Rethink

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Rethink Discovery - IIIOpening Doors to
Innovation and Learning-- A Thought Leadership
Program Wayne Gross Learning Panel
North Carolina State University Pulp Paper
Foundation Annual Meeting -- October 10, 2002
Raleigh, North Carolina

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Program Overview

• Introductory Remarks -- Background Program
  Overview Kathy Buckman Davis
• Keynote Richard Phillips
• Panel Session 1
• Innovation Pathways or Dead ends? Ben Thorp
• Panel Session 2
• Learning Doorways or Roadblocks? Mike Kocurek
• Summary Wrap-up Jim McNutt
• Adjourn

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TAPPI EDUCATION A Path Forward
Wayne Gross Executive Director Technical
Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry TAPPI
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Gross TAPPI Education A Path Forward

• History of TAPPI Education --
• Since 1915 -- TAPPI Members Have Gathered to
  Share Knowledge of Papermaking, Learn From Each
  Other
• In Mid 1990s -- Approximately 3000 Technical
  Workers Attended About 40 TAPPI Short Courses
• TAPPI Curriculum Now Available Face-to-face, on
  CD-ROM, Virtual/web Seminars, In-company
  Training, Short Courses in Other Countries Via
  Partnerships With Other Associations
• Credible, Unbiased, State-of-art Knowledge
  Curriculum --Delivered by the Practitioners/teache
  rs From Industry

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Gross TAPPI Education A Path Forward

• Training Continuing Education Research Says --
• There is a lack of knowledge experience needed
  to operate/troubleshoot increasingly
  sophisticated processes
• Labor market is tight for trainable/qualified
  personnel
• Significant portion of existing workforce will
  retire by 2010
• The workforce is smaller less time available
  for CE (and less )
• Its every man for himself

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Gross TAPPI Education A Path Forward

• Issues to Address --
• What curriculum must we pursue in order to get
  our workers to higher knowledge -- skill levels?
• How do we ensure we are receiving quality
  education/training from the many CE providers?
• Do we know how to measure a higher knowledge --
  skill level of industry workers?
• What content delivery mechanisms are most
  appropriate?

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Gross TAPPI Education A Path Forward

• TAPPI Believes That --
• The Knowledge/Skill Level of Our Workers Can and
  Must be Increased
• There Must be a Curriculum Road Map Driven by
  Higher Knowledge/Skill Levels
• There Must be Objectively Measurable Criteria
  With Which to Ensure the Quality of Training and
  Educational Offerings
• Through Partnerships, Educational Offerings Can
  be Developed Delivered to Our Industry in a
  Manner That Shares The Risks, Costs, and Benefits