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The Mississippi Entrepreneur Training Program provides a comprehensive approach to self-employment for dislocated workers. It works through a partnership among WIN Job Centers, Small Business Development Centers, Mississippi’s 15 community and junior colleges, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, and TMI.   Through June 30, 2011 a total of 235 individuals had completed training....
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Building Enterprise-Ready Places, People, Programs, and Regional Identity Today, citizens in the 37-county West Alabama – East Mississippi (WAEM) WIRED zone are just beginning to identify this area as a “region.”  Parts of it lie in West Alabama, East Mississippi, the Black Belt, and the Pine Belt..  Perhaps the only across-the-region attribute is an...
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Initiative: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Training Period: January 2002 through December 2003 Funding: Two grants from The Riley Foundation: 1) $135,000 for January 2002 through March 31, 2003 2) $67,755for April 1, 2003 through December 15, 2003 Purpose: The purpose of this project was to initiate leadership training in Stephen Covey’s The...
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Initiative: REGIONAL ACADEMY FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN EAST MISSISSIPPI Period: September 2001 through July 2004 Funding: Phil Hardin Foundation provided $155,040 and the Wallace Foundation (formerly Readers’ Digest) provide $35,000. Purpose: The Regional Academy for Educational Leadership will help build a critical mass of educators and community members with the understanding and commitment necessary...
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A Vision for Clarke County’s Future resulted from a strong desire by the people of Clarke County to take charge of their own destiny. Major plant closures had severely impacted the local economy with unemployment rising to 19.9%. A story in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger by Clarke County native Scott Waller described the economic situation...
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Overview: TMI operated The Educational Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) in partnership with Mississippi State University from 2003 through 2007. EPFP is a national educational leadership development program sponsored by the Institute for Education Leadership. Initiative: The Educational Policy Fellowship Program: Building Communities & Supporting Leadership Development Period: 2002 to 2008 Funding: Initial funding was...
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Overview: In November 2001, TMI in partnership with the Southern Rural Development Center gathered over 100 citizen leaders from the region together to review the latest State of the South report. A number of challenges were made clear by the report. To better assess and respond to these challenges, the group recommended the formation...
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To view videos from the 2007 Governor’s Summit please click here.
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