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Competitive Workforce Alliance Allied Health Regional Skills Partnership Solutions Summit

by: Seth Lytton| Business Development ManagerAllied

The Competitive Workforce Alliance's Allied Health Regional Skills Partnership Solutions Summit went off without a hitch in Concord, NC on Tuesday July 15, 2008 at the Embassy Suites, from 9:30 am to 3:45 pm.  True to what the group had planned it brought employers, educators and workforce development professionals from across the counties together to hear from others who have successfully planned and implemented regional collaborations that increase worker recruitment and develop career pathways that promote worker retention and satisfaction.

One of the highlights of the Summit was speakers from all over the nation who have successfully implemented their own Allied Health Partnership that has sustained itself.  Speakers included Patricia Fera from the Workforce Investment board in Will County in Illinois and Jennifer Stasch from the Workforce Board of Northern Cook County in Illinois among many others.  These two individuals successful designed and implemented Workforce development programs throughout the greater Chicago area, ultimately greatly reducing the Allied Workforce shortage in their region. 

The event was so successful that other Workforce Development Boards across North Carolina are planning on hosting very similar events.  And by similar I mean…the same event.  The same speakers and everything!  Obviously this summit did not solve North Carolina’s workforce problems, but it has certainly created a buzz that we have some good ideas. 

The next step is to act on the ideas and topics talked about.  The group will continue to meet in the coming months and hopefully be able to implement similar to solutions to those tried in Chicago.  We would also love for more people to become involved in the programs.  If interested please let me a comment below and we can work something out.  Till then I continue my quest to find the best Allied Health workforce in North Carolina! 

Are you Engaged this summer?

by: Joanna Gammon | Client Relationship Manager

Engage Charlotte (a division of the Charlotte Chamber focused on Young Professionals), sponsored by Integra Staffing, is throwing its 3rd Signature Event!! 

Are you Engaged this summer? 
If you haven't been, this is what you missed.  Engage Charlotte has created a blog sharing all the cool FREE activities in Charlotte (pretty edgy for a Chamber of Commerce to promote non-commerce generating activities, don't you think?)  And, since we know we want more than just blogs, we're coming together on Women's Equality Day to hear from the four women who publish Charlotte's biggest print publications to hear how media has evolved and why they are still relevant when groups like ours are blogging.  And, even though it's Women's Equality Day and our speakers are all women, boys are encouraged to attend. 

Man can't live on ones and zeros alone, but millennials seem determined to forego the nourishment of ink on paper in favor of digital media. Are they ink starved or digit hungry? How will newspapers and journalists adapt to this generation's preferences? Is this new media trend as prevalent in Charlotte as in other markets? Who will be the innovative leaders that help media adapt?

Join the discussion as we engage Charlotte's leading publishers on TUESDAY, AUGUST 26.
Guest Speakers

• Carolyn Butler
  Publisher, Creative Loafing 
• Ann Caulkins
  Publisher, Charlotte Observer
• Jeannie Falknor
  Publisher, Charlotte Business Journal
• Hilda Gurdian
  Publisher & CEO, La Noticia, The Spanish-Language Newspaper

Moderator
Michael Juby, Associate, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Please visit www.engagecharlotte.com to register!