NCCET Update 2

Another good day at the conference.

This morning I attended a session by Stark State's Russ O'Neill on Kids College. They really have an amazing program and I would suggest contacting either Russ at Stark or Terra CC if you are interested in launching this initiative at your campus.

Our lunch speaker was Lt. Governor Lee Fisher. The LG spoke to the important role workforce development plays in the economic welfare of Ohio. If we want to be competitive we must have adequate educational resources. A few points..

"...need for critical thinkers for tomorrow..."
"We have to engage with the world"
"...skate where the puck is going..."

In the afternoon, Tina and I presented on EON and the IT project. It was a small group so we were able to have good conversation regarding the importance of networking. I content that to be successful, we must network with our vendors, our peers (other workforce development divisions) and our clients.

Tom Wylie attended an interesting session on Social Media and it aligns nicely with what the Lt. Governor said and with a movie that Tina & I will play at the EON IT Roundtable later this month...there are more people on MySpace than there is the population of the US and there are more text messages being sent daily than there are cell calls being made. The paradigm has shifted...have you?