Managing Your Message
Julie Moore, Decatur Memorial Hospital.
- Are you managing your message and community image effectively? This session offers simple rules and tricks of the trade to effectively work with local media to manage your message when the news is good, and even when not so good. Managing your Message Presentation (PDF).
Workforce Development… Down on the Farm?
Terra Brockman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Mike Sands, Liberty Prairie Foundation; Jeff Hawes, Black Hawk College.
There is a burgeoning segment of small farm operations that provide good jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities to those with the right skills. Learn about these jobs and innovative training programs that support 21st century local farms.
Not Your Father's Ag Sector Presentation (PDF)
Bridges to Tomorrow
Judith Kossy, Council for Adult Experiential Learning; Cathy Kirby, Office of Community College Research and Leadership; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Tom DuBois, Instituto del Progresso Latino; Amy Santacanterina, City of Chicago Office of Community Development.
TAA/TGAAA & Health Coverage Tax Credit
Janet Rosentreter, DCEO; Gerardo Lara & Richard Skinner, DOL/ETA Region 5;
Michael Gavin & Susanne Sehnalek, Accenture; Deborah Geier, IDES
- Receive a general overview of the substantial differences between the 'old' and the new TAA/TGAAA programs, as well as new TGAAA program policies, procedures, forms, roles and responsibilities, new program reporting criteria, and IWDS changes.
Work Collaboratively with Anyone (Well, Almost Anyone)
Christine Hill, Collaborative Nature; Marge Combe, Vernal Management Consultants, LLC
- Good collaboration between individuals and organizations begins at the interpersonal level. Learn about techniques to improve your collaborative skills.
Sectors and Clusters and All Those Numbers
Mitch Daniels, IDES; Jeanne Kitchens & Oana Amaria, Illinois workNet™
- Learn how workforce professionals and our customers can use tools such as Illinois workNet and Labor Market Information to make good strategic and case management decisions and access topical information on our key sectors.
ARRA- Where are we now?
Larry Good, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
- Where is the nation now that we’re over six months into the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act? This session provides an overview of nation Recovery Act policy and implementation issues and implications for how we do business. ARRA Revisited Presentation (PDF)
Serving Those Who Served Our Nation
Lane Knox, Gil LaRoche & Richard Wuthrich, IDES; Ray Williams & Jim Potts, DCEO
- Learn how the various programs that provide services to veterans can collaborate to align resources and improve overall service to veterans. This includes priority of service, misconceptions about veterans programs, and a general overview of programs designed specifically for veterans. Serving Those Who Served Our Nation Presentation (PDF)
Organizational Collaboration: Why collaborate when you THINK everything is working fine?
Christine Hill, Collaborative Nature; Mary Pat Olson, Metro Chicago Healthcare Council;
Kathy Lively, MAN-TRA-CON; Kelli Hill, Economic Development Council of Bloomington Normal Area
- Learn about regional collaborative efforts from those who “have been there”. Here what works and what doesn’t from organizations just starting out and those already running effective collaborations. Why Collaborate Presentation (PDF)
Biotechnology: Out of the Laboratory and into the Economy
Ann Reed, I-Bio Institute; Kristy Kuzmuk, Division of Biomedical Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Chassy, Campus Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Biotechnology is moving out of the lab and into manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and environmental uses. Learn about the many fascinating applications for biotechnology, and its associated career opportunities.
The Boys and Girls of Summer
Larry Good, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; Jill Meseke, DCEO Bureau of Workforce Development
- An Overview of the summer youth programs, including national issues, along with the opportunity to share how the summer youth program worked in your area and discuss best practices and lessons learned from the Summer of ’09. Summer Youth 09 Presentation (PDF)
Ticket 2 Work: A Renewed Funding Opportunity
Elizabeth Jennings, National Disability Institute
- Learn about the benefits of applying to become a Ticket to Work Employment Network, followed by a “walk-through” of the application process
Disability Initiatives
Karen McCulloh & Joe Chiappetta, disabilityworks
- This session is an interactive training designed to educate professionals on how to effectively communicate and feel comfortable while interacting with customers and staff who have disabilities.
Green … is Good
Larry Good, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; Dave Gallagher, State Energy Sector Partnership
- Green is everywhere but where it is now, really? Where is Green headed? This session will provide information on current green issues from across the country, and green initiatives already underway in the Land of Lincoln. Green Jobs Presentation (PDF)
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