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Products & Services |
Regional Strategy |
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FireUp! |
A series of community stakeholder interviews followed by a customized speech on workforce, technology, education and the global economy.
Purpose: Engage your community in the issues and opportunities facing your region, and issue a call to action. |
Regional Strategy |
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Global Strategy Analysis |
A review of current strengths, weaknesses and opportunities based on research and extensive in-community interviews with stakeholders. Placement of findings in the context of global competition, and recommendations for short- and long-term efforts for job creation and transformation of the economy.
Purpose: Create the case and basis for action.
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K12-WORKFORCE |
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Whyville™ Careers
(seed your STEM talent pipeline) |
Use Whyville Careers, a space in the virtual educational world Whyville.net, to engage kids in career exploration. Combine with an outreach campaign, and create a list of web sites of local educational opportunities that Whyville will use to drive traffic to educational opportunities,
Purpose: Seed the talent pipeline for careers and start it moving. |
K12-WORKFORCE |
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RoboCareers™
(seed your STEM talent pipeline) |
Implement robotics camps in your region that connect kids in the camp to educational and career opportunities in your r
egion. Connect your efforts to the emerging Texas Institute for Educational Robotics at Northwest Vista College in San Antonio, Texas.
Purpose: Engage kids in STEM education, connect them to career pipelines, and start the pipelines moving. |
K12-WORKFORCE |
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Whyville™ Entrepreneur's Challenge |
Whyville has an active market for "face parts" at a web site visited by 100,000 unique users per month throughout the U.S. and the world. Challenge teens and tweens in your region to open a face parts store in Whyville, and connect success to rewards in your region.
Purpose: Enhance the entrepreneurial culture in your region and stimulate future entrepreneurship.
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K12-WORKFORCE+ |
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RapidScreen |
Collect technologies in your region into an integrated portfolio and run a process to move promising technologies rapidly into market research research and potential commercialization.
Purpose: Focus on markets and deal flow, and stimulate a desire for regional commercialization. Focus on the most promising technologies. |
COMMERCIALIZATION |
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MarketLook |
Start business planning with a 40-60 hour process that gets into the market and gets the feedback of potential purchasers, users, partners and experts in the field.
Purpose: Discover the "voice of the market" as it relates to the technology. Either "fail fast" or press forward with recommended go-to-market strategies.
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COMMERCIALIZATION |
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GlobalBrand |
In the context of global analysis, discover your strengths and send a message to your citizens, prospects, partners and competitors about the strengths and plans for your region.
Purpose: Attract companies and talent, and transform the culture of your region. |
Regional Strategy |
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STEM Coalition |
Put in place a long-term sustained effort to transform education and the economy in your region. Built on a flagship yearly conference, get your stakeholders to see the strategic importance of working together. Lead them to identify and prioritize local issues, work those issues, and be accountable for results.
Purpose: Proactively work toward long-term competitiveness in the global economy. |
Regional Strategy |