North Carolinians have a huge appetite for staying one step ahead. My evidence? We are almost sold out for the 2012 Emerging Issues Forum, Investing in Gen Z.
It is exciting to know that more than 1,000 leaders across the state will participate in the conversation on how Gen Z will help North Carolina to stay ahead of the curve. Listen to IEI Board Chair, Governor Jim Hunt, explain why he thinks these youth hold the key to North Carolina’s future competitiveness.
Forum speakers include Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Navy; Fast Company editor, Robert Safian; REI, Inc. CEO, Sally Jewell; Venture for America Founder, Andrew Yang; Arizona State University President, Michael Crow; YouthBuild USA Founder and President, Dorothy Stoneman; and many, many others. Sign up today.
Each of these speakers recognizes how and why Generation Z is reshaping our future.
Equally importantly, Gen Z has ideas about you can harness their potential. IEI asked representatives of the nearly 200 Gen Z Ambassadors who will join us for the Forum about the issues they thought were most important to their generation. Here are some of their responses.
With eyes toward the future, we are all seeking ways to better ourselves and our communities at this time of year. The young people around us want the same things but, in order to for us to harness their potential, we must first seek to understand it. Sign up today.
See you soon,
Anita
Register for the Emerging Issues Forum today to hear from leaders across North Carolina and the country explain why you need to invest in Generation Z.
Fast Company’s Robert Safian, one of the 2012 Forum keynote speakers, recently published a piece on how “Generation Flux” — a group of individuals that epitomize Generation Z –is revolutionizing the marketplace. These workers are incredibly flexible, deeply integrated in technology, and consistently creative. Read “Generation Flux” online here.
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