Description
Join us on Thursday, February 22, from 2 to 2:45 p.m. EST, to learn how the Ohio Workforce Coalition and the New York Association for Training and Development Professionals (NYATEP) are developing talent development strategies for the professionals within their ecosystems. State workforce coalitions bring practitioners together to advocate around critical policy issues and promote effective practice. Hear from two coalitions that have helped shape workforce services for workers and employers through collective action and connections to local areas. In this Workforce Leadership Café, we continue conversations about the importance of talent development for the workforce development field’s own workforce. Hear from:
- Dr. LaShon Sawyer, Director, Advocacy and Policy at Towards Employment – Director, Northeast Ohio Workforce Coalition.
- Megan Farry, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications, The New York Association for Training and Employment Professionals
- Abby Snay, Deputy Secretary, Future of Work, CA Labor and Workforce Development Agency, will join us to lead the discussion.
After our panel concludes at 2:45 p.m. EST, we’ll welcome all guests — both speakers and attendees — into the Café for an additional 15 minutes of informal discussion.
Recent Cafés explored talent development with leaders from a workforce board, a community college and statewide intermediary partnership, philanthropy, and a chamber of commerce.
Other Events in the Workforce Leadership Café
- Nov 16: Pima Community College + Center for the Future of Arizona
- Dec 21: Workforce Solutions Alamo
- Jan 18: United Way of Central Maryland + Scranton Area Community Foundation
- Feb 1: Greater Memphis Chamber
- Feb 22: Ohio Workforce Coalition + NYATEP
About the Workforce Leadership Café
To optimize local workforce systems, practitioners must dismantle silos and create coherent systems and services that balance the needs of both workers and businesses. In our Workforce Leadership Café discussion series, we explore how the workforce development field can be more reflective of the change it seeks to cultivate, hosting conversations with leaders who are contributing their talents and insights to this rich field of practice. Guests include sponsors of local Workforce Leadership Academies and others who are exploring talent development and job quality in workforce development. Learn more at as.pn/WLAcafe
About the Workforce Leadership Academies
The Aspen Institute’s Workforce Leadership Academies, part of the Economic Opportunities Program, bring together leaders across the many siloed fields of practice, organization types, and government policies that make up the field. The Academies strengthen Fellows’ capacity to develop and sustain effective workforce strategies, collaborate more deeply with employers, and expand the number and quality of leaders who advance opportunities for low-wage workers and job seekers as they meet employers’ talent development needs.
About the Economic Opportunities Program
The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy.
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