Creating jobs in Glenville

Using free computer software

Intro Video

Digital Lifestyle dashboard

• Everyone’s account is based upon their own preferences and favorites

• Relevant news, culture, events• Connect into existing accounts you have• Built in Video Help

Start a Virtuous Circle• Community organizations help sign up trainees• Learn basic skills, leave comments• Volunteer for local tasks• Find interesting things to read, watch or listen to• Earn points from volunteering and from on-line

activities like blogging and making friends

What do you do WITH your dashboard?

• LeBron James news• Hip Hop video of the day• Member Showcase• BET – RadioOne updates• Local documentary production – “Our Story”

Relevant Information• Art Gallery opening and Dance performance• Diabetes 2 help – concierge service• Social Media ambassador contest• Community events

1 click away from Help

• At any time – consult an on-line Video Help operator, ask them any question you wish!

• Will provide a comfort level to everyone

Continuing the Virtuous Circle

• Once you’ve invited a friend into our program• Take it to the next stage, exhibit motivation• Voice your own opinion• Start your own Group, make more friends• You’ll be given more responsibility in

volunteer tasks• Build trust

Earn your way to Internship• Made it through the vetting gauntlet• Points + Contributions + Relationship with

your Group• Choose which kind of job you wish to learn

Natural skills = a Writer

• Something you’ve loved all your life• Did well in school• Kept a journal, wrote for school paper• Now you get paid for:– Interviews– Transcriptions– Documentation– Editorials– Announcements

Work for Digital City Mechanics

• Run a digital bureau• Moderate a network• Produce multimedia productions• Run internship program• “All jobs of the future will require tech skills”

DCM Internship programs• We pay for people to learn tech jobs skills• We place them in jobs• Encourage them to go off on their own• Help them start new companies

Embedded Social Media advocates• Social Media recognizes that people come first• Marketing, HR, Sales, Product management

can all benefit from social media• Embed staff whom we pay

Jobs of the future = Creative• On-line media skills: video, photography, audio• Design, Editing, Production skills• Multimedia productions will drive our

sustainable model• 1% create, 9% interact/engage, 90% watch

Even traditional jobs will change• Producing live events• Use technology to plan, schedule, sell tickets• Manage workers, assign tasks• Live webcast• Live production skills

Virtual offices

• Tele-commuting: work at home• Tele-conferencing: no need to travel for a

meeting• Virtual workplace: work wherever you are• On-line tools

Digital Bureaus scale up

• Each bureau is one node of a network• Each bureau = $75k per month• 20 employees• 100 simultaneous trainees• Stage events• Live Video Help• Training classes• Computer access• Free dashboard software

Digital Citizens for a Digital Future

• Get comfortable using computers• Learn job skills for tomorrow• New kinds of jobs

Looking for support

• CWRU• Cleveland Foundation• Jewish Federation• Youngstown Business Incubator