here's a GREAT idea!>>

http://garageinventorlive.org/

 

Breathing Life into New Inventions

 

Conference to Connect Inventors with Contract

Manufacturers

 

Aimed at Re-Inventing "Made in USA"

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio — All the frustrated inventors who

never had the wherewithal to bring their great ideas

to market will now have that opportunity through

garageinventorlive.org – a non-profit online community

that will serve as a new product development platform

to help inventors get organized and to connect them

with contract manufacturers. A day-long conference to

kickoff GarageInventorLive.org will be held on

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. at the

NASA/Glenn Research Center, 12000 Brookpark Road,

Building 500 Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

The conference will feature an experienced entourage

of academics, engineers, industry leaders, inventors,

manufacturers, scientists and marketing professionals

from organizations such as NASA, Ohio Aerospace

Institute, National Association of Home Builders and

more. Presentations will explore topics such as the

availability of community and government resources,

case studies on how to bring products to market as

well as what works and what doesn’t from the contract

manufacturer’s perspective.

 

GarageInventorLive.org will help inventors learn

better business skills and find resources more easily.

Through searchable lists of new product concepts,

supply chain vendors and contract manufacturers,

inventors can find business experts who can validate

their ideas and make recommendations for moving

forward – all of which can save them time, money and

endless frustration.

 

"Every industry in America began with a single bright

idea," said Mary Kaye Denning, founder and chief

nudger of GarageInventorLive.org, "but an idea without

a process for implementation goes nowhere.

 

"If we can link an inventor with the people who test

an idea, engineer it, certify it, run it through the

gauntlet of legal and marketing hurdles and finally

bring out a viable product to our existing contract

manufacturing sector, we can fuel the American dream

and put a new foundation under our transitioning

economy – that’s Garage Inventor Live!" Denning

continued.

 

Denning spent more than two decades as a product

design and marketing consultant in New York City. She

specifically chose Cleveland, Ohio to relocate and to

launch her concept because of the abundance of

contract manufacturers in Northeast Ohio. "There are

approximately 1,000 contract manufacturers in the City

of Cleveland alone," she stated. "With the current

state of our economy, many of these manufacturers are

eagerly seeking new orders."

 

Advance registration to the conference is required.

Registrations can be made at

www.garageinventorlive.org. Admission is $25 and

includes the day-long conference, a continental

breakfast, box lunch and a complimentary six-month

trial membership in garageinventorlive.org. NOTE: NASA

security requires a government-issued, photo ID and

your receipt of payment at the door.

 

This sounds like a really good website that is based Cleveland!  I am assuming it is for profit.

 

EDIT:  Just read that it is a non-profit organization.

Are any of these companies begging for employees willing to do on the job training? I know several people who would like a better job, but completely lack the qualifications.

Another article on companies in NEO looking for employees:

 

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Get in Sync

For many emerging and successful tech companies, the biggest challenge is finding talent. As a community, we must get in step to solve the problem.

 

Dan Hanson

[email protected]

 

Executives from growing Northeast Ohio technology firms paraded in, one by one, for TechSync. It was billed as a celebration of technology companies in Greater Cleveland to inspire and accelerate growth.

 

 

But the panel also shared a frustrating concern: For both the established and emerging companies, the most serious problem was not foreign competition or attracting financing, it was finding skilled people.

 

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http://www.inside-business.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=F8C8DDD4679A4F8481CFF990B1FAAEA5&nm=Archive&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=7B30C2FA072245DE9AD5D82735C7041A&tier=4&id=99325CEFD3434B2DB145EA1F4AB18237

 

^Good article.

 

Being the son of a middle school science and math teacher, another gigantic problem is the parent that says to their kids "I wasn't good at math so I'm going to tell my kids its hard. Now stop blocking the TV."

 

So many kids grow up in homes where proficient science and math skills aren't ever practiced.

 

(slightly back on topic) Do any of these understaffed companies offer internships? I would consider myself a relatively intelligent person who can learn new skills in a reasonable time; what sort of programs are these companies starved for employees promoting to bring in new people to the industries? I would definitely consider such a move.

Looks like a dream job....shoehorned in a room at a 2' x 3' desk with a keyboard, a monitor, a stacking chair and co-workers wearing all black.

 

 

Yeah, I'm sure all tech companies are like that.  :roll:

High-tech employment in Northeast Ohio rises

By CHUCK SODER

10:00 am, December 29, 2008

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20081229/FREE/812299977/1022

 

Hiring within high-tech industries in Northeast Ohio sped up in 2007 even as overall employment fell, but the region has a long way to go before it is on par with the rest of the country, according to statistics from regional technology advocacy group NorTech.

 

Employment in the regions high-tech sector which includes fields such as information technology, advanced manufacturing, power and propulsion and advanced materials grew to 170,602 in 2007 from 168,207 in 2006, according to the statistics, part of a report that NorTech will release next month.

 

That 1.4% increase exceeded the 2006 growth rate of 1.1% as well as a much smaller increase in 2005. Overall employment in Northeast Ohio in 2007 fell to 1.99 million from 2.01 million in 2006, a 0.8% decrease.

 

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NorTech report shows high-tech job growth in Northeast Ohio, points to more

Posted by Shaheen Samavati/Plain Dealer Reporter January 08, 2009 03:59AM

Categories: Real Time News, Technology

 

 

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The full report will be available at nortech.org later this month.