Mind this Hammer!►Business & Industry CENSUS DATA II◄P.M. Workshop

(FREE, please RSVP)

Whether you are in business or starting one, writing a grant, managing a project, already an elected officer or running for office, using local area data can help you to create more effective strategies and set up more reachable goals.
(Read also this July 17, 2015 news article (http://mauinow.com/2015/07/17/mbb-workshop-using-census-data-to-benefit-your-business/) by Debra Lordan of Maui Now)

This is the afternoon workshop and and the content is different from the morning one, on the same day. Both - A.M. and P.M. ones - are equally important and useful as you will learn how to use different online tools provided FREE by the U.S. Census Bureau to generate the data you need.

RSVP for one or both. Click here for the A.M. workshop on the same day, FREE, Friday July 24, 9:00AM to 12:00PM (https://www.meetup.com/MauiBusinessBrainstormers/events/223985350/).

How to RSVP If you are not a MBB member yet, please join the MBB membership first. Then, place your RSVP under this announcement. MBB membership is FREE.

IMPORTANT NOTE Space is limited, so please sign up early. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops or other mobile devices for this workshop. We will provide free wireless Internet (WiFi) access in the training room. Bring pen, paper and own water. Complimentary self-parking is included.

1:00 P.M. to 4:00PM -The Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Workshop will focus on two LED products: OnTheMap and QWI Explorer. Did you know that 11,150 workers who are employed in Kahului live outside of Kahului (inflow) while 7,611 residents of Kahului are employed outside of Kahului (outflow)? In addition, 3,055 residents live and work in Kahului. OnTheMap will display these and many other employment analyses. OnTheMap is an online mapping and reporting application showing where workers are employed and where they live with reports on worker characteristics and optional filtering by age, earnings, or industry groups. It provides an easy-to-use interface for creating, viewing, printing and downloading workforce related maps, profiles, and data. QWI Explorer is a new, web-based analysis that enables comprehensive access to 32 Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI). Through charts and interactive tables, you can compare, rank and aggregate QWIs such as total employment, new hires, separations, job gains and many more across time, geography, and/or firm and worker characteristics.

GUEST SPEAKER Jerry Wong is an excellent and frequent speaker on cultural diversity and demographic trends. As a Data Dissemination Specialist for the Census Bureau’s Los Angeles Region, he has been - for over 20 year - the Bureau trainer for our State of Hawai'i.

Jerry has served and worked with community groups, businesses, elected officials, planners, other organizations and the media and trained thousands of individuals on the use of demographic and economic census data for market research, community analysis and planning, grant proposals and general decision-making which involves the use of statistical information. His experience includes advising to The Nielsen Company—the nation’s leading television, radio, and consumer measurement company.

Over the course of 4 decennial censuses in 34 years of service, Jerry’s experience has been extensive in both the Census Bureau’s missions of collecting and disseminating information. He has worked in management positions during each of the last 4 censuses. Jerry’s data collection experience also includes supervising five of the Bureau’s ongoing health surveys in the Los Angeles Region. Jerry holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from UCLA and a Masters Degree in Social Welfare also from UCLA.

SPONSORS
►The Hawai'i Business Research Library
►Hawai'i Small Business Development Center (HI SBDC)
►Maui Business Brainstormers (MBB)
►Maui County Business Resource Center (MCBRC)
►U.S. Census Bureau

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