Saturday, October 07, 2006
Last week the Conference Board released an important report, "Are they really ready to work?" The report concludes that young workers are "sorely lacking in much needed workplace skills." The report goes on to say, "The future workforce is here, and it is ill-prepared."
Download a copy and spread this report around to your civic leadership: chamber boards, elected officials, workforce boards, school boards, school superintendents, community foudantions.
We can no longer pretend that this challenge will somehow go away. Every state has promising pilot projects uderway to address the many facets of this challenge. It's time to identify good pilots and move them to scale.
You can download the report from this page
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Some Background on EDPro Weblog
The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information.
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Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development
As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking.
Background on Ed Morrison
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