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How to Improve Job Readiness with the Hard-to-Employ

Join NNSP for a webinar with Larry Robbin on Tuesday, October 8
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific / 2:00 - 3:30 PM Eastern
$45 to register / $25 for NNSP members

Do you struggle to help people with limited work histories, multiple barriers, or low motivation to find employment? How can you improve the job-readiness of these hard-to-employ individuals?

People who are hard-to-employ may have little or no work history, multiple barriers to employment, and low levels of motivation to go to work. Serving this group with effective job readiness strategies has often been a huge challenge for workforce programs.
 
Part of the problem is that most people doing workforce and sector work do not come from the ranks of the hard-to-employ, so it is difficult for people to understand the worldview of the population. This revealing webinar will help you see the world through the eyes of the hard-to-employ so you can design appropriate strategies to work with them.
 
In the webinar, you will:

  • Find out from interviews with hundreds of people that made the journey from hard-to-employ to working person what helped them make that journey.
  • Learn multiple innovative job readiness strategies that worked for these individuals so you can put them into your work.
  • Discover how to shift your work from an information-based to an experience-oriented model.
  • Find out how to use cohorts, program alumni, and individual empowerment strategies to improve job readiness.
  • Organize a job readiness coalition that will provide wrap-around, comprehensive barrier removal services.

If you want to help people who are far from being in the labor market move closer to employment, do not miss this webinar.

larry-robbin-photoAbout the presenter:

Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates, has over 45 years of experience in workforce development working with the hard-to-employ. Besides his direct service experience, Larry has designed successful workforce programs for every population that can be found in the ranks of the hard-to-employ. His innovative approaches have been used to lead thousands of people from long-term unemployment and multiple barriers to a paycheck. Larry is widely regarded as a national expert on helping hard-to-employ people become job ready. He has trained over 100,000 people and presented at over 500 workforce and business conferences.

Living Wage: Dialogue on Employer Involvement

The webinar scheduled for Thursday, 10 October 2013 has been postponed

Community Social Planning Council is inviting leading employers in Greater Victoria to participate in dialogue about the living wage, a key strategy for combatting child poverty. Living Wage expert Michael McCarthy Flynn will show how a wage levels influence child poverty and local economic conditions, and CEO Toby Barazzuol of Eclipse Awards will discuss the business case behind his company’s decision to become a Certified Living Wage Employer.

Watch our website for the new date!

Government Funding for Business Startups: Get the Strategic Information You Need

It is easy to get lost in the crowd of governmental financing programs.

What are the various accesses to these financing programs? How do they work? Are they intended for you?

Match the strengths of your business to available opportunities. To do this effectively, you need to collect, screen and analyze information about the business environment.

The most important consideration in developing an effective approach to forecasting and planning is not solely depending on the internet to find information, but finding the right information quickly with the most relevant business information resources available.

This webinar will cover:

  • how to efficiently gather market information on-line to assist you in developing your business plan and marketing strategy;
  • how and where to seek financing;
  • how to find information on your competitors to determine the viability of your venture in a designated market;
  • how to determine what new information you'll need overtime as your situation and environment changes.

Format:
12:00 - 12:45 pm Eastern time | Welcome/Presentation
12:45 - 01:00 pm Eastern time | Questions & Answers

The CEDEC Small Business Support Network is an initiative of the Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC).

CEDEC is funded by the Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities and by the Government of Canada.Webinar participation is FREE, but registration is required. 

Once registered, you will receive the access

instructions for webinar participation.

Guest Speakers:

 

Ameyo Komlan

Market Information Agent

Ressources Entreprises

 

http://www.ressourcesentreprises.org

 

Ameyo graduated in Information Sciences at Pantheon Sorbonne University in France. Specialized in scientific and technological intelligence and competitive intelligence, she carried out several missions in companies such as L’Oréal, Total, Johnson&Johnson in France before settling in Quebec. Ressources Entreprises is a non-profit organization offering business information to the entrepreneurs in Eastern Quebec. View Ameyo's LinkedIn profile.

