The Connector

In episode six of The Connector, host James Herrick is joined by NC Association of Workforce Development Boards Executive Director Stephanie Deese.

Deese provides an overview of workforce development boards—what they are, what purpose they serve, how they help communities and how people can get involved.

IEI’s The Connector Podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina.

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The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives, resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina. To learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues, visit emergingissues.org.

In episode five of The Connector, host James Herrick takes us back to the 2014 Emerging Issues Forum where the topic was teacher quality in North Carolina - specifically training, retaining and supporting world-class teachers in every classroom to secure our state’s future economic competitiveness. Guest Brenda Berg, president and CEO of BEST NC joins Herrick to discuss the recommendations that came from the 2014 forum and where they stand today, as well as BEST NC’s latest report, Teacher Pay in North Carolina: A Smart Investment in Student Achievement.

IEI’s The Connector Podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina.

Find The Connector on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives, resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina. To learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues, visit emergingissues.org.

In episode four of The Connector, host James Herrick is joined by Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) Practitioner-In-Residence Philip Cooper, NCWorks Commission Executive Director Annie Izod and IEI Director Sarah Langer Hall.

Together, Cooper, Izod and Hall recap the 2023 Emerging Issues Forum, including connections that were made and explored opportunities that will help break down barriers for underrepresented members of North Carolina’s workforce. Hall also gave a preview of how the institute will continue to move this work forward.

IEI’s The Connector Podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina.

Find The Connector on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives, resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina. To learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues, visit emergingissues.org.

In episode three of The Connector, host James Herrick is joined by Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) Director Sarah Langer Hall and IEI Policy Intern Brodie Smith. 

The 2023 Emerging Issues Forum is examining ways to overcome barriers and help workers find employment and stay engaged in the workplace. As part of his internship with IEI, Smith took a deep dive into each of the five groups of underrepresented workers at the center of Talent First Economics. Herrick, Hall and Smith discuss Smith’s research and the reports he developed on each group, and the role his research played in helping IEI understand the issues and opportunities around these particular workers. 

The reports can be viewed at the following links:

Transitioning Military and their Families

Disability/Neurodiversity

Parents and Caregivers of Young Children

Opportunity Youth

Justice-Involved Individuals

This and other episodes of The Connector offer a sneak peak into the 2023 Emerging Issues Forum, Talent First Economics. Tickets for the forum are available at go.ncsu.edu/TalentFirstNC.

IEI’s The Connector Podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina.

Find The Connector on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives, resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina. To learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues, visit emergingissues.org.

In Episode two of The Connector, Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) Director Sarah Langer Hall is joined by IEI Practitioner in Residence Philip Cooper and Daniel Vuono with East Fork Pottery in Asheville. 

Hall, Cooper and Vuono discuss the importance of inclusive hiring and working with talent partners to open opportunities to overlooked candidates. They also discuss how working with talent partners can help businesses ensure that employees are able to navigate benefits and wrap-around services while succeeding on the job.

This and other episodes of The Connector offer a sneak peak into the 2023 Emerging Issues Forum, Talent First Economics. Tickets for the forum are available at go.ncsu.edu/TalentFirstNC.

IEI’s The Connector Podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina.

Find The Connector on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives, resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina. To learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues, visit emergingissues.org.

The Institute for Emerging Issues presents: The Connector
IEI’s The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina.
In Episode One, host and IEI Director Sarah Langer Hall speaks with IEI Practitioner in Residence Philip Cooper and Vitrelle Hospitality General Manager Scott Kirschner about the labor shortage and effective ways to connect underrepresented workers to the workforce.
This and upcoming episodes of The Connector will offer a sneak peak into the 2023 Emerging Issues Forum, Talent First Economics. 

Find the Connector on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.

The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives, resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina. To learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues, visit emergingissues.org.

In this episode, we talk with North Carolina's Governor Cooper on his look back at 2021 and forth to 2022.  We hear his thoughts on how we might get more people back into the work place and get 400,000 more people with skills and abilities beyond high school into the work force.  He discusses his push to get more broadband home adoption to the people to help with work, education and telemedicine. 
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The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives, resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina. To learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues, visit emergingissues.org.

In this episode, we focus on "Can Kitty Hawk Take Flight", a college solution for 1.5 million NC adults with guests Dr. Andrew Kelly, Senior VP Policy and Strategy with the UNC System; Dr. Susan Barcinas, Adult and Community College Education at NC State and Conni Branscom; Adult Completing Student at UNCC. They discuss one of North Carolina’s biggest hidden assets,  a group that goes by the code name of SCND, and the new strategy that the UNC system is launching to help us reach them , a project called Kitty Hawk.

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The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives, resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina. To learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues, visit emergingissues.org.

In this episode of the “Connected” podcast series, host Maggie Woods (IEI Policy and Program Manager and BAND-NC Program Director) speaks to Robert Hiett; Executive Director and Ben Farmer; Economic Development Planner for the Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments .

IEI's “Connected” podcast series explores the challenges of the digital divide as well as opportunities for digital equity and inclusion in North Carolina and promising best practices. 

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The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives, resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina. To learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues, visit emergingissues.org.

In this episode, we focus on "Where Are The Workers" with guest host Sarah Hall, Senior Policy and Programs Manager; Andrew Berger-Gross, NC Department of Commerce, LEAD Division; Barbara Brothers, Business Engagement Director, Capital Area Workforce Board; Trey Goodson, Marketing Director, NC East Alliance. They discuss the “the most difficult hiring environment for employers in a generation or more and the most promising labor market for jobseekers in recent memory."

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The Connector podcast explores connections being made across sectors, regions and perspectives, resulting in a more vibrant and prosperous North Carolina. To learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues, visit emergingissues.org.