Summit Presentation - New North
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WELCOME<br />
Dee Olsen<br />
Executive Director<br />
Sheboygan Chamber<br />
of Commerce<br />
Michael Grubich<br />
Director of Talent and<br />
Diversity Development<br />
Kohler Company
NATIONAL ANTHEM<br />
Thank You Jenny Thiel
WELCOME<br />
Juan Perez<br />
Mayor – City of Sheboygan
Jerry Murphy Kathi Seifert Bob DeKoch
THANK YOU<br />
Today’s Sponsors
THANK YOU<br />
Support Of This Years <strong>Summit</strong><br />
Sheboygan Chamber<br />
City of Sheboygan<br />
Regional Partners<br />
Blue Harbor Resort<br />
Media
THANK YOU<br />
Organizations Throughout The Region<br />
All <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> Chambers<br />
NEWREP (<strong>North</strong> Eastern Wisconsin<br />
Regional Economic Partnership)<br />
Fox Valley and Bay Area Workforce Boards<br />
NEWERA (<strong>North</strong> Eastern Wisconsin<br />
Education Resource Alliance)
SPECIAL THANK YOU<br />
Resources, Time And Money During 2007<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> Investors<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> Board Members<br />
Wisconsin Public Service<br />
Fox Valley Workforce<br />
Development Board<br />
Skyline Technologies<br />
Marketplace Magazine<br />
Green Bay Chamber<br />
UW-Oshkosh
SPECIAL THANKS<br />
The Organizing Committee<br />
Cindy Vana<br />
Dee Olsen<br />
Michael Grubich<br />
Tim Baneck<br />
Cassie Beyer<br />
Estella Caputo<br />
Sachin Chheda<br />
Tammy Dickmann-Flunker<br />
Melissa Fike<br />
Alex Kowalski<br />
Josh Morby<br />
Lisa Piikkila<br />
Kevin Wood
MORNING AGENDA<br />
7:30 AM Networking – Registration<br />
8:30 AM Introductions: Welcome and Thank You<br />
9:00 AM Governor Jim Doyle<br />
9:15 AM <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> Econometrics<br />
9:30 AM Progress During 2007<br />
10:30 AM <strong>Presentation</strong> of Diversity Award<br />
10:45 AM Networking – Break<br />
11:15 AM Edward Gordon – “The 2010 Meltdown”<br />
12:15 PM Call To Action And “Rousing” Finish<br />
12:30 PM Networking – Lunch
AFTERNOON PANEL<br />
1:30 – 3:00 PM “Attract And Retain Talent<br />
In The <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>”<br />
Purpose: Discuss Best Practices In Attracting<br />
And Retaining Talent<br />
Moderator<br />
Roberta Gassman<br />
Secretary – Department of Workforce Development<br />
Panelists<br />
Michael Lanser<br />
President – Lakeshore Technical College<br />
Paul Linzmeyer<br />
President – Bay Towel<br />
Tim Kellner<br />
Vice President of Human Resources<br />
J.L. French<br />
Ed Gordon<br />
Author and National Expert on<br />
Workforce Development<br />
Michael Grubich<br />
Director of Talent and Diversity<br />
Development – Kohler Company
AFTERNOON PANEL<br />
1:30 – 3:00 PM “Bringing Your Ideas To<br />
The Marketplace”<br />
Purpose: Innovation And Technology Transfer<br />
Moderator<br />
Mark Burwell<br />
Executive Director – Urban Hope Entrepreneur Center<br />
Panelists<br />
Tom Still<br />
President – Wisconsin<br />
Technology Council<br />
Kurt Waldheutter<br />
Regional Director – Wisconsin<br />
Entrepreneur Network<br />
Michael Krysiak<br />
President / CEO – ENCAP<br />
Tim Gilbertson<br />
President – Seura
GOVERNOR JIM DOYLE<br />
Welcome<br />
Back !!!
NEW NORTH FACTS<br />
• 18 counties<br />
• 1.2 million people<br />
• Second largest<br />
economic region in<br />
the state
SHARED VISION<br />
To be recognized as nationally<br />
and globally competitive for<br />
job growth while maintaining<br />
a superior quality of life.
MISSION<br />
Harness the region’s resources,<br />
talents, and creativity for the<br />
purpose of sustaining and<br />
growing our regional economy.
