GLOBAL TRADE
& ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Greetings!
Thank you to all of the partner colleges and high school partners who have participated in the GTL Rollout Roadshow! Faculty and teachers your leadership and support has been especially appreciated.
We have received a positive response to enabling students free access to:
-Digital Badges
-LinkedIn Learning Videos
-Entrepreneur Network Membership
We have students participating from the following colleges:
-Pasadena
-Glendale
-Santa Monica
-Cypress College
-Irvine Valley College
-Long Beach City College
-Pierce College
-Santa Ana College
-Rio Hondo College
-Saddleback College
-LA Harbor College
-LA City College
-LA Southwest College
1,262
students signed onto the NexusEdge platform
561 students signed onto Linkedin Learning with 12,307 videos viewed
Thank you to everyone! Let's keep the successes rolling!
Rick Hodge
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FEATURED PARTNER COLLEGE -
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GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOSTS
THE BUSINESS LECTURE SERIES -
"THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS"
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Glendale Community College hosts a Business Lecture Series (BLS) twice yearly. The overarching mission of the series is to inspire students to pursue entrepreneurial pursuits and provide them with needed tools to help them navigate the journey to success. The event starts with an entrepreneur Meet & Greet session, followed by a moderated panel discussion, bringing together local entrepreneurs and 300+ students to create a Glendale Entrepreneurial ecosystem.
On May 10 the college presented a panel discussion sponsored by Univision Networks and moderated by GCC marketing instructor
Rafael Cardona
. Speakers included three social media entrepreneurs who discussed the impact of social media on entrepreneurship and small business. A Deputy District Director from the Small Business Administration joined to panel to inform students about various funding sources available.
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Pictured, left to right, back row:
Marisa Zakaria, Robert Newman, Jeannine Saffigna, Rafael Cardona,
Jan Swinton, Doris Driver. Front row: Solange Rubio, Oscar Miranda, Danielle Erves, Ben Raju.
The full video of the panel discussion will be coming soon!
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HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT
PRO-GTL PARTNER EVENTS
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Harbor College Hosts International Banking and Finance Seminar
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This event was a service of the Los Angeles Gateway Chamber of Commerce - sponsored by GBC International Bank and hosted at Los Angeles Harbor College; your educational partner in the LA Harbor Service area.
It was an informative seminar with great information provided to all those in attendance.
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PRO-GTL PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
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THE ENTREPRENEUR NETWORK OF LA and the 9 college consortia for entrepreneurship is featured on the statewide, Doing What Matters, Small Business Sector website. Check it out at:
http://smallbusinesssector.net/
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The New IBEA Hub is Here to Help You!
Pro-GTL faculty are invited to become charter members of the newly-launched
IBEA Hub
—a place to share and find resources that help advance international business education. Educators are invited to post and search for materials that will leverage success in the classroom, for instructors and students alike.
The IBEA Hub is free to join and hosted by the
International Business Education Alliance (IBEA
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Catch the ExportingTide California Exports Keep on Growing
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Los Angeles Harbor College
Dates/Time: Wednesdays: June 19, July 17, August 21, 2018 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
“ExporTech™ is an integral part of Mayor Garcetti’s export program. We chose to partner with the Department of Commerce and CMTC to deliver ExporTech™ in Los Angeles due to its great success in increasing manufacturers’ export sales.” Eric Eide, Director of International Trade Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti
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BizCon 2018- SoCal's Business Exchange
June 20
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Southern California’s Business Exchange: Getting to the heart of business.
Join us for a full-day conference focused on growing and celebrating business. From the information, insights and resources that guide us, to the stories and people that inspire us.
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JUNE 28
Long Beach
FuturePorts hosts the must-attend conference for supply chain, logistics, warehousing, and port development professionals in Southern California. This annual conference brings together over 300 attendees to examine leading-edge topics facing Southern California's ports and the industries, economy, and communities they support.
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FTA Custom Brokers License Examination Course
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JULY 30 - OCTOBER 8
11 Week Exam Prep Course from 6:00 pm-9:00pm
Los Angeles Harbor College
License Exam provides detailed review in areas such as:
• Customs Broker Regulations • Entry Requirements • Valuation of Imports • Harmonized Tariff Classification • Free Trade Agreements and Other Duty-Free Exemptions • Fines and Penalties • Various other topics typically covered on the exam • Exam-Taking Techniques
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Inbound Logistics Sponsors An APICS Scholarship
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Inbound Logistics sponsors this yearly scholarship of $2,500 to a qualifying supply chain/logistics student.
