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October 24 - 26, 2022 | Bloomington, Indiana

Location

Graduate Bloomington, 210 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408

Join us in Bloomington for the 2022 Best Practices Forum. Reserve a room for $109 a night at the Graduate Bloomington.

There’s ‘economic development,’ then there’s INDIANA Economic Development. After you have been to the Basic Course, it’s time to get into the specifics of how we do economic development in Indiana. The Best Practices Forum (formerly Practitioner’s Course) is designed to highlight best practices in, and the unique aspects of, practicing economic development in Indiana. The Forum will also help you build your network of peers and professionals to help you going forward.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2022

8:00 am	Registration
8:35 am	Introductions/Opening Remarks
9:00 am	Effective Leadership Part I: AEM Cube Assessment Scott Hutcheson, PhD, Hutcheson & Associates
11:00 am	Delegation, Time Management and Prioritizing Chris Urbanowski, Ivy Tech Community College
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Effective Leadership – Part II: Imposter Syndrome Andrea Butcher, HRD Advisory Group
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Building Successful Relationships: Internal & External Chris Pfaff, Knox County Development Corporation
4:15 pm	*Civil Discourse “Facilitating Community Discussions Around Difficult Topics”* Wabash College Democracy and Public Discourse
5:15 pm	Break
6:00 pm	Group Dinner

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022

7:15 am	Breakfast
8:00 am	Dynamic World of Economic Development: “This Ain’t Your Grandma’s E.D. Strategy” Facilitator – Victoria Ross-Frost, IMPA Panelists Mayor Todd D. Barton, City of Crawfordsville Matt O'Rourke, American Structure Point Mayor Scott Long, City of Wabash Keith Gillenwater, Grow Wabash County Scott Rudd, Broadband Consultant Commissioner Tony London, Bartholomew County
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	BR&E/ Business Attraction/Importance of Inventory Development “What it Means to be Prepared” Jason Hester, Greater Columbus Indiana EDC
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	RFI Best Practices \| Creating a Memorable Site Visit Claire Collett, Boone County Economic Development Corporation Sarah Salisbury, IEDC Leslie Wagner, Ginovus
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Incentives & Tools Experiential Exercise Heidi Amspaugh, Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors, LLC Richard Starkey, Barnes & Thornburg Brock Herr, IEDC
5:30 pm	Break
6:00 pm	Group Dinner Sponsored by:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2022

7:15 am	Breakfast
8:00 am	Innovation in Talent Attraction Mayor Joshua Marsh, City of Greensburg Bryan Robbins, EDC of Greensburg/Decatur County Blaine Zimmerman, INVets Heather Jackson, VisionThree
9:00 am	Quality of Life Infrastructure: Childcare – Working Models & Advocacy Facilitator – Cheryl Morphew Panelists Erin Emerson, Perry County Brienne Hooker, Jasper County Kelly Taylor, Montgomery County
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Effectively Telling Your Community’s Story Facilitator: Misty McCammack, Duke Energy Panelists Heather Tallman, American Dairy Association Indiana Inc. Stacie Marotta, Bloomington Economic Development Corporation Misty Weisensteiner, Radius Indiana
12:30 pm	Wrap-up

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