DESIRED OUTCOMES<br />
Net Increase In<br />
Higher Paying Jobs<br />
Improved Economic<br />
Well Being
NEW NORTH<br />
ECONOMETRICS<br />
Snapshot Measures<br />
• Per capita income<br />
• Unemployment<br />
• Poverty<br />
• Crime<br />
• Education / talent<br />
• Diversity<br />
• Rankings
PER CAPITA INCOME<br />
$35,000<br />
$34,000<br />
$33,000<br />
$32,000<br />
$31,000<br />
$30,000<br />
$29,000<br />
4.1% change<br />
2004 2005<br />
3.7% change<br />
3.5% change<br />
United States Wisconsin <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>
UNEMPLOYMENT<br />
5.6%<br />
5.2%<br />
4.8%<br />
4.4%<br />
4.0%<br />
United States Wisconsin <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
2004 2005 2006
POVERTY<br />
14.0%<br />
12.0%<br />
10.0%<br />
8.0%<br />
6.0%<br />
4.0%<br />
2.0%<br />
0.0%<br />
1999 2004 2005<br />
United States Wisconsin <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>
VIOLENT CRIME RATES<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
0<br />
2004 2005<br />
United States Wisconsin <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
Per population of 100,000
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION<br />
95%<br />
90%<br />
85%<br />
80%<br />
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06<br />
Wisconsin <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>
ACT SCORES<br />
23<br />
22<br />
21<br />
20<br />
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06<br />
United States Wisconsin <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>
COLLEGE GRADUATES<br />
Bachelor Degree<br />
30%<br />
25%<br />
20%<br />
15%<br />
10%<br />
5%<br />
0%<br />
2000 2005<br />
United States Wisconsin <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>
TECHNICAL COLLEGE<br />
EDUCATION <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> Region<br />
30,000<br />
25,000<br />
20,000<br />
15,000<br />
10,000<br />
5,000<br />
0<br />
Enrolled<br />
Associate Degree Technical Diploma<br />
2006-07<br />
Workforce<br />
9 th<br />
in the Nation<br />
in Associate<br />
Degrees
DIVERSITY<br />
500%<br />
450%<br />
400%<br />
350%<br />
300%<br />
250%<br />
200%<br />
150%<br />
100%<br />
50%<br />
0%<br />
Hispanic<br />
or Latino<br />
Wisconsin <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
Black American<br />
Indian<br />
Asian Non-<br />
Hispanic<br />
White
ECONOMIC STRENGTHS<br />
363 MSA’s Ranked<br />
50 th Green Bay<br />
109 th Appleton<br />
118 th Sheboygan<br />
131 st Oshkosh - Neenah<br />
209 th Fond du Lac<br />
576 Micropolitans<br />
66 th Manitowoc<br />
147 th Marinette WI-MI
RANKINGS<br />
Facts By Others<br />
• “Top Waterfront Towns” Fond du Lac (National<br />
Geographic-Adventure)<br />
• 17 <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> companies included in (Inc<br />
Magazine’s) 5,000 fastest growing in the US<br />
• <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> hosts 8 of the top 15 largest companies<br />
in the state<br />
• <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> ROCKS (Jerry Murphy)
NET<br />
“It is not the strongest of the<br />
species that survive, nor the<br />
most intelligent, but the ones<br />
most responsive to change”<br />
-Charles Darwin-
CORE VALUE<br />
Collaboration!
Branding<br />
Business<br />
Development<br />
Talent<br />
PROGRESS DURING 2007<br />
• Leverage Regional Brand<br />
• Implement Targeted Growth Opportunities<br />
• Support Entrepreneurial Climate And<br />
Small Business<br />
• Advance Educational Attainment<br />
• Attract and Develop Key Talent<br />
• Embrace And Promote Diverse Talents
Bob DeKoch<br />
Margaret LeBrun<br />
Pamela Pirman<br />
Josh Morby
A GREAT TEAM<br />
Estella Caputo<br />
AT&T<br />
Bob DeKoch - Chair<br />
The Boldt Company<br />
Sandy Duckett<br />
NWTC<br />
Melissa Fike<br />
Coalesce<br />
Margaret LeBrun<br />
Marketplace Magazine<br />
Richard Manwiller<br />
Build My Own Site<br />
Josh Morby<br />
Nation Consulting<br />
Jerry Murphy<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>, Inc.<br />
Lisa Piikkila<br />
Coalesce<br />
Pamela Pirman<br />
Pam Pirman Communications<br />
Meir Russ<br />
UW-Green Bay<br />
Kathi Seifert<br />
Pinnacle Perspectives<br />
Cindy Vana<br />
Practical Portfolios<br />
Bill Welch<br />
Fox Cities Chamber
Lapel Pin<br />
MARKETING MATERIALS<br />
Collaboration<br />
Piece<br />
Pocket Cards<br />
Co-Branding<br />
Workbook<br />
Fundraising<br />
Hand Book<br />
Attract And Retain Piece<br />
Wind Sector<br />
Built In<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
Sticker
TRADE PUBLICATION ADS
CO-BRANDING<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
Co-Branding<br />
Scrapbook<br />
And Database<br />
Co-branding<br />
examples<br />
Document best<br />
practices<br />
Provide recognition<br />
Over 300 businesses now<br />
co-branding <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>
CO-BRANDING EXAMPLES
COMMUNICATION<br />
Reports To Community<br />
