TRAINING SCHEDULE
Workforce & Career Development Certification - Cohort #5
Workforce development is an important career, especially in today’s economic & workforce climate. How can you, as a workforce professional, show credibility as a career coach? The Workforce & Career Development Certification training will offer you the opportunity to get training and the opportunity to apply for THREE industry recognized credentials.
Listens Deep Dive: Enhancing Connections through Active Listening
The holiday season is full of opportunities to connect with colleagues, friends and family both near and far. Listening can ignite, enhance, or even repair those connections, but how do we know if we are doing it well? In this continuous learning session, you’ll have the chance to consider the ways in which you have listened to others in the past. You’ll also learn about (or be reminded of) the five reflective listening skills and how to implement them in your daily life. You’ll leave the session with a clear idea of how to show those most important to you that you care about them and your relationship.
Taming Your Microsoft Outlook: Time & Email Management Strategies for Busy Outlook Users
Is your e-mail a “beast”? Does it take up too much time, cause distraction, and actually get in the way of productivity vs. helping with productivity? Without a system for “controlling the beast”, professionals spend much of their work (and personal) time spinning wheels and feeling highly unsatisfied.
How AI Can Help Not Hinder Your Work
In this fun presentation, Brian Matson will cover the basics of what you need to be doing online to promote your business and explore ways that AI and machine learning can be applied to enhance your marketing efforts.
HR Diversity and EO — Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Training Series
Supervisors, managers, and employees have a unique challenge when it comes to adhering to practices, policies, and laws designed to govern equal employment opportunities and respect a diverse and welcoming work culture.
Policy Essentials for Frontline Staff
Policy is messy, it is not just black and white. So how do we address the grey in policy? This training is perfect for Michigan Works! Agency policy end user staff and policy implementers (non-management) and will introduce participants to the principles of federal, state, and local policymaking and establish a framework for policy development and implementation. Participants will walk away with an understanding of the why, how and who of policy.
Mental Health and Mindfulness: Managing Stress, Trauma and Burnout
This session explores the impact of stress and trauma on mental health. Speakers address benefits of self-awareness and self-care, provide information promoting mindfulness and good mental health while working in unprecedented times.
Active Assailant and De-Escalation Training for Michigan Works! System
Join us for a comprehensive workshop designed to enhance workplace safety and security.
LGBTQIA+ in the Workplace — Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Training Series
This comprehensive training session is designed to provide participants with a deeper understanding of the LGBTQ+ community, specifically with terminology, issues, and expectations, as well as practical strategies for fostering inclusivity and support.
Suicide Prevention Webinar
OSHA/MIOSHA have a specific focus in the construction industry to prevent suicide given the high numbers of working age people committing suicide compared to other industries.
Forging Futures: Women in Registered Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship Learning Network)
Please join us for the FREE event exploring women in apprenticeship!
Business Solutions Professional Training - Cohort #47
Business Solutions Professionals (BSPs) are local community leaders and practitioners who are trained to make use of a vast array of business and economic assets to assist businesses.
Generational Diversity — Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Training Series
Each of us sees the world differently. That vantage point is dependent upon a wide range of factors, which includes our culture of origination, socio-economic status, race, religion and so much more.
Trauma Informed Care - Part 2
Two virtual workshops that you can choose to attend separately or together at a reduced price! Participants will walk away with a better understanding of trauma, toxic stress, and resiliency.
Our Community Listens Deep Dive: Effective Confrontation and the Three Moves
You're bugged about something… but what do you do about it? This Roundtable serves as a reminder of what our 3 Moves always are when something is bothering us. We will look at each move, reflect on when you've used each of them, and share the challenges that come with each one.
Demand-Driven Approach in a Job-Seeker’s Market: Essentials of BSP for Career Services
The workforce system is “demand-driven.” What does that mean for job seekers?
Virtual Leadership in Business – Workplace Mental Health Best Practices
Join us for a free webinar presented by the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity on ending the stigma associated with mental health in the workplace.
