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WORKSHOPS & ROUNDTABLES: PRELIMINARY LINEUP
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EXHIBITOR SPACE IS FILLING QUICKLY
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Jennifer Brown to Present Opening Keynote Address
Diversity and inclusion expert Jennifer Brown, CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting and author of
Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change, will deliver the opening keynote address on Sunday, March 25th, during The Forum 2018.
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 PRELIMINARY WORKSHOP & ROUNDTABLE TITLES ANNOUNCED
Each year, we welcome more than 150 workforce leaders, board members, system partners, and business or industry leaders to The Forum as presenters for carefully selected workshops and roundtables. While the complete list is not yet finalized, we are excited to provide a preliminary list of workshop and roundtable sessions for The Forum 2018. Over the course of the conference, on Sunday and Monday, March 25-26, 2018, we'll host four workshop blocks and two roundtable blocks that focus on fueling talent and forging change in the areas of operations, service delivery, sector strategies, and business services.
VIEW THE FULL LINEUP NOW.
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JENNIFER BROWN TAPPED TO PRESENT OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Jennifer Brown will present the opening keynote address at The Forum 2018 on Sunday, March 25th. As an award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker, and diversity and inclusion expert, Brown is the founder, president, and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting (JBC), a strategic leadership and diversity consulting firm that coaches business leaders worldwide on critical issues of talent and workplace strategy. Brown is a passionate advocate for social equality who delves into the "business case for diversity" as she helps businesses foster healthier, more productive workplace cultures.
With over a decade of experience consulting to Fortune 500 companies including Toyota, Starbucks, and Capital One, Brown is a highly sought-after expert source on changing demographics, specific communities of identity including women, people of color, LGBT individuals, and the Millennial generation, and the role of male leaders in change efforts.
Brown's book Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change (2016) inspires leaders to embrace the opportunity that diversity represents and empowers advocates at all levels to find their voice and be a driving force in creating more enlightened organizations that resonate in a fast-changing world.
We look forward to Jennifer Brown's contribution to The Forum 2018: Fueling Talent, Forging Change.
LEARN MORE ABOUT JENNIFER BROWN AND HER WORK.
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PRE-CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHT
Take a deep dive into the activities required for successfully implementing WIOA during The Forum's full day pre-conference sessions on Saturday, March 24th, from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
Building a Culture of Innovation
Workforce Development Boards across the country have made amazing strides in the last several years in focusing on the "Innovation" part of WIOA. Workforce organizations are using behavioral insights to redesign outreach to UI claimants, using Human Centered Design (HCD) to reinvent services to businesses, developing new communication tools for case managers and customers, redesigning physical space in American Job Centers, and embracing the notion of rapid experimentation and prototyping. They also are using design thinking to develop deep and real partnerships with other community agencies. Learn more about HCD, design thinking, and behavioral insights; try out some activities that you can use at home; and experience the energy these methods can bring to your organization. Tackle some hard topics, such as how to deal with organizational resistance to innovation, "sell" innovation in your organization, and talk to your peers about how to keep the "I" in WIOA alive!
Presenter:
Virginia Hamilton
Senior Consultant for the American Institutes for Research
Oakland, CA
LEARN MORE ABOUT PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS.
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REGISTER NOW! ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES MARCH 5TH
Online registration for The Forum 2018 is available through March 5th. As in years past, we expect hotel blocks to sell out well in advance of this date! Finalizing your registration and travel plans now means you register at the lower online rate and secure your place at the conference hotel.
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We have just a few booths remaining unclaimed in the Columbia Exhibit Hall at the Washington Hilton! Our sponsors and exhibiting organizations offer innovative tools, technologies, and ideas that help our attendees accomplish their missions of
meeting the needs of business and industry, upskilling the workforce, and driving economic impact in their communities. If your organization is considering exhibiting during The Forum 2018, you are encouraged to move ahead now and secure your space. NAWB is particularly grateful to the organizations below who have signed on as sponsors and exhibitors for The Forum 2018. We thank these businesses and organizations for their partnership and for all the ways they support the workforce development community.
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The Forum is a great investment for professional WDB staff and Board members to discuss issues, challenge assumptions, and create solutions to take back home.
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