Economic Development Training

Economic Development Training

Detailed Agenda Coming Soon.

Who should attend?

• Municipal Leaders (Council, Economic Development Staff, Administration, Building & Planning)
• First Nation Community Leaders (Chief & Council, Band Members, Economic Development Staff, Stakeholders)
• Community Futures Organizations
• Government Staff (Funding Agencies)
• Community and Regional Stakeholders

What will be covered?

• Fundamentals of Economic Development
  - Investment Attraction, Investment Retention, Entrepreneurship
  - What does a community need to have in place to attract an investor?
• Leadership & Strategic Planning
  - How do we measure Economic Development?
  - Establishing performance measurement; what do we want to measure?
  - What is a Community Report Card and how is Economic Development shown within it?
• Building Relationships
  - How can we build better ethical & professional regional relationships?
• Communication & Collaboration
  - What is lobbying and who should do it?
• Decision Making
  - What is the best decision; prudent or popular?
  - Using evidence based decision making; what tools are available?
  

Who's delivering the Training?

MDB Insight, in partnership with The City of Dryden, The Township of Ignace, The Municipality of Machin along with P.A.C.E., are responsible for making this training happen.

About MDB Insight:

MDB Insight Inc. is the largest economic development specialist consultancy in Canada. Founded in 2007, the firm has worked with hundreds of communities across the country with a mission to help people and places thrive in the 21st century economy.

Presenter/Content Creator Bio's:

Paul Blais:
Paul is a co-founder of MDB Insight. He has worked to make municipalities more competitive throughout his 23-year economic development career. He brings a practitioner’s point-of-view to training staff and elected officials. For 10 years he held positions of increasing influence for three Ontario municipalities where he created a business-first customer services attitude that influenced the decisions of hundreds of entrepreneurs to invest in the communities he worked for. Since turning to consulting in 2005, Paul has led more than 200 economic development strategies, action plans, and related projects for municipal, regional, and provincial clients across Canada.

Jordan Tidey:
Before joining MDB Insight in 2016, Jordan was Manager of Market Intelligence with Economic Development Winnipeg, responsible for developing market intelligence through research and stakeholder engagement. He has also worked with Northern Development Initiative Trust in BC supporting rural economic development. He has had extensive experience developing focused sector profiles for business attraction campaigns collaborating with business leaders and associations. Active on the board with the Economic Developers Association of Manitoba (EDAM), Jordan has convened roundtable sessions and workshops about numerous topics in the field and is an experienced speaker and presenter.