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Browse by category, search for specific titles, or take a look at the featured items below. To learn more about a publication, simply click on the title. If you need help or have questions, please check out the FAQ. New additions to the IEDC Bookstore Executive and Professional Competencies for Economic Developers Collarelli, Meyer & Associates. 2012. 23 Pages. This guide is designed to help individuals and organizations understand the core competencies necessary for success in economic development. It lays out a set of guidelines, or competencies, for economic development organizations to follow when evaluating their current employees and recruiting new employees. These are enumerated into two models that clearly define the common individual leadership competencies of 1) high performing executives and 2) high performing professional economic development staff. Intelligence gathered as part of this competency evaluation process can set the pathways for professional and leadership development, now and in the future. The Next America: Moving Beyond a Fragile Economy Don A. Holbrook. 2011. 304 pages. The economic chaos that has created so much destruction of wealth for regular Americans is far from over. This book examines problems and possible solutions within national, international, and local realms that will help us navigate these times and set a course toward calmer waters. While some clamor for more taxes to cover our government's programs, The Next America shows how we can restructure our tax code so it positively affects all aspects of our communities: education, businesses, innovation, political transparency, environmental issues, investments, and more. Concerned citizens and economic players alike will be inspired and motivated to act to reestablish the American Dream during this transitional time. 2010 Salary Survey of Economic Development Professionals Survey participants: Order your copy IEDC members and non-members: Order your copy Survey participant price: $132 IEDC member price: $157 Non-member price: $232 Price includes shipping and handling. Is your economic development organization looking to hire a new employee? Is your offer competitive? Are your benefits aligned with the profession? Or maybe you’re on the other side of the job market and looking to move to a new community. How do you know what someone with your experience and expertise can expect to make? IEDC's new 2010 Salary Survey Report of Economic Development Professionals can provide up-to-date answers. This year’s survey improves upon the 2008 edition by isolating salaries by type of organizational funding - public, private, or public-private partnership. With an eye on an increasingly global economy, it also highlights Canadian and other International data in comparison with domestic findings. For the Love of Cities Peter Kageyama. 2011. 242 pages. The mutual love affair between people and their place is one of the most powerful influences in our lives, yet rarely thought of in terms of a relationship. As cities begin thinking of themselves as engaged in a relationship with their citizens, and citizens begin to consider their emotional connections with their places, we open up new possibilities in community, social and economic development by including the most powerful of motivators--the human heart--in our toolkit of city-making. The book explores what makes cities lovable, what motivates ordinary citizens to do extraordinary things for their places and how some cities, such as New Orleans, Detroit, and Cleveland are using that energy to fill in the gaps that "official" city makers have left as resources have disappeared. Meet those amazing people who are truly "in love" with their cities and learn how they are key to the future development of our communities. Economic Development Online Anatalio C. Ubalde & Andrew Krueger. 2011. 201 pages The Internet has transformed the practice of economic development. Today businesses are evaluating communities online before they ever make contact with the local communities or economic developers. Businesses are learning about, evaluating, and selecting locations for investment and expansion using web-based information and tools. Economic Development Online presents the necessary background for understanding the Internet and online communication. It describes how to implement strategies you can use every day to put you ahead of the technology curve in Economic Development. All proceeds from the sale of this publication go to the Diane Lupke Scholarship Fund, educational scholarship fund that gives economic development professionals working in distressed communities the opportunity to attend IEDC training courses. Selling Out a Superpower Ronald R. Pollina, PhD. 2010. 352 pages Author Ronald R. Pollina, Ph.D., documents how America lost its way in this must-read book and puts everything about our economic meltdown under a microscope: an education system designed for the 1950s that produces a workforce unable to compete for 21st century jobs; tax codes that drive companies offshore; deficit spending on all levels of government that drains our economic power; complacency and lack of economic development on all levels; why free trade doesn’t mean fair trade; how America sold its soul to credit card companies and mortgage lenders for a better lifestyle; and why China and India are, at the moment, better equipped than America to win the Economic War of the 21st Century. Nonetheless, the author believes that if America has the political courage to finally confront these problems, the U.S. can reassert itself as an economic superpower. This book provides a roadmap to achieve that goal.