SCSEP Pre-conference

 

Annual SCSEP Business meeting where subgrantees will share effective practices and discuss common strategies for successful performance. This pre-conference is for SCSEP subgrantees only.

 

Registration Fee: $65 covers the cost of lunch, all day beverages and meeting materials.

  

GoodPaths Pre-conference 

 

Share insights, best practices, updates on performance, and plans to move forward. This pre-conference is for GoodPaths subgrantees only.

 

Registration Fee: $65 covers the cost of lunch, all day beverages and meeting materials.

 

Apprenticeships Forum

 

Discuss opportunities for members to operate as apprenticeship intermediaries and implement effective business, community, and education partners to establish meaningful registered apprenticeship programs. Walk away with tools and resources to move your idea of apprenticeship to action.

 

Registration Fee: $65 covers the cost of lunch, all day beverages and meeting materials.

  

Operation: GoodJobs Pre-conference

 

In this session, Operation: GoodJobs subgrantess will discuss pain points, effective practices and strategies to improve care and service delivery for veterans and military familes to meet grant performance. This pre-conference is for Operation: GoodJobs subgrantees only.

 

Registration Fee: $65 covers the cost of lunch, all day beverages and meeting materials.

Business Engagement Through Public/Private Partnerships One Day At a Time

 

Discuss strategies for building and developing public/private partnerships with corporate and public partners to support Goodwill employment strategies.   Goodwill members will hear from, and have an interactive dialogue with, a panel of experts on recommended strategic and practical approaches focused on programs designed to meet immediate, practical employment needs. 

 

In this session we will focus on how public/private partnerships support employers’ needs and benefits Goodwill members. 

 

Panelists include: 

 

•         Julian Alvarez, Texas Labor Workforce Commissioner, State of Texas 

•         Kimberley Lewis, President & CEO Goodwill East Texas 

•         David Elcock, Executive Director, The International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals & Chief Diversity Officer, Lynx Technology Partners, Inc.

Improving Participant Engagement through Support Services

 

Explore opportunities for improving participant engagement in programming by leveraging support and stabilization services available through grant funding, leveraged resources and community partners.

 

Grant Management to Maximize Performance Outcomes

 

Grant Management is key to maximizing your mission services and achieving organizational, strategic and grant outcomes. In this session, we will discuss grant management and project management strategies that ensure success for Goodwill staff and participants. 

Engage with Indeed: Making the Most of Online Job Search Tools

 

Goodwill Industries International and Indeed have partnered to help more struggling job seekers secure a job and get on a path to greater economic opportunity. During this two-part session, Indeed will provide details about this partnership and facilitate small group discussions with Workforce Advancement professionals to learn more about their core services, the common challenges they face, and how Indeed's technology and insights might enhance their offering.

Soft-skills Training and the Tools that Support IT

 

This session will share the essential elements of providing efficient soft skills training for program participants. Session speakers will also provide attendees with innovative tools used to ensure the effective delivery of soft skills training. 

Engage with Indeed: Making the Most of Online Job Search Tools (Repeated Session)

 

Goodwill Industries International and Indeed have partnered to help more struggling job seekers secure a job and get on a path to greater economic opportunity. During this two-part session, Indeed will provide details about this partnership and facilitate small group discussions with Workforce Advancement professionals to learn more about their core services, the common challenges they face, and how Indeed's technology and insights might enhance their offering. 

Inclusion and Diversity for Equity: A New Leadership Opportunity

 

How has the work you’re doing and your community changed in the past year? Five years? Ten years? Do you know or suspect that some community members have barriers to accessing your programs? What are some of the tactics you’ve used to overcome participants’ barriers to provide quality programming, and who’s still missing? And what the heck is equity, anyway?

Change is inevitable, but growth is a choice. Join us and engage in embracing change, learn about yourself, how inclusion and diversity efforts can advance the mission and strengthen your brand, and result in positive outcomes for your program

Supercharge Your PR Writing and Storytelling Skills

 

Subgrantees will learn the art of generating buzz and brand positioning to increase public awareness of their digital skills training programs. Participants will learn specific techniques to:

 

• replace a passive voice with an active voice;

• slash wordiness and still communicate effectively;

• recognize news media opportunities; and

• understand how to share success stories with reporters.

 

 

Sunday, April 28, 2018

Pre-conference – Day Two

 

 

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration and Hospitality

 

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Building a Successful Foundation for Your CARF Survey

 

About the time you think you’ve got it, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) standards change again! Not to worry, we’re here to help. During this pre-conference, we will review the ASPIRE sections of the CARF standards most frequently applied during surveys at Goodwill organizations. We will focus on critical standards that can impact accreditation outcomes, recent standards changes and the most challenging standards for Goodwills. Whether you are due for accreditation during 2019 or you have recently completed a survey, this session will help you stay current with the process and learn ways to demonstrate conformance.

 

Registration Fee: $65 covers the cost of breakfast, all day beverages and meeting materials. 

 

 

9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Goodwill - Your Digital Skills Training Destination

 

Strategies on how to make your Goodwill the premier digital skills training provider in your community. This pre-conference is for Goodwill Digital Career Accelerator® GoodProspects® 4Careers, Careers in Technology, and Skills to Succeed Academy subgrantees only.

 

Registration Fee: $65 covers the cost of lunch, all day beverages and meeting materials.

 

 

 

Reentry Employment Opportunity Pre-conference

 

An interactive session for subgrantees including opportunities to collaborate on reentry best practices and learn innovative techniques for serving individuals with criminal records.  This pre-conference is for Young Adult LifeLaunch, Adult LifeLaunch and Goodwill Adult Reentry Project subgrantees only.

 

Registration Fee: $65 covers the cost of lunch, all day beverages and meeting materials.

 

 

Goodwill Digital Career Accelerator® (GDCA) & Google IT Support Professional

 

The GII Digital Skills team will discuss the importance of outcomes and how they can positively impact storytelling, mission marketing, and influence the potential for future funding. The team will share information from Google's impact report. This breakout session is for GDCA and Google IT subgrantees only.

Careers in Technology/CareerTECH IT Incubator

 

We will share insights, best practices and lessons learned around the implementation of technology training programs. Subgrantees will also discuss program sustainability to help training continue without the use of grant funds.

GoodProspects® for Careers

 

Share insights, best practices, and lessons learned from the pilot program in order to create or revise strategies moving forward. This breakout session is for GoodProspects® for Careers subgrantees only.