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Registration is Open for 2nd Annual Bridging Business and Workforce Development Best Practices Conference

This is a reminder to mark your calendars and to get registered if you aren’t yet!  The Centralina Workforce Development Board and the Re-Employment Bridge Institute (RBI) announced the dates for the 2nd annual best practices conference titled Bridging Business and Workforce Development earlier this year and you want to make sure you get a spot! 

This exciting conference will be held on Thursday June 7 – Friday June 8, 2012 at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in Concord.

The focus of the upcoming conference is to bring together private business with workforce professionals who provide services to displaced workers, the unemployed and the underemployed in response to the identified needs of business.  Opportunities will be afforded to participants to remain current on innovative initiatives, idea exchange, and networking with colleagues.

Anyone who is interested in learning best practices in bridging the needs of business with workforce development is welcome to attend!  The 2011 Conference had over 300 attendees from all over the nation come together to network and discuss best practices.  The positive response from those that attended the event was overwhelming and many left demanding another conference for 2012.  So don’t miss this chance.  Mark your calendar today! 

Interested in attending?   Registration is now open for this great event.  The nominal cost for this two day event is $125.  You can register at www.reemploymentbridge.com or by contacting Erin Ploplis at (704) 216-7202 or by e-mail at erin.ploplis@rccc.edu.

The Re-Employment Bridge Institute is also seeking proposals for concurrent session workshop presentations at the June 7-8, 2012 conference.  Priority will be given to proposals which focus on how to create, implement, and evaluate programs and services which meet identified needs of business and, thereby, provide improved services to the unemployed and under employed.  And remember, each workforce MUST have a business partner(s) as part of the presentation team.  A workshop proposal form can be accessed by clicking here. For more information on submitting a proposal for a workshop please contact Erin Ploplis at (704) 216-7202 or by e-mail at erin.ploplis@rccc.edu or at www.remploymentbridge.com.

The RBI is a teaching/learning institute based in Kannapolis and is funded by a two-year grant from the Centralina Workforce Development Board and the NC Department of Commerce.  The Re-Employment Bridge Institute has enrolled over 1,000 business and workforce development professionals through its initial conference, workshop series and community-based consultations.  The RBI is committed to sharing best practices among workforce professionals especially in addressing the needs of business.

The Centralina Workforce Development Board was a partner for the 2011 conference and is proud to be a partner again for the 2012 event.  Please continue to look to the Centralina WDB monthly E-Newsletter for updates on this exciting conference. For more information on the 2012 Re-Employment Bridge Institute Conference or on the Centralina Workforce Development Board, please contact Emily Clamp at (704) 348-2732 or by e-mail at eclamp@centralina.org.

To view the pre-conference workshop flyer please click here.

To view the conference flyer please click here.

To view the call for sponsors and exhibitors please click here.