Hub Huddle: Elevate Advanced Manufacturing
Date and Time
Friday Apr 13, 2018
6:30 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
Starts: 6:30 AM
Ends: 8:00 AM
Location
Quad Cities Chamber - Arconic Room
331 W. 3rd St.
Davenport, IA 52801
Fees/Admission
FREE to attend.
Contact Information
Gary Grebner
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Description
Hub Huddles are an opportunity for manufacturing leaders to share, on a peer-to-peer basis, best practices for growth and strategies to overcoming challenges.
About the speaker:
Alexandra Monaghan is the Elevate Advanced Manufacturing Program Coordinator. She spends her work days traveling the state to spread a positive perception of the manufacturing industry by connecting K-12 students and educators to Iowa community colleges and manufacturers to help fill the skills gap in the state.
Alex's interest in manufacturing began prior to Elevate. Alex worked for Northeast Iowa Community College where she focused on building relationships with manufacturing companies in rural areas.
Alex grew her roots in Manchester, Iowa. She attended Kirkwood Community College then proceeded to graduate from the University of Northern Iowa with a Communication Studies degree in 2015.
Elevate Advanced Manufacturing
Presented by Alexandra Monaghan, Program Coordinator
Elevate Advanced Manufacturing is a statewide, integrated marketing campaign to promote careers and educational pathways in advanced manufacturing. This begins with building a positive perception of these careers while addressing misconceptions of work environment, safety, and wages. Elevate holds many events around Iowa and offers resources to the public specifically targeting manufacturers, veterans, educators, along with K-12 students and their families.
Why attend?
Elevate Advanced Manufacturing is a statewide, integrated marketing campaign to promote careers and educational pathways in advanced manufacturing. This begins with building a positive perception of these careers while addressing misconceptions of work environment, safety, and wages. Elevate holds many events around Iowa and offers resources to the public specifically targeting manufacturers, veterans, educators, along with K-12 students and their families.
Why attend?
- Learn what resources are available to you as a manufacturer to help attract skilled workforce
- Be exposed to a vast team of ambassadors to strengthen manufacturers
- Become educated on current day community outreach to today's generations
- Be proactive to strengthen the manufacturing industry and Iowa's economy
- Learn how you can build your network
About the speaker:
Alexandra Monaghan is the Elevate Advanced Manufacturing Program Coordinator. She spends her work days traveling the state to spread a positive perception of the manufacturing industry by connecting K-12 students and educators to Iowa community colleges and manufacturers to help fill the skills gap in the state.
Alex's interest in manufacturing began prior to Elevate. Alex worked for Northeast Iowa Community College where she focused on building relationships with manufacturing companies in rural areas.
Alex grew her roots in Manchester, Iowa. She attended Kirkwood Community College then proceeded to graduate from the University of Northern Iowa with a Communication Studies degree in 2015.
Time will be provided for Q & A and networking with other attendees.
This event is free to attend. Please register at quadcitieschamber.com or by calling 563.823.2676.
| This program is presented by the Quad Cities Chamber's Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub and the Defense Industry Adjustment Program. |
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Acknowledgment:This content was prepared as part of the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment Program, a partnership between the University of Illinois System, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, and the Voorhees Center at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), with financial support from the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA). It reflects the views of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and does not necessarily reflect the views of the OEA. For more information, please visit www.IllinoisDIA.org.
