Preparing a Quick and Effective LMI Presentation

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Preparing a Quick and Effective LMI Presentation

• Al Lopez, Rural Capital WDB
• Clay Griffis, LMI/Dissemination

2003 LMI Conference, Austin, Texas
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What to Include in Your Presentation
Common Questions How do I decide what to talk
about? What do I include/not include in my
presentation?
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What to Include in Your Presentation
Answer It depends!
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What to Include in Your Presentation
The 1 consideration is your AUDIENCE
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Whos Your Audience?

• Is Your Audience Made up of
• Elected officials
• Economic developers/planners
• Career counselors
• Job seekers
• Educators
• Students
• Media

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Whos Your Audience?

• Other Important Considerations
• Whats the focus of the event you are presenting
  at?
• Will it be just you presenting, or others too?
• Whats the level of knowledge of your audience?

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What to Include in Your Presentation

• You must ALSO consider
• Time - how much do you have?
• Resources - internet, personal contacts,
  software skills, etc.
• Not all statistical data is easily aggregated

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A Labor Market Presentation
Who are some of your audiences for a Labor
Market presentation? What type of
information/data might you want to include?
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Some Common Data Elements

• Population How many PEOPLE?
• Demographics What KIND of people?
• Education, age, race, income, poverty, etc.
• Labor Force How many people are WORKERS?
• Jobs How many JOBS and what KIND of jobs?
• Wages What do jobs in the area PAY.
• Outlook What are the past TRENDS? Can we
  speculate about the Future?

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Some Sources of Data

• Population Figures - U.S. Census Bureau or Texas
  State Data Center
• Poverty Statistics- Texas Health and Human
  Services Commission
• Labor Force Estimates - Labor Market Information
  Dept., TWC
• Employment Wage Estimates - Labor Market
  Information Dept., TWC
• Wage Information - Labor Market Information
  Dept., TWC
• Employment Projections - Labor Market Information
  Dept., TWC
• General Demographics - U.S. Census Bureau, Census
  2000 Demographic Profiles
• General Labor and Education Statistics - Bureau
  of Labor Statistics
• Career Information/Research - ONet OnLine/ONet
  Code Connector Career Development Resources, TWC
  

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Web Links to Data

• Population Figures
• U.S. Census Bureau - http//www.census.gov
• Texas State Data Center - http//txsdc.tamu.edu
• Poverty Statistics
• Texas Health and Human Services Commission -
  http//www.hhsc.state.tx.us
• Labor Force Estimates - LMI Dept., TWC -
  http//www.tracer2.com
• Employment Wages- LMI Dept., TWC -
  http//www.tracer2.com
• Local Area Personal Income
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) -
  http//www.bea.gov
• Wage Information - LMI Dept., TWC -
  http//www.tracer2.com

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Web Links to Data (Cont. )

• Employment Projections - LMI Dept., TWC -
  http//www.tracer2.com
• General Demographics - U.S. Census Bureau, Census
  2000 Demographic Profiles - http//censtats.census
  .gov/pub/Profiles.shtml
• National Labor and Education Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - http//www.bls.gov
• Career Information/Research - ONet OnLine/ONet
  Code Connector Career Development Resources, TWC
• ONet On-Line - http//online.onetcenter.org
• ONet Code Connector - http//www.onetcodeconnecto
  r.org
• Career Development Resources - http//www.cdr.stat
  e.tx.us

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Other helpful tips

• Always have a canned presentation
• Double check your data
• Dont depend on a single source
• Anticipate questions your audience might ask
• Practice your delivery
• Expect technical difficulties
• When you find a good web source, bookmark it!

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Any Questions, Thoughts, Ideas?
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Thank You For Being Here!
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Todays Presenters
Al Lopez Rural Capital WDB Ph. (512)
244-7966 al.lopez2_at_twc.state.tx.us Clay
Griffis Labor Market Information, TWC Ph. (512)
491-4810 clayton.griffis_at_twc.state.tx.us