The document summarizes the key topics discussed at the 2011 National Jobs Conference. The main points included aligning state agencies and local governments to reduce red tape for businesses, making funding more accessible by simplifying applications, exploring opportunities for cooperation and convergence between sectors and areas to build critical mass, activating social entrepreneurs and capital through networking events, marketing local opportunities to both domestic and international markets, and harnessing new technologies like the web. The overall goal was to facilitate job creation through communities and businesses working together with support from local and national government.