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Employees can make a difference in internalizing sustainability and translating high-level commitments from a corporate sustainability plan into action and results. Employees make far-reaching decisions impacting an organization's environment and social consequences on a daily basis. What is the evidence for employee engagement to further sustainability within organizations?
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Storyboard That is a cutting edge Web 2.0 tool for rapidly creating amazing storyboards, no art skills needed. Great for business meetings and in the classroom for students to express their creativity. Via Baiba Svenca, ManufacturingStories
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Storybird is also wonderful for creating student writing portfolios and documenting/ assessing student writing samples. Delete the scoop?
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Fostering STEM skills in young children is the best way to ensure that the United States remains competitive in a global economy, writes JD Chesloff. Via greggfesta, Qubits_Toy, ManufacturingStories
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The earlier kids start in STEM the more likely they will continue in MS & HS. Delete the scoop?
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Plane makers don’t mince words about the fastest growing market in aviation. “Single-aisle aircraft remain pivotal,” declares Boeing’s long-term market view. “Over the next 20 years, we project that 23,240 single-aisle planes will be delivered, representing nearly 70 percent of commercial plane deliveries and 45 percent of total delivery value,” Boeing says..Read More.. Via ManufacturingStories
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TeachSTEMNow.com is about a new way to promote STEM education in k-12, with a focus on manufacturing technologies and real world shop skills. We’re proponents of accessible lesson plans (open-source and low-cost) that can be implemented into classroom lessons today with affordable, capable tools. Via ManufacturingStories
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Realistic views of robots are usually centered on grappling arms hidden behind safety cages, but Rethink Robotics is working to change that. The Massachusetts-based company produces the Baxter line... Via ManufacturingStories
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is suffering from a shortage of applicants in the science, technology, engineering and math fields -- or STEM. This is especially true for non-Asian minorities and low-income students, who are statistically less likely to be exposed to STEM professionals, have access to STEM education and hold STEM jobs. According to a recent study by Change the Equation, a non-profit initiative to improve STEM education in the United States, there are two job openings for every unemployed STEM professional. A 2011 report from the Department of Commerce projects that STEM jobs will grow by 17 percent by 2018, compared to 9.8 percent for non-STEM occupations. Via ManufacturingStories
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12 year old boy designs and 3D prints his own chess pieces, and donates any profits from sales to charity via Cubify Via ManufacturingStories
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As the United States works toward rebuilding domestic manufacturing in an effort to foster growth, companies will be seeking out the next generation of their manufacturing workforce. A lack of domestic talent in the U.S. will force companies to look to other shores. Those same companies have been impacted by the digital revolution that has and will continue to change how manufacturers design, develop and bring new products to marke Via ManufacturingStories
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The Manufacturing Institute presents a special report on the need for new models and different approaches to manufacturing education. The report focuses on the challenges and opportunities as it relates to articulation and transfer of credit between two-year and four-year schools, with an emphasis on embedded industry-recognized certifications. Via ManufacturingStories
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Bioprinting is printing with biological materials. Think of it as 3D printing, but with squishier ingredients! There's a lot of work being done at res... Via ManufacturingStories
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Two trends in American culture contradict each other. On one hand, technological and scientific fields are struggling to find qualified people to fill jobs. On the other hand, the education system are not focusing on producing more STEM (science, ... Via Kalani Kirk Hausman, ManufacturingStories
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(Image credit: Getty Images North America via @daylife) By Ritika Puri The United States unemployment rate remains strong at 7.8%, but in the manufacturing industry, demand is outpacing supply with hundreds of thousands of jobs going unfilled. Via ManufacturingStories
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The post Employee Engagement Matters provides the following statistics as evidence for engagement:
Grow profit
• The Corporate Leadership Council reports that engaged organizations grew profits as much as three times faster than their competitors. Highly engaged organizations have 87% less staff turnover and 20% better performance than average.
• A global survey by Tower Perrins-ISR involving more than 664,000 employees in 50 companies found that the operating income of companies with engaged employees improved by 19% in one year, while it declined by 33% for companies with low levels of employee engagement.
• Fully engaged employees are 2.5 times more likely to exceed performance expectations than their disengaged colleagues.
• 59% of engaged employees say their job brings out their most creative ideas compared to only 3% for disengaged employees.
Corporate social responsibility
• Many factors, such as leadership, integrity, immediate management and fair treatment, influence employee engagement. However, increasing evidence shows that performance on sustainable development also plays part. For example, a survey by Ipsos Mori10 found that:
70% of employees with a favorable perception of their company’s community engagement plan to stay for the next 2 years. compared to 50% of those with a less favorable perception.75% would recommend their company if they feel it is environmentally responsible, versus less than half if it is not.47% of job-seekers are more likely to join and stay with a company that addresses social issues.75% of employees who believe their employers pay enough attention to environmental protection and sustainable development reported higher levels of commitment.