ITAG – A Night of Local Beer and Tech
2021-10-07 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Iron Hill Tap House – Eagleview, 260 Eagleview Blvd, Exton, PA, 19341
The Innovative Technology Action Group (ITAG) invites you to join us for a casual night of local beer, tasty appetizers, and tech talk! Get to know ITAG and catch up with professionals and leaders from local companies within the tech industry.
Our event will include a complimentary tasting of a few of Iron Hill’s most interesting and best-selling beers. Attendees will also get an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of this brand new brewing and canning facility led by one of Iron Hill’s Master Brewers.
Tickets must be purchased in advance.
This event is open to tech professionals across all industries.
Click here for more information and to register.

Chester County Hall of Fame Celebration
2021-09-29 16:30 - 20:00 | Phoenixville Foundry, 2 N. Main St., Phoenixville, PA, 19460, United States
The Chester County Hall of Fame Award recognizes an individual’s outstanding achievements and contributions within the Chester County business community.
We are proud to announce this year’s inductee, James E. McErlane, Senior Partner at Lamb McErlane PC. From his service in the U.S. Navy and on many civic and community boards to his highly-regarded legal career, Jim’s impact on Chester County and the region is unparalleled.
Please mark your calendar to join us for the Hall of Fame Award celebration this fall.
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kathy Field.

Geothermal: The Hidden Wonder & Update on Act 129
2021-09-23 04:00 - 18:00 | Chester County Economic Development Council, 737 Constitution Drive, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Save the Date

Hire One Networking Event
2021-09-14 05:00 - 19:00 | AVE Malvern, 1111 Woodview Way, Malvern, PA, 19355
Hire One’s mission includes finding new and innovative ways to connect Employers and Job Seekers. Join us at AVE Malvern for networking.
About this event
Did you know that 80% of people who get a job offer were referred to the company? Online applications account for just 8% of jobs filled
Employers
Hire One is tasked with finding new and innovative ways to bring employers and job seekers together. This business networking event provides employers with referrals to help fill your professional level job openings. Please register today using EMPLOYER TICKET as spots are limited.
Job Seekers
Are you tired of the black hole of Internet sites and portals? This unique networking event will put you face to face with employers who are hiring experienced professionals. This is not a job fair and no resumes are allowed. Have your elevator pitch ready and be willing to share your connections for the jobs that are not a match for you. Summer is one of the best times to look for a new position! Register beginning August 16th using the JOB SEEKER TICKET.
What to expect
After a brief introduction, everyone will begin networking! We expect jobs to be available in the following fields: finance, sales, information technology, manufacturing and production, energy, healthcare, and more. Remember – it’s not only the employers in the room, but who they know and can introduce you to, that is important. Beer, wine and lite fare will be served.
Thank you to our sponsor AVE Malvern for hosting this event!

Science and Medicine Discovers Camp for Ages 12-13
2021-07-23 09:00 - 15:00, 2021-07-22 09:00 - 15:00, 2021-07-21 09:00 - 15:00, 2021-07-20 09:00 - 15:00, 2021-07-19 09:00 - 15:00 | Chester County Economic Development Council, 737 Constitution Drive, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Introducing scientific vocabulary at an early age helps children boost their verbal skills and greatly helps their ability to understand science in future course. This program is designed to provide a foundation in science and healthcare for students who enter the STEM Innovation Healthcare Summer Academy track in middle school. Students explore basic science and medical terms associated with anatomy of the human body. Age appropriate curriculum provides students with the opportunity to learn the history of medicine from civil war to present day practices. Students are introduced to medical equipment such as stethoscopes, sphygmomanometers, and otoscopes and learn the role the equipment plays in diagnose and treatment of medical conditions.
Students learn about cell structure, basic functions of the body, and fundamentals of good health. The simulated learning activities include introduction to the stethoscope, counting beats for a pulse, and role-play medical professions. Students dissect organs to explore anatomy, use simulated blood to discover DNA, and meet animals to learn about veterinary medicine. We believe that young students learn best by doing, so our lectures combine teaching with engaging activities. Our team of medical professionals and Pre-Medicine Counselors are committed to providing students with a fun and engaging learning experience.

