Workforce Information Driving Regional Economies
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PRESENTATIONS
The WIRED Regional Economy
Presented by Byron Zuidema, Regional Administrator
WIRED (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development): In the fall of 2005, ETA rolled out the next generation of its evolving vision, grounded in the Innovate America concepts. The WIRED concepts encompass the ideals to better align workforce and economic development.
View the WIRED Presentation (623 kb).
Generation I WIRED Panel
OneKC WIRED
Presented by Paul Scianna, Project Director
View the OneKC Presentation (570 kb).
Northcentral Indiana WIRED
Presented by Scott Hutcheson, Project Leader
View the Northcentral Indiana presentation (816 kb).
West Michigan WIRED
Presented by Philip A. Rios, Project Manager
View the West Michigan presentation (464 kb).
WITS: Capturing Regional Data
Presented by Kathy Burns, Planning and Marketing Analyst, Tecumseh Area Partnership, Inc.
View the WITS presentation (379 kb)
Modeling Economic Impacts - IMPLAN
Presented by Doug Olson, Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Inc.
View the IMPLAN Presentation (860 kb)
Addressing Talent Development Through Skills Gap Analysis
Presented by Missouri Economic Research and Information Center staff, Marty Romitti, Director and Mary Bruton.
View the Missouri presentation (1435 kb).
Understanding Ohio’s Regional Economies
Presented by Lawrence Less, Research Chief, Ohio Bureau of Labor Market Information
View the Ohio LMI presentation (342 kb).
Analyzing Occupational Supply-Demand for Today's Workforce Issues
Presented by Les Janis, Director, Occupational Supply/Demand System (OSDS), Georgia State University and
Mark Schaff, Contributing Labor Economist to the OSDS, Ohio Bureau of Labor Market Information
View the OSDS presentation (129 kb).
Proactively Addressing Dislocations in the Automotive Industry: Putting Feet on Research
Presented by Alan Spell and Mary Bruton,
Missouri Economic Research and Information Center
View the "Putting Feet on Research" presentation (2075 kb).
Employment Outlook: 2004-14
Presented by Thomas McDonald, Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics
View the BLS presentation (2136 kb).
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Products and Services
Presented by Benjamin Collins, Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics
View the BLS presentation (269 kb).
LED: Expanding the Information Advantage
Presented by George Putnam, Illinois Department of Employment Security
View the Illinois LED presentation (224 kb).
A How-To Guide: Tracking LMI Customers and Their Satisfaction
Presented by Oriane Casale, Assistant Director, LMI Office, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
View the Minnesota Tracking LMI Customers presentation (41 db).
Innovative Approaches to Training Workforce Development Professionals
Presented by Keith Ewald, Director, Ohio Bureau of Labor Market Information
View the Ohio LMI presentation (897 kb).
State Workforce Information and Regional Economies: “Next Steps”
Below are the individual State Visioning Exercises:
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