Nostalgia Is So Yesterday: Stacy Wagner at TEDxRichmond

Stacey Jarrett Wagner, Manager of Workforce Systems Development at the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership, has over twenty years of experience in workforce development, conducting research and providing strategic thinking and technical assistance on workforce development issues for the American Society for Training and Development, the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Association of Community Colleges, the National Center for Education and the Economy, the Center for Energy Workforce Development, ARAMARK, and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, among others. Now, her work for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) includes integrating workforce development as a critical business strategy in the MEP's Next Generation Strategies (NGS) initiative. NGS weaves together strategic planning in five areas for manufacturers: Technology Acceleration, Continuous Improvement, Sustainability, Supplier Development and Workforce Development. These strategies underpin the MEP's push toward innovation and growth for American In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)