Blood Drive
2021-07-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Chester County Economic Development Council, 737 Constitution Drive, Exton, PA, 19341, United States

CCEDC Annual Golf Classic
2021-05-03 11:00 - 20:00 | French Creek Golf Glub, 4500 Conestoga Road, Elverson, 19520, United States

COVID-19 Impacts on Health Care Workers and PA as a Trauma-Informed State
2021-04-21 08:00 - 10:00 | Virtual
Join us for Health Care Connect ‘s Spring Forum – COVID-19 Impacts on Health Care Workers and PA as a Trauma-Informed State

About this Event

Health Care Connect invites you to this exclusive look at lessons learned about frontline fatigue, as well as practical ways to manage the impacts of these extraordinary times on health care workers and their families. Join us for a view of the leadership skills exemplified during a historic pandemic at one of PA’s largest medical centers, providing valuable guidance for all levels of health care. This timely event will present viewpoints, data, and overviews not only applicable to all levels of health care providers, but for any number of human resources professionals interested in PA’s efforts to support all PA workers and their families.
Speakers:
Dan Jurman Executive Director, Office of Advocacy and Reform, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania –
Bill Belmonte MBA RN CEN NEA-BC, Emergency Department Nurse Manager, Paoli Hospital, Main Line Health
Karen Flaherty-Oxler, MSN, RN Medical Center Director, Corporal Michael J Crescenz VA Medical Center

CCEDC hosts Red Cross Blood Drive
2021-04-08 11:00 - 16:00, 2021-04-07 11:00 - 16:00 | Chester County Economic Development Council, 737 Constitution Drive, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
CCEDC is hosting a
Red Cross Blood Drive

Wednesday & Thursday, April 7 & 8
11:00am to 4:00pm

Visit www.redcrossblood.org to register
SPONSOR CODE: ccedc exton

How to Effectively Hire and Retain Good Employees
2021-03-23 08:30 - 10:00 | Virtual
Is your organization having difficulty finding & retaining qualified employees ? Learn how to attract skilled employees including Veterans

About this Event

This past year has brought changes and challenges to the workplace. You may find yourself asking:

Is my organization having difficulty finding qualified employees?

Does my company want to attract reliable skilled employees, including veterans?

How does my organization attract and retain the right employees to help our businesses grow?

Why is a multi-generational workforce important?

Join us to discuss these issues and more.
Speakers:
Sean Ellsworth, Talent Acquisition Leader – The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Denise Ball, Workforce Development Specialist – Tooling U-SME

Zero Waste Breakfast Briefing
2021-02-03 08:00 - 09:30 | Virtual
Join us for this breakfast briefing to learn about incorporating zero waste practices into your life and business.
This event is presented in partnership with the Chester County Solid Waste Authority through CCEDC’s Smart Energy Initiative of Southeastern Pennsylania (SEI).

Blood Drive
2021-01-20 13:00 - 16:00, 2021-01-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Chester County Economic Development Council, 737 Constitution Drive, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Please visit: www.redcrossblood.org and enter SPONSOR CODE: cced exton

Open Coaching: Master the Investor Presentation With Steve Bowman – The Pitch Doctor
2020-11-17
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2020
10:00 am to 11:30 am
Click Here to Register
Back by popular demand – join us as startup founders present their investor pitch and hear targeted feedback from a veteran pitch coach.
OPEN COACHING is the fastest way to master the investor presentation. It’s a cross between private coaching and a group workshop. It’s real-world instruction, with real companies, and a veteran coach. Come learn how the investor presentation is really done!
Join us for this virtual event. You can get free coaching, or attend and observe and learn investor presentation secrets you won’t find anywhere else.
HOW IT WORKS:
The featured company will get targeted, advanced coaching to improve their pitch presentation. The session is open to all fellow entrepreneurs who want to see the pitches–and Steve’s coaching–in action. Watch and learn as Steve reacts to the presentation, probes for the core story, and offers solutions for thorny dilemmas, such as how to say everything investors want to hear in just ten minutes and how to explain highly technical material.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Observers will find these sessions as valuable as the featured company. Most of Steve’s advice is applicable to any start-up company prepared to approach investors. Perfect for start-ups working on their first investor presentation. Even experienced entrepreneurs come away with a new perspective and new tricks that they can apply immediately. Attended Open Coaching before? Each session features a different company pitch and new lessons to learn!
Advance registration required. Registration closes at noon on November 16.

10th Annual Stakeholders Event
2020-11-17
Calling all CCEDC Investors* 10th Annual Stakeholders Event
Please join us for a look back at CCEDC’s accomplishments during 2019-2020 at our annual stakeholders event.
As an investor in or valued partner of our organization, the Chester County Economic Development Council invites you to our virtual stakeholders event.
12:00pm – Online
NOTE: Pre-registration required to receive the meeting link which will be sent 24 hours before the event.
*Not an investor? Contact MaryFrances McGarrity to learn more.
Please contact Kathy Field for sponsorship opportunities.