Thank You<br />
Marketplace Magazine
COMMUNICATION<br />
<strong>New</strong>s Releases
COMMUNICATION<br />
Daily <strong>New</strong>s Clips
COMMUNICATION<br />
Monthly <strong>New</strong>sletter to 1,300 Business Leaders
WEBSITE<br />
7,500+ hits<br />
per month<br />
www.thenewnorth.com
MEASUREMENTS<br />
• $275,000+ value in advertising space<br />
• Over 300 companies and organizations co-branding<br />
with <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
• 7,500 website hits per month
THANK YOU<br />
• Many positive and<br />
supportive write-in<br />
comments<br />
• There are still<br />
some skeptics<br />
INTERNAL BRAND SURVEY<br />
May 2007 Nov. 2007<br />
# of Respondents 152 120<br />
Have you heard of <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>? 76% 90%<br />
How did you hear?<br />
• Business publication<br />
• <strong>New</strong>spaper<br />
• Event<br />
• Word of Mouth<br />
• Website<br />
•Ad<br />
• Other<br />
Regional vs. Local<br />
• The region should work together collaboratively<br />
• Communities should work individually<br />
•Not Sure<br />
38%<br />
18%<br />
17%<br />
9%<br />
3%<br />
2%<br />
14%<br />
76%<br />
9%<br />
15%<br />
36%<br />
13%<br />
17%<br />
15%<br />
3%<br />
3%<br />
13%<br />
77%<br />
3%<br />
20%
MUSICAL INTERLUDES<br />
2005 Launch<br />
Black Eyed Peas<br />
Groove Hogs<br />
2006<br />
Cell Phone Ring Tone<br />
Musical Surprise<br />
2007
Great<br />
Collaboration<br />
SUCCESS STORIES<br />
• 4 Annual <strong>Summit</strong>s<br />
• China collaboration<br />
– Lawrence University<br />
– Venture Center<br />
–<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
– State of Wisconsin<br />
• Learning to promote our region and tell our story
WORK FOR 2008<br />
• Continue promoting brand awareness<br />
• More brand awareness measurement<br />
• Physical brand visibility throughout the region<br />
• Additional marketing materials<br />
• Marketing outside the state
Branding<br />
Business<br />
Development<br />
Talent<br />
PROGRESS DURING 2007<br />
• Leverage Regional Brand<br />
• Implement Targeted Growth Opportunities<br />
• Support Entrepreneurial Climate And<br />
Small Business<br />
• Advance Educational Attainment<br />
• Attract and Develop Key Talent<br />
• Embrace And Promote Diverse Talents
David Thiel<br />
Wayne Matzke
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN REGIONAL<br />
ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP - NEWREP<br />
Dave Thiel, President – NEWREP<br />
Executive Director Waupaca Co. EDC<br />
37 economic development professionals in 17 counties<br />
(A Great Delivery System for Technical Support & Service)<br />
• Commercial and Industrial Construction for <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
for 2006 $782 Million<br />
• 87 open RLF Loans at $24 Million<br />
• Tax Increment Financing Districts<br />
• Federal and WI Commerce programming support
TECHNOLOGY ZONE<br />
PROJECT SAMPLES<br />
Wolf River Lumber, Inc.<br />
Wisconsin Fiber Resources, Inc.<br />
Ripon Community Printers<br />
Filter Materials, Inc.
UPDATE<br />
The Regional Business Retention Survey
TARGETS AND CLUSTERS<br />
Wayne Matzke – President (Chair)<br />
Grande Cheese
TASK GROUP MEMBERS<br />
Dan Clarihan<br />
CNZ Solutions<br />
Gary Kilgas<br />
Fox Valley Technical College<br />
Rob Kleman<br />
Oshkosh Area Economic Development<br />
David Lisle<br />
Wausaukee Composites<br />
Don McDonald<br />
Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership<br />
Dan Pawlitzke<br />
City of Two Rivers<br />
Ted Penn<br />
Wisconsin Public Service<br />
Dennis Russell<br />
Wisconsin Department of Commerce<br />
Tim Schneider<br />
Community Investors Bank<br />
Kurt Waldhuetter<br />
Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network<br />
Bill Ward<br />
Procter and Gamble<br />
Tracy Williams-Prince<br />
Keller Structures
CURRENT INDUSTRY<br />
CLUSTERS<br />
Advanced Manufacturing<br />
Ted Penn – Wisconsin Public Service<br />
Modernized Agri-Business<br />
Tim Schneider – Community Investors Bank
ADVANCED<br />
MANUFACTURING<br />
Badger Transport<br />
Bassett Mechanical<br />
GDS Associates<br />
Giddings and Lewis<br />
Jeff Dulaune Consultant<br />
Lakeshore Technical College<br />
Target<br />
Wind Energy Supply Chain<br />
Jerry Murphy<br />
Lindquist Machine<br />
Machine Building Specialist<br />
Marine Travelift<br />
Sagrillo Power and Light<br />
Voith<br />
Wisconsin Public Service
ADVANCED<br />
MANUFACTURING<br />
Web Process Target Development<br />
Converting Excellence<br />
Fox Valley Technical College<br />
<strong>New</strong> Target<br />
Bill Ward (Procter and Gamble)<br />
<strong>North</strong>east Wisconsin Technical College<br />
Wisconsin Department of Commerce
Aspin Energy<br />
CNZ Solutions<br />
MODERNIZED<br />
AGRI-BUSINESS<br />
Innovation Edge<br />
<strong>North</strong> Central Regional<br />
Planning Commission<br />
Poyry<br />
