Modern day businesses are exploring the unknown. Social networking, free flow of information, and increasingly open development standards are making commerce more intimate. In this intimate climate, organizations must place an emphasis on creating cultures of innovation where diversity of thought and hotbeds of expression are valued. Companies do not build on ideas; they build on culture. These are the principles that inform the 21st Century workplace. Jobs in Indiana are hard to come by these days. But the Orr Fellowship is working to stem that tide of job losses by being an applied training vehicle for recent graduates and creating Indianapolis area jobs for pursuit by a skilled workforce. This Indiana Fellowship that can help bridge the gap between a 20th century training in high school and college, and the 21st century skills necessary for success in a global, information based economy. In the process, entry level jobs turn into opportunities for recent graduates to help remake Indiana into a 21st century economy.
Nate Bullock is a second-year Orr Fellow at Brightpoint America's. The son of a construction manager and bank teller, Nate was educated at Bethesda Christian School in Brownsburg, Indiana. He went on to study Political Science, Communication Studies, and Economics at Indiana University where he was a Top 100 student, Captain of the Speech and Debate Team, and Head Delegate to the National Model United Nations in New York. You'll find him on the golf course, working with Indianapolis-based TechPoint Foundation and the Statewide Political Action Committee, Sign Big.
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