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Innovation

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation publishes content on innovation and related issues. Find and access current and archived items in our database. 

U.S. Chamber Foundation Selects Recipients of Career Readiness Funding

Community Improvement
Education
Innovation
December 11, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Career Readiness Lab Participants
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced the five chambers of commerce selected to participate in the Career Readiness Lab, through which they will each receive $95,000 to implement a work-based learning program that better connects students with academic and experiential learning opportunities in their community. 

2018 MBA Case Competition

Join us for the U.S. Chamber Foundation's third annual MBA Case Competition in partnership with FedEx Freight to watch three teams from top MBA programs go head-to-head as they explore the crucial role businesses play in communities. A great opportunity to connect with next-gen talent and business school leadership.

T3 Network Phase 1 Report

Center for Education and Workforce
October 29, 2018
T3 Innovation Network Phase One Final Report
This report summarizes and brings to a close phase one of the T3 Network. The report is divided into two parts. Part I focuses on the T3 Network’s vision, guiding principles, and profiles the work groups. Part II highlights the T3 Network’s recommendations, organized as a list of pilot projects that together provide the foundation for an open, distributed, public-private data infrastructure that supports access and opportunity for the American student and worker. The report concludes with next steps and acknowledgements.
Data
Education
Innovation
Workforce Training

U.S. Chamber Foundation Announces New Funders, Pilot Projects for Job Data Exchange

Data
Education
Innovation
Postsecondary Education
Workforce Training
August 28, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Press Release_JDX Pilot Phase and New Funding Support
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced today additional support for the Job Data Exchange (JDX), an effort to help employers and their HR technology partners more clearly communicate hiring requirements in a rapidly changing talent marketplace. These new funding partners are Lumina Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and Walmart. Google.org and JPMorgan Chase & Co. previously announced their support for the project.

Futureproofing: How a Fast Food Worker Helped a Sheet Metal Company Rethink its Business

Community Improvement
Innovation
Workforce Training
June 15, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
FutureProofing - Wyoming Machine
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The co-owner of the Wyoming Machine sheet metal company in Stacy, Minnesota that makes armored Humvees, steel spokes and other manufactured parts, Tapani posted an ad to fill a production job at their plant. Two months later she didn’t get a single applicant. Hiring skilled welders and laser operators was already tough. And in the manufacturing space winning the heated competition for good workers could mean the difference between profitability and closing the door. The American Welding Society anticipates a shortage of about 400,000 operators by 2024. But Tapani and Wyoming didn’t take the bad news laying down.

FOOD FORWARD

Join us as we hear from entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, and tech experts who will discuss the innovations and emerging technologies driving the food and agriculture industries forward and creating new ways to produce, transport, and consume food in the coming years.

Tech and Early Ed - Unlikely Partners?

Joseph Timanovsky
Data
Early Childhood Education
Innovation
August 16, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Innovations in Early Ed
© 2018 Getty Images
We often think of the use of technology in early education as detrimental to child development. Yet, the reality is that technological innovations have an incredibly valuable role to play in the classroom. By looking at the technology readily available in the world today, AEL, Wonderschool, and ELL are paving the way for the next breakthrough innovations in early childhood education and care.

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