 
Hari Randrianarisoa

Coordinator

Info-Conseil PME

Ressources Entreprises

 

Hari holds a PhD in Engineering Science and has a strong knowledge in technology transfer. He is a Business Development professional with more than 12 years of related experience in academia and industry, focused on supporting innovative SME's and R&D intensive companies in their technology development through research partnerships. Through program delivery and referrals to other funding opportunities and Research and Innovation stakeholders, he has contributed to the long-term sustainability and of many start-ups and SME's in various sectors. View Hari's LinkedIn profile.

 

Social Return on Investment Accreditation Training

This training is being organized by SiMPACT Strategy Group, on behalf of SROI Canada. SiMPACT is currently providing administrative and back-end support as the SROI Canada Secretariat. Participation in the SROI Accreditation training does not guarantee accredited practitioner status, but is required to become accredited as an SROI practitioner.

Previous valuation, outcomes evaluation, or SROI experience is highly recommended. It is also recommended that you come with a case study in mind for your SROI accreditation case.

Day One - How to do an SROI Analysis - An Advanced Introduction

Day one is a practical, step-by-step introduction to the SROI process. Founded on the essentials of SROI theory, the day will be focussed on building out an input map and exploring real life applications and examples.

Day Two - SROI Practitioner Training

Day two provides an opportunity to explore SROI methodological issues that will foster the level of understanding of the SROI methodology which is required for accreditation. Although designed with the assurance process in mind, this course is suitable for anyone wanting more than an introduction to SROI and an opportunity to explore the challenges and nuances. Current issues in the development of SROI will be discussed, as will emerging best practice, new techniques and use of financial proxies.

This course does not guarantee accreditation, but is a necessary step towards becoming an accredited practitioner. The next step involves the submission of an SROI forecast or evaluative case study for review, along with several administrative documents. For more information on the general process toward SROI Practitioner Accreditation visit www.thesroinetwork.org or contact Anne Miller at anne@simpactstrategies.com.

Who should participate:

  • Individuals seeking The SROI Network practitioner status and who intend to submit a case for peer review.
  • Evaluators interested in adding SROI to their toolbox
  • Program managers, policy planners, communicators or in-house evaluators responsible to demonstrate that maximum value has been achieved (all sectors)
  • Social ventures and social entrepreneurs seeking to demonstrate the value of the social element of their business model

If you are accredited and interested in training others in SROI, please contact sroiadmin@sroi-canada.ca.

For more information on becoming an accredited SROI practitioner, please see the SROI Network’s website.

Please note that spots are limited for each of the sessions.

[ REGISTER HERE ]

Social Enterprise, CED and the New Economy

A CCEDNet Networking Reception at the SEWF

October 2, 2013, 4-6pm
Calgary Marriot Downtown
Room Acadia AB
Calgary, Alberta

Just prior to the opening session of the Social Enterprise World Forum, join CCEDNet members and friends for an inspiring session of new contacts and new ideas from North American leaders working towards inclusive community economies.

We’ll hear from Bob Massie, President and CEO of the New Economics Institute in Boston, who leads the New Economy Coalition, an initiative committed to building a nation-wide, grassroots movement for a just and sustainable economy.  Bob will share insights into the growing New Economy movement in the US and strategies for transformative economic change. 

Over his career, Bob has created or led three ground-breaking sustainability organizations, serving as the president of Ceres (the largest coalition of investors and environmental groups in the United States), the co-founder and first chair of the Global Reporting Initiative, and the initiator of the Investor Network on Climate Risk, which currently has over 100 members with combined assets of over $10 trillion.

Nancy Neamtan, President and CEO of the Chantier de l’économie sociale, Mike Lewis, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Community Renewal and co-author of The Resilience Imperative and Victoria Morris, Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Association will respond with their perspectives on opportunities in the Canadian context. 

For participants who have registered to attend in person, the reception will be at:

  • Calgary Marriot Downtown
    (connected to the Telus Convention Centre, 110 9th Ave SE)
    Room Acadia AB

How to get to the Marriot:  You can access the Marriot Hotel from the main level of the South Building of the Convention Centre.  In this map, the Exhibition Hall in the North Building is where SEWF Activities will take place, and the circle in the South Building is the access to the Marriot Hotel. 

For participants who will join via livestreaming, networking activities will begin at 4:15 Mountain time (3:15 Pacific, 5:15 Central, 6:15pm Eastern, 7:15 Atlantic and 7:45 in Newfoundland), and the main presentations will begin 15 minutes later. 

 

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