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William Bennett

William J. Bennett is one of America's most important, influential and respected voices on cultural, political, and education issues. Over the course of his professional life in education, government and the private sector, Bennett has succeeded in a trifecta of American institutions. He is an award-winning professor in academia, having taught at Boston University, the University of Texas and Harvard; he is a three-time confirmed executive in the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations including holding two cabinet-level positions, Secretary of Education under Ronald Reagan and the nation's first drug czar under the first President Bush; he is the author of more than 24 books, including two New York Times number one best sellers and two of the most successful books of the 1990s; and he is the host of the number seven ranked nationally syndicated radio show, Morning in America, and he will soon be hosting the Bill Bennett Interview on Salem Radio. He is a senior advisor to Project Lead The Way, one of the nation's leading providers of training and curriculum to improve STEM education in American schools; he is on the advisory board of Udacity, Inc., Viridis Learning, Inc. and the board of directors of Vocefy, Inc. and Webtab, Inc. In his various roles, Bennett is perceived-even by his adversaries-as a man of strong, reasoned convictions who speaks candidly, eloquently and honestly about some of the most important issues of our time.

 

Curt Steinhorst is a Certified Keynote Speaker at The Center for Generational Kinetics. His clients range  from GM and Raytheon to the US Naval Academy. Curt is a Millennial himself who has a reputation as a leader among Millennials. At age 20, he was elected President of his 10,000-member class at Texas A&M University.
Since graduating from college magna cum laude he has worked extensively to make the most of generational differences for clients around the world.

Curt's entertaining speaking style has wowed audiences of up to 20,000 leaders from California to New York City and Africa. Curt's personal experiences leading Millennials and serving as a speaking coach for top performers-from executives and TV personalities to helping the Heisman Trophy Winner prepare for
his speech-make him a powerful and entertaining communicator on how to bridge generations with employees and customers.

1. 10,000 people living in Richmond or Columbia counties in Georgia commute to work in Aiken, Allendale, or Barnwell counties in South Carolina.

2.  7,500 people from those same South Carolina counties cross the river to work in Richmond and Columbia counties in Georgia.

3.   There are 26 public high schools in the SRSCRO five-county region.

4.   Post-Secondary education institutes in the greater region produce 7,000 graduates annually.

5.  Employers rate the overall regional workforce as good to excellent.

6.   Employers report that recruiting talent from other areas of the country is sometimes difficult.

7.  In general, employers are very complimentary of the skills and trainability of the regional workforce.  Areas for improvement, however, include entry-level skills, computer skills, and math skills.

8.   Conservative estimates tell us that more than 30,000 jobs will need to be filled in our region by 2019.

9.  80% of these jobs will be replacement jobs, largely due to retirement and attrition.

10.  In 2015, Millennials overtook Baby Boomers as the largest sector of the national workforce.

11.  A much smaller share of U.S. teens work today than ever before.  On average, Millennials started their first jobs at age 23.  How old were you?