Annual Summer Conference

2024 MAWB Summer Conference Save the Date: August 14-16, 2024, at the Inn on Lake Superior in Duluth, MN

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2023 MAWB Summer Conference: “Stronger Together”

• Download Final Program

Promising Practices Award Winners

• 1st Place: Online Inquiry System; Anoka County Job Training Center
• 2nd Place: Workforce Mobility Program; Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board
• 3rd Place: Career Solutions’ Open House Initiative

Presentations

• Department of Labor Update – Amy Hansmann, Federal Project Officer
• Department of Employment & Economic Development Update – Deputy Commissioner Marc Majors
• Workforce DEI: The Role We All Play – Whitney Harvey, Sr. Director of Workforce Diversity & Inclusion, MN Chamber Foundation
• Using Job-Fit to Improve Career Navigation – Bill Guest, President & Chief Solutions Architect, Metrics Reporting
• Racial Equity Dividends Index – Nathan Arnosti, Director of Analytics, Center for Economic Inclusion
• Legislative Updates – Chris Andresen
• Positive Impact of Local Workforce Boards – Walter Simmons
• Governor’s Workforce Development Board Update – Katie McClelland, Director
• Anoka County Job Training Center Online Inquiry System, Nicole Swanson

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2022 MAWB Summer Conference: “Shaping the Workforce Future”

• Download Final Agenda
• Speaker Biographies
• All Promising Practices Applications
• Business Meeting Minutes (DRAFT)

Promising Practices Award Winners

• 1st Place: Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council, Certified Community Interpreter Training
• 2nd Place: Career Solutions, Career Trek
• 3rd Place: South Central WorkForce Council, South Central Adult Career Pathways (ACP) Partnership

Presentations

• Federal Legislative Updates – Chris Andresen
• Best Practices for Outreach & Community Engagement – Walter Simmons
• Connecting Credentials – Rachel Vilsack, Mary Rothchild, and Ben Baglio
• Creating a Roadmap for DEI in Turbulent Times – Philomena Morrissey Satre
• Updates – Deputy Commissioner Marc Majors
• From Chasing Smokestacks to Chasing People – Marnie Werner

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2021 MAWB Summer Meeting: “Opportunity Ahead: Workforce Leading the Economic Recovery” 

• Main Agenda
• Speaker Biographies
• Business Meeting Agenda
• Promising Practices Applications

Promising Practices Award Winners:

• 1st Place: Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council, Construction Trades Cankuya Program at the Lower Sioux Indian Community
• 2nd Place: Career Solutions, Welding Discovery Day and CDL Discovery Day Workshops
• 3rd Place: Region 4, Metro Region Virtual Services

Presentations:

• Analysis of National Politics and Workforce Advocacy – Chris Andresen
• Focus on Racial Equity in Workforce Strategies – National Skills Coalition
• Poll Report from the questions asked during the National Skills Coalition Presentation
• Impacts of COVID-19 on Minnesota’s Labor Market – Cameron Macht
• National Association of Workforce Boards 2021 Update – NAWB
• Regional Labor Market Trends and Disrupting Disparities – Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Workforce Leading the Economic Recovery – Markle Foundation
• Employer Panel Information
• Youth Panel Information