After 32 years working in economic development, I’ve noticed something.
There’s no real home for people doing this work in the UK.
No professional community where practitioners can share what’s actually working, get honest answers to difficult questions, or access decent CPD without sitting through another generic leadership course.
That’s why I built Economic Development World.
It’s a community for UK economic development practitioners — combined authority staff, local authority ED teams, consultants — who want to get better at what they do and connect with others who understand the job.
Founder membership at a special discount is open until 20 April.
If this sounds like your kind of place, the link is at https://www.economicdevelopment.world/join
𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦?
Economic Development World is a new CPD site and pracitioner community for local and regional economic development, hosting 15 hours of courses, workbooks, live events and workshops.
𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.
𝟭. 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗣𝗗 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁:
Access to 15+ hours of 𝗼𝗻-𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 courses across 8 economic development disciplines (Foundation Knowledge; Policy, Strategy & Intelligence; Enterprise, Industry & Innovation; Employment & Skills; Inclusion & Equality; Place & Infrastructure; Climate & Sustainability; and Management & Practice).
Aimed at early career professionals with 0 to 5 years of experience.
A Workbook Library (strategy, FDI from scratch, innovation strengths, economic participation challenges, develop a winning idea… and many more).
𝟮. 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 (𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗻):
– 3x Monthly 1-to-1 Mentoring Sessions with Glenn in the first three months.
– 1x Career Planning Session to guide your professional development.
– 6 Exclusive Workshops with your Founder Member cohort in the first year.
𝟯. 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻-𝗱𝗮𝘆-𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 – 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. You can check out the site for 7 days, no credit card required.
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