GETT 2020
2020-10-22 12:30 - 17:00
Please Note – New Date – October 17
Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology (GETT) is an annual event in the spring for girls in grades 5-10 and their parents to learn about career opportunities in a broad scope of STEM related industries. The day is filled with exciting, enlightening and experiential activities led by successful women in STEM fields. Explore hands-on interactive activities and discover new ways to connect your passions for Science,Technology,Engineering and Math.
Tentative Agenda:
**Please eat lunch before you arrive**
12:00 pm Check-in opens
12:30-4:30pm STEM Expo
1:30 & 2:50pm Franklin Institute Stage Show
4:30-5:00pm Closing Ceremony & Prize Giveaway
Questions? – Please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions first, and if that doesn’t answer your question, CONTACT US!
Interested in volunteering? Click HERE.
In an effort to capture the essence of this event, CCEDC staff will be taking photos/videos. By attending you consent to your voice,name,and/or likeness being used, without compensation, in photo/video for inclusion in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised, for eternity, and you release CCEDC and its initiatives, its successors, assigns and licensees from any liability whatsoever of any nature.

CCEDC Annual Business Achievement Award Dinner
2020-05-28 16:30 - 20:00
PLEASE NOTE – NEW DATE – MAY 7
Please join us as we induct Bill Covaleski and Ron Barchet, Co-Founders and Brewmasters at Victory Brewing, into the Chester County Business Hall of Fame. This prestigious award recognizes their outstanding endeavors and achievements in Chester County.
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kathy Field at kfield@ccedcpa.com or 610.321.8217.

Non-profit Telephone Town Hall
2020-04-02 11:00 - 14:00
For all Chester County businesses and non-profits impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Please join the Chester County Commissioners and leaders from the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry (CCCBI), Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC), the Small Business Administration (SBA), and our elected officials and staff, for a Telephone Town Hall on Thursday, April 2, 2020. This session focuses on the new CARES Act as well as other programs available – from loans to grants to unemployment compensation.
.
This Telephone Town Hall will be divided into TWO SEPARATE EVENTS – one for FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES at 11:00 a.m. and one for NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS at 2:00 p.m.

For-profit business Telephone Town Hall
2020-04-02 11:00 - 14:00

SBA Emergency Loan Webinar: Process for applying and FAQs
2020-03-25 10:30 - 11:30
.
.
Do you have questions about the SBA Emergency loan for small business owners?

The PA Small Business Development Center is hosting a no-cost webinar is designed to provide our small business clients with answers to help you understand:

Who is eligible for an SBA Emergency loan?
What you need to have in hand before filing your application?
Understand realistic timelines for approval/closing on your loan
Helpful guides to help you estimate your economic loss to SBA

Register & Learn More

What's So Cool About Manufacturing?! Student Video Contest Awards Ceremony
2020-03-04 18:30 - 20:30
What’s So Cool About Manufacturing? Student Video Contest Awards Ceremony
Join us as we celebrate the students, teachers and manufacturers who participated in this year’s competition. Manufacturers, school administrators, along with students and their families are invited to attend! Desserts will be served.
What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?

The What’s So Cool About Manufacturing? student video contest helps generate awareness of what an advanced manufacturing career may look like to our younger, tech-savvy generation and helps dispel the outdated image of the industry. Middle school students are paired with a local manufacturer to create a two-minute video using a GoPro camera kit, under the guidance of their teachers, to capture “What’s So Cool” about careers in manufacturing. The videos are reviewed by a panel of judges for awards in several categories. The on-line voting for the Viewers’ Choice award will take place on February 12, 13 and 14, 2020, and is open to the public for all to participate.
The Manufacturing Alliance of Chester & Delaware Counties (MACC/DC)is an initiative of the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC), in partnership with Delaware County Community College. MACC/DC is funded in part by the private sector with grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry through the Chester County Workforce Development Board (WDB).