Cellulosic Conversions (i.e. Ethanol)<br />
Bob Waldron (Abba, Makolin, Waldron & Associates)<br />
Renewable Resource<br />
Solutions<br />
UW – Green Bay<br />
UW – Madison<br />
Wisconsin Department of<br />
Natural Resources<br />
Wisconsin DATCP
City of Appleton<br />
CNZ Solutions<br />
MODERNIZED<br />
AGRI-BUSINESS<br />
Dr. Roger Mead<br />
Technology Enhanced Dairy Operations<br />
Tim Schneider (Community Investors Bank)<br />
Grande Cheese<br />
Rep. Gary Tauchen<br />
Wisconsin DACP
PROGRESS FROM<br />
PROCESS…<br />
1. Baseline research on advanced manufacturing<br />
cluster – who we are<br />
2. Market research on the wind energy industry and<br />
resident industry – suppliers<br />
3. Recruit and expand advisory group<br />
4. Test – Improve our value proposition<br />
5. Conclude with strong selling proposition<br />
6. Identify market channels; promotions and public<br />
relations<br />
7. Creative design and execution of tactical approach<br />
to market<br />
8. Rinse and repeat
BASELINE….<br />
DEMONSTRATION<br />
• 23% concentration manufacturing labor<br />
• Resident industry production capacities<br />
• Defined logistics network<br />
• Technical college industry training<br />
• Available and improved……<br />
Power / water / sewer / developed industrial parks /<br />
communications systems throughout the region<br />
• Public incentives<br />
• And more…………
HIGH-GROWTH U.S.<br />
WIND SCENARIO
TEST, IMPROVE, PROMOTE<br />
100% of the<br />
components<br />
required can be<br />
manufactured in<br />
the <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
Images courtesy of Bassett Mechanical,<br />
Wausaukee Composites, and Lakeshore<br />
Technical College
MEASUREMENTS<br />
• Attended 2007 American Wind Energy Association<br />
Trade Show<br />
• Completed three proposals for wind turbine or<br />
component companies searching for production<br />
facilities alternatives in the region<br />
• Provided information to six prospect firms in<br />
anticipation of call program<br />
• Recruited companies to participate as <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
supplier firms to this industry<br />
• Celebrate companies who are successfully<br />
competing for components
WORK FOR 2008<br />
• Improve the selling proposition as we sell it<br />
• Build an even stronger cluster of supplier-firms<br />
• NEWREP’s focus on business retention and growth<br />
• Aggressive Public Relations Plan, branding the<br />
region as a supply-chain cluster for the industry<br />
• Wisconsin component supply pavilion at the 2008<br />
AWEA Wind Trade Show<br />
• Direct call program on wind turbine manufacturers
Branding<br />
Business<br />
Development<br />
Talent<br />
PROGRESS DURING 2007<br />
• Leverage Regional Brand<br />
• Implement Targeted Growth Opportunities<br />
• Support Entrepreneurial Climate And<br />
Small Business<br />
• Advance Educational Attainment<br />
• Attract and Develop Key Talent<br />
• Embrace And Promote Diverse Talents
David Yeghiaian<br />
Alex Kowalski
A GREAT TEAM<br />
Executive Subcommittee<br />
Kristin Abell<br />
Lakeshore Technical College<br />
Salman Aziz<br />
Integrated Paper Services<br />
Mark Burwell<br />
Urban Hope Entrepreneur Center<br />
Andrew Clark<br />
<strong>North</strong>west Technical College<br />
Mark Harris<br />
Enzymatic Therapy Inc.<br />
Alan Hathaway<br />
BrownBoots Interactive<br />
Darren Huff<br />
Watters Plumbing, Inc.<br />
John Ingrisano<br />
Customer Communications<br />
Alex Kowalski<br />
Alta Exchange<br />
Andrew Steimle<br />
Whyte, Hirschboeck, Dudek, S.C.<br />
Terry Thiessen<br />
Professional Resources & Events<br />
Christina Trombley<br />
UWGB Small Business Development Center<br />
Gary Vaughan<br />
FVTC – Venture Center<br />
David Yeghiaian - Chair<br />
Unique Business Solutions
A GREAT TEAM<br />
Subcommittee Members<br />
Lura Allen<br />
Total Service Development, LLC<br />
Tracy Buzzell<br />
Catalyst Performance Group, Inc.<br />
Jim Dobinski<br />
Stellar Blue Web Design<br />
Kevin Eismann<br />
Epiphany Law, LLC<br />
Sean Fitzgerald<br />
B2B Magazine<br />
Barb Fleisner<br />
ADVANCE – Green Bay<br />
Chamber Economic Develop.<br />
Mike Hall<br />
Quickstart Business Consultants<br />
Kelly Hoxtell<br />
Calumet County EDC<br />
Imran Manzoor<br />
Ekin Systems<br />
Don McDonald<br />
WMEP<br />
Jeff Mirkes<br />
Downtown Green Bay, Inc.<br />
Jay Moynihan<br />
Shawano County<br />
UW-Extension<br />
AJ Otto<br />
Otto Chiropractic Clinic, S.C.<br />
John Rogers<br />
Sheboygan County Chamber<br />
Elizabeth Runge<br />
Fox Valley Workforce<br />
Development Board<br />
Mark Seifert<br />
GT Management<br />
Steve Sengstock<br />
Shawano County EDC<br />
Jennifer Stephany<br />
Appleton Downtown, Inc.<br />
Carol Van Vreede<br />
Skyline Exhibits<br />
Bob Waldron<br />
Abba, Makolin, Waldron &<br />
Associates, LLC<br />
Duane Weber<br />
Autocomm, Inc.<br />
JoEllen Wollangk<br />
Better Business Bureau<br />
of Wisconsin, Inc.
