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What is Vocademy?
Imagine a place that teaches hands-on, vocational, and DIY skills. THEN add a dream workshop where you can make anything YOU want to make. It will be a gathering place for those who want to learn, build, create, share and become Makers!
Schools used to have "shop" classes. Whether it was wood shop, metal shop, welding or art class, it was a place for "makers." Those who wanted to use their hands, in addition to their minds. It was the ideal place for those who love to tinker, to take things apart and put them together. These were the inspirational starting places for the many people (like you) who love to create!
Some were lucky enough to have a dad or an uncle who had a workshop in their garage and was willing to share their know-how. But now these places are very rare, if not completely gone. Even the cost of building your own workshop is incredibly expensive and time consuming. But the people who still want to make things and want to learn new skills (like you) still exist...
What we propose is simple.
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First, a place that teaches many different fundamental skills and practical knowledge through affordable and easy to understand classes. These classes will teach you the "20 for 80 Concept" where we will cover the 20% of knowledge that you would use 80% of the time. The classes will be taught by those who have years of experience, and lean heavily toward the practical knowledge with minimal "theory."
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Second, a community workshop where you can use these new skills to make, fix, or build anything you desire. It's like a gym, but instead of exercise equipment and weights, we will have all machines, tools and "personal trainers" to help you. But, our "personal trainers" are people with years of hands-on and real life experience. They are there to teach you, guide you and help with your projects!
and we need your help!
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People connections! Do you know someone who could help our vision come true?? In city or local government that could get behind our plans?
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Equipment companies! Companies that would be willing to become a sponsor and/or benefactors? To donate the equipment, supplies, tools or ???
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Professional skills! Are you good at business management? Web Development? Accounting? Business plans? We cannot do this alone.
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Blue collar skills & personality! We will need help when it comes time to build, improve, and get our facility ready.
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Volunteers! Is this the kind of place you would want to hang out, learn and make things? Then help us make it happen!
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Advocates & Evangelists! Spread the word, tell others, let them know what a huge benefit a Vocademy Workshop would be to the Inland Empire!
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Interested in more info? Comments? Suggestions? Just let us know: VocademyUSA@gmail.com