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NAWDP Learning Opportunities 2025: Your Year of Learning and Growth!
Thursday, Aug 14, 2025
Get an overview of events, academies, webinars, and training programs designed to enhance your skills, advance your career, and connect with a community committed to workforce development excellence. Learn how…
Virtual Academy – Career Coaching
Thursday, Aug 14, 2025
Career coaching is a pivotal component of workforce development. Its importance lies in its ability to empower individuals with the tools, guidance, and confidence needed to make informed career decisions,…
NAWDP Day of Learning
Wednesday, Aug 13, 2025
This event is designed specifically for workforce development professionals eager to sharpen their soft skills and maximize their impact. Through practical strategies, real-world examples, and peer-to-peer collaboration, we will explore…
Next Steps: Helping Youth and Workforce Professionals Thrive After Training Program Transitions
Wednesday, Aug 13, 2025
As workforce programs evolve, both young people and the professionals who support them face critical transitions. This listening session brings together workforce professionals, youth advocates, educators, and individuals with lived…
30 Minutes of Excellence-June
Wednesday, Aug 13, 2025
Adaptability, emotional intelligence, and resilience are key to thriving in today’s uncertain world. In this 30-minute session, Eric Shepherd, Executive Director of the Foundation for Talent Transformation, will share practical…
Now Accepting Applications: New Professionals Cohort in Workforce Development
Friday, Aug 01, 2025
Are you or someone on your team new to workforce development? NAWDP’s New Professionals Cohort is now accepting applications for its next 12-month program! This supportive, community-driven experience helps early-career…
NAWDP Day of Learning
Wednesday, Jul 30, 2025
This training event is designed to equip workforce development professionals with strategies for career advancement and to strengthen retention across our vital industry. You will leave with renewed focus, fresh…
EP11: Inside NAWDP: Diversity, Growth, and the Future of Workforce Development
Friday, Jul 25, 2025
Crystal Odom-McKinney shares her journey from case manager to leader, offering insights on growth, mentorship, and how NAWDP drives meaningful change for workforce professionals and communities.
NAWDP to Launch New Professionals Cohort in Workforce Development
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2025
New to workforce development? Apply Aug. 1 to join NAWDP’s 12-month New Professionals Cohort launching Jan. 2026—connect, learn, and grow!
Three of the Most Common Barriers to Employment for Dislocated Workers and How to Help People Overcome Them
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Holding on to Unrealistic Salary and Benefit Expectations You can help people deal with this by running a workshop titled How to Find Out How Much Jobs Pay and What […]
How to Help Clients Identify and Market Their Transferable Skills
Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025
People wrap up so much of who they are into what they do. Their occupation becomes an extension of their identity. When they face a career change, Imposter Syndrome can […]
EP05: From the Barbershop to the Boardroom: Innovative Approaches to Community Impact
Thursday, Jan 23, 2025
In this episode of Workforce on the Mic, how Esther Lewis and Soyica White use barbering spaces to advance mental health, career coaching, and workforce development.
EP01: Are You a Workforce Development Professional? Unconventional Paths and Hidden Connections
Thursday, Sep 26, 2024
This episode explores how workforce development extends beyond government and non-profits to include private employers and economic developers—revealing how all sectors contribute to talent growth and strong local economies.
FROM HARD TO EMPLOY TO I GOT THE JOB! HOW TO DO A STRENGTH-BASED ASSESSMENT
Wednesday, Jan 10, 2024
Larry Robbin challenges the barrier-first mindset in workforce assessments, promoting a strength-based approach that uncovers job...
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