manufacturing Industry
- Looking to the Future – It can be Lonely at the Top
- STEM and STEAM – Preparing Tomorrow’s Workforce Today
2018
Winter Conference
Panels:
- Florida Chamber Foundation’s Florida 2030 project
- Cyber Security
- State of Economic Development
- SBA Strategic Alliance Signing
- Access to Capital
- Leadership in Advocacy
- The Bottom Line of Being Green: Building Sustainable Communities
- Sector Strategy Solutions: Building Talent Pipelines for Florida Businesses
- The “Skinny on Consultant Relationships
- How to Market your Competitive Assets
- Is International Trade a part of your BRE Strategy?
- Growing our Manufacturing Industry
- Looking to the Future – It can be Lonely at the Top
- STEM and STEAM
Panels:
- Leadership
- Entrepreneurship
- Business Retention, Expansion and Attraction
- Marketing
- Workforce Development
- Transportation and Utility Infrastructure
2019
Panels:
- Automation, Big Data, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Jobs, & Economic
Development - Trends in International Business Development
- Florida Partners in Prosperity
- Leveraging your CRM to Better Serve the Customer and Create ROI
- LinkedIn Learning Insights
- Increasing Productivity in Florida’s Manufacturers
- A Catalyst for Economic Development
- Interactive Session to Perfect Your Elevator Pitch
- The Impact of Holistic Economic Development
- Perspectives on the Global Economy
- Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Icorps
- Engaging and Impactful Utility Partnerships
- Site Location Consultants Panel
Georgia Economic Development Association (GEDA)
www.geda.org
2018
Panels:
- Keeping Georgia # 1
- GEDA “ED Talk” Session
- The Changing Face of Economic Development
- Catalysts for Regional Economic Development
2019
Panels:
- Marketing to Humans: Build Trust, Film Stories, Grow Impact
- Accelerating Execution
- Planning for the New Economy
- The Georgia Ports Authority: Global Portal for New and Growing Markets
- The Power of Creativity and Observation to Solve any Challenge
- Picking a Side Without Picking a Fight
Kansas Economic Development Alliance (KEDA)
Panels:
- It’s about time!
- New Markets Tax Credit, What are they and how can they support your project?
- Think Global, Act Local
- Happiness is Serious Business
- Bringing Public/Private Partnerships & Incentives Together for Successful Community and Economic Development
- Entrepreneurship & Economic Development at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University
- Bridging Public and Private Funds to Create Deals
- Working with Elected Officials
- Commodity Influence on Kansas and Regional Economy
- Rural by Choice
2017
Fall Conference
Panels
- The GTM Story
- NBAF Construction and Programmatic Update
- Site Certification – What it can mean for your community
- Completing the Site Certification Process
- Building a Brand/Rebuilding a Brand
- Bringing NMTCs to Kansas
- Network Kansas Urban Project
- Overview of Kansas labor needs, economic impacts of immigrant workforce and changing immigration policy
- Introducing the new LOIS
- A C-Level Career Conversation for ED Professionals
- Manufacturing in Kansas
2018
Panels
- CAPACITY READINESS SCORECARD
- Workforce Services and Kansas WorkReady!
- Kansas Certified Sites Program – It’s Official!!!
- Entrepreneurial LaunchPrep
- Legislative Update
- Doing a Lot with a Little: How to Best Spend Your Marketing Dollars
- How to get on top of the pile: Tips and Tricks on how to stay in the Site Selection Game
- Tax Cuts & Jobs Act-Opportunity Zones
2019
Panels
- CAPACITY READINESS SCORECARD
- Workforce Services and Kansas WorkReady!
- Kansas Certified Sites Program – It’s Official!!!
- Entrepreneurial LaunchPrep
- Legislative Update
- Doing a Lot with a Little: How to Best Spend Your Marketing Dollars
- How to get on top of the pile: Tips and Tricks on how to stay in the Site Selection Game
- Tax Cuts & Jobs Act-Opportunity Zones
Kentucky Association for Economic Development (KAED)
Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association (LIDEA)
2018
Panels:
- Site Location and Economics: What's Hot and What's Not
- Future of Workforce
- FDI Trends and Strategies
- Competitiveness: Louisiana vs. Peer States
- Economic Development Redefined: People, Places, Politics
2019
Panels:
- Policy in Action: Setting Up the Region for Long Term Success
- Site Selection Today
- Sasol Briefing and Virtual Tour
- RESET Louisiana: Moving Louisiana Forward
- Results of Foreign Direct Investment: Immediate Impact of SWLA & Implications for other areas
- Economic Development: Leadership Matters
- Employer Engagement
- Trends & Issues in Oil and Gas and the Role of LNG
Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA)
www.medamd.com
2015
Annual Conference- Economic Development: an Investment in the Future...Creating Opportunities…Inspiring Innovations…Enriching Communities
2017
Annual Conference - What’s Working in Economic Development!
