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Jim Brazell's Speaker Profile

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Jim Brazell has 27 years of experience in education, technology and business innovation. As president of VentureRamp Inc., he serves entrepreneurial, industrial, academic and government clients globally. To learn more check out eXtreme start-ups. Over the past decade, his work includes: supporting the formation of the Austin-San Antonio Corridor, accelerating one dozen high technology start-up companies; catalyzing regional and international high technology initiatives; performing technology forecasts for the State of Texas; designing video games for major military commands and civilian workforce initiatives; and advocating for TEAMS and classical contemporary education in school reform. A technology forecaster and strategist, Jim's message is that innovation is the key to education, workforce, and economic development goals in the 21st Century. His work in K-12 schools, community colleges, and universities includes facilitating design of new formal and informal learning programs,
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T h e F u T u r e I s h e r e

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Where Do You Fit?

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Where Do You Fit?

Speeches

The Future Is Here – Executive Leadership ........................................................ 4-5

Talent Network – Human Capital Practitioners ................................................ 6-7

Science Fiction to Reality – Students ................................................................ 8-9

Pandora’s X-Box – General Audience ...............................................................10-11

Heart of Innovation – General Audience .......................................................12-13

Jim Brazell ...................................................................................................................... 14

Biography ............................................................. 15

Audiences........................................................16-17

Publications .......................................................... 18

Jim delivers timely strategies to address global competitiveness, educational

innovation and workforce talent. His insights and experiences open up the worlds

of emerging technology, jobs, students, schools, and communities. Jim’s talent

is an ability to move you from why you need to change-to-what you need to do

today. Whether you are an educator, workforce practitioner, economic developer,

employer, student or parent, Jim has a message for you.

The Future is Here.

Today’s Speaker–Jim Brazell

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QuoTes

“Jim is a powerful story-teller.”

— Dr. Anne Bryant, Executive Director, National School Boards Association

“Jim sees things through a different lens... and it’s a perspective that community leaders need to share.”

— Richard Anderson, County Judge, Marshall, Texas

“Brazell has mastered the mixed audience. We invite students, parents, faculty, local industry, workforce, and economic development leaders and we get everyone motivated and on the same page!”

— Dr. Bill Segura, Chancellor, Texas State Technical College System

“He showed us all where our future is... he is showing us what we need to be doing now with our students.”

— Alice Gage, CTE Director, Pine Tree High School

“After seeing Jim’s keynote, we hired him for an 8 hour workshop for all workforce practitioners in the state.”

— Jennifer Brackney, Workforce Development Division Manager, City of Peoria

“Jim’s speeches have been a catalyst for workforce, education and economic development innovation in Texas.”

— Kaki Leyens, Office of Employer Initiatives, Texas Workforce Commission

“Brazell is compelling. I have seen him captivate educational audiences from the US to Singapore.”

— Dr. Nelson Heller, President and Publisher, The Heller Reports, A QED Company

“In Stavanger, Norway, we think of elearning before Jim Brazell and after...”

— Atle Lokken, Director NettOP, University of Stavanger

“Brazell addresses the imperative of developmental planning necessary to transition the baton of leadership to the generation that will take us to Mars and beyond.”

— Dr. Francis X. Kane,“Father of Global Positioning System,”

President, Schriever Institute

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The FuTure Is here

“The South Korean government wants to see mass production of networked robots to begin next year and hopes to put a robot in every household by 2020.” — Lovgren, Stefan. A Robot in Every Home by 2020, National Geographic News, September 06, 2006

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Format KeynoteTime 20 Minutes to 2 HoursTopics Culture of InnovationAudience Executive Leadership

The Future is here: emerging Technology, Jobs and Community strategies

We live in a new world--the world of globalization. This is a world where everything

is connected together and everyone is moving at light speed. In virtually every

industry, every city, every school, American communities are asking:

If the world is flat, where do we fit in?

Jim Brazell’s “The Future is Here” is designed to move communities from why they

need to change to how. This keynote investigates emerging technologies, emerging

jobs and community strategies to enhance competitiveness and innovation. Jim

specializes in individual and mixed audiences including industry, education,

workforce and economic development leaders.

