1. Preparing a Quick and Effective LMI Presentation Al Lopez, Rural Capital WDB Clay Griffis, LMI/Dissemination 2003 LMI Conference, Austin, Texas

2. What to Include in Your Presentation Common Questions How do I decide what to talk about? What do I include/not include in my presentation?

3. What to Include in Your Presentation Answer: It depends!

4. What to Include in Your Presentation The #1 consideration is your AUDIENCE

5. Who’s Your Audience? Is Your Audience Made up of: Elected officials Economic developers/planners Career counselors Job seekers Educators Students Media

6. Who’s Your Audience? Other Important Considerations: What’s the focus of the event you are presenting at? Will it be just you presenting, or others too? What’s the level of knowledge of your audience?

7. What to Include in Your Presentation You must ALSO consider: Time - how much do you have? Resources - internet, personal contacts, software skills, etc. Not all statistical data is easily aggregated

8. A “Labor Market” Presentation Who are some of your audiences for a “Labor Market” presentation? What type of information/data might you want to include?

9. Some Common Data Elements Population: How many PEOPLE? Demographics: What KIND of people? Education, age, race, income, poverty, etc. Labor Force: How many people are WORKERS? Jobs: How many JOBS and what KIND of jobs? Wages: What do jobs in the area PAY. Outlook: What are the past TRENDS? Can we speculate about the Future?

10. Some Sources of Data Population Figures - U.S. Census Bureau or Texas State Data Center Poverty Statistics- Texas Health and Human Services Commission Labor Force Estimates - Labor Market Information Dept., TWC Employment & Wage Estimates - Labor Market Information Dept., TWC Wage Information - Labor Market Information Dept., TWC Employment Projections - Labor Market Information Dept., TWC General Demographics - U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Demographic Profiles General Labor and Education Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Information/Research - O*Net OnLine/O*Net Code Connector; Career Development Resources, TWC

11. Web Links to Data Population Figures: U.S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.govhttp://www.census.gov Texas State Data Center - http://txsdc.tamu.eduhttp://txsdc.tamu.edu Poverty Statistics Texas Health and Human Services Commission - http://www.hhsc.state.tx.ushttp://www.hhsc.state.tx.us Labor Force Estimates - LMI Dept., TWC - http://www.tracer2.comhttp://www.tracer2.com Employment & Wages- LMI Dept., TWC - http://www.tracer2.comhttp://www.tracer2.com Local Area Personal Income Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) - http://www.bea.govhttp://www.bea.gov Wage Information - LMI Dept., TWC - http://www.tracer2.comhttp://www.tracer2.com

12. Web Links to Data (Cont. ) Employment Projections - LMI Dept., TWC - http://www.tracer2.comhttp://www.tracer2.com General Demographics - U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Demographic Profiles - http://censtats.census.gov/pub/Profiles.shtmlhttp://censtats.census.gov/pub/Profiles.shtml National Labor and Education Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.govhttp://www.bls.gov Career Information/Research - O*Net OnLine/O*Net Code Connector; Career Development Resources, TWC O*Net On-Line - http://online.onetcenter.orghttp://online.onetcenter.org O*Net Code Connector - http://www.onetcodeconnector.orghttp://www.onetcodeconnector.org Career Development Resources - http://www.cdr.state.tx.ushttp://www.cdr.state.tx.us

13. Other helpful tips Always have a “canned” presentation Double check your data Don’t depend on a single source Anticipate questions your audience might ask Practice your delivery Expect technical difficulties When you find a good web source, bookmark it!

14. Any Questions, Thoughts, Ideas? ???

15. Thank You For Being Here! ???

16. Today’s Presenters Al LopezRural Capital WDB Ph. (512) 244-7966 al.lopez2@twc.state.tx.us Clay GriffisLabor Market Information, TWC Ph. (512) 491-4810 clayton.griffis@twc.state.tx.us