summary of polling results from the global competitiveness summit august 10, 2012
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Summary of Polling ResultsFrom the Global Competitiveness Summit
August 10, 2012
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How globally competitive do you see Charlotte?
How globally competitive do you see Charlotte?
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Rank the Charlotte region's standing as a center for clean energy strate-
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Rank the Char-lotte region's standing as a center for clean energy strategies
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Which is most important to the growth of manufacturing in the
Charlotte region?
Which is most important to the growth of manu-facturing in the Charlotte region?
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Which of the following is the Charlotte region best
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Which of the fol-lowing is the Char-lotte region best at right now
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What do you think is the biggest problem we face in the world today?
What do you think is the biggest problem we face in the world to-day?
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In the US, what do you see as the biggest problem we face in the world today? (domestic context)
In the US, what do you see as the biggest problem we face in the world today?
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What do you think is our priority as a region?
What do you think is our priority as a re-gion?
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How prepared are our companies to compete for the region’s opportuni-
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How prepared are our companies to compete for the region’s opportu-nities?
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How prepared are the region’s workers to meet skills demands &
compete for the region's opportuni-ties? How prepared are
the region’s work-ers to meet skills demands & com-peter for the re-gion's opportuni-ties?
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How prepared are the region’s K-12 & college students to meet skills de-mands & compete for the region's
opportunities? How prepared are the region’s K-12 & college students to meet skills de-mands & com-peter for the re-gion's opportuni-ties?
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How prepared are the region’s institutions & governments to meet skills demands & compete for the region's opportunities?
How prepared are the region’s Insti-tutions & Govern-ments to meet skills demands & compete for the region's opportu-nities?_x000d_
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How well is the Charlotte region’s globally competitive future and brand communicated
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Summary of Polling ResultsFrom the Global Competitiveness Summit
August 10, 2012
What can give us the biggest boost in our competitiveness?
• Education• Adopt a vision• Connect our local politicians with this strategy• Increased exports!• Deep infrastructure in advanced manufacturing• Change public education quickly• Jobs, students ready to start school• Leverage all talent and intellectual capital• More students in tech programs• Political collaboration• Collaboration• More qualified and more motivated workforce, particularly
males under 30• Balance the speed, passion and plans with the quality of
life. Attracting young workers is the canary in the coal
mine, but we also want to engage our local citizens in the region in our future.
• Sense of urgency! Why wait to support start ups? Employers who will invest resources in skills and training.
• Larger startup community to support new business and venture capital
• Connect with and promote our existing business community. Utilize collaborative networks to increase local business activity while attracting new businesses.
• Innovation – international partnerships and increased exports
• Willingness to step up and create groundbreaking policy and collaboration to promote growth.
What industry do you think provides a critical competitive advantage for our region in the future
• Energy• Travel• Manufacturing• Big Data• Energy and advanced manufacturing• Technology• Energy, CPCC• Recycling• Manufacturing• Advanced Manufacturing• Biotechnology• Education
• Technology• The green jobs sector. Battery development and nano• Technology. Support UNCC's efforts on R and D and fund
community colleges to prepare and retrain our workforce.• Logistics• Health Care IT, Hospitality, Sustainability• Energy, Duke, ABB, UFS, etc.• Health Care and Biotech• Agricultural Biotechnology• Energy and manufacturing will lead the way in Charlotte.
Summary of Polling ResultsFrom the Global Competitiveness Summit
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What steps do you think we should engage in as the Charlotte region from the perspective of your industry• Seamless linkage K12-Community College-Four yr. college• Sell location, location, location• Public policy advocacy for smart government• Meaningful brand• Educational form, reform K12 education• Internships• Private sector investment in education• Communicating our message• Collaboration to be collectively competitive• Send the message loud and clear that upgrading skills is a
lifelong endeavor. Businesses need to invest in their workforce, and workers need to invest in themselves. Use community colleges as the most cost-effective training source.
• Coordinated messaging
• Apprentices push, gather data as benchmark, celebrate entrepreneurs
• Still amazed that Charlotte doesn't have a top tier med school or law school yet
• Coordinated post-high school education• Meaningful tax legislation to promote manufacturing• Small business support to support manufacturing
What is the first action that you and your organization can do to help the region become an international hub of business• Train more great students. Get serious
about finding students and mentoring them.
• Train and educate people better and faster.
• More business study abroad programs• Understand we are the USA that
someone meets. Education is the key.• Adopt a school – resources, people, hire
students, show them (students and staff) real path.
• Help students have a global perspective.• Coops and other work based learning
opportunities.
• Increasing transparency and knowledge about other areas of the world.
• Perfect my “elevator speech” for the region.
• Change mindset of staff and partners.• Be a catalyst by inviting County
Commissioners to engage in regional thinking through meetings and business leaders.
• Reach out and learn the globalmarketplace.
• Communicate messages from today on website at CPCC Corporate Learning Center. Study some of these great
handout resources.• Promote global awareness and an
international perspective, student study abroad. Student work abroad.
• Fund new training opportunities.• Help get word out.