Scholarships are chosen based on a 1,500-word essay that answers: Why did you choose supply chain/logistics as an education path and what do you hope to accomplish in your career?
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Faculty and business leaders, you can ADD your upcoming industry events in to this PRO-GTL calendar.
By having our industry events on one central calendar, we will be better able to plan around, attend, and invite people to each others events.
For assistance with adding events to the calendar, contact Jeannine Saffigna at (310) 601-6208, or via email at: progtlconsortium@gmail.com
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SUBMIT CONTENT FOR NAVIGATOR
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Share your news about all the great things you are doing in related to global trade, manufacturing and entrepreneurship!
Partner college faculty, students and business leaders you are welcome to submit content, for consideration, for the NAVIGATOR newsletters and/or on our social media platforms.
To coordinate having your events featured in NAVIGATOR E-News, contact
Jeannine Saffigna
, at: (310) 601-6208.
Email your content to: progtlconsortium@gmail.com
Cc: saffigj@lasc.edu
The Navigator newsletter will be e-mailed the week of the 15th, each month. If you wish to submit content, aim to submit your content by the end of the previous month.
June 15 - (Deadline was May 31)
July 15 - (Submit content by June 30)
Aug 15 - (Submit content by July 31)
Sept 15 - (Submit content by Aug 31)
Oct 15 - (Submit content by Sept 30)
Nov 15 - (Submit content by Oct 30)
Dec 15 - (Submit content by Nov 30)
Thank you to everyone who has submitted content for the NAVIGATOR newsletter and contributed on our
PRO-GTL
social media platforms.
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INDUSTRY NEWS, REPORTS & TRENDS
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Testimony: Transfer Is Key to Closing the Workforce Skills Gap
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California faces a shortage of highly educated workers. Specifically, economic projections to 2030 show that about two in five jobs will require at least a bachelor’s degree, while demographic projections suggest that only about one in three Californians will attain this level of education. This shortfall equates to 1.1 million workers.
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Blockchain Shipping : A New Shipment Protocol
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Blockchain Shipping : A New Shipment Protocol
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Cryptocurrencies are fun, exciting, and easy to understand, so they’re getting the most coverage in the blockchain revolution. However, the underlying
blockchain technology
is already getting tested in dozens of industries, from
agriculture
to
energy
to
art
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State of Global Trade Management: Taking it to the next level
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As more and more shippers finally turn to technology to help them tackle their most pressing global trade issues, the software sector that supports it is looking ahead and figuring out what lies around the next corner.
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Top 35 Ocean Carriers: Still a puzzlement
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The collapse of Hanjin in 2016 fueled speculation that new players might be emboldened to enter the “top tier” and begin competing for market share. With this, logistics mangers putting container shipping to work are facing the biggest shift in their carrier base in 20 years—and now must adapt their procurement and contract strategy.
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CargoCoin ICO Review: Blockchain & Smart Contracts For Global Shipping
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Moving cargo from A to B is an inherently complex process involving people, machinery, and a network of transportation hubs working together to keep the flow of freight moving through the shipping lanes.
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Ecommerce Logistics Costs in the US Hit $117.2 Billion in 2017
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A new report from
Armstrong & Associates
, Inc., provides a deep-dive into ecommerce logistics in the United States, with a focus on domestic and international transportation, warehousing and fulfillment, last-mile delivery, and reverse logistics.
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Say goodbye to paper processing of Certificates of Origin with eCertify!
A Certificate of Origin is a document which states the origin of goods being exported. The Chamber's eCertify program allows you to save time and money by creating, submitting and collecting electronic certificates from your desktop.
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RECENT PRO-GTL NAVIGATOR NEWSLETTERS
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Let's build our PRO-GTL community...please share and invite your contacts to subscribe to NAVIGATOR!
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We want YOU to be an ACTIVE part of our
PRO-GTL social media community!
These platforms are for YOU:
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Click, like & follow the social links above...
add your pictures from industry events,
flyers for your upcoming industry events,
post industry articles,
make comments
& add videos.
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