Oct. 6, 2004: Next Generation Consulting
Founder to be Featured at Public Issues Forum, Oct. 28
OSWEGO, NY-- The Workforce
Development Board of Oswego County (WDB), SUNY Oswego and Operation
Oswego County (OOC), will co-host a public issues forum featuring
Rebecca Ryan, founder and president of Next Generation Consulting
of Madison, Wis.
The forum will be held in the Forum Restaurant
in Hewitt Union on the SUNY Oswego campus, Thursday, Oct. 28 from
7:45 to 10 a.m. There is no registration fee, but reservations are
required.
Ryan will discuss and present the findings
of a recent study conducted to determine what Oswego County can
do to attract and retain young professionals. NGC has hosted a series
of focus groups and interviews throughout the county over the past
few months. Ryan will present a “handprint” of the county,
which profiles how the area scored in the seven indexes that are
considered important to young professional: vitality, earning, learning,
social capital, cost of lifestyle, after hours, and around town.
Ryan was named a "Woman of Influence"
by the Milwaukee Business Journal and was a semi-finalist in Fast
Company Magazine's "Fast 50" awards. Phyllis Wilhelm,
a leading economic developer in Rebecca's home state of Wisconsin
said, "Rebecca helps us understand generational differences,
anticipate a workforce shortage of crisis proportions, and identify
strategies to help us prepare and change."
The forum is part of a strategic planning
initiative that the WDB began in February 2004 with an economic
and workforce summit, featuring Ed Barlow, a nationally known futurist.
A series of follow-up meetings helped the WDB to identify key industry
clusters for future growth in the county, as well as the human resource
challenges for these industries. This information was summarized
in a recently completed state of the workforce report. The strategic
planning initiative will culminate with the publication of a five-year
strategic plan expected this winter.
Hosts for the program include Nancy Bellow,
director of SUNY Oswego’s Center for Business and Community
Development, and L. Michael Treadwell, CEcD, executive director
of Operation Oswego County, the county’s designated economic
development agency.
To make a reservation or for more information
about the forum, call SUNY Oswego’s Center for Business and
Community Development at 315-312-3492.
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