FROM MAKING TO MANUFACTURING: next level community engagement

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Making MontanaKalispell, MT

Maker Faire RomeRome, Italy

Maker MediaSan Francisco, CA

Hello!

Megan Glidden, Community Engagment Librarian

Connie Behe, Assistant Director

• Aspen Report• Community Impact• Library superpowers

Students and

Teachers

2014

Rising to the Challenge:Re-Envisioning Public Libraries

Community Alignment

Economic Dev.

Maker Skills

1. Aspen report

Community Alignment

Collaborate

ID Joint Objectives

Broadcast Impact

• Montana West Economic Development

• School District 5

• Kalispell Chamber of Commerce

• Kalispell Job Service

OBJECTIVESManufacturers gained

a greater awareness

of skills that are

currently taught in

most local schools,

that are important to

manufacturing.

“The library often plays a key role as a

connectorIn forming

relationships across the community.”

“Libraries … providing a

connection between industry and

education. “

2. Economic

DEVELOPMENT

3. MAKING SKILLS =

MANUFACTURING SKILLS21st Century Skills

“opportunities for

lifelong learning must be abundant”

“I had no idea there were so many manufacturing opportunities in our area for our kids.” - Teacher

“The world can do so many amazing things, and its all here!” - Student

Imagination

Memory

Endurance

Intuition

Imagination

materialization

Memory

Predicting the future

endurance

Super strength

intuition

telepathy

• Hands on activities

• Getting people there

• Buzzworthy

3DogModeling

Skill: Iterative Design

Meissenburg Designs

Skill: Creativity

5 Sparrows

Skill: Creativity

Mission Design

Solutions

Skill: Attention to Detail

Advanced Refrigeration

Skill: Communication

National Flood Services

Skill: Decision making

Alamon Telco Inc

Skill: Research

Nomad GCS

Skill: Innovation

Friday, February 24, 2017Find the manufacturers and makers that interest you. Use

the stickers to capture your impressions.

Manufacturers

• Connection

• Project management

• Creativity

100%

1,527 students

26 manufacturers

35 makers

“The kinds of work displayed are fascinating. You can learn more about what you want to be!” Alexa, 8th grade

“It’s a thrill for the brain.” Paula, Teacher

I am grateful for all they [ImagineIF Librarians] and the Kalispell community are doing to enable and empower students while driving economic development.

– Aaron Pratt, Business Development Manager, Governor’s Office of Econ. Dev.

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THANKS!Any questions?You can find us at mglidden@imagineiflibraries.orgcbehe@imagineiflibraries.org

1. Doherty, Dale. 2016. “Free to Make: How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds”

1. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/29/everyday-heroes-8-super-powers_n_3499118.html