STRATEGIES<br />
• Develop small business and entrepreneurial agenda<br />
• Assess small business and entrepreneurial<br />
resources inventory<br />
• Initiate web-based outreach and branding
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS<br />
• Entrepreneurial Networking Series<br />
• $270,000 new equity funding from <strong>New</strong> Capital Fund<br />
– 30+ new jobs at $40,000+ each<br />
– $1.5 million in process<br />
• Online web group (200 members)<br />
• Quarterly best-practice meetings<br />
– Average 35 attendees each<br />
– Open to the public
ENTREPRENEURIAL<br />
NETWORKING SERIES<br />
• Panel discussion with entrepreneurs / service<br />
providers<br />
• Facilitate best practices and information sharing<br />
• Networking opportunities<br />
• Editorial calendar<br />
• Supplement EDC and Chamber sessions
NOTEWORTHY PROGRESS<br />
• Council formed / monthly meetings<br />
– 4 subcommittees formed<br />
• Informational presentation completed (website PDF)<br />
• Web page edited / improved<br />
–29 th out of 100 pages (hits)<br />
• 10 communications / month via online web group
MEASUREMENTS<br />
• Small business and entrepreneurial jobs created:<br />
Approximately 1,000<br />
• 29 service providers are Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’<br />
Network certified in <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
– Council for Innovation (UW-Oshkosh)<br />
• 6 connections via entrepreneur and angel investor events<br />
– Venture Center: 2006<br />
• $12.8 million in revenue<br />
– Business Assistance Center Partners<br />
• 2,292 attended classes/received counseling<br />
• Wisconsin Business Plan Contest<br />
– 150+ business plans in past 2 years<br />
– Entry information: www.thenewnorth.com
COLLABORATION AND<br />
SUCCESS STORIES
WORK FOR 2008<br />
• Entrepreneurial Networking Series launched and<br />
communicated<br />
– 4 - 6 sessions<br />
– Podcasts, Speaker’s Bureau, Panelists<br />
• 20% increase in small businesses advised /<br />
counseled<br />
• Online inventory of SB&E resources (development<br />
of online 1-stop shop)<br />
• Aggregate measure developed
Branding<br />
Business<br />
Development<br />
Talent<br />
PROGRESS DURING 2007<br />
• Leverage Regional Brand<br />
• Implement Targeted Growth Opportunities<br />
• Support Entrepreneurial Climate And<br />
Small Business<br />
• Advance Educational Attainment<br />
• Attract and Develop Key Talent<br />
• Embrace And Promote Diverse Talents
Jeff Rafn<br />
Dan Nerad
A GREAT TEAM<br />
George Arnold<br />
Silver Lake College<br />
Dave Besel<br />
West De Pere High School<br />
Kathy Charles<br />
Concordia University<br />
Carol Conway-Gerhardt<br />
CESA 7<br />
Deby Dehn<br />
WHEDA<br />
Dan Ensalaco<br />
Moraine Park Tech. College<br />
Fritz Erickson<br />
UW – Green Bay<br />
Jim Golembeski<br />
Bay Area Workforce Dev.<br />
Jay Gottleib<br />
Kimberly-Clark<br />
Ben Grigg<br />
Aarrowcast<br />
JoAnn Hall<br />
Moraine Park Tech. College<br />
Margie Harvey<br />
Miles Kimball<br />
Gayle Hytrek<br />
Moraine Park Tech. College<br />
Bob Kellogg<br />
CESA 8<br />
Paul Linzmeyer<br />
Bay Towel<br />
Marie Martin<br />
Fox Valley Tech. College<br />
Jerry Murphy<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
Dan Nerad (Co-Chair)<br />
Green Bay Area Public<br />
School District<br />
Jim Perry<br />
UW – Fox Valley<br />
Jeff Rafn (Co-Chair)<br />
<strong>North</strong>east Wisconsin<br />
Technical College<br />
Nancy Schopf<br />
Partners in Education<br />
Charles Schrock<br />
Wisconsin Public Service<br />
Thomas Sonnleitner<br />
UW-Oshkosh<br />
Todd Swanson<br />
Ariens Company<br />
Chad Waukechon<br />
College of the Menominee Nation<br />
Rick Wells<br />
UW-Oshkosh<br />
Tom Wiltzius<br />
Right Management
3 MAJOR STRATEGIES<br />
• Ensure students attain a high level of academic<br />
performance<br />
• Provide access to and mobility among all postsecondary<br />
higher education institutions<br />
• Establish strong business / education partnerships
FIVE TASK FORCES<br />
Over 40 Members<br />
• Establishing and attaining<br />
core skills<br />
• Early elimination of<br />
achievement gap<br />
• Ensuring post-secondary<br />
access<br />
• Providing equitable<br />
opportunity for rural and<br />
urban residents<br />
• Developing a business case<br />
for investment in education
Implementation<br />
of the Bachelor<br />
of Applied<br />
Science<br />
“WOW”!!!
Ariens and<br />
Brillion School<br />
set the bar on<br />
business and<br />
education<br />
partnerships!<br />
“WOW”!!!
University of<br />
Wisconsin<br />
Growth Agenda<br />
is passed!<br />
“WOW”!!!<br />
• UW-Green Bay to add 2,100 students by 2013 in<br />
high demand fields<br />
• UW-Oshkosh to add 1,000 students by 2013 in<br />
high demand fields<br />
• UW-Colleges implement the Adult Student<br />
Initiative
Working to<br />
infuse standards<br />
within K-12<br />
curriculum<br />
HIGH ACADEMIC<br />
PERFORMANCE<br />
Adoption of 21 st Century Skills Standards
Pre-engineering<br />
program<br />
instituted by<br />
area high<br />
schools<br />
PROJECT LEAD THE WAY
Tech colleges<br />
and universities<br />
come together to<br />
create new<br />
opportunities
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION<br />
ACCESS AND MOBILITY<br />
