REGIONAL RESOURCES NEO Leadership Taskforce NEO Research Consortium

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REGIONAL RESOURCES NEO Leadership Taskforce NEO
Research Consortium

• February 20, 2004

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Taskforce Mission

• Promote the regional competitiveness of northeast
  Ohio
• Help disseminate knowledge gained by university
  research via the community leadership program
  networks
• Assist in the development of regional components
  for program curricula
• Promote alumni understanding of the assets and
  challenges of the region
• Provide citizen input for university research.

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NORC

• The mission of the Northeast Ohio Research
  Consortium is to conduct collaborative research
  that contributes to making Northeast Ohio a
  world-class region. The Consortiums mission is
  aligned with that of its member universities and
  the Ohio Urban University Program.

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Taskforce University Partners

• Cleveland State University
• Kent State University
• The University of Akron
• Youngstown State University
• Also affiliated with NEOUCOM-Northeastern Ohio
  Universities College of Medicine

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NEO Regional Leadership Taskforce CLP Partners

• Cleveland Bridge Builders
• LEADSandusky
• Leadership Akron
• Leadership Ashland
• LEADERship Ashtabula Co.
• Leadership Cleveland
• Leadership Columbiana
• Leadership Euclid
• Leadership Geauga
• Leadership Lake County
• Leadership Lorain Co.

• Leadership Medina Co
• Leadership Mahoning Valley
• Leadership Portage Co.
• Leadership SHAKER
• Leadership Stark Co.
• Leadership Stow/Munroe Falls
• Leadership Tuscarawas
• Leadership Unlimited
• Leadership Wooster
• Project Leadership of Huron Co.

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Taskforce Initiatives

• Website www.neolead.com
• Newsletter Regional Focus
• Program Content
• Survey Initiatives 95, 00, 02
• Regional Summits 97, 99, 01
• Regional Program Day - April 29, 2004

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Leadership Program Impact

• Over 7,000 graduates
• Grows by 600 per year
• Annual investment in leadership development nears
  2 million
• Significant community service projects
• 93 feel CLP improved effectiveness as a
  community leader

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What Are Industry Clusters?

• Geographic concentrations of competitive
  industries that either have close buy-sell
  relationships, have common technologies, or share
  a labor pool that provide firms a competitive
  advantage.

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Cluster? Geographic concentration of competitive
industry

• Metalworking -F
• Chemical products -F
• Insurance-C
• Plastics-C
• Motor vehicles-C
• Roofing/road materials -I

• Petroleum products-I
• Greeting cards-I
• Paper products-I
• Wholesale electrical -I
• Biomedical - E
• Instruments/controls-E
• Ffoundational
• CCapstone
• I-Independent
• EEmerging

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Northeast Ohios Challenge

• Retain competitive advantage in Northeast Ohio
• Help firms invest in the technologies and
  resources that give these clusters a competitive
  advantage or risk losing that advantage.