Launching an internship initiative in SE Michigan

Southeast Michigan WIRED is funding the launch of a new internship initiative to be run by the Detroit Chamber.

Read more here and here.

During the Mackinac conference, attendees learned of some of the latest data on the migration patterns for Michigan college graduates. You can see the slides below:

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Internships for high school and college students represent a "complex sale". They do not sell themselves. Pormoters of these initiatives need to make personal presentations. Here's an example from the Ft. Wayne Chamber.

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One of the best regional internship sites I have found is My Beanstalk from the Capital Region around Albany. The site includes a good example of how to outline the value proposition for employers in an "employer's guide" to internships. 

At IndianaWIRED in North Central Indiana, we have been working with our statewide internship program, Indiana Intern Net, to explore different ways to "scale up" the sales process. So, for example, we have been experiementing with webinars and on-line tutorials.