• General Education Transfer Certificate to UWGB and<br />
UWO offered at FVTC, LTC, MPTC, and NWTC<br />
• Concordia University completes development and<br />
revision of transfer agreements with FVTC and NWTC<br />
• <strong>North</strong>east Wisconsin Technical College Manufacturing<br />
Engineering Technology Associate Degree<br />
• UW-Fox Electrical Engineering Degree<br />
• Lakeshore Technical College Wind Energy Degree<br />
• Moraine Park Technical College dual enrollment program<br />
in Business and Marketing with Lakeland College<br />
• Silver Lake College agreement with UW-Manitowoc in<br />
Teacher Education<br />
• Establishment of UW – Learning Center at FVTC
BUSINESS AND EDUCATION<br />
WORKING TOGETHER<br />
• Manufacturing Alliance creates Recruitment and Image<br />
Building Campaign<br />
• Fox Valley Technical College partnering with area call centers<br />
in creating a Call Center Training Certificate<br />
• 11 companies working with the <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> Technical<br />
Colleges receive Worker Assistance Training Grants<br />
– Bay Shipbuilding, ISP Mineral, Palmer Johnson Yachts –<br />
NWTC, Utility Tool & Trailer, Worthington Cylinders, Miles<br />
Kimball, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation-FVTC, Heiden,<br />
Inc.-LTC, Alto Dairy Cooperative, Grande Cheese Company<br />
and Del Monte Foods-MPTC<br />
• UW-Marinette involvement in the National Shipbuilding<br />
Research Project (NSRP) and the development of a Marine<br />
Design program<br />
• Growth of Youth apprenticeship programs – PIE and<br />
Fond du Lac
MEASUREMENTS<br />
Making the Grade<br />
• Enrollments and transfers in and out of the<br />
General Education Certificate<br />
• Bachelors of Applied Science enrollments<br />
• Enrollments of Associate Degree graduates into<br />
baccalaureate programs<br />
• Reduction in performance gap based on WKCE<br />
test scores<br />
• Enrollment in advanced course work<br />
• Enrollment in youth apprenticeship programs
WORK FOR 2008<br />
• Develop model curriculum for which integrates the<br />
21 st Century Skills<br />
• Devise strategies to overcome the achievement<br />
gap and begin pilot programs<br />
• Establish a baseline for each metric<br />
• Establish plan and timeline for implementation of<br />
engineering programs<br />
• Provide a white paper on the business case for<br />
investment in education
Branding<br />
Business<br />
Development<br />
Talent<br />
PROGRESS DURING 2007<br />
• Leverage Regional Brand<br />
• Implement Targeted Growth Opportunities<br />
• Support Entrepreneurial Climate And<br />
Small Business<br />
• Advance Educational Attainment<br />
• Attract and Develop Key Talent<br />
• Embrace And Promote Diverse Talents
Cheryl Welch<br />
Mike Grubich<br />
Robyn Gruner<br />
Autumn Hill
GREAT TEAMS<br />
Work Teams<br />
Kathi Seifert (Co-Chair)<br />
Pinnacle Perspectives<br />
Work Teams<br />
Understand Workforce Needs<br />
Attract and Retain Talent<br />
Develop and Redeploy<br />
Cheryl Welch (Co-Chair)<br />
Fox Valley WDB, Inc.
UNDERSTAND<br />
WORKFORCE NEEDS<br />
Cory Brumbaugh (Chair)<br />
Miron Construction<br />
Carol Conway-Gerhardt<br />
CESA 7<br />
Margie Harvey<br />
Miles Kimball<br />
Carrie Hobbs<br />
Oshkosh Truck<br />
Marne Keller-Krikava<br />
JJ Keller<br />
Lisa Raab<br />
Right Management<br />
Jessica Thomaschefsky<br />
Miron Construction<br />
Patty Van Ryzin<br />
Bassett-Mechanical
DEVELOP AND REDEPLOY<br />
Ted Balser<br />
UW Oshkosh Alumni Association<br />
Jim Golembeski<br />
Bay Area WDB<br />
Robyn Gruner (Co-Chair)<br />
AT&T<br />
Al Hartman<br />
UW-Oshkosh<br />
Autumn Hill (Co-Chair)<br />
Autumn Hill Creative<br />
Jen Meyer<br />
Fox Valley WDB, Inc.<br />
Linda Mingus<br />
Aurora Health Care<br />
Elizabeth Mitchell-Jones<br />
Lakeland College<br />
Deborah Wetter<br />
Valley Transit
ATTRACT AND<br />
RETAIN TALENT<br />
Meredith Bieri<br />
Meredith’s We Planet, Inc.<br />
Denise Blair<br />
YMCA of the Fox Cities<br />
Bruce Deadman<br />
Virchow, Krause and Co., LLP<br />
Ellen Evensen<br />
Alta Resources<br />
Kip Golden (Co-Chair)<br />
Keller, Inc.<br />
Mike Grubich (Co-Chair)<br />
Kohler Company<br />
Corrie Hearn<br />
Miles Kimball<br />
Nancy Heykes<br />
Goodwill HCW<br />
Sharon Hulce<br />
Employment Resource<br />
Group<br />
Brian Johnson<br />
Green Bay Area Chamber<br />
Kurt Johnson<br />
Right Management<br />
Nicole Lemke<br />
City of Appleton<br />
Holly Lifke<br />
Society Insurance<br />
Trina McCormick<br />
Kimberly-Clark<br />
Ronald Moore<br />
Kimberly-Clark<br />
Christina Moubarak<br />
Fox Cities Chamber<br />
Mike Mueller<br />
Signature Search<br />
Cheryl Perkins<br />
Innovation Edge<br />
Nancy Thompson<br />
The H.S. Group, Inc.<br />
Elizabeth Tischer<br />
MRI Network Mgmt<br />
Recruiters of Appleton<br />
Kathy Voigt<br />
Fox Cities Chamber<br />
Bill Wallingford<br />
Valley Packaging<br />
Industries
UNDERSTAND<br />
WORKFORCE NEEDS<br />
Top regional job openings in next 5 years<br />
• Engineering<br />
• Welding<br />
• Health Care<br />
• Customer Service<br />
• Construction<br />
• Professional
NEW NORTH JOB OPENINGS<br />
2007 – 2012<br />
EMSI Database – 2007<br />
