I’m a language-learning junkie, so I love Iowa’s decision to provide grant funding to employers implementing language learning programs in the workplace. $5 million in funding was announced by the governor for this...
If you are working with data visualizations for economic development, remember that the perfect design isn’t perfect if you use it with the wrong audience. Take unemployment – a downward trending graph,...
I love a good pilot program, so the Knoxville Chamber’s eKnox Digital Literacy program is right up my alley. To be fair, they reference #Chattanooga’s Digital Equity initiatives as inspiration, so...
I have a real love-hate relationship with these bubble charts, at least as they are commonly seen and used in economic development. OK, really, mostly a hate relationship. That’s not because they are a bad way...
Why Maryland? Because it’s going to take a bunch of experiments and a bunch of small victories to move the needle on workforce challenges, and they have some good examples in the pipeline. First, almost a year ago...
Now, to balance out my discussion of some of my least favorite things, here’s one of my new favorite things. Problem is, I don’t know exactly what to call it to make sense to you – virtual...
We are living in a world where 3-D has become so boring it’s time to move on to the meta-verse, but our human brains still process statistics best in good old-fashioned 2-D. Excel offers 3-D options for many of their...
The topic is arts as economic development, which is you know me you might guess I have a soft spot for. I think it’s important for a couple of key reasons. First, artists are adventurous – they will be...
This month there is a lot of editing going on over at Kate McEnroe on Demand. If you’ve been a student of Reboot Your Workforce Story, log back in to your student account to see the updated lesson attachments,...
Talent recruitment programs targeted at bring people “home” have been going on for a while, and for a while Michigan communities have been capitalizing on the holiday seasons to encourage people to come back home...