Retool or Retire (March 11, 2024)

This workshop will challenge us as workforce professionals to admit that the workforce as we know it has changed. What worked is not working any longer or not as effective as it was, so we must either retool ourselves or retire ourselves, retool our methods or retire our methods, retool our original plan, or retire our original plan. We must learn to be okay with letting go of what yesterday was, embracing what today is, and preparing for what tomorrow will be.

Youth Engagement the Untold Story (March 12, 2024)

This workshop will involve conversation around basic engagement for youth, emphasizing young people receiving NextGen services. We will also discuss six important E’s to Youth Engagement: Empower, Excite, Educate, Engage, Encourage, and Expose. This workshop will be interactive and beneficial for all staff who work with teens and young adults.