If you are looking for more than a keynote, “Talent Network” is a facilitated

workshop designed to be delivered as a follow-up to “The Future is Here”.

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“ After seeing Jim’s keynote, we hired him for an 8 hour workshop for all workforce practitioners in the state.”

— Jennifer Brackney, Workforce Development Division Manager, City of Peoria, IL

TalenT neTWork

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Talent network: engagement strategies for sTeM Workforce and academics

In the world today, no competition is tougher than the talent race. In virtually every industry,

every city, every school, American communities are asking:

How do we build a world class workforce?

“Talent Network” delivers tools, techniques and program ideas to enhance human capital strategy.

If the end goal includes recruiting and retaining more local young people to STEM-based academics

and careers, “Talent Network” is designed to help you produce the capacity for innovation from

within your community.

From robots and video games to career simulation, Jim can teach you how to deliver winning

programs that grow year-to-year.

* STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Format Facilitated WorkshopTime 2 to 8 HoursTopics Human Capital/TalentAudience Human Capital Practitioners

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science Fiction to reality

— Alice Gage, CTE Director, Pine Tree High School

Panoramic Image of Grand Canyon

Spirit Mars Rover

Images courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech

“He showed us all where our future is... he is showing us what we need to be doing now with our students.”

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Format KeynoteTime 20 Minutes to 2 HoursTopics Career ExplorationAudience Students

Charmed Labs $250Consumer robot for panoramic pictures

McMurdo Panorama from Spirit Mars Rover sCIenCe FICTIon To realITY

Technology is moving at breakneck speed. It is not hard to identify examples of science fact

that were science fiction in the past. For example, today’s video game consoles have as much

computing power as a $100 million dollar super computer from the 1990’s. The cars we drive

have as much computing power as rockets used to put man on the moon. Invisible robots are

now embedded in the fabric of everyday life—from ATM machines to airplanes.

Designed specifically for high school students, “Science Fiction to Reality” explores the following

questions: What emerging technologies are changing the way we live, work and play? What are

employers looking for from entry-level job applicants? What are the hot jobs?

Jim has delivered “Science Fiction to Reality” to schools and youth programs with one simple

reaction: “I have never seen anyone hold my students’ attention like Jim Brazell.”

Career exploration for high school students

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29 is the average age of gamers

75% of Americans play video games

17% of gamers are 50 or older

26% of gamers are women 18 or older

21% of gamers are boys 6 to 17

Source: Entertainment Software Association

pandora’s X-BoX

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pandora’s X-Box: Video Games, Virtual Worlds and Mixed reality

While we were not looking, video games leaped out of the box of entertainment into serious

domains such as health care and military training. Games are now a medium giving birth to

new modes of playing, learning and socializing.

Pandora’s X-Box is a way to pierce the veil of play and find out what is happening in the

dynamic world of games. From game builders-to game players-to serious games, Jim Brazell

delivers insights into trends that are shaping new media and mediated-life in the 21st Century.

From emergency response training to language acquisition, video games, virtual worlds and

mixed reality are evolving the media and educational landscape. If you want to know what

is happening in new media, “convergence” and educational technology, Pandora’s X-Box is

designed for your organization.

Format Keynote or Hands-On WorkshopTime 20 Minutes to 4 HoursTopics New MediaAudience General

Compliments of Whyville.net

“ In Stavanger, Norway, we think of elearning before Jim Brazell and after...”

— Atle Lokken, Director NettOP, University of Stavanger

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1965

THE FUTURE IS HERE! San Antonio

2007“ In the spirit of Ed White, children such as Evan Gray make it in the realm of possibilities that the first person to walk on Mars will be from San Antonio.”

– Dr. Francis X. Kane, Father of Global Positioning Systems

Evan Gray San Antonian

World Robotic Champion

Three time international Champion of the K*Bot K’Nex Robot Competition

Ed WhiteSan Antonian

First US Astronaut to walk in space

June 3, 1965

© 2007 • Rio Design

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1965

THE FUTURE IS HERE! San Antonio

2007“ In the spirit of Ed White, children such as Evan Gray make it in the realm of possibilities that the first person to walk on Mars will be from San Antonio.”

