Walt Sorg interviews Caitlin Dewey of Kiplinger magazine on why they chose Lansing as one of "10 Great Cities for Young Adults". 

 Excerpt from the November Greater Lansing Forward. Read other articles from November here. 

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 The team worked with Capital Area Michigan Works on re-tooling previous “job expos”, to ensure the event delivers on the promise of being a valid job connector event for employees and employers.  Companies were screened to ensure there had viable jobs to fill, and employees were screened to ensure they were seeking full-time professional level employment.  The results included 60 participating employers and over 400 job seekers, and also included workshops for employees and a sho...

 The team worked with MSU to present the region’s only internship fair for college students.  We expanded the event this year to include a panel of local entrepreneurs, to expose students to the opportunities that entrepreneurship can provide.  While there were over 100 participating employers, follow-up research indicated many employers are still not familiar with the event and the talent pool it offers, as well as how to hire, manage and mentor interns.  Therefore, the team...

 The team has been working with two DeWitt High School teachers on their DeWitt Creativity Group project in which they offer an environment and resources to allow students to be creative and innovative. The team hopes to better establish this model and begin to distribute it to other districts as a way to help support creative students in their school system.  

 2009 was the inaugural year for Next Bright Idea, our idea competition that was created to foster and reward innovation and creativity and foster entrepreneurial thinking.  This year, we are repeating the collegiate edition and expanding to add a high school edition, in combination with the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour events. The competition will be run very similar to the college edition including an online idea submission process at NextBrightIdea.com.  Then on February 24, w...

 Click here to listen to Pam and Sara talk about the regional headline video, Next American City and the Greater Lansing Regional Entrepreneurial Collaborative grant. 

Kirk Riley from ITEC talks with Walt Sorg, listen here.