Active Membership
UEDA Active Members are economic development professionals with investor-owned electric and/or gas utilities who are dedicated to meeting corporate goals through regional job creation, business growth, improving the environment and promoting economic vitality in their service areas.
Benefits
Semi-annual Educational & Networking Forums
- Timely presentations on critical issues, including best practices, the economy, investor-owned electric and gas utility and site selection trends from leading experts and economic development peers.
- A unique networking platform to directly connect with peers and other economic development industry professionals.
- An IEDC recognized event that counts toward Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) recertification.
Executive Economic Development Education
- Timely focused executive economic development related post-graduate courses from leading universities.
- Exposure to “outside-the-box” topics from outstanding professors and experts.
- Peer-to-peer networking and joint learning with corporate colleagues and regional allies.
- An IEDC recognized event that counts toward Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) recertification.
Nationwide Networking
- Personal connections with other investor-owned utility economic development professionals you have met through the UEDA.
- Contact with non-investor owned utility economic development peers and site selectors from across the country and Canada you have met through the UEDA.
- Direct connection with UEDA associate member economic development service providers.
UEDA Social Media Groups
- Real-time UEDA LinkedIn and Twitter group connections with UEDA members and other economic development professionals from coast-to-coast and in Canada.
News Distribution
- Distribution of economic development news through the UEDA LinkedIn group.
- Focused news dissemination to UEDA members online with the help of the UEDA staff.
- Contact with economic development trade media through UEDA referrals.
Surveys and Reports
- Customized Survey Monkey surveys and polls of association members through UEDA staff.
- General information on topics of interest to you and/or your company through the UEDA.
- Results of UEDA surveys and polls done by other utilities.
- Results of UEDA member surveys conducted bi-annually.
Member Email Contact
- Mass emails to UEDA members at any time though the UEDA staff.
- Targeted contact with UEDA members through the UEDA website.
Link to Your Website
- Increased internet presnce with direct connection to your website site through the UEDA website.
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