This is a simple presentation explaining what Digital City Mechanics has to offer.

1. Presentation to potential Digital City Partners Marc Canter, CEO Digital City Mechanics

2. Jobs New system for creating Jobs Combines Job Training, Job Creation and On-line tech skills Produce in Digital Bureaus: Local events Large-scale Multimedia projects Live Video Help Job skills Training

3. Sustainable Model Build on Government and Foundation support Drive engine with on-line multimedia projects Seed entrepreneurial activity Help promulgate open platforms of innovation

4. Focus All jobs of the future will require hi-tech on-line jobs skills Connect the real-world to the on-line world Help support and create local on-line efforts Help create an open software platform in the area which others can build upon

5. Virtuous Circle Trainees progress through a series of training, internships and hands-on experience Volunteers provide real-time Help, trainees also volunteer locally, points system setup Focus on real-world connecting to on-line world Everyday skills used on-line: Digital media - Collaborative tools - Wikis Social networking - Scheduling - Email

6. New kind of system integrator 501c3 partnerships: research grants, writeoffs Professional services arm: Job Training Operate Digital Bureaus Configure and build custom software solutions Content producer: Produce large-scale multimedia projects Games, Visualizations, Simulations, Video, Images

7. Pilot program Small Digital Bureau: $75k per month (1/2 to interns) 1-3 large multimedia projects Several live events, in conjunction with local Orgs Jobs training with hands-on projects Start in Cleveland, expand to NEO – then Nationwide and International (Malaysia)

8. What is a Digital City? IBM = “Smart Grids” Cisco = “Video tele-presence” Microsoft = “Health, Energy and Enterprise” Digital City Mechanics = “Digital Citizens with Digital Jobs”

9. Goals 5k Jobs in 5 years in Cleveland/NEO region Local Digital Economy ecosystem Set trend that corporations can sponsor content which will create local jobs International brand “Build Digital Cities”

10. New Company Marc Canter moved here from California Co-founder of Macromedia Building relationships Establishing credibility Creating Jobs in the area