Meet & Greet Activity

• Get in order of birth dates (not the year!)

• Introduce yourself to the person in front of you and behind you!

– Name, company, location

– Why you came to the Summit

– What you hope to walk away with on Wednesday

Pre-Summit Workshop

• Last year’s theme:

Roadmap To Success

Opening General Session

• Opening Keynote Address: Ruth Shaw, Duke Energy

• CEWD Accomplishments

• In the Headlights: Member Best Practices– Constellation Energy: Workforce Development

Team– Great River Energy: Internships

General Session

• Fill ‘er Up: Funding Sources for Energy Companies and Their Partners

• Interactive Self-Assessment Activity• Marketing Owner’s Manual: Branding

Energy Careers• Going on a Roadtrip: The State-by-State

Report Card on Educational Effectiveness

Short-cut Workshops

• Grant Writing

• Post-secondary Program Evaluation

• Branding

• Starting a State-level Energy Consortium

• FIRST Robotics

• SkillsUSA

Day 2: General Session

• Re-engineering: Partnerships for Industry, Education & Workforce

• Member Best Practices– EEI, Online Diagnostic and Tutorials for Math

Remediation– KidzOnline: Get Into Energy Landing Pages– Kansas City Power & Light: Pre-Apprentice

Program

Right-of-Way Roundtables

• These roundtables provided those with similar interests the opportunity to get together to discuss their successes and help address one another’s challenges.

• Topics included education partnerships, funding, recruitment strategies

Closing General Session

• FIRST Robotics Showcase

• Summit Wrap-up

2008 Summit Theme

• Building Energy Workforce Communities

– As an association

– As an industry

– With our local communities

Types of Sessions

• General Sessions (speakers, panels, best practices)

• Workshops (choose two of six breakouts)

• Networking Opportunities: breakfast each morning, breaks, receptions, getting together for dinner (if you have an appetite!)

We want you to walk away with:

• A better understanding of CEWD’s products and services available to you

• Enthusiasm about our mission

• A sense of community as an association and an industry

• Practical new ideas

• A network of contacts

Questions?

• Have a great conference!