info on PREVIOUS CONFERENCE DAYS were March 17 – 21, 2008


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MONDAY 10AM REGISTRATION
1pm Opening Ceremony (aid to Congresswoman Matsui and various city delegates)
Lynn Rhodes and Richard Trigg, Regional Administrator USDOL/ETA, San Francisco
Update on W I A Issues for Workforce Development Administrators.

2-5pm Sharing the Path: Legislative Updates by Robert Knight, Managing Director at Arbor Employment & Training

Also with Ronna Timpa, Author, Leader & Motivator at Workplace ESL Solutions

5-7pm Hosted Reception & NETWORKING MIXER
    (6pm Viynette of CARNIVAL D'AMOUR, presented by InterACT -- a salute to NAJA Founder, Stan Quon)  ABOUT MR. STAN QUON:  Stan has over 25 years working experiences with the California State Government, as Chief of the Employment Department Audit division, and as Regional as Administrator of the California Employment Tax Program.  Stan was responsible for the audit labor programs, and for the collection of personal and employer taxes for the largest state-taxing agency in America.

Stan is an adjunct professor and the author with the Los Rios College District in Sacramento, California for over 20 years.  Stan teaches governmental auditing and other related accounting classes at Colleges and Universities in the United States and China.  He is the only known author of a syllabus that focuses mainly on governmental auditing.  Stan is also a consultant on governmental affairs, and is CEO and founder of NAJA; a professional not-for-profit organization devoted to the professional development of governmental and other nonprofit entities.

Two of his many significant contributions while employed by the state of California, include the development and implementation of the first job training partnership audit program for the state of California, and the development and issuance of the first state department of policy to implement the State Financial Integrity and State Managers’ Accountability Act, which was recognized as a model policy for other agencies. 

Stan became the first California State Official elected Chairman of the Western Intergovernmental Audit Forum and also as a state representative to the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum.

TUESDAY
8:30 - 10 AM Plenary - CATCH ME IF YOU CAN with Shirley Eichenberg, Michigan Works!

10:30 - noon  WIA track:   HOW TO GET INTO TROUBLE WITH YOUR GRANT
                                               by Macey Prince Swinson, USDOL
10:30 - noon   TANF track:  TANF INSIDE AND OUT by Kathy Winstanley, ResCARE


1-2:30 FIN track:  COST ALLOCATION by Jeff Smith, Kaiser Group
3-4:30                  FINANCIAL MONITORING by Macey Prince Swinson & STEVE MALLIARAS, USDOL

1-2:30 WIA track:  COMMON MEASURES - Definitions and Update on Implementation Issues
                                           by Denise Dombek
3-4:30                   DATA VALIDATION - Navigating the Reporting by Denise Dombek


WEDNESDAY
8:30 - noon FIN track:  RUNNING THE CIRCLE WITH THE CIRCULARS
                                     by Edward Donahue, USDOL/ETA Wash. D.C. and Steve Garfinkel

8:30 - 10 TANF track:  WE CARE MODEL by Kathy Winstanley, ResCARE
10:30 - 12                   RETENTION 101 AND PARTICIPATION METHODS
                                           by Paul Robinson, ResCARE

Noon to 6:30pm or 9pm FIELD TRIP:  GET A GLIMPSE OF INDIAN CASINO’S
                                    EMPLOYEE & RECRUITMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS
 
Where: trip to Thunder Valley Casino Resort, in quaint countryside town of LINCOLN< website: www.thundervalleyresort.com
 
What to do there: Buffet Lunch, $5 gaming chip, lessons about a few games and session with their HR and Program Specialists to get insight on their success of their workforce programs.
 
COST: $20/pp, inc. lunch. Advance pymt (taken during your registration at conference)
 
                       

THURSDAY
8:30 - 10 FIN track:  SALARY CAP LIMITATIONS
                                     by Edward Donahue, USDOL/ETA Wash. D.C.
8:30 - 10 WIA  track:  MOTIVATING YOUTH FOR SUCCESS IN THE WORKPLACE
                                          by Leonard Gonzales, Henkels & McCoy Training Services
10:30 - 12  FIN track:  TRACKING COSTS FROM BUDGET TO CLOSEOUT
                                           by Tom Skellan

10:30 - 12  WIA track:  SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES FOR PREPARING UNEMPLOYED
                                          ADULTS FOR EMPLOYMENT by Ray Eibel
1 - 2:30           SERVING DISABLED YOUTH IN TRNSITION by Barbara Burger & Barbara Lefferts
3 - 4:30           CONTRACTING OJT & TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION by Kathy Winstanley

 1 - 4:30  FIN track:  PROCUREMENT by Ed Donahue and Steve Garfinkel


FRIDAY
8:30-10  PLENARY:  UNDERSTANDING CAREER PATHS FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
                                    by Robert Knight
10:30-noon PLENARY:  YELLOW BOOK UPDATE by Harry Medina, US GAO

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