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

1.800.782.9520heartland-edc@uni.edu

Be sure to check with your economic development associations or utility

providers…Scholarships ARE available!!