Walt Wood, CEcD Bedford Co Chamber of Commerce

1. 2013 Tennessee Basic Course
Presented By:
Walt Wood, CEcD
Shelbyville Bedford County
Chamber of Commerce
Program Overview
Certified Economic
Developer (CEcD)

2. IEDC’S MISSION
Provide leadership and excellence in
economic development for our communities,
members, and partners
CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course

3. CEcD PROGRAM MISSION
To advance and help assure a high
overall quality of professional services in
the economic development field
CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course

4. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
Certification is Based on
Professional Development
•To create a body of knowledge for
economic development
•Requires a broad based knowledge of
economic development
•Certification recognizes those who
made a personal and professional
commitment to economic development
•A CEcD is viewed as having a broad
based knowledge of the profession

5. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
Who Provides Professional
Development?
•Practioner Based Training
Opportunities
•IEDC
•IEDC Offers 12 Courses
•Offered at various locations
•Accredited Partners
•BEDC
•EDI, GA Tech.
•NDC, SIOR

6. What are the Goals of
Professional Development?
•Courses are designed to help you gain
knowledge and learn best practices, tools,
and techniques for every day use.
•Courses focus on economic development
building blocks, providing up-to-date tools,
and techniques to meet the challenges of the future.
•Development track in pursuit of the certification
•The content of the EDI and the IEDC courses can
also be used for professional development not solely
to prepare you for the CEcD exam.
CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course

7. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
• Tests broad knowledge and mastery of principle skills
in economic development
• Practitioner Based Exam: no amount of studying can
substitute for experience
• Ideal balance of theory and practice
Certification

8. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
• Experience as a practitioner
– Minimum of four years of full-time economic
development related experience
– Practitioners with five or more years of
experience are entitled certain waivers
CEcD Exam Requirements

9. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
• Professional development
• Required to demonstrate
developmental training in six course
areas
• Distinctions/certifications that are related
to the competencies of economic
development
CEcD Exam Requirements (Contd)

10. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
Introduction to Economic Development *
Business Retention and Expansion *
Economic Development Credit Analysis *
Real Estate Development and Reuse*
Managing Economic Development Organizations
IEDC Training Courses
*Required Course for Exam

11. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
Neighborhood Development Strategies
Technology-led Economic Development
Economic Development Marketing
Entrepreneurial and Small Business
Development Strategies
Economic Development Planning
Economic Development Finance
IEDC Training Courses (Contd)

12. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
• Complete CEcD application w/ resume
• Application deadline - 60 days prior to exam
• Approval or non approval notice
• $495 for members
• $695 for non-members
• Fees cover exam and certification maintenance
cost
Exam Application

13. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
• Professional Development Courses
• IEDC Training Manuals
• Study Networks
• CEcD Mentors
• Non-IEDC Prep Course
Preparing for the Exam

14. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
• 2011 Edition now available
• In-depth reading for the courses
• Guidelines for ED Professionals
• Manuals are included in registration fee
• $55 for members and $75 for non-members
• Manuals may be ordered online at
www.iedconline.org
New IEDC Manuals

15. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
• Two – Day Process
• Saturday
• Short Answer and Multiple Choice
• Essay
• Sunday
• Oral Exam – taken only after candidate has passed
both written portions of the exam
Exam Format

16. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
The exam covers nine competency topic areas :
Strategic Planning
Marketing/Attraction
Neighborhood Development
Workforce Development
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Dev.
Strategies
Economic Development Finance
Management
Business Retention and Expansion
Real Estate Dev. And Reuse
Information on the Exam

17. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
• Graders feedback for the essay portion
• Retake the portion of the exam failed
• Retake application
• Retake fee for portion failed $150 members,
$200 non-members
Exam Retake

18. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
• CEcD Packet
• CEcD Pin
• CEcD Certificate
• Congratulatory Letter
• Announcements (Sample Press Release)
Recognition

19. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
• 3 year cycle
• Remain active in professional
development in the ED field
• Attend IEDC, regional, and state
events
Recertification

20. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
Ethics
• Adhering to a code of ethics is about
maintaining a higher standard of
conduct than narrower rules or laws
might dictate.

21. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
Ethics (Contd)
• CEcDs due to recertify after January 1,
2013 are required to have two hours of
ethics each cycle
• IEDC’s first web seminar on the Ethics
was in November 2012. Starting in
2013, the webinar will be offered twice
a year.
• The ethics workshops are offered at
IEDC’s Annual Conference and
Leadership Summit

22. CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
Upcoming CEcD Exams
•Alexandria, VA – April 13-14, 2013
•IEDC 2013 Federal Economic
Development Forum
•Ann Arbor, MI – June 8-9, 2013
•IEDC 2013 Spring Conference
•Philadelphia, PA – October 5-6, 2013
•IEDC 2013 Annual Conference

23. Thank You for Attending!
Walt Wood, CEcD
CEcD Program Overview
2013 Tennessee Basic Course
Contact: Becca Thomas for More Info
rthomas@iedconline.org