Active Assailant and De-Escalation Training 6/26
Join us for a comprehensive workshop designed to enhance workplace safety and security. In this session, we'll combine Active Assailant Preparedness with Situational Awareness, Personal Conflict Assessment & De-Escalation Techniques.
Complaint System Virtual Training
Join us for a brief overview of training, MSFW Outreach Program, ES Complaint System and a Q & A session.
Active Assailant and De-Escalation Training 6/20
Join us for a comprehensive workshop designed to enhance workplace safety and security. In this session, we'll combine Active Assailant Preparedness with Situational Awareness, Personal Conflict Assessment & De-Escalation Techniques.
Communication Skills: Our Community Listens
Our Community Listens is a training that has been utilized by large corporations, non-profits, and human services organizations. It is a three-day communication skills training offering a transformational learning experience to strengthen relationships, align teams, and build stronger communities.
DISC Deep Dive
Is there anyone in your life you are having a hard time connecting with? Are you struggling to come up with ways to connect with those in your span of care? In this Roundtable, we will examine how DISC can help us to connect with others, and how to recognize bids for connection. We will dig deeper into understanding each tendency and style flexing and how we can make the most of our knowledge in practical ways.
Embrace Ease - A Journey Through Anxiety Management
Join us for a virtual educational workshop that will educate participants about anxiety and the different types of anxiety.
Policy Academy - Cohort #5
Introduce staff to the principles of federal, state, and local policymaking and establish a framework for policy development and implementation. This training is for staff that write and implement policy, typically at a management level.
TAA Outreach and Engagement
The LEO-WD, TAA Section, will host a webinar to introduce the Statewide TAA Engagement and Outreach Project. This session will provide MWAs with the information and tools necessary to conduct outreach to TAA eligible workers with an emphasis on the value of prioritizing the increase of TAA participant enrollments.
Communication Skills: Our Community Listens
Our Community Listens is a training that has been utilized by large corporations, non-profits, and human services organizations. It is a three-day communication skills training offering a transformational learning experience to strengthen relationships, align teams, and build stronger communities.
Our Community Serves
Our Community Serves, a program designed to seamlessly incorporate service concepts into your everyday leadership moments, is now open to alumni of Our Community Listens.
TAA 101
The LEO-WD, TAA Section, will provide an overview and refresher of the TAA Program, including the latest updates on the status of TAA Termination.
2 CFR 200 Changes - What You Need to Know
This module will discuss both prior and the recently proposed changes to the Uniform Guidance that will become effective this Spring (date: TBD). Topics include the increases in dollar thresholds, new definitions and wording changes, reporting deadlines, and the expanded rate and usage of the De Minimis rate.
TRAINING FULL! Workforce & Career Development Certification - Cohort #4
Workforce development is an important career, especially in today’s economic & workforce climate. How can you, as a workforce professional, show credibility as a career coach? The Workforce & Career Development Certification training will offer you the opportunity to get training and the opportunity to apply for THREE industry recognized credentials.
TRAINING FULL! Workforce Development Orientation
Whether you are new to workforce development or just confused by the sheer volume of program and department acronyms, this custom-designed, workshop is for you! Gain insight into Michigan’s comprehensive workforce system and a better understanding of the key players, initiatives, programs, services and funding sources.
Motivating A Post-Pandemic Youth Workforce
Several years back, the world underwent a seismic shift as both adults and youth wrestled with the unprecedented challenges of a global pandemic. The reality is that the young individuals who navigated life before the outbreak are not identical to those who emerged from it. This dynamic workshop aims to equip youth workers and leaders with the necessary tools to effectively connect with young job seekers, facilitating their path toward employment, education, and overall life success in today's era.
The Power of Recognition
Explore the impact of positive recognition, practice crafting messages for people when it’s easy, recognize those you struggle with, learn how to change your mindset for a “positive upward spiral”, and notice the impact of that change on your recognition skills.
Cultural Awareness Training
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about Cultural Awareness in a general session, and we will have trainers specifically covering Ukrainian culture, LatinX culture, and Arab culture.