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Holly Parker MMIT Learning Communities Coordinator

Holly Parker MMIT Learning Communities Coordinator. What are the Learning Communities?. Cluster-based initiatives supporting and sustaining WIRED projects Separately funded by a grant from the C.S. Mott Foundation

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Holly Parker MMIT Learning Communities Coordinator

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  1. Holly ParkerMMITLearning Communities Coordinator

  2. What are the Learning Communities? • Cluster-based initiatives supporting and sustaining WIRED projects • Separately funded by a grant from the C.S. Mott Foundation • Effort to foster sustainable practices and ongoing collaboration (beyond the limited lifespan of WIRED funds and similar constraints)

  3. LearningCommunities will provide a venue to: • align and link existing efforts • promote partnerships and resource-sharing • represent a broad range of diverse stakeholders • avoid duplication and/or depletion of existing projects • accelerate innovation and collaboration • improve outcomes

  4. Initial Learning Communities: • Advanced Manufacturing • Healthcare • Entrepreneurship • Bio-economy

  5. Who participates in the Learning Communities? • All MMIT WIRED-funded partners • Suppliers • Manufacturers • Higher education • R&D • K-12 • Regional Skills Alliances • Michigan Works Agencies • State & Local • Investors • Providers • Hospitals • Organized Labor • Youth • Etc. (including, we hope – you!)

  6. Learning Communities Champions • Leadership of Learning Communities • MMIT Board members for one year • Healthcare: Norma Hagenow (Genesys) • Advanced Manufacturing: Kathy Conklin (Saginaw County Business and Education Partnership)

  7. Convened by our Champions, Learning Communities will meet throughout the region to: • Identify sector-based, regional challenges • Inventory assets and best practices • Provide examples of successful adaptation • Prioritize strategies for fostering innovation, talent and collaboration (the MMIT goals)

  8. Learning Communities • Visit www.midmiinnovationteam.org • Please contact Holly Parker, MMIT Learning Communities Coordinator, at h.parker@primacivitas.org or 517.999.3382.

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