These are the slides used by Social Policy Research in a technical assistance webmeeting with the Expanding Business Engagement initiative October 3, 2012.

1. Expanding
Business
Engagement
(EBE)
Ini7a7ve
A
Technical
Assistance
Effort
of
the
Employment
and
Training
Administra7on

2. DOL
Team
Gina
Wells
Megan
Lizik
Jonathan
Payne
U.S.
Department
of
Labor,
ETA
2

3. SPR
Team
Vinz
Koller
Director,
Training
&
Technical
Assistance
Kris8n
Wolff
Senior
Analyst,
Training
&
Technical
Assistance
3

4. SPR
Team
Ahmad
Mansur
EBE
Project
Manager,
Training
&
Technical
Assistance
4

5. Just
in
Case…
• If
we
experience
technical
challenges
with
our
mee7ng
room
or
are
disconnected
from
the
room
unexpectedly,
we
will
email
you
a
link
to
a
new
mee7ng
space.
• Similarly,
If
we
experience
issues
with
our
phone
lines,
we
will
email
you
a
separate
phone
number.
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6. SubmiRng
Ques7ons
Drop-Down
• To
submit
a
ques7on
or
comment,
Chat Room Menu type
the
ques7on
in
the
text
box
•
Choose
who
you
want
to
submit
the
ques7on
to
by
selec7ng
their
name
from
the
drop-­‐down
menu
in
the
“Start
Chat
with”
field
(default
is
“Everyone”)
• Click
the
send
buCon.
Text Box • Your
name,
the
text
and
your
ques7on
will
appear
on
your
screen,
indica7ng
successful
Send
Button submission.
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7. 7

8. Agenda
ü EBE Initiative Timeline Review
• Initiative process & timeline
ü EBE Implementation Plans:
• Implementation planning
What did we learn?
– Who?
ü Introduction to EBE Framework
– How?
ü Polls, Chats & Discussion
– Why?
ü Next Steps
• Q & A
• Next Steps
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9. Timeline
&
Process
Implementa7on
November
Spring
'13
Spring
'13
Plan
(8/29)
Webmee7ng
Webmee7ng
Ins7tute
(11/8)
Planning,
Implementa7on,
Peer-­‐Exchange,
Coaching
Sustainability
Planning
Impact
October
Fall
'12
Ins7tute
Webmee7ng
(10/3)
(12/5-­‐12/7)
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10. Timeline
&
Process
Ac7vity
When
Peer
Exchange
and
Coaching
Ongoing
October
Webmee7ng
Right
now!
Ins7tute
Prep
November
8,
2012
Webmee7ng
Fall
Ins7tute
December
5-­‐7,
2012
Spring
Webmee7ng
Early
2013
Spring
Ins7tute
May
2013
Sustainability
Planning
Spring
2013
Mentoring
and
Peer
Exchange
Year
2
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11. Implementa7on
Plan
“Headlines”
11