– Dr. Francis X. Kane, Father of Global Positioning Systems

Evan Gray San Antonian

World Robotic Champion

Three time international Champion of the K*Bot K’Nex Robot Competition

Ed WhiteSan Antonian

First US Astronaut to walk in space

June 3, 1965

heart of Innovation san antonio 1910 to the Present

What do Mount Rushmore, aerobics, the first US Astronaut to walk in space and the Loch Ness

Monster have in common?

San Antonio

Gutzon Borglum, designer of Mount Rushmore, planned his sculptural project in San Antonio and

wintered in town. Dr. Kenneth Cooper invented aerobics while stationed in San Antonio at the

School of Aerospace Medicine. San Antonian Ed White performed the first US space walk during

the Gemini 4 Mission. And Tom Slick, Jr. was an Indiana Jones-style adventurer who hunted the

Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot and the Yeti.

Journey from 1910 to present and discover San Antonio’s character, its hidden history and its

unique capacity for innovation. In this richly illustrated and entertaining speech, Jim shares a great

story while exemplifying a method for connecting history to industry, education, workforce and

economic development initiatives called “historical marketing.”

If your conference or group is planing to meet in San Antonio, book Jim Brazell for an unparalleled

program that can scale from an after dinner keynote to a bus tour of the city’s sites of innovation.

Format Keynote or Facilitated WorkshopTime 20 Minutes to 2 HoursTopics Historical MarketingAudience General

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Jim Brazell

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Biography-Jim Brazell

Jim Brazell is a consultant, researcher and orator focusing on 21st century issues including

community competitiveness, educational innovation, emerging technology and jobs. Jim’s clients

include think tanks, companies, universities, community colleges, workforce boards, economic

development organizations and K-12 schools.

Jim’s research, writing and speaking have resulted in the formation of Technology, Engineering,

ARTS, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) talent network initiatives in Texas and California. Jim’s

strategies are proven based on four years of work in Texas as a consultant to the University of Texas

at Austin’s Digital Media Collaboratory, IC2 Institute and the Texas State Technical College System.

Between 2004 and 2008, Jim co-authored major reports and briefs on emerging technologies and

their implications to workforce, education and economic development for the State of Texas.

Published research topics include Mechatronics, Digital Convergence, Video Games, Machine-to-

Machine Computing, Crime Scene Technology, High Performance Computing, Combined Heat

and Power and Web Evaluation and Usability.

Jim received a bachelor of science in sociology, Summa Cum Laude, from Bradley University,

Peoria, Illinois, in 1995. While at Bradley, Jim was a George Gilder Fellow in High Technology

and Public Policy and a Principal Investigator of the Interlabs Research Institute and the Social

Informatics Minor. Jim earned national rankings for the Bradley Speech Team, including awards

as a national champion in the American Forensics League and a top-ten overall speaker in the

National Forensics League.

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2008 Speeches (current – 8/08)

National School Boards Association T&L Conference•

Peoria Next•

Maryland School Board Association•

Illinois State Workforce Conference•

Los Angeles County Tech Prep•

Pearland ISD•

National Education Computing Conference•

San Antonio North Chamber of Commerce•

Texas Ed Service Center Region 8•

Austin Community College•

Monroe Community College•

Heartland Region - National Association of Workforce Professionals•

Iowa Manufacturing Conference•

Butler Community College•

Maui Community College•

Alief ISD•

National School Boards Association Annual Conference•

Orlando Science Center•

San Angelo Technical Training Center•

Mt Pleasant High School•

The New York City Department of Education•

Gulf Coast Tech Prep•

Oklahoma State Department of Career and Technical Education•

C-STEM Houston•

Waco Chamber of Commerce•

Community College Futures Assembly•

2007 Speeches

Edgewood Independent School District – San Antonio•

Bryan College Station Workforce Board•

Defense Language Institute•

Victoria Texas Workforce Board•

Nicaragua National University of Agriculture•

Nicaragua National University of Engineering•

Nicaragua Polytechnic University•

Texas State Technical College System and Waco Independent School District•

Genesee Community College•

10th International Conference for Technology Policy and Innovation•

Texas Economic Development Council Annual Meeting•

Texas State Technical College Board of Regents•

Career and Technology Education Association of Texas•

Kilgore Economic Development Council and Region 7 Education Service Center•

Lake City Community College Florida•

Sweetwater ISD and TSTC Sweetwater•

Lubbock Economic Development Association•

National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers•

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National School Board Association Technology and Learning•

