Resources

2015 BC Economic Summit Presentations	Click here to view the 2015 BC Economic Summit Presentations.
2016 BC Economic Summit Presentations	Please find a selection of the available 2016 BC Economic Summit Presentations below: Entrepreneurship & Co-Working Spaces: Presentation by Futurpreneur Presentation by Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation
Economic Development Poaching	Economic Development Poaching - The destructive approach to regional collaboration By Dale Wheeldon, BCEDA President & CEO

Culture
It Takes More than Bricks and Mortar to Revitalize a Neighbourhood	What makes a great neighbourhood? If you think about the qualities of life we all value, they are easy to list: safety, affordable housing, nearby parks and public amenities, shopping close by, friendly neighbours. Isn’t this what we all want? This interesting articled about Dayton, Ohio provides...
The Time Is Right to Grow the Urban Food Industry Cluster	Food is a hot topic. From Michelle Obama promoting healthy foods to combat obesity to New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg setting standards for higher nutrition in the urban marketplace, awareness among American consumers of the type, condition and preparation of their food has never been greater.

Leadership
Attracting & Retaining Immigrants: A Tool Box of Ideas for Smaller Centres	This tool box is intended to help communities that wish to attract and retain newcomers. Within it you will find ideas and illustrations designed to stimulate discussion about the benefits of incorporating immigrants and refugees into your community's overall population strategy. Full article...
Learning to Lead: A Primer on Economic Development Strategies	Learning to Lead: A Primer on Economic Development Strategies, provides a general overview of the major issues related to economic development. The intent of this book is to help decision makers make informed choices regarding their community strategies. Full article below.
Business Incubators - Fashionable Again	Thanks to the recession, business incubators in the U.S. and Canada are suddenly fashionable again... and many are expanding to keep up with demand from entrepreneurs. Both non-profit and for-profit incubators flourished in the 1980s and 1990s only to be adversely impacted by the dot com bust that...
IEDC - Unlocking Entrepreneurship	In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, the capacity of a community’s entrepreneurial
Is a Business Incubator a Good Strategy for Your Community?	We hear it every day – small businesses will lead the economic recovery. Economic developers recognize the value of fostering small business growth, but choosing and implementing effective strategies are the tricky parts. Perhaps an elected official in your community has now decided that an...
Leadership in Economic Development - Fuel for our Lives	Success is not defined by one’s ability to prevent or avoid problems, but rather by one’s ability to navigate them positively. In fact, no matter how much we prepare, how hard we work, or how good we are at what we do, we will always have unforeseen difficulties to manage. And these...
Leadership in Economic Development: A Look at Servant Leadership	Economic development leaders are true change agents for their communities. Therefore, the dividends of their leadership in terms of impact on those they serve are untold and often cumulative in nature. This article is the first in a series that will focus on the application of leadership principles...
Leadership in Economic Development: Inspire a Shared Vision	Economic development leaders are true change agents for their communities. The impact of their leadership on those they serve is untold and often cumulative in nature. Full article below.
Leading from Within: Building Organizational Leadership Capacity	IEDC Member Resource Author: David R. Kolzow, PhD. 2014.
Raising the Bar Together: Successful Strategies for Workforce and Economic Development Collaboration	Made available through our unique partnership with IEDC. Workforce and economic development organizations are increasingly partnering together to offer improved workforce train

Marketing
E-Marketing	EDOs can facilitate effective small merchant online activities by helping them understand and use a simple analytical process. This process begins by looking at and prioritizing the organization’s marketing objectives.
20 Clues to Rural Community Survival: An Annotated List	Made available through our unique partnership with IEDC. Taken from Economic Development Now. This list, from the Heartland Center, isn’t new, but its points are pretty much timeless and worth a reminder from time to time. According to the center, “the list of vital characteristics provides an ‘...
Is Advertising a Waste of Money?	I am amazed at how often I hear economic development professionals claim that advertising simply doesn’t work. When I ask them what measure they are using to determine failure, the typical response is that nobody ever picked their location based on an advertisement.
New White Paper! Getting Stakeholder Buy-In	EDAC - The Economic Developers Association of Canada
The Rise of the Digital Ambassador	Chambers of commerce and economic development groups have managed “ambassador” programs for the past fifty years.