Eric P. Canada | Nancy A. Blane | John H. Lewis | Tammy L. Mair

Eric P. Canada, a partner of Blane, Canada Ltd., has worked with communities throughout the U.S. and Canada on a variety of economic development projects including: marketing strategy and planning, competitive assessment, and industry analysis. He has also led development teams in the assessment of numerous community and organization SWOT analyses. In total, Eric has completed evaluations of marketing and sales programs for more than 60 major U.S. economic development organizations.

Eric began his economic development career in southern Indiana where he developed an industrial park and attracted the park's first two tenants. He has completed competitive assessments of existing industrial parks to help clients formulate positioning strategies and develop marketing plans. He has conducted these evaluations at both a community and a regional level.

Eric facilitates, educates, and motivates client groups. He frequently works with groups for information gathering, planning, decision-making, consensus building, and education. Over 8,500 development professionals and community leaders have participated in Eric Canada's training seminars and workshops.

Eric¹s invaluable experience, work ethic, and enthusiasm for innovation encapsulate success.

Mr. Canada's books include:

• Economic Development: Marketing for Results!
• Marketer's Planning Guide
• Marketing Your Rural Community
• Strategic Planning for Rural Communities (co-authored)
• #@%&!* Consultants!: Maximizing Value

• "Marketing for Results!"
• "Advanced Marketing and Complex Sales"
• "Business Expansion | Retention | Development: Adding Value to Existing Industry Programs"
• "Selling in an Economic Development Environment"