CCEDC Breakfast Briefing - Tools to Help Finance Your Next Project
2020-02-28 07:45 - 10:00
Join us for this Breakfast Briefing as CCEDC holds a panel discussion on how to use tax-exempt financing, small business administration loan products, equipment financing and other funding strategies for your next project.
Agenda:
7:45am-8:00am Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:00am-10:00am Program Presentations
Topics & Speakers:
Tax-exempt financing: Helen Espenshade, Esq. – Lamb McErlane PC
Neighborhood Improvement District (NID): Louis Kuppmerman, Esq. – Buckley, Brion, McGuire & Morris, LLP
Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans: Sherwood Robbins – SEEDCOPA
Equipment Financing: Jack London – CCEDC

ITAG Partnership Meeting – 2020 Kickoff & Board Elections
2020-02-25 16:00 - 19:00
Featuring A Special Presentation on Cybersecurity & CMMC
Join us for the first ITAG meeting of 2020, where we’ll review ITAG’s mission and goals, nominate and elect 2020 board members, and hear a special presentation on the latest cybersecurity guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Defense.
As always, the meeting will be followed by networking and refreshments. Don’t miss this great opportunity to engage with peers from across the tech industry. First-time attendees welcome!
What is CMMC?
CMMC is the latest effort by the Department of Defense to ensure its vendors are maintaining reasonable levels of cybersecurity within their organizations. Anyone selling to the government should learn more about CMMC. Even if these new rules don’t apply to you, CMMC provides some security guidelines that will prove useful in preventing your company from becoming a cybercrime victim with impaired productivity, tarnished reputations, and legal liability.
Featured speakers: Jim Goepel, CEO at Fathom Cyber, and Trevor Pyle, Security Analyst at Sabre Systems. Click here to read their bios.
Want to find out more about ITAG and its initiatives? Visit www.itagpa.org.
All in the tech industry and related fields are welcome!

Open Coaching - Master the Investor Presentation
2020-02-21 10:00 - 13:00
Open Coaching with Steve Bowman – the Pitch Doctor – Presented by Small Business Development Centers Pennsylvania and the Ideas x Innovation Network
OPEN COACHING is the fastest way to master the investor presentation. It’s a cross between private coaching and a group workshop. It’s real-world instruction, with real companies, and a veteran coach. Come learn how the investor presentation is really done! Join us in an intimate open coaching session with “The Pitch Doctor”.
You can get free coaching, or come and observe and learn investor presentation secrets you won’t find anywhere else.
HOW IT WORKS:
Two featured companies each get targeted, advanced coaching to improve their pitch presentation. The session is open to all fellow entrepreneurs who want to see the pitches–and Steve’s coaching–in action. Watch and learn as Steve reacts to each presentation, probes for the core story, and offers solutions for thorny dilemmas, such as how to say everything investors want to hear in just ten minutes and how to explain highly technical material.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Observers will find these sessions as valuable as the featured companies. Most of Steve’s advice is applicable to any start-up company prepared to approach investors. Perfect for start-ups working on their first investor presentation. Even experienced entrepreneurs come away with a new perspective and new tricks that they can apply immediately.
ABOUT STEVE BOWMAN: Steve is the “Pitch Doctor” and President of BizClarity, a veteran teacher, presentation coach, and expert in the art of the venture investment pitch. Steve holds a Harvard degree, taught in the MBA programs at Wharton and Temple, directed the coaching programs for dozens of venture fairs, and has coached thousands of companies and their investor presentations over the last 20 years.

8th Annual SEI Energy Briefing
2020-02-04 08:00 - 10:30
Leaders in the energy field will briefly review fascinating energy trends and present an overview of the 2020 energy forecast. This briefing will cover state and national data in the framework of the mid-Atlantic region, including recent energy finance legislation, RGGI Cap and Trade 101, PA solar energy plan, nuclear energy news, natural gas and alternative fuels. Learn what this means for Southeastern Pennsylvania and how the changes in the energy economy and energy policy may affect businesses and energy costs.
Who should attend: Energy users, large energy purchasers, facilities Managers, energy professionals, building owners and developers, municipality managers.
Event Agenda:
*Please check-in at the reception desk at the Main Entrance*
8:00am – 8:30am Check-in, Continental breakfast and Networking
8:30am – 10:30am Presentations followed by Q&A
Presenters:
Denise Brinley, Energy Consultant – Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Franz Litz, Principal – Litz Energy Strategies, LLC
Charles Silio, Partner – Glidepath Ventures
Who should attend:
Business owners (small and large) and anyone who purchases energy for their company such as Energy Consultants, Facilities Managers, Architects, Engineers & Developers, Municipality Managers.
***SNOW DATE – In the event of inclement weather, this event will be held on February 11, 2019, and all tickets purchased for the February 4th date will be honored at that time.
