Nationwide

National Evaluation Orientation

Webinar Date: 
June 30, 2011

Facilitator: Steve Adams, National Fund for Workforce Solutions

Presenters: Suzi Teegarden, Workforce Learning Strategies

        Stephen Michon, Workforce Learning Strategies

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The Community Health Center Workforce: New Developments in Policy and Practice

Webinar Date: 
May 17, 2011

Facilitators:  Gloria Mwase, Jobs for the Future and Randall Wilson, Jobs for the Future

Presenters:  Jason Patnosh, National Director/Associate Vice President of the National Association of Community Health Center; and Joanna Cataldo, Director of Education and Training, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center 

 

Strategies for Engaging Unions and Employers

Webinar Date: 
January 11, 2011

This webinar provides an overview of strategies for engaging unions and employers in the construction sector in order to expand job opportunities and benefits for workers in the industry. It's a helpful refresher for those already working with unions in the construction sector and useful for those new to engaging labor organizations and the employers they work with.

Facilitator and Presenter:  Tommy Burress

Presenters:  Nancy Mills, Tom Gannon, Ragini Kapadia

Transforming Pink to Green: Moving Women into Jobs in the Green Economy

Webinar Date: 
March 8, 2011

Facilitator and Presenter:  Laura Sugerman

Presenters:  Deanna Hodges, Donna Addkinson, Camille Cormier

Pathways out of Poverty: Green Institute Follow Up

Webinar Date: 
May 10, 2011

 Facilitator:  Deborah Kobes, Jobs for the Future

Pathways out of Poverty, April Webinar

Webinar Date: 
April 12, 2011

Facilitator/presenter:  Ragini Kapadia

Other Presenters:  Tommy Burress and Tom Gannon

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National Fund for Workforce Solutions: Jobs Numbers Better Than Expected, But Slower Than needed

Calls for dual focus on job creation, job training to help employers find qualified workers

Date: 
May 6, 2011
  • Policymakers

Fred Dedrick Discusses Jobs, Workforce Development on Radio Program

05/03/2011
| BY National Fund Staff

NFWS Executive Director Fred Dedrick appeared on The Lincoln Brown Show yesterday. Click here to listen to the audio.

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National Fund for Workforce Solutions Expresses Disappointment in Latest Jobless Claims Report

Calls Unemployment “America’s Biggest Challenge”

Boston, MA (April 21, 2011) — The National Fund for Workforce Solutions (NFWS), an award-winning national initiative focused on helping low-wage workers obtain good careers while ensuring that employers can find workers with high-quality skills that will enable them to succeed in a highly competitive economy, expressed disappointment in the Labor Department report on jobless claims. In a statement released today, NFWS Executive Director Fred Dedrick stated in part:

Date: 
April 21, 2011

Developing and Using Industry-Recognized Credentials

Webinar Date: 
March 24, 2011

Presenters:  John Hattery, Steve Maloney, and Joseph C. Vargo

Discuss strategies that workforce development practitioners in the construction, manufacturing and "green" sectors can use to support developing and using industry recognized credentials:

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Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College & Career Training Grant Program

Webinar Date: 
February 24, 2011

Facilitator:  Randall Wilson, Jobs for the Future

Presenters:  Ray Uhalde and Mary Clagett, Jobs for the Future

Supporting Apprenticeship Retention & Completion

Webinar Date: 
February 17, 2011

 

Facilitator: Allison Gerber

Presenters: Rhandi Berth, Vice President, Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership and Dr. Eric Roe, Director, Employ Florida Banner Center for Advanced Manufacturing

 

Webinar Files: 
  • Employers & Employees
  • Funders
  • Policymakers

An Interview with Damian Thorman, new National Fund Chair

12/08/2010
| BY National Fund Staff

The National Fund for Workforce Solutions is at a critical, exciting moment. The grant we received from the Corporation for National and Community Service as part of its landmark Social Innovation Fund is allowing us to expand the work of many of our current collaboratives and add six to eight new sites, primarily in the South and Southwest. At this critical moment, new leadership takes the helm of the National Fund.

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Damian Thorman, National Program Director at Knight Foundation, named Chair of National Fund for Workforce Solutions

BOSTON, MA (December 8, 2010) — Proclaiming the “transformational” potential of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, Damian Thorman of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation figuratively accepted the gavel as Chair of the groundbreaking effort to prepare jobseekers and workers for careers in a post-recession economy.

