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Agenda
Wednesday (Day 1)
8:30 Arrival & Registration – (Collins Center Lobby)
9:00 Pre Conference
- Introduction to GRIT: GRIT Steering Committee
- Mains Rotunda (Verne Riffe Center)
- Handout: GRIT_Onboarding_LeapForward_2.28.2024.pdf
- Leadership: Dr. Shannon Smith
- Bowman Auditorium (Collins Center)
- Handout: Grit-2024-Handout-ShannonSmith.pdf
12:00 Lunch - Mains Rotunda (Verne Riffe Center) / Registration (Collins Center Lobby)
1:00 Main Session (Welcome/Keynote: Denise Reading) - Mains Rotunda (Verne Riffe Center) (Handout: Leap-Forward-KeyNote-GRIT-2024.pdf)
2:00 Deep Dive Session
Details
EDUCATION
- Goshen School - Patrick Dubbs
- Pike Western - Brock Brewster
- Fairfield Local - Kesia McCoy
- Mains Rotunda (Verne Riffe Center)
- Handouts:
Advocacy for WORKFORCE and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Advocacy: Dan McCarthy
- Lecture D (Collins Center)
4:00 Hotel Check-In / Free Time
5:00 Happy Hour / Dinner
- Happy Hour and Dinner to follow, with each attendee responsible for their meal/drinks.
- The Armory Smoke House
920 Vernon St, Ironton, OH 45638 - https://www.thearmorysmokehouse.com/
Thursday (Day 2)
8:00 Arrival/breakfast & Registration - (Collins Center Lobby)
8:30 Keynote (Eric Leach) - Bowman Auditorium (Collins Center) (Handout: GRIT-PowerPoint_EricLeach.pdf)
9:30 Breakout 1
Descriptions
YOUTH
- Building a Business Advisory Council that is Engaged with the Community
- Building Bridges to Careers & Pickaway-Ross Career Technical Center
- Classroom 258 (Verne Riffe Center)
- Handouts:
ADULT
- Effective Communication for Leadership
- Dr. Shannon Smith
- Bowman Auditorium (Collins Center)
- Handouts:
ECONOMIC/BUSINESS
- Chamber Driven Workforce Initiatives
- Bill Dingus & Melissa Maiorano
- Lecture D (Collins Center)
- Handouts:
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Wellness
- Karen Vadino
- Classroom 254 (Verne Riffe Center)
- Handouts:
10:30 Breakout 2
Descriptions
YOUTH
- Speed Speakers
- Grants (ODE, Graham Wood)
- Implementing Credentials in a home school (George Bilokonsky)
- Mental Health Break Ideas (Karen Vadino)
- Classroom 258 (Verne Riffe Center)
- Handouts:
ADULT
- Speed Speakers
- Grants (OMHAS, Ashley Kerr)
- Operation Better Together (Adams Brown OMJ)
- Adult Apprenticeships (Apprentice Ohio, Holly Endicott)
- Mains Rotunda (Verne Riffe Center)
- Handouts:
ECONOMIC/BUSINESS
- Speed Speakers
- Grants and Funding for Businesses (Melanie Sherman)
- Who’s Who in Government Agencies (Steve Stivers)
- Resources for Appalachia (Governor’s Office of Appalachia, John Carey)
- Bowman Auditorium (Collins Center)
- Handouts:
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Speed Speakers
- Grants (Tech Cred, Mike Kahoe)
- Mental Health (Appalachian Children’s Coalition, Peggy Garcia)
- How to Focus (Dr. Shannon Smith)
- Lecture D (Collins Center)
- Handouts:
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Keynote (State Representative Jay Edwards