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Composites Kansas Wired Initiative

Composites Kansas Wired Initiative. Social Network Analysis Report. Presented by: Trisha Peaster, Oli Dziadkowiec, Scott Wituk. www.ccsr.wichita.edu. Center for Community Support & Research. CCSR Mission WSU Center for Community Support & Research partners

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Composites Kansas Wired Initiative

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  1. Composites Kansas Wired Initiative Social Network Analysis Report Presented by: Trisha Peaster, Oli Dziadkowiec, Scott Wituk www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  2. Center for Community Support & Research CCSR Mission WSU Center for Community Support & Research partners with communities and organizations to strengthen Kansas through education, leadership development, facilitation, and research. Strategies • Organization and Community Support • Research and Evaluation • Leadership and Evaluation • Knowledge Development and Dissemination www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  3. Project Objectives • To identify network composition and key individuals within each employment sector (Education, Business, Government or Nonprofit) • To identify current and emerging leaders, mentors and innovators in the composites industry in Kansas • To identify opportunities for network development www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  4. Overview of Network Mapping

  5. Project Methods • E-survey administered to all 139 active Wired Initiative members and 30 identified individuals • 81 participants completed survey through two waves of administration • Demographic, social network questions, and questions regarding Wired Initiative www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  6. Who knows Who? www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  7. Who Communicates with Who? www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  8. Who Collaborates with Who? www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  9. Comparison of all three… www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  10. Core Network Members www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  11. The good news…composite network changes little when key persons removed (for knowledge) www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  12. The good news…composite network changes little when key persons removed (for communication) www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  13. The Challenge…composite network does change for collaboration when key individuals removed www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  14. Fostering a Composites NetworkKansas WIRED has been successful in fostering the composites cluster/network? www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  15. The composites industry transformation could be accelerated if education and training institutions would… Identify the needs of industry. Identify the educational needs for future Hiring. • Ask current employers what their needs are in future hiring • Create more partnerships with the industry specialists so we can understand their desired training needs Training • Work together to produce low cost training • Enhance their training programs • Make more classes available Awareness • Build public awareness • Raise awareness of their services and resulting high pay/high demand occupations Continued networking opportunities that can lead to collaborations • Continue to collaborate • Offer ongoing networking opportunities similar to the WIRED program www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  16. The composites industry transformation could be accelerated if business and industry would… Incentives • Have access to incentives to invest in composites technology and research • Be able to finance innovation and R&D projects Connection with education/training • Information to secondary level to educate them regarding their future in composites • Communicate to educators where they see hiring in the future, training necessary General awareness • Educate everyone about the wonderful world of Composites. Even if the lesson is a small one the goal should be to help Kansans understand the role of composites in the world today has a huge impact on our local economy. • Continue to communicate with all stakeholders Continue progress made • Insure the progress we have made under the grant continues after the funding is gone. • Continue support efforts past the grant end date. Expand network • Look for new business and industry that deal in composites • Emphasize diverse applications of composites www.ccsr.wichita.edu

  17. Questions for discussion… • What does it mean for the composites network that the business sector sits on the periphery? • What does it mean for the composites network knowing that the structure changes across the three questions ? • What role(s) do core network members serve? • What do changes in collaboration mean? • Open-ended questions reveal several common themes…what are possible steps to take given this feedback? www.ccsr.wichita.edu

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