Date: 
December 8, 2010

NFWS Community College Affinity Group

Webinar Date: 
September 28, 2010

Presenters:

Geri Scott, Program Director, Jobs for the Future

Othello Meadows, Executive Director, Omaha Workforce Funding Collaborative

Andrew Rainbolt, Workforce Development Consultant, Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

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NFWS Online Reporting Webinar

Webinar Date: 
November 18, 2010

Presenters:

Fred Dedrick, Suzi Teegarden, Leanne Giordono, Kendra Lodewick

Social Innovation Fund Bidders Webinar

Webinar Date: 
November 5, 2010

Presenter: Fred Dedrick

Social Innovation Fund (SIF) Bidder's Webinar

Webinar Date: 
October 5, 2010

Presenter:  Fred Dedrick

NFWS Community College Affinity Group

Webinar Date: 
August 24, 2010

 Presenters:

Deborah Boisvert, Principal Investigator, Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Connections

Elaine DeLott Baker, Senior Counsel for Community Engagement, Community College of Denver and director of the college's Breaking Through and College Connection programs

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NFWS Community College Affinity Group

Webinar Date: 
July 27, 2010

Presenters:

Anne Loochtan, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Mercy College of Northwest Ohio, and President of the National Network of Health Career Programs in Two-Year Colleges (NN2)

Virginia Thompson, Sustainable Healthcare Sector Manager, US EPA Region 3

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NFWS Community College Affinity Group

Webinar Date: 
June 29, 2010

Presenters:

Laura Weidner, Dean of Workforce Development, Anne Arundel Community College

Debbie Logan, Project Director, Mississippi Office of Nursing Workforce

 

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NFWS Community College Affinity Group

Webinar Date: 
April 27, 2010

Presenter:

Jim Hermes,Director of Government Relations, American Association of Community Colleges

Facilitators:

Gretchen  Cheney, Consultant to American Association of Community Colleges

Jennifer Worth, American Association of Community Colleges  

  

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NFWS Community College Affinity Group

Webinar Date: 
March 23, 2010

 Presenter/Facilitator:

Jennifer Worth, American Association of Community Colleges

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NFWS Community College Affinity Group

Webinar Date: 
May 25, 2010

Presenters:

Todd Cohen, Sustainability Program Manager, American Association of Community Colleges

Leticia Barajas, Dean of Academic Affairs, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College  (Los Angeles, CA) 

Julie Brown, Director of Education and Outreach Programs, Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (Danville, VA)

Green Pathways Peer Learning Meeting

On September 22-23, 2010, the National Fund held a Peer Learning Meeting on Green Career Pathways in Chicago, IL. The goals for this meeting were:

  • Explore approaches to developing green careers and advancing lower-skilled adults.
  • Share strategies and lessons for engaging employers in green career pathways.
  • Identify ways to leverage local, state and federal efforts in support of the creation and expansion of green career pathways.

On this page, you will find the following information from that meeting:

Knight Foundation invests $1.1 million in National Fund for Workforce Solutions, Building on Community-Based Efforts to Promote Jobs and Careers

BOSTON, MA (August 25, 2010) – At a time when concern about job growth dominates the economic news, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a new $1.1 million grant to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions to test local approaches to preparing jobseekers and workers for careers.

Date: 
August 25, 2010
  • Employers & Employees
  • Funders

Knight Foundation invests $1.1 million in National Fund for Workforce Solutions

08/25/2010
| BY National Fund Staff

At a time when concern about job growth dominates the economic news, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a new $1.1 million grant to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions to test local approaches to preparing jobseekers and workers for careers.

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Industrialized Workforce Development for Manufacturers

Webinar Date: 
May 20, 2010

Speakers:

Wendy Merrick, Program Director, West Central Initiative

Bill Martinson, Business Development Specialist, Enterprise Minnesota

How to get Employers Engaged in the Professional Development of Frontline Workers

Webinar Date: 
April 20, 2010

Speakers:
William T. Lecher, Senior Clinical Director, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Michael Paruta, Director of the Workforce Development Division, Women & Infants Hospital

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