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	Training Courses NAWB courses have been developed by leading organizations with expertise in the subject matter and are presented by expert instructors to provide your staff with real-world solutions to the community's workforce development needs. Click on the links below for more information or contact us at 202-857-7900 or nawb@nawb.org. Click here to download a PDF brochure on all professional development opportunities . Becoming a Catalyst for Change: The Role of a Workforce Board This course highlights a process workforce boards can use to build on the workforce system’s resources, authority, and expertise to become a change agent focused on community economic well-being. The course is designed to help local and state workforce boards to develop the necessary vision, plans, and partnerships to become a catalyst for change in the community. Half day $4,000 (one instructor). Sector Strategies: Targeted Approaches to Critical Industries An increasing number of workforce boards are using sector strategies to strengthen their outreach to the business community, develop a framework within which business services are generated and delivered, and build stronger links with regional economic development efforts. In this course participants will learn how to design, establish, grow, and maintain a sector initiative. Full day $4,995 (one instructor). WIB Members in Action: Making an Impact on the Community Workforce Investment Board members are charged with creating strategic workforce solutions for the community. This goal is made more challenging by the complexity of the public workforce system and the need to build partnerships among many different entities. Available online or on-site the course will prepare board members to move their board to the next level. The course, developed in partnership with Dynamic Works Institute, explains the basics of WIA, but is focused on getting members to think strategically about the board’s role in their community and what they can do as individuals to exercise their strategic governance and leadership roles. Online: $2,000 for annual subscription that allows unlimited access to all board members, plus periodic webinars. On-site: Half day $4,000 (one instructor). Building Partnerships: Workforce and Economic Development This introductory course builds awareness about workforce and economic development actors, activities, concepts, and resources, and provides insights on how to partner with local economic development entities on workforce issues. Experts in the fields of economic and workforce development present the content, which includes presentations, participant discussion, and practical exercises. Full Day $6,500 (Requires two instructors - each with expertise in workforce or economic development). Advanced Workforce Development for Economic Developers Developed by NAWB, the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, The National Center on Education and the Economy, and the Council for Community and Economic Research, this course presents a practical framework for economic developers and workforce professionals to design and establish functioning local and regional partnerships. The course provides the information needed to identify the critical workforce development partners, includes how to use data and labor market information to target workforce interventions, and shares tactics to align sector and cluster initiatives with workforce development partners. Call for pricing. All courses include a course book with a variety of useful resources and pre-training call with instructors to better align the content with your WIB's needs. Prices do not include facility or travel costs.