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Coach-Specific Tools and Templates
Student Success Center Coaching Program Craft of Coaching 1. Setting Up Your Engagement This section contains tools that will help coaches and colleges set themselves up for success as they begin working together. Coaches will…
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2020 Immersive Learning Technology
Advances in immersive technologies create new opportunities for companies, educational institutions, and training providers to build engaging, effective, and affordable systems for training people in simulated environments. At JFFLabs, we scan markets to identify promising…
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Inclusive Economic Development: Good for Growth and Good for Communities
Many communities are embracing “inclusive economic development” as a way to address inequity that persists even as the economy grows. In an effort to spark a national conversation about the conditions needed to achieve inclusive…
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Preparing Opportunity Youth for the Future of Work
The future of work—resulting from fast- paced changes in technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, and fluctuations in the way we perform work—will create economic growth and new jobs across the country, but only for communities that…
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How Workforce Boards Show the Way Toward the Future of Work
Future-focused workforce leaders excel in today’s rapidly changing world. About Future-Focused Workforce Boards In addition to clarifying the challenges and opportunities facing the workforce development system, AWAKE’s interviews with workforce board leaders revealed a clear…
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Human-Centered: Putting People Before Procedures
Future-Focused Workforce Board Behaviors | Workforce boards that design and implement human-centered systems and processes ensure that all people, regardless of their situation, have equitable access to services and opportunities. View the Full Brief Workforce…
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Opportunity-Oriented: Imagining What Could Be, Not Accepting What Is
Future-Focused Workforce Board Behaviors | Workforce boards that actively seek out new opportunities can increase their influence and expand the range of services they help make available to their communities. View the Full Brief Too…
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Tech-Enabled: Using New Tools to Build Better Organizations
Future-Focused Workforce Board Behaviors | Future Workforce boards that embrace the use of new tools and technologies can improve service delivery and increase equity and access within their communities. View the Full Brief Technology drives…
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Data-Obsessed: Analyzing, Understanding, and Preparing for Change
Future-Focused Workforce Board Behaviors | Workforce boards that collect and analyze a wealth of data are able to keep pace with and, in some cases, anticipate constantly changing regional dynamics. View the Full Brief It’s…