Strategic Planning and Funding for Talent Development. January 25, 2018

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1 Strategic Planning and Funding for Talent Development January 25, 2018

2 Presenters Jason Hutcheson, President & CEO Greater Burlington Partnership (IA) Susan Davenport, President & CEO Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce (FL) Lawrence McKinney, CEcD, CCE, IOM Senior Project Director, Convergent Nonprofit Solutions

3 Talent: A Two-Part #FundingTalent

4 Key Takeaways 1. If they write it, they will underwrite it. 2. Talent is the currency of the 21 st Century economic developer. 3. There is no single magic #FundingTalent

5 About the Partnership Community of 28, Members Collection of 6 Non-profits Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Convention & Visitors Bureau Main Street Redevelopment Community Foundation Development #FundingTalent

6 Goals of Capital Campaign Assemble effective strategy Raise $$ Sometimes a gap exists between the two - especially with workforce #FundingTalent

7 Existing Industrial Employers Said: We love you, but no workforce development, no money for #FundingTalent

8 @GBPartnership #FundingTalent

9 @GBPartnership #FundingTalent

10 Youth Programming - Strategy Exposure to actual local careers Various age levels Multiple points of contact Repeated #FundingTalent

11 Youth Programming - Activities 5 th & 8 th Grade Career Fairs Manufacturing Days for High School Juniors STEM Festivals (very successful) Videos, School Board Presentations, Ads in School Publications, After School Programs, #FundingTalent

12 Lessons Learned Other groups are not accountable to us Participation does not equal buy-in Job posting aggregator has been successful in changing the conversation as we can now say with confidence: 1,000+ available jobs We will never be able to cross workforce of our #FundingTalent

13 Achievable goals, metrics that matter, robust communications, and accountable governance Investors respond when the pain of doing nothing becomes greater than the pain of doing something Use an Outside Expert over an Inside #FundingTalent

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28 Transforming Greater Gainesville: A game-changing plan Train the Trainers, Change the Culture Investors Prefer Outcomes over Outputs Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of #FundingTalent

29 Top 10 Strategies for an Effective Workforce Development Program: 1. As a community leader, make a personal commitment to: Initiate. Begin. Start. 2. Personally assemble relevant data for analysis and discussion 3. Establish credibility with key stakeholders 4. Build diverse and inclusive organizational/community rapport 5. Use data to set goals, metrics and implementation accountability 6. Hire an outside fundraising consultant to determine feasibility 7. Adjust plans, strategies and alliances as necessary 8. Raise money to raise the bar 9. Implement the plan and hold implementer(s) accountable quarterly 10. Over communicate and celebrate small milestones along the #FundingTalent

30 Q&A Jason Hutcheson, President & Susan Davenport, President & Lawrence McKinney, CEcD, CCE,