2018
MEDA Annual Conference- Telling Your Story
Panels:
- FINDING THE UNIQUE STORY
- Attraction/Site Selection
- Metrics/Measuring Success
- Visioning for Investment
- ECONOMIC OUTLOOK WITH ANIRBAN BASU
- ROCK YOUR STORY: Organizations with Heart
- TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR TELLING YOUR STORY
- THE FUTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STORYTELLING
2019
Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc. (MEDC)
www.medc.ms
2015
MEDC Winter Conference- The C- Level View, Corporate Landscapes
MEDC Summer Conference- Mississippi's Modern Economy: Trending Now: Non- Traditional Growth
2016
MEDC Winter Conference- 2016, It's On!
MEDC Summer Conference- Connections
Missouri Economic Development Council (MEDC)
2018
North Carolina Economic Developers Association (NCEDA)
www.nceda.org
2017
2018
2019
Panels:
- NCEDA Business Session
- Decision Support: The Latest Tools and Techniques
- Existing Industry Toolkit: Employee Stock Ownership Plans
- The Changing Face of Regionalism
- The Eastfield Project: Mixed-Use Initiatives in Economic Development
- Housing: Opportunities and Obstacles for Economic Developers
- myFutureNC
- Issues, Assets and Answers: How NC Stacks Up
Panels:
- Building North Carolina’s Workforce through Youth Apprenticeship
- Workforce Development Grants: Tapping Resources for Talent Development
- Workforce Snapshot – Military / Veteran Workforce Programs
- Cross Training / Transitioning Talent: Maximizing Workforce Flexibility
- Keynote Address: Dominion and the Future of North Carolina’s Energy Economy
Oklahoma Professional Economic Development Council (OEDC)
www.oedc.net
2017
Economic Summit- The Power of Innovation
South Carolina Economic Developers Association (SCEDA)
2018
2019
Panels:
- SC State Ports Authority
- Energy
- Construction
- Keurig Dr. Pepper Case Study
Tennessee Economic Development Council (TEDC)
2018
Fall Conference
Panels:
- Exporting
- Tennessee – A Young Talent Market? Hear from industry across the state and the unique ways they are attracting young talent.
- What makes Tennessee attractive to Manufacturers?
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology – Learn From area TCATS on ways that you can plug in and work with local
- TCATS and employers to improve your local workforce
Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC)
2018
Panels:
- What Economic Developers Need to Know About Small Business Financing Workshop
- Reconciling Economic Development and Ecosystems
- Peer Group Roundtable: Deal Structuring for Economic Development Projects
- Understanding New Market Tax Credits
- Small Cities 5G
- Economic Development Organization Insurance Matters
2019
Panels:
- City on the Rise: Building a Thriving Tech Ecosystem to Attract Businesses and Talent
- Innovation Through Research at Texas State University
- What’s So Funny ‘Bout PIDs, Love and Understanding: Public Improvement Districts as Partnerships for Development
- Emerging Trends in Online Site Selection
- Workforce Housing Issues: Can Your Community Relate?
- Managing Public Relations in Today’s Economic Development Environment
- Are Data and the Internet Defining the Winners and Losers in Economic Development?
- How Automation, Big Data, Robots and Internet Impact Jobs and Economic Development
- How to Maximize Your Community’s Financial Resources in a Constrained Revenue Environment?
- Introducing USTomorrow and a New Survey on Local Economies: A civic participation organization focuses on developing cross-partisan action plans to address local, regional, and statewide workforce readiness challenges
- The Retail Evolution is Upon Us. Is Your Community Ready?
- Using Renewable Energy to Drive Investment
- 4 Key Elements to Improving Your Economic Development Web Presence
- Texans Conquer Cancer
- PEER GROUP ROUNDTABLE: How do you champion economic development in your community?
- Where We Are. Where We Are Headed…After the 86th Texas Legislature
- Studies and Programs on Rural Economic Development at the University of Texas-Austin
- State of the Texas Economy
Virginia Economic Developers Association (VEDA)
www.goveda.org
2017
Fall Conference
2018
Spring Conference-Agents of Change - Redefining OUR Evolving Profession
2019
Spring Conference- Tellling the Virginia Story- Your Place- Your Story
Panels:
- Introductions & Kick Off to Telling Your Community Story
- Telling Your Story to Your Target Audiences: Corporate Executives and Site Selection
Consultants - Tool #1: Let Local Execs Tell Your Community Story
- Tool #2: Define a Brand that is Authentic When Telling Your Story
- Tool #3: Design the Economic Development Website of the Future
- Tools #4 and #5: Engage the Media: Proactively and Reactively
- Tool #6: Manage Your Online Reputation
- Tool #7: Pragmatic Digital Tools for Community Story Telling
- Tool #8: Embrace a Content Strategy That Tells Your Story
- Tool #9: Amplify Your Message Through Paid Search
- Using Marketing Materials and Websites to Tell Your Story
- Creating Vibrant Communities through Tourism Development