Report: "Navigating the New Realities of the North Shore"Making Technology Revelant
Communication and Inclusion – What people don’t understand they fear, but of equal importance is the need for what businesses create to be of value and relevant to the people in the community.
- Support commercial technology-based efforts to address healthcare disparities
- Create regional messages that focus on key technology strengths and assets
- Put technology in the classroom
- Support after-school and in-school programs that demonstrate the important role technology can play in job training and high-paying job creation;
- Invite school children into various technology businesses so that they can see for themselves the opportunities that await them
- Develop community outreach programs for adults that do the same thing
- Reinforce the importance of technology in making and keeping Northeast Ohio competitive in the global economy
- Encourage more entrepreneurial education in the schools
- Take advantage of projects like OneCleveland to enhance disadvantaged neighborhood access to online government, health, and educational services
- Look for ways to use technological changes to enhance the urban core and to benefit minority communities
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