Projected Annual Openings for 18 <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> Counties<br />
Occupations 2007<br />
Openings<br />
Engineers<br />
(Bachelor’s Degree)<br />
2012<br />
Openings<br />
2006<br />
Starting / Low<br />
Salary<br />
2006<br />
Average<br />
Salary<br />
• Mechanical 1,801 1,795 $45,635 $64,792<br />
• Industrial 1,184 1,237 $43,576 $61,464<br />
• Electrical 823 890 $44,720 $65,998<br />
• Civil 1,014 1,125 $41,849 $60,403<br />
• Mechanical Drafter<br />
(Associate Degree)<br />
1,030 1,023 $30,680 $42,786<br />
• Electrical Technician 731 773 $31,616 $44,557<br />
• Industrial Technician 363 369 $31,137 $40,705<br />
Welders<br />
(Technical Training)<br />
609 601 $18,408 $29,203
DEVELOP AND REDEPLOY<br />
Training and<br />
Retraining<br />
Redeploy
DEVELOP AND<br />
REDEPLOY TALENT<br />
• Connect job seekers to resources<br />
• Resource map<br />
• “Occupation Location”<br />
• Six occupational areas<br />
• 24/7, one-stop, convenient access via the<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> web site<br />
• Inclusive of public and private resources
“OCCUPATION LOCATION”<br />
• Example: Welder<br />
• Career path information<br />
• Public and private resources<br />
• Education<br />
• Funding / financial assistance<br />
• Industry specific resources<br />
• Career resources
ATTRACT AND<br />
RETAIN TALENT<br />
• Survey of businesses<br />
• External recruitment<br />
– Tie to regional branding<br />
– Industry cluster recruitment<br />
– Trailing significant others<br />
• Internal recruitment<br />
– Job fairs<br />
– Career fairs
2007 PROJECTS<br />
Development of regional<br />
approach to recruitment<br />
• Regional Job Fairs<br />
• Manufacturing Job Fair<br />
Detroit, Michigan Worker<br />
Attraction Campaign
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS<br />
• Quantified priorities of workforce needs by industry<br />
sector<br />
• Developed web-based “One Stop Shop” resource<br />
inventory map of occupation pathways in <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
• Linking K-12 Career Exploration activities in NEW<br />
• HR survey completed to understand recruiting needs<br />
• Developed NEW talent recruitment materials<br />
• Identified opportunity to develop recruitment training for<br />
organizations related to trailing spouses
COLLABORATION AND<br />
SUCCESS STORIES<br />
• 14 Regional job fairs<br />
• Industry alliances<br />
– Manufacturing<br />
• Web Page<br />
• Youth Projects<br />
– Health Care<br />
• Survey Completed<br />
• Increased number of<br />
welding projects
2008 MEASUREMENTS<br />
• Number of hits on Resource Inventory map<br />
• Number of partnerships created (more difficult to<br />
measure)<br />
• Number of actual hires by business utilizing<br />
external marketing resources, e.g. job fairs,<br />
recruiters, etc.<br />
• Number of career exploration activities with K-12
WORK FOR 2008<br />
• Align career kits and other<br />
K-12 activities with regional<br />
career and job openings<br />
• Career and job fairs<br />
(Ongoing)<br />
• Launch recruitment materials<br />
with a focus on Michigan<br />
• Post “<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> Job<br />
Openings” and “Occupation<br />
Location” to <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
website
Branding<br />
Business<br />
Development<br />
Talent<br />
PROGRESS DURING 2007<br />
• Leverage Regional Brand<br />
• Implement Targeted Growth Opportunities<br />
• Support Entrepreneurial Climate And<br />
Small Business<br />
• Advance Educational Attainment<br />
• Attract and Develop Key Talent<br />
• Embrace And Promote Diverse Talents
Estella Caputo<br />
Julia Smith Bahlman<br />
Jay Gottleib
A GREAT TEAM<br />
Dr. Alem Asres<br />
NWTC<br />
Joycelin Berry<br />
St. Norbert College<br />
Denise Blair<br />
YMCA of the Fox Cities<br />
Amy Blasewitz<br />
Miller Electric<br />
Estella Caputo<br />
AT&T<br />
Raymond Carreira<br />
Total Floor Covering<br />
Juliet Cole<br />
UW – Green Bay<br />
Tony Gonzalez<br />
American Red Cross<br />
Kristine Hackbarth-Horn<br />
Goodwill Industries<br />
Pam Her<br />
Bergstrom Honda Toyota Nissan Scion<br />
Ashley Hesse<br />
ARC-Winnebago County Disability<br />
Nancy Heykes<br />
Goodwill Industries<br />
Paul Jadin<br />
GB Chamber of Commerce<br />
Mito Kudaka<br />
Goodwill Industries<br />
Steve Kuper<br />
Innovative Learning Strategies<br />
Bao Lee<br />
Kohler Company<br />
Barbara Lehl<br />
Kimberly-Clark<br />
Nicole Lemke<br />
City of Appleton<br />
Faye Malek<br />
Manitowoc County UW<br />
Extention Family Living<br />
Michelina Manzi<br />
UW – Oshkosh<br />
Heidi Moore<br />
<strong>North</strong>western Mutual<br />
Ronald Moore<br />
Kimberly-Clark<br />
Hung Nguyen<br />
St. Norbert College<br />
Kristin Philliip<br />
GB Chamber of Commerce<br />
Valerie Plasky<br />
Girl Scouts of Lac Baie Council<br />
Sara Saxby<br />
Goodwill Industries<br />
Beth Sigmund<br />
Bay Towel<br />
Kathi Seifert<br />
Pinnacle Perspectives<br />
Anna Steinfest<br />
USBank<br />
Donsia Strong Hill<br />
Tyson Strong Hill, LLC<br />
Michael Troyer<br />
Strategic Mgmt Assoc & Inclusive Solutions<br />
Christian Tscheschlok<br />
Fond du Lac Cty Economic Devel. Corp.<br />
Kathy Voigt<br />
Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry<br />
Kor Xiong (Chair)<br />
