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InternshipInstitute.org

The Internship LEAP Initiative

Matthew ZinmanExecutive Director & Founder

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InternshipInstitute.org Topic Expertise

Founder of The Internship Institute and its education affiliate / product brand - Z University Developed 3 Internship Products for Employers

The Blueprint for Internship Success (DVD) Intern Toolkit (turnkey materials/portal) Intern Supervisor Guidebook / Mentoring Curriculum

20+ years first-hand internship experience Managed / mentored 200+ students Host of InternGuru.com / Actor at BETI.org

Presenter: Matthew Zinman

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The Internship Institute Workforce Development Organization

Close the gap between classroom learning and workforce competencyMission Initiatives: Education, Advocacy, Leadership, CollaborationEvolving to a non-profit; 501c3 status-pending

Z University

Education Affiliate – Products & Services Program Management, Work Productivity, Build Human Capital Consulting (strategy, recruitment, management, conversion) Education (onsite training, webinars for HR, supervisors & execs) Products: Internship Program Management Solutions

About Us

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Internship Program MaterialsStaffing Management System

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The Internship LEAP Plan

MARKET STATE OF AFFAIRS• Career center budgets average $10/STUDENT • < 50% of students EVER use career centers• < 50% of career centers do ANYTHING to provide

direct support for internship placements• ONLY 22% of career centers are “high-touch” with

employers• The annual cost of higher education = $6K / $23K• There’s no time to waste; we are doing this now.

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Centralized, privatized, value-added …

Based on consortium of best practices

Plug-in with employers (chambers, WIBs, EDCs)

Connect with community charitiesFund pay for interns at non-profits

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Seamless/minimalist integration on campuses

Virtual worker stations/command centers

Host “on-campus internship” program a.k.a. “student-run” as much as possible

Epicenter to source students in on-campus departments Stony Brook University Career Center

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Aim is for NO later than 2011 on campuses

Immediate action (TRIAGE 2008)

See FULL Internship LEAP Initiative Plan

Based on “4 New Realities About Internships”

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Charities need helping hands

Students need experience

DVD sales fund giveaways

St. Patrick’s Day Launch (3.17)

New Orleans at Tulane

Clinton On-Campus Initiative

“Green” service movement

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Northeastern Model

Co-ops / Internships / Service

Martha’s Vineyard since ’05

In conjunction with WACE

June 22-26 & 27th – July 1

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Little Progress in Election Year Strap on the backs of our capable emerging workforce. They can do it.

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Intern Work Economic Productivity Study

Supervisor Gain = 225 FULL work days/year

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I am NOT an economist

Economic stimulus is to PUT money in consumers hands

Instead, we saddle with loans, high tuition, debt, up to 6 tuition credits for internship and THEN we don’t pay them.

It makes NO sense.

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Why keep them poor?

If not paying now; they will!

Socioeconomic equality

What’s minimum wage

Internship Tuition Credit =

DOUBLE-PENALIZED

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Fear of opportunity erosion

Give them “real work”

Pay them = utilize for ROI

Tax credit “tiers” (by $ize)

Certify “Learning Outcomes”

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Foundation support

The Internship Institute

Corporate sponsorship

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No 2 schools do the same

No ONE school can do this

Create and open “channel”

Workforce development focus

Aid, Access & Accountability

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Augment infrastructure

Layer-in “value add” services

Minimalist approach

Seamless integration

Tie into admissions; liaison

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Program quality certification

Tax credit reimbursement

Keep everyone accountable

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BEST PRACTICES EXIST: Gather & Implement Freshman Year – Intake Assessments

Sophomore Year – Registration; Preparation

Junior Year – Complete Requirement

Senior Year – Reflection; Adaptation; Placement

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Align students’ talent and career interests

Streamline employment placement/opportunities

Keep the government “informed”

“Feed” workforce development system

Virtual Internship Command Center/Work Facility

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ApprentiCorps: Community Conduit Raise funds to pa y “green” interns

Employer-Student Matching Service (one-stops)

Student Assessment and Readiness Training

Value-Add On-Campuses

Makes student tuition money work harder …

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Already happening in Michigan; Indiana

Imagine the “economic ripple effects”

Strap economy on backs of emerging workforce

Immediate productivity stimulus

Long-term benefits of “right-careering” grads

Get this great country back on its feet

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Mandatory 3 credits

Average is 6 credits

Where does that student tuition money go now?

The 1.5 ’09 Credit Plan

Make tuition $ work harder for everyone

ALL AROUND WIN

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Exact budget number

Annual by junior class

Tuition scales service level to size of campus student body

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It’s THEIR right

It’s THEIR money

It’s THEIR opportunity

It’s THEIR future

WE’RE READY; ARE U?

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WHAT NOW?

ApprentiCorps: March 17, Tulane U, New Orleans

Northeastern/WACE Martha’s Vineyard (late June)

Employer purchases will fund progress

2008: TRIAGE Mode; Coalition Building

2009=1.5: Site Planning/Programming Development A strategic advantage for any campus/community

A strategic advantage for any employer/business

2010: Logistics Management; Site Development

2011: Network in Place, Scaled and Funded

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THE FUTURE IS HAPPENING NOW!

• Every college junior is our employer (2009)• Every future college student our benefactor• The Internship LEAP Plan is BIG enough to work• ApprentiCorps community service internships• Take THE LEAP for a brighter future …• Internship Readiness & Placement Centers

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Internship Program MaterialsStaffing Management System

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