This website contains the questions for the Business Retention and Expansion International certification exam for the Business Retention and Expansion Coordinator (BREC) certification as well as several resources that you may find helpful in completing the exam. The exam will be graded by three (3) professionals who have attained the Business Retention and Expansion Professional certification (BREP) or Master Business Retention and Expansion Professional (MBREP) certification.
If you should have any questions regarding the content of the exam (or a particular exam question), please contact Alan Barefield (BREI Education Committee Chair) at alan.barefield@msstate.edu.
You have three (3) days from the time of the notification letter informing you of this website to complete the exam. Please return the exam to Alan Barefield.
BREC Competency Exam
Other Resources
- Steps in a BRE Program
- Halifax Partnership – BRE Program Manual
- Tweeten and Barefield – cd1605 – Volunteer Visitor Manual
- Tweeten and Barefield – cd1605a – Appendices
- University of Wisconsin Extension – Logic Models for Program Evaluation
BR&E Models
Community Assessment
Social Capital
Roles of Local Leaders
- Roles of Local Program Leaders
- Pounding the Pavement
- Indicators that a Community is Ready for the BR&E Process
- Plan of Work Discussion Questions
Survey Design and Implementation
- Survey Design
- Other Survey Resources
Visitation Training
- Firm Visitation
- Firm Visitor Tips and Procedures
- Guidelines for Firm Visitors
- Role Play Notes Appendix
- Nova Scotia REN Informed Consent
- Nova Scotia REN Nondisclosure Agreement
- University of Minnesota Firm Visitation Video
Red Flag Review
- Red Flag Review
- Red Flag Review Points
- Red Flag Followup Worksheet
- Appendix F: Follow-up Suggestions for Red/Yellow Flags
Survey Analysis and Reports
- Survey Analysis and Report
- Research Report Checklist
- Questions for Report Writers
- Analyzing Survey Data – National Business Research Institute
- Morgan – Problems in the Analysis of Survey Data
- Leahy – Using Excel for Analyzing Survey Questionnaire
Action Team Planning
Community Input and Implementation
- Community Input Celebration Implementation
- How Successful are Business Retention and Expansion Implementation Efforts?
Program Evaluation
- Section 12 – Program Evaluation
- BR&E SmartGoals Definitions
- Sibley County BR&E Evaluation Results PowerPoint
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