Hmong Wisconsin Radio, LLC
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> Diversity Award<br />
Timeline<br />
• Announced award (12/06)<br />
• Documentation prepared for review (2/07)<br />
• Judges chosen (6/07)<br />
• Application deadline (8/07)<br />
• First review completed (9/07)<br />
• Award recipient chosen (11/07)
MEASUREMENTS<br />
Self Assessment of Diversity Performance<br />
• www.thenewnorth.com/resources/nnassessment.pdf<br />
– Acknowledgement and compliance<br />
– Awareness and commitment<br />
– Explicit recognition of value<br />
– Embraced pro-actively<br />
– Leveraged as a key, long-term strategy
WORK FOR 2008<br />
Business Case For Diversity<br />
• Spending power of diverse markets<br />
– AT&T In-language service to customers<br />
• Diversity of workforce will continue to increase<br />
– AT&T “Best Places to Work”
2007 DIVERSITY AWARD<br />
People, Possibilities And<br />
Progress Award<br />
Sponsored by:<br />
Jay Gottleib<br />
Julia Smith Bahlman
COLLABORATION AND<br />
SUCCESS STORIES
2007 AWARD RECIPIENT<br />
CONGRATULATIONS
MORNING AGENDA<br />
7:30 AM Networking – Registration<br />
8:30 AM Introductions: Welcome and Thank You<br />
9:00 AM Governor Jim Doyle<br />
9:15 AM <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong> Econometrics<br />
9:30 AM Progress During 2007<br />
10:30 AM <strong>Presentation</strong> of Diversity Award<br />
10:45 AM Networking – Break<br />
11:15 AM Edward Gordon – “The 2010 Meltdown”<br />
12:15 PM Call To Action And “Rousing” Finish<br />
12:30 PM Networking – Lunch
EDWARD GORDON<br />
The 2010 Meltdown:<br />
Solving The<br />
Impending Job Crisis
Call To Action
WHAT CAN YOU DO?<br />
• Live our core value: Collaborate!<br />
• Celebrate diverse thinking<br />
• Break down barriers<br />
• Value total team<br />
• Communicate with one another<br />
• Invest in <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS
FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS<br />
Mechanical<br />
Contractors<br />
Association of<br />
<strong>North</strong> Central<br />
Wisconsin
FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS
FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS
FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS<br />
<strong>North</strong>East Wisconsin<br />
Building and Construction<br />
Trades Council
IN-KIND FINANCIAL<br />
SUPPORTERS
OUR PROMISE TO YOU<br />
• Progress on strategies<br />
• Brand visibility and understanding<br />
• Broad communications<br />
– Website – www.thenewnorth.com<br />
– Email<br />
– Media<br />
– Annual <strong>Summit</strong>s<br />
• Collaboration<br />
• Proactively helping each other succeed
NEW NORTH<br />
NEW NORTH<br />
SHEBOYGAN SOUTH<br />
HIGH SCHOOL
NEW NORTH, NEW NORTH<br />
Just look at us now,<br />
We've got it and how<br />
You all can play a part in it,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>, <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
Our lakes and our trees,<br />
And lots of good cheese,<br />
Are what we're known for everywhere<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>, <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>
NEW NORTH, NEW NORTH<br />
I'm glad I wake up in a town<br />
that is always safe<br />
To find my neighbors are great,<br />
and so is this place<br />
Our pride in this spot,<br />
Is building today,<br />
We're out to tell our story<br />
in the great <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>
NEW NORTH, NEW NORTH<br />
You'll see you can sell it here<br />
Send in your vendors here<br />
You've got to see<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>, <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>.<br />
Our people say please<br />
We travel with ease<br />
We say with pride, we're part of it<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>, <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>.
NEW NORTH, NEW NORTH<br />
I'm glad I wake up in a town<br />
that is always safe<br />
To find my neighbors are great,<br />
and so is this place<br />
Our pride in this spot, is building today,<br />
We're out to tell our story in the great <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong><br />
You'll see you can make it here<br />
With workers who have pride<br />
You've got to see it,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>, <strong>New</strong> <strong>North</strong>
THANK YOU<br />
Today’s Sponsors
SPECIAL THANK YOU<br />
Blue Harbor Resort<br />
Nation Consulting<br />
Sheboygan Student Choir<br />
Lakeshore Technical College<br />
<strong>North</strong>east Wisconsin<br />
Technical College<br />
Sonic Foundry
AFTERNOON LOGISTICS<br />
12:30 – 1:30 PM Networking – Lunch<br />
1:00 – 1:15 PM Great Lakes Aerospace<br />
Science and Education<br />
1:30 – 3:00 PM Panel Discussions<br />
– Technology Transfer<br />
– Attract And Retain Talent<br />
3:00 PM Adjourn From Panels<br />
Fill out the survey for a chance<br />
at the mystery prize
AFTERNOON LOGISTICS<br />
12:30 – 1:30 PM Networking – Lunch<br />
1:00 – 1:15 PM Great Lakes Aerospace<br />
Science and Education<br />
1:30 – 3:00 PM Panel Discussions<br />
– Technology Transfer<br />
– Attract And Retain Talent<br />
3:00 PM Adjourn From Panels<br />
Fill out the survey for a chance<br />
at the mystery prize