Program

Crisis Communications Workshop

We are excited to have Kat Saunders, Partner and Head of Strategy and Leadership at Economic Leadership LLC, to lead a workshop on Crisis Communications.

More details to be announced.

Burn Bright Workshop

Marin Burton will lead a workshop on burn out called Burn Bright. Attendees will learn how to identify burn out and gain tools to help get out, and stay out, of burn out.

More details to be announced.

High Performing Economic Development Organizations

Private Sector Fundraising Best Practices

Reagan Gural, President & CEO, Alamance Chamber
Rick Kiernan, Principal, Convergent Nonprofit Solutions

Advantages and Disadvantages of EDO Structures

Jenn Bosser, President & CEO, Iredell County Economic Development Corporation
Libby Lear, Director, Chesterfield County Economic Development
Victoria Hanson, Executive Director, Economic Development Authority, Amherst, Virginia

Product Development Case Studies

Spec Building Development Models

Julie Pruet, Development Manager, Marlboro Development Team
Jennifer Lantz, Executive Director, Wilson Economic Development Council

Sustainability in Economic Development

Cynthia Davis, PhD, Senior Vice President, Sustain SC

Conference Book

The Women’s Economic Development Network and Leadership Forum was started in 2016. The forum is sponsored by Creative EDC as one of the nonprofit things we do to give back to the field of economic development. The Forum invites economic developers to come together to LEARN and return to the office prepared to LEAD. The Forum focuses on leadership development, professional and career development, current topics in economic development, and strategic networking.

2024