| 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Pre-Conference: 2017 Goodwill for America's Heroes Summit [More Info] |
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| 8:30 am - 12:00 pm | How to Intentionally Implement Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in My Goodwill [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 12:30 pm | Credentials to Careers: Stairways to Success Pre-conference [More Info] |
| 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | GoodGuides® Annual Subgrantee Business Meeting [More Info] |
| 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | LifeLaunch Annual Subgrantee Business Meeting [More Info] |
| 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Careers in Technology Annual Subgrantee Business Meeting [More Info] |
| 10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Mission Impact Pre-Pilot Meeting [More Info] |
| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Poverty Simulation [More Info] |
| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Kickoff General Session: The Power of Peer Networks [More Info] |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Welcome Reception [More Info] |
| 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Dine-Arounds [More Info] |
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| 6:30 am - 7:30 am | Goodwill Fit [More Info] |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 am - 11:45 am | Operational Leadership for Extraordinary Impact - Part I [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 9:45 am | The Rational Behavior of Poverty - Implications of the Benefit Cliff [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 9:45 am | How Mobile Technology has Altered Job-Searching - For Better or Worse? [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 9:45 am | What to Expect with the New Administration: Emerging Human Resources Trends and Issues, Part 1 [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 9:45 am | SNAP Funding for Training [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 9:45 am | Collective Impact [More Info] |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Networking Break in the Member Marketplace |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Digital Technology in Mission Services [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | What to Expect with the New Administration: Emerging Human Resources Trends and Issues, Part 2 [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Make Your Resource Development Plan a Success [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Ready, Set, Grow! Cultivating Careers through College Pathways in High Growth Sectors [More Info] |
| 11:15 am - 1:15 pm | Lunch in the Member Marketplace [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 4:45 pm | Operational Leadership for Extraordinary Impact , Part II [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | You Have to Start Somewhere: Collaborations, Connections and Career Readiness to Help Youth Get (and Keep!) Their First Job [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Dream Big: Harnessing Data for Impact [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Fostering Happier Employees and Greater Bench Strength! Education for Personal and Professional Growth (VT-HR) [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Leverage Mission Integration for Economic Mobility [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Explore MyGoodwill: Features, Search, Communities and Collaboration [More Info] |
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Networking Break in the Member Marketplace |
| 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Competitive Compensation: Putting Policy into Practice [More Info] |
| 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Creating a Development Plan to Maximize Fundraising Success [More Info] |
| 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Creating Pipelines Between Programs [More Info] |
| 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Digital Learning Technologies Trends for 2017 [More Info] |
| 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Measuring Progress: Results from the Mission Impact Pre-Pilot [More Info] |
| 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Upskill Houston Initiative [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Goodwill Industries of Houston Night Out [More Info] |
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| 6:30 am - 7:30 am | Goodwill Fit [More Info] |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast in the Member Marketplace |
| 8:30 am - 9:45 am | Town Hall with Jim Gibbons, President and CEO, GII [More Info] |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Networking Break in the Member Marketplace |
| 10:15 am - 11:30 am | Competitive Benefits: Comparing Your Benefits Package to Your Peers [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:30 am | Creating Career Pathways with the Apartment Industry [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:30 am | State ABLE Accounts: Strengthening Financial Stability and Capabilities [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:30 am | GII’s Technology-Based Learning Practice: Virtual Coaching and Mentoring [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:30 am | Redirecting Mission Using Strategic Planning [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:30 am | Creating Meaningful Data Visualizations with PowerPoint and Excel [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 1:30 pm | Lunch on Your Own |
| 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | HR Brown Bag Meetup [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | A Second Chance at a Great Life – Servicing People Who Were Formerly Incarcerated [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Effective Practices in Long-Term Follow-Up with Program Participants [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Life Guides – Breaking the Barriers of Generational Poverty [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | From Recruiters to Partners: Creating Value for the Business [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Leadership Development – A 360 Assessment and Coaching Approach [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Aligning Goodwill's Mission: The Link Between Human Resources, Operations and Mission Impact [More Info] |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | The Future of Federal Funding: What We Know [More Info] |
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Networking Break in the Member Marketplace |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Member-to-Member Showcase: A Focus on Leadership, Learning and Research [More Info] |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Goodwill Career Center MeetUp [More Info] |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | GoodTrak Users Group Meeting [More Info] |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Building Employee Savings Using Paycards with a Savings Feature [More Info] |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | High School Career Navigator Program: How Career Coaching and Group Discussion Help Raise Post-Secondary Success [More Info] |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Performance Management Tools [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | 2017 Spring Conference Recognition Reception [More Info] |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Sector-focused and Mission Support Affinity Group Reception [More Info] |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | IHG Academy Reception (invitation only) [More Info] |
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| 6:30 am - 7:30 am | Goodwill Fit [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | The Data Analytics Initiative: Empowering Goodwill Members through Bigger, Better and Faster Data - Breakfast Session [More Info] |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Networking Break |
| 10:00 am - 11:15 am | Effective Strategies for Retaining Participants in Job Training Programs [More Info] |
| 10:00 am - 11:15 am | Creating a Leadership Mentoring Program at Your Goodwill [More Info] |
| 10:00 am - 11:15 am | Adhering to the Wealth Transfer [More Info] |
| 10:00 am - 11:15 am | Building Community Partnerships to Serve Youth [More Info] |
| 10:00 am - 11:15 am | Getting Connected through SafeLink- Equipping Participants with Free SmartPhones [More Info] |
| 10:00 am - 11:15 am | GII’s Technology Based Learning – Mobile [More Info] |
| 10:00 am - 11:15 am | Learning and Leading Into the Future Conversation [More Info] |
| 11:15 am - 1:00 pm | Lunch on Your Own |
| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Goodwill Industries of Houston Tour [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm | Conference Concludes |