12. Understanding
Value
12

13. Goal
SeRng
13

14. Collabora7on
&
Coordina7on
14

15. Capacity
Building
15

16. Meaningful
Measurement
16

17. 17

18. 18

19. 19

20. 20

21. 21

22. Challenge:
Understanding
what
businesses
value
22

23. Poll
#1:
Understanding
Our
Value
Which
of
the
following
best
describes
your
team’s
progress
in
understanding
the
value
of
your
role
and
services
to
business?
• We’re
researching
industry
trends
and
needs
so
we
understand
the
challenges
employers
face
and
can
talk
to
them
produc7vely
about
solu7ons.
• We've
been
providing
business
services,
but
don't
know
which
services
employers
value,
so
we
are
launching
a
process
to
find
that
out.
• We
have
employers
who
seem
to
like
our
services,
but
our
market
is
small.
We’d
like
to
grow
it
and
get
a
beoer
idea
of
the
services
that
are
valued
by
the
market,
rather
than
by
the
small
number
of
firms
we
work
with
now.
• We
have
become
"trusted
partners"
in
our
business
community
and
are
working
alongside
firms
to
solve
important
community
challenges
like
youth
unemployment.
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24. Chat:
Methods
&
Approaches
What
are
all
of
the
methods,
processes,
approaches,
or
ac7vi7es
you
are
using
to
beoer
understand
the
value
or
poten7al
value
of
business
services
to
the
businesses
in
your
state?
Please
enter
your
responses
in
the
chat
box.
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25. Topics:
Staff
Training
&
Development
Technology
for
Engagement
Partnerships
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26. Poll
#2:
Staff
Training
&
Development
Under
the
EBE
Ini7a7ve,
what
is
your
primary
approach
to
staff
development
&
training?
• We
are
using
a
curriculum
we
developed.
• We
are
using
a
curriculum
we
borrowed
from
another
state,
from
DOL,
or
from
a
professional
associa7on
(e.g.,
NAWDP).
• We
are
developing
a
curriculum
now.
• Curriculum?
We're
winging
it.
• Other
(explain
in
chat)
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27. Chat:
Staff
Training
&
Development
a. What
is
the
most
unique
aspects
of
your
training/
staff
development
efforts
in
service
of
improved
business
engagement?
b. If
successful,
what
one
thing
do
you
expect
to
be
different
in
terms
of
how
you
engage
business?
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28. Technology
for
Engagement
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29. Poll
#3:
Top
Technology
Needs
Please
indicate
the
top
three
areas
in
which
your
team
has
significant
technology
challenges
or
needs:
a.
Matching
people
(or
skills)
with
jobs
b.
Managing/tracking
employer
engagement
(e.g.,
with
a
CRM
system)
c.
Managing/tracking
performance/ac7vity
d.
Our
website
e.
Social
technologies
f.
Mobile
technologies
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30. Chat:
Technology
We
Plan
To
Launch
What
technology-­‐based
tools
or
systems
are
you
planning
to
purchase,
develop,
or
launch
to
support
employer
engagement/service
in
the
next
12
months?
(If
none,
please
indicate
none)
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31. Partnerships
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32. Chat:
Magic
Bullet
In
your
view,
what’s
the
magic
bullet
for
bringing
effec7ve
business
partnerships
about?
(okay,
we
know
there
isn’t
a
magic
bullet,
but
what
do
you
think
really
works?)
Please
indicate
your
state
when
you
enter
your
responses
in
the
chat
box.
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33. Complete
the
Statement:
Surprise
In
thinking
about
your
experience
with
business
partnerships
to
date—whether
specifically
employment
and
training
focused
or
not—complete
the
following
sentence:
“We
had
no
idea
that
doing
____________
would
generate
such
interest
on
the
part
of
our
business
community.”
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34. Give
Yourselves
a
Hand
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35. Final
Thoughts
What's
one
thing
that
surprised
you
about
what
your
colleagues
shared
during
this
web
mee7ng?
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36. Follow
Up
Commitment
What's
one
thing
that
you
will
do
between
now
and
our
next
call
because
of
what
you
learned
today?
(You
can
think
about
this…no
need
to
respond
now.
We’re
sending
a
Gizmo
your
way)
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37. Ques8ons
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38. Next
Steps
• Next
call:
November
8,
2012
at
2:00
PM
EST/11:00
AM
PST
• Ins7tute
planning
• Ins7tute:
December
5-­‐7,
2012
• Gizmo
• Companion
Guide
• FPO
calls
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39. Thank
You!
Ahmad
Mansur
EBE
Project
Manager
ahmad_mansur@spra.com
Megan
Lizik
U.S.
Department
of
Labor,
ETA
lizik.megan@dol.gov
Jonathan
Payne
U.S.
Department
of
Labor,
ETA
payne.jonathan@dol.gov
A
Technical
Assistance
Effort
on
behalf
of
the
Employment
and
Training
Administra7on
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