Texas Business and Education Honor Roll•

National Council on Workforce Education•

South Plains Lubbock Texas Workforce Board•

National Science Foundation Mechatronics Meeting•

Frisco ISD•

College Station ISD•

Tech Prep of Rio Grande Valley Texas•

2006 Speeches

Texas State Technical College Harlingen•

Texas State Technical College System•

Tenth Annual Texas Workforce Conference•

Texas State Technical College Sweetwater•

National School Board Association Annual Conference•

National Tech Prep Network Annual Conference•

Stavanger Norway Economic Development Association •

San Antonio City Public Service Executive Retreat•

Genesee Community College •

Texas Economic Development Council Annual Conference•

Naval Post Graduate School•

International University Presidents Conference•

Austin Video Game Conference•

Austin Community College•

US Army Morale, Recreation and Welfare Annual Conference•

Texoma Workforce and Economic Development Conference•

Northwest Vista College•

Chautauqua Institute•

Learning Strategies Consortium Conference•

EduComm•

National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development•

Weatherford College•

Air Force Education and Training Command Conference•

World Congress on Information Technology•

Texas P-16 Leadership Conference•

South-by-Southwest•

Training 2006 Conference and Expo•

The Guildhall at SMU•

Texas A&M University•

The Gallop Organization•

University of Texas at San Antonio•

St. Mary’s University•

Sam Houston High School•

Texas Workforce Commission Quarterly Summit•

California Community College’s Economic and Workforce Development Program •

Orlando Science Center•

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Brazell, Jim. Web Usability and Evaluation: A Program for Emerging Technologies Brief. Austin, Texas: Texas State Technical College System, 2008.

Full Brief: Forthcoming

Vanston, John H., Henry Elliott, James Irwin, Jim Brazell, and Michael Bettersworth. Mechatronics Forecast: Implications for Texas Community and Technical Colleges. Austin, Texas: Texas State Technical College System, 2007.

Table of Contents: http://system.tstc.edu/forecasting/reports/mechatronics.asp

Brazell, Jim, Laurel Donoho, John Dexheimer, Robert Hanneman, George Langdon, and Eliza Evans M2M: The Wireless Revolution. A Technology Forecast, Implications for Community and Technical Colleges in the State of Texas. Austin, Texas: Texas State Technical College System and IC2 Institute, University of Texas Austin, 2005. ISBN 0976850346

Table of Contents: http://www.system.tstc.edu/forecasting/reports/m2m.asp

Brazell, Jim, Nicholaus Kim, Honoria Starbuck, Eliza Evans, and Michael Bettersworth. Gaming: A Technology Forecast, Implications for Texas Community and Technical Colleges Austin, Texas: Texas State Technical College System and IC2 Institute, University of Texas Austin, 2004. ISBN 0978677358

Table of Contents: http://www.system.tstc.edu/forecasting/reports/dgames.asp

Evans, Eliza, Michael Sekora, Alexander Cavalli, Kinman Chan, Jeeyoung Heo Kenneth Kan, Yue Kuang, Prakash Mohandas, Xiaoxiang Zhang, and Jim Brazell. Digital Convergence Initiative: Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Texas. San Marcos, Texas: Greater Austin- San Antonio Corridor Council, 2005.

Full Report: http://www.dcitexas.org/DCI_report.pdf

Brazell, Jim. Combined Heat and Power: A Program for Emerging Technologies Brief. Austin, Texas: Texas State Technical College System, 2006.

Full Brief: http://www.system.tstc.edu/forecasting/techbriefs/chp.asp

Brazell, Jim. Crime Scene Technologist: A Program for Emerging Technologies Brief. Austin, Texas: Texas State Technical College System, 2006.

Full Brief: http://www.system.tstc.edu/forecasting/techbriefs/cstech.asp

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