Workforce Development - RE:Philanthropy

Putting the Venture into Venture Philanthropy

In: Media and Technology| My Giving Story| Philanthropy| Workforce Development

25 Oct 2012

Telluride, Colo., a picturesque historical mining town perched just below 9,000 feet in the San Juan Mountains, has a rich history of innovation, invention, and reinvention. The well-known collaboration between LL Nunn, Nikola Telsa, and George Westinghouse in 1891 forever changed the delivery of energy. The mining era transformed the region into an economic engine [...]

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Showing the Heart of a Community Through Video

24 Sep 2012

Our world has become increasingly dependent upon content to attract people’s attention. This content ranges from blogs on the Internet to television shows. Due to global shifts in our economy, economic developers have to work harder to attract companies and individual entrepreneurs. What used to be local efforts to attract job creators from neighboring cities [...]

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Are You a Serial Entrepreneur?

In: Community Revitalization| Philanthropy| Private Foundations| Workforce Development

26 Jul 2012

On Monday, DRF announced a $10 million grant to fund an entrepreneurship initiative to benefit the residents of the City of Danville and Pittsylvania County in Virginia and Caswell County in North Carolina, the foundation’s Dan River Region footprint. In a global economy, investment in those who create businesses is essential. The Dan River Region [...]

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Growing a Local Workforce

In: Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy| Workforce Development

21 Jun 2012

The opening of the new Louisiana State University and VA Medical complex slated for 2014–2015 in downtown New Orleans is about to open up hundreds of jobs online to service and run these medical centers. Will the unemployed residents of New Orleans get hired? The Greater New Orleans Foundation recently convened health care and biotech [...]

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It Takes a Village…

In: Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy| Workforce Development

20 Jun 2012

That’s an old saying, but in Cincinnati, the decision to adopt employer-driven career pathways as a workforce strategy had many “parents.”
Career pathways help align training for individuals with employers’ needs, close skills gaps, and develop talent-supply chains for in-demand careers. It takes collaboration and buy-in across employment sectors, education institutions, and community organizations, plus the [...]

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Don’t Give Up on Green Jobs and Careers!

In: Environment| Philanthropy| Workforce Development

19 Jun 2012

Preparing my slides for today’s “What’s Next for Green Careers?” session at the Second Annual National Fund meeting in Cincinnati gave me the opportunity to reflect on SkillWorks Green Jobs Initiative activities from 2009 to the present. It took me awhile to figure out what message I wanted to share with the audience: Don’t give [...]

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Learning From the National Fund for Workforce Solutions Model

In: Philanthropy| Workforce Development

18 Jun 2012

It’s safe to say the time for rethinking the national workforce development system is way overdue: The reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is now 12 years overdue and counting—with no one expecting it anytime soon. Not that a new and improved WIA will solve the myriad problems in our workforce systems. The need [...]

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Philanthropy’s Role in Boosting the Economy: What’s Your Take?

In: Economy| Social Media| Workforce| Workforce Development| Workforce Investment

28 Oct 2011

The first-ever joint Twitter Chat with the Council on Foundations and The Chronicle of Philanthropy, held October 28, provided a forum for the field to discuss the sector’s role (if there is one) and impact in strengthening America’s economy. This follow-up blog is a way to continue the conversation, for people to offer their opinions [...]

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Corporate Philanthropy 2012: The Conversation Is Just Beginning

In: Corporate Philanthropy| Workforce Development

11 Oct 2011

As the Council on Foundations plans for 2012, we’re looking for opportunities to partner with others to find effective ways to address the profound social and environmental challenges we all face. In addition, the Corporate Committee has been discussing the changing role of philanthropy as part of Corporate Philanthropy 2012. Here are some of the [...]

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Where Philanthropy Is Needed the Most: Your Global Impact

In: Global Philanthropy| Housing| Philanthropy| Workforce Development

3 Oct 2011

We try to activate philanthropy where it is needed most in the world. For those of us who are global-minded, we might think about a starving child or a refugee camp. For those of us who are local-minded in the United States, we might wonder about a soup kitchen or a homeless person.
Of course we know [...]

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Capitol Hill Briefing Highlights Philanthropy’s Leadership in Addressing America’s Jobs Challenge

29 Jun 2011

While America’s slow economic recovery continues and Washington policymakers grasp at ideas to drive down joblessness and drive up growth, philanthropy is doing its part to address the jobs challenge. That was the message conveyed by several sector leaders to members of Congress, their staffs, and workforce policy leaders during a congressional briefing last week.
With [...]

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Addressing the Workforce Investment Challenge: Philanthropy Weighs In

In: Education| Partnerships and Collaborations| Public Policy| Workforce| Workforce Development

12 May 2011

On the same day that the federal government announced that unemployment had ticked up a notch to 9 percent, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) convened a bipartisan panel of former policy-makers on Capitol Hill for a spirited discussion about the lessons to be drawn from the 40-year history of federal workforce development [...]