UNLOCKING YOUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP TOOLKIT
http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Entrepreneurship_Toolkit

Date: Friday, April 1
Time: 2:30 - 4:00 pm EST
Cost: $85 for IEDC members, $125 for Non-members

Contact: [email protected]
Space is limited so register today!

In conjunction with the release of IEDC's new handbook titled "Unlocking Entrepreneurship: A Handbook for Economic Developer," IEDC is offering a webinar to walk you through this new toolkit for practitioners.

All webinar attendees will receive a FREE copy of the new Economic Development Research Partners (EDRP) handbook.

Attend our webinar and use this new step-by-step guide to establish or enhance entrepreneurship support services in your community.

Create strategies, programs and policies to unlock the potential of entrepreneurs and increase your community's overall economic vitality, including how to:
• Survey your community's entrepreneurship capacity
• Find existing and new entrepreneurship support services
• Identify key indicators to analyze community strength and assets which can be leveraged to grow your entrepreneurship network

Entrepreneurship and innovation are the catalysts for economic recovery, resiliency, and diversification in today's economy. Supporting entrepreneurial firms that are at the forefront of innovation and growth is a vital economic development strategy that will only continue to grow in importance.

Yet it is not uncommon for economic developers to find themselves in unknown territory when trying to foster entrepreneurial growth. Assessing a community's entrepreneurship support services and programs is an essential first step in increasing local capacity to help new firms grow.

Space is limited! Register today
http://events.iedconline.org/Core/Events/eventdetails.aspx?meeting=WEBI…

SPEAKERS:

William Sproull
President and CEO
Richardson Economic Development Partnership

Bill is president of the Metroplex Technology Business Council, a technology trade association that "strives to foster a supportive business environment by actively seeking new ways to engage the high tech industry and providing an operational forum to succeed in today's challenging technology market."

Bill is an experienced economic developer that understands the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Prior positions include Vice President of Economic Development at the Greater Dallas Chamber, President and CEO of the McKinney Economic Development Corporation, Vice President and Director of Business Development for the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City Missouri, and Director of Business Retention for the Kansas City Corporation for Industrial Development

Joy Wilkins, CEcD
Consultant

Joy Wilkins is a frequent advisor, public speaker, instructor, and author on economic development, strategic planning, and quality management topics. In November 2010, she began her consulting practice and is serving clients in the United States and Canada.

Previously, while serving with Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute for more than 10 years, Joy led efforts to provide advisory services to community leaders for a variety of economic development strategies, including creating a supportive ecosystem for entrepreneurship. Via Georgia Tech, her team also launched a pilot program to connect independent inventors with helpful resources for entrepreneurship and other pursuits. This program earned a National Planning Performance Award from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.