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Calling All Staff Training Managers!
Are you responsible
for managing staff training for your workforce staff or organization?
With the challenges
of budget cuts, coordinating staff time away from the office, trying
to provide consistent training to all staff, dealing with travel costs,
and trying to find the right training to meet your specific needs,
coordinating staff training can be a daunting task.
Dynamic Works
is partnering with trainers across the country to bring you the most
comprehensive set of free resources available to help you
manage staff training.
Currently we offer
the Lifelong
Learning Manager newsletter that brings you tried and true
techniques to help you manage your staff training. We are expanding
our contributor list for this publication and will continue to add
new resources to support you.
And, in the coming
months, we will be launching a series of additional resources, including
Webinars, a new professional development magazine, and training articles
designed to provide you all the tools and resources you need to manage
your staff training.
Don't miss out!
Logon to Dynamic
Works today and select Lifelong Learning Manager and Manager of
Staff Training among your profile subscription options to participate
in this excellent staff training resource! Click
here to tell your colleagues about this great resource too!
Contact
us today for more information.
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Responding
to state and federal initiatives, local workforce development
systems are creating demand-driven systems that are responsive
to the needs of business customers. To accomplish this
objective, many WIBs are convening teams of business services
staff from economic development, education, and workforce
development to design business outreach plans that outline
how the three systems will work together to deliver comprehensive,
seamless services to local businesses. These teams are
participating in a series of facilitated training sessions
to help them embed training principles into the design
of their outreach strategies (e.g., creating a single
point of contact system, shifting from selling services
to providing solutions to business problems).
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While the goals and objectives of the business services
plans are customized to meet the demands of local area
businesses, they share the following components:
- Description
of how the business services outreach strategies support
federal, state, and local initiatives.
- Description
of the coordinated outreach to businesses including
a single point of contact system and standardized protocols
and procedures (e.g., referrals, needs assessments)
to ensure seamless service delivery.
- A
comprehensive menu of services designed to address current
and emerging business needs.
- Description
of measures of success that will describe how the system
has positively impacted the businesses served (e.g.,
dollars saved in training costs, decrease in turnover
costs).
- Strategies
for communicating successes.
- Strategies
for continuously improving the demand-driven system.
- Creation
of toolbox of tools for staff to use in their consultation
with businesses (e.g., account management tools, salary
comparison tools).
- A
marketing plan for promoting the collaborative efforts.
To
augment the rollout of business services plans, local
systems are building the capacity of business services
staff using a combination of classroom and online training.
A key component of many of these capacity building initiatives
is the requirement that staff use the training to attain
business services credentials. In response, Dynamic Works
Institute offers a Business and Employer Services certification
program based on the National Association of Workforce
Development Professionals competencies to help business
staff attain the skills and credentials that they need
to be successful (e.g., business communications, developing
relationships with businesses, knowledge of economic development).
Sandra Hastings Associates supports the training with
onsite facilitation for the development of business plans,
ongoing mentoring of business services teams, assistance
with the design of marketing tools, and Webinars to address
emerging training needs.
Sandra
Hastings provided content for the Business Communications,
Development of Business Relationships, and Human Resources
Services courses included in the Dynamic Works Institute
online Business & Employer Services Certification
Package. Contact Dynamic Works at (321) 690-5348 or sales@dynamicinstitute.com.
Contact Sandra Hastings at (860) 643-0624 or online.
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Introducing
New Webinars
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Dynamic
Works Institute is beginning a new series of live, over-the-Internet
Webinar sessions to provide increased access opportunities to
its customers. In the coming months, Webinar sessions will be
offered on specific training and informational topics of interest
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Following
are sessions scheduled to date:
Dynamic
Works Training & Certification Programs (Lynn Hatfield)
December 7, 2004 – 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time
December 16, 2004 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Attend to
get information on our existing online training and certification
programs, and how they can meet the training needs of your organization.
Learn how we can customize these programs, or combine them with
your current training program.
Require
It and They Will Perform: Implementing Standards in Professional
Development to Reach Proven Results (Paul Singleton)
December 8, 2004 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Attend this
session to hear a case study on how implementing standards in
professional development has changed workforce development in
the state of Florida.
For current
Webinar information and registration, visit Dynamic
Works Institute, call (321) 690-5348 or email sales@dynamicinstitute.com.
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New Training
Available
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Order your
training now for Prevention of Sexual Harassment!
Dynamic
Works is pleased to announce a new online training course entitled
Prevention of Sexual Harassment.
Course
Introduction:
Sexual harassment
conflicts are among the most disruptive and divisive in today's
workplace. They set fellow workers against each other, and some
people can be scarred for life. Most sexual harassment in the
workplace is abuse of power, and not inspired by genuine romance.
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The surest
way to eliminate sexual harassment is through an atmosphere
of mutual respect among all personnel. The best way to achieve
this is to clearly and forcefully prohibit sexual harassment
in the workplace, and to provide resources to enable employees
to understand their roles and responsibilities in preventing
sexual harassment.
Training
is important. People often misunderstand each other in the best
of circumstances. Learning more about how others interpret behavior
will help everyone. This program is dedicated to that purpose.
Learning
Objectives:
At the end
of this training the student will be able to:
- Identify
behavior that might be considered sexual harassment.
- Explain
the legal and other consequences of sexual harassment.
- Describe
their role and responsibility in creating a workplace free
of sexual harassment.
- State
what actions to take against sexual harassment.
This course
is now available online for the low, per student price of just
$50, and it is also a part of our Personal Growth training package,
which also includes Conflict Management, Developing Your Decision-Making
Skills, Stress Management, and Time Management courses. Contact
Dynamic Works for information on how you can earn volume
discounts for your staff!
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Dynamic
Works Joins HR Management Services as Qualified Training Consultants
for City of Los Angeles
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Dynamic
Works has been selected as part of a partnership with
HR Management Services as a qualified training consultant
for the City of Los Angeles, Community Development Department,
Workforce Development Division, and One-Stop System staff.
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Under
the proposal, Dynamic Works Institute will ensure that
traditional and online training courses are compliant
with standards of the National Association for Workforce
Development Professionals (NAWDP). In addition, Dynamic
Works will make available its online training courses
and certification programs.
HR
Management Services serves as prime and fiscal agent under
the proposal and other partners include TTI America, Ron
Kaufman, The Community College Foundation, Weingart Center
Association, and Foster Assessment and Testing Service.
Partners will develop and deliver classroom training on
a variety of workforce-specific topics, including:
- WIA/Federal
Regulations
- Case
Management
- Handling
Difficult People
- Negotiating
- Business
Writing
- Youth
and Adolescent Development
- Youth
and Adolescent Counseling
- Developing
Youth Leadership
- Meeting
Facilitation
- Crisis
Intervention
- Substance
Abuse
- Presentation
Skills
- Marketing/Sales
- Preparing
Youth for Higher Education
- Knowledge
and Interpretation of Assessment
Services
may be purchased from vendors on the qualified provider
list on an as needed basis. The list established will
remain open for one year.
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Save
the Date - Workforce Summit 2005!
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Mark
your calendars now - the Workforce Summit 2005 will be
held October 10-12, 2005 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel on International
Drive in Orlando, FL. A
Call for Exhibitors is now available.
For
up to the minute information, select Conferences, Summits,
and Retreats when you subscribe to our newsletter
or update the subscriptions in your member profile.
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Dynamic
Works Enters Marketing Partnership with Pennsylvania Partners
Dynamic
Works has entered into a marketing partnership with Pennsylvania
Partners in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Partners
has agreed to serve as a broker of Dynamic Works online courses
and certification packages and will receive a service fee for
sales within the state of Pennsylvania that result from their
marketing efforts and referrals.
Pennsylvania
Partners represents workforce development professionals in each
of Pennsylvania's 23 Workforce Investment Areas. Their vision
is to:
- Share
best practices for improving workforce development operations.
- Provide
professional staff development education.
- Impact
workforce development, operational, and selected strategic
policy.
- Serve
as a clearinghouse for workforce development information.
In keeping
with that vision, Pennsylvania Partners is now serving as a
marketing partner to broker Dynamic Works online courses and
certification products to regions and workforce organizations
within the state of Pennsylvania.
Those
interested in purchasing may use promotional code PAP01M05 to
receive a 5% discount off the Dynamic Works' purchase price.
For information on purchasing Dynamic Works products through
Pennsylvania Partners, contact Linda Blake, Executive Director
at (717) 612-1590.
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