04/16/19 “Coffee Break” Webinar: Equitable Economic Development in Nashville

Join Workforce Matters for a webinar from 2-2:30 pm EDT with Patrick Combs, director of the Nashville Career Advancement Center (NCAC).  Patrick will share about his participation in the National League of Cities’ Equitable Economic Development Fellowship; Nashville’s efforts to connect economic development and workforce development in developing urban manufacturing in the city; and how Read more…

04/10/19 “Coffee Break” Webinar: Equitable Economic Development in Boston

Join Workforce Matters for a webinar from 2:30-3 pm EDT with Jason Ewas and Alexandra Valdez of the City of Boston’s Economic Mobility Lab.  Jason and Alexandra will share about their participation in the National League of Cities’ Equitable Economic Development Fellowship; their efforts to connect economic development and workforce development; and how their efforts resulted in Read more…

02/21/19 Webinar: Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship Funders Q&A

The Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA) will award 4-8 grants later this year of up to ~$200,000 each to support partnerships of employers, education institutions, community partners, and policy leaders who are working together to build high-quality youth apprenticeship programs to meet local economic need. PAYA was launched with Read more…

12/12/18 Webinar: Apprenticeship Highlights from North Carolina

The Workforce Matters Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning learning network hosted three guests to learn more about how apprenticeship and work-based learning are being deployed in North Carolina: Tony Marshall, President and CEO of Innovative Systems Group, is a North Carolina business leader who is using cybersecurity apprenticeships to build a Read more…

11/13/18 Webinar: Philanthropic Approaches to Employer Practice Change

During Part II of this two-part webinar series, we’ll be joined by representatives of the Walmart Foundation and Lumina Foundation who will share information about how their organizations have approached employer practice change. This conversation is scheduled for Tuesday, 2:30-4:00 pm Eastern/1:30 pm Central/12:30 pm Mountain/11:30 am Pacific. Click here to register. A Read more…

10/02/18 Webinar: Inclusive Growth – How Economic Development Organizations Can Support Talent Development

Workforce Matters members are invited to participate in a webinar with Joseph Parilla from the Brookings Institution as he shares the findings and lessons from Brookings’ Inclusive Economic Development Learning Lab, which worked with economic development entities in three U.S. cities to develop evidence-driven narratives to lay the groundwork for Read more…