Name
How to Get Money and More from Business Engagement
Date & Time
Monday, May 21, 2018, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Description
Very few workforce organizations have well thought out strategies for taking their relationships with businesses from placement, to partnership and on to the highest levels of business engagement where businesses become a champion of the workforce organization. At champion level, your organization becomes so woven into the fabric of the business that they will support your work with money and in many other ways. Even if you are a government agency and can't take money directly from employers, you can get it and pass it on to other partners. This can free up your government funds so you can use them in other ways. This workshop will show you more than fifteen benefits that can happen for your program when employers become your champion. For example, businesses can connect you with their industry and professional associations, customers and vendors which will open the door for more employer relationships. A strong personal referral from your champion to another business puts you on the fast track for engaging other businesses. This can lead to more hires, joint projects, career pathways, apprenticeships and much more! Business employees can mentor your personnel and your job seekers. Business champions can have their employees volunteer at your organization. Imagine a cutting edge private sector computer engineer giving you the data management system of your dreams or a human resources person conducting mock interviews at your program. What would it mean to have your business services people trained by your champion’s best sales people? Business champions can use their business development and marketing skills to help you develop fee-for-service activities that can help you generate unrestricted funds for your program. Champions can donate their used computers, phone systems and other equipment to your organization. Their old equipment may be much newer than what you are using now. The opportunities are endless if you know how to create a pathway from placement to partnership and on to champions! This workshop will give attendees a proven model for deepening relationships with businesses so you can create champions for your organization. Business champions can be organized into a Business Advisory Board that will provide perpetual benefits to your program. The Business Advisory Board does not have an oversight function like your traditional program board. Its goals are to open the doors for the program to relationships with other businesses, make sure the program content is relevant to businesses, fundraising for the program and initiating joint ventures with businesses and business associations. Participants will learn the strategies and tactics to take their business relationships to the highest engagement levels possible. Business champions can transform your entire organization and take you to the cutting edge of workforce development!
Location Name
Deer Valley
Full Address
Sheraton Grand Phoenix
340 North 3rd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
United States
Speaker(s)
Larry Robbin
Speaker Bio(s)
Executive Director, Larry Robbins and Associates