Regional Workforce Summit
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Mitchell Technical Institute Technology Center • I-90 Campus
1800 East Spruce Street, Mitchell, South Dakota
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
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The Regional Workforce Summit will feature a variety on presentations, download the agenda to view the schedule, or preview a list of scheduled presentations below:
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Opening Remarks
Governor Dennis Daugaard
National, State & Local Workforce Demographics
Mark Lautman, President, Community Economic Laboratory
Dr. Sid Goss, Professor, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Bernie Moran, Director, Labor Market Information Center of South Dakota
CEO Opportunities & Challenges Panel / Lunch
Moderator Terry Sabers, VP Finance/Control Muth Electric
Bruce Yakley, CEO Trail King Industries
Tom Bohnet, CEO Applied Engineering
Bill Shorma, CEO RushCo
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David Owen, President South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Workforce Education & Training
Introduction/Closing
Greg Von Wald, President Mitchell Technical Institute
Solutions-Best Practices Panel
Moderator Julie Johnson, Executive Director Absolutely! Aberdeen
Halley Lee, Manager, SD Healthcare Workforce Center
Ann Gesick Johnson, Workforce Training Coordinator, Governors Office of Economic Development
Dave Giovannini, General Manager, Molded Fiber Glass of South Dakota
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Economic Opportunity and Employment is Available in South Dakota Regional Workforce Summit, to be Held November 15, 2011
MITCHELL, SD, November 04, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A Regional Workforce Summit will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. The summit will be held at the Tech Center on the Mitchell Technical Institute I-90 Campus. The summit will highlight the James River Valley Corridors surplus of available jobs..
Featured speakers for the day will include: Governor Dennis Daugaard and author and economic development expert Mark Lautman. Additionally, the summit will cover State & Local Workforce Demographics, a CEO Panel, Workforce Education and Training,and a Best Practices panel...
excerpt from 24/7 Press Release, November 4, 2011
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Workforce Summit To Show Economic Opportunities, Employment Availability
PIERRE — South Dakota has jobs, and communities in the James River Valley of South Dakota are partnering together to find workers to fill those jobs.
Mitchell, Yankton and the District III Planning Region are hosting a Workforce Summit on Tuesday. The event, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mitchell Technical Institute, will bring community, education and business leaders together to explore workforce trends and employment tactics...
excerpt from the Daily Republic, November 8, 2011
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Workforce Summit Coming to MTI
A one-day Workforce Summit will be held at Mitchell Technical Institute on Tuesday, November 15. Gov. Dennis Duaggard will open the summit.
The main topic of the summit is the need for employees with the particular education and skills required by the manufacturing industry. Workforce issues such as these have an impact on companies' abilities to expand and grow.
excerpt from the Mitchell Tech Blog, November 7, 2011
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Manufacturing Companies Find Help Is Hard to Get
MITCHELL — Manufacturers in South Dakota are struggling to find enough skilled workers and are asking the state to help with a solution or they will have to take new jobs elsewhere.
For starters, students need to be encouraged to go into skilled trades, Gov. Dennis Daugaard said. The state needs to make an effort to change the perception that those careers are a consolation prize, he said.
A lack of workers in several towns from Aberdeen to Yankton was a key topic Tuesday at a Regional Workforce Summit in Mitchell. About 150 community, education and business leaders attended the event at Mitchell Technical Institute Technology Center.
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