My Readiness Profile
Provide personal learning environment for socially and economically challenge population. Identification of career, college, and industry opportunities aligned with secondary, post secondary and industry certification bodies.
About You
About You
First Name
michael
Last Name
brown
http://twitter.com/#!/skillsnetceo
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About Your Organization
Organization Name
DWA Research Institute
Organization Website
Organization Phone
972-923-2950
Organization Address
310 W Jefferson
Organization Country
United States, TX, Ellis County
Country where this project is creating social impact
United States
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
How long has your organization been operating?
1‐5 years
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Innovation
Entry Form title
My Readiness Profile
What change do you want to bring to the world?
Provide personal learning environment for socially and economically challenge population. Identification of career, college, and industry opportunities aligned with secondary, post secondary and industry certification bodies.
What are the primary activities of your project?
Higher graduatuation rates and better alignment of education programs to regional industry clusters.
What is innovative about your initiative? How is it a new contribution to the field?
Transforming social and economic sciences into digital environment. Specifically, net-centric management of ego nets and alignment of capability to opportunity.
What stage is your project in?
Operating for less than a year
Tell us about the community that you engage? eg. economic conditions, political structures, norms and values, demographic trends, history, and experience with engagement efforts.
The program idea is actually in several economic regions across the State of Texas. The net-centric ego network has helped individuals to realize alignment of their career readiness to labor market demand.
Share the story of the founder and what inspired the founder to start this project
Founder has had a heart to help those that can't help themselves since 1986 and has initiated several local, regional, and nation campaigns to move the agenda forward.
Social Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
Please describe how your project has been successful and how that success is measured
The initial results has help individuals realize new career opportunities and move from poverty level to middle class.
How many people have been impacted by your project?
Fewer than 100
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
1,001-10,000
How will your project evolve over the next three years?
Implement world class Public Workforce Development System and Education Program alignemnt to Labor Markets
Sustainability
What barriers might hinder the success of your project and how do you plan to overcome them?
Old thinking, policial funding cycles, and technology availability for the targeted/impacted individuals.
Tell us about your partnerships
Our current partners are the Texas Workforce Commission, Labor Market Career Informaion Department, Texas Education Agency, Careeer and Technical Education Department, The Conference Board, Lockheed Martin, DOW Chemical, Shell Oil, Texas Instruments, Kohler Manufacturing, Sherwin Williams Paint, CenterPoint Energy, Texas State Technical College, and Universit of Houston Technology and Engineering Schools.
Current annual budget of project, in US dollars
$250,001‐500,000
Explain your selections
these are the groups that are primary benfactors of the innovation
How do you plan to strengthen your project in the next three years?
Increase technology capability, socialize the idea to masses, and pursue policy support
Challenges
Which barriers to employment does your innovation address?
Please select up to three in order of relevancy to your project.
PRIMARY
Inadequate transparency
SECONDARY
Restricted access to new markets
TERTIARY
Lack of skills/training
Please describe how your innovation specifically tackles the barriers listed above.
Skills articulation between education, training and employers.
Are you trying to scale your organization or initiative?
If yes, please check up to three potential pathways in order of relevancy to you.
PRIMARY
Grown geographic reach: Within host country
SECONDARY
Repurposed your model for other sectors/development needs
TERTIARY
Grown geographic reach: Within host country
Please describe which of your growth activities are current or planned for the immediate future.
Expand to additional Industry/Economic clusters
Do you collaborate with any of the following: (Check all that apply)
Government, Technology providers, For profit companies, Academia/universities.
If yes, how have these collaborations helped your innovation to succeed?
Yes. the Private / Public sector benefits greatly from the idea/innovation
 | 50 weeks agomichael brown said: The thesis behind "My Readiness" is to leapfrog traditional methods (state/fed labor market managers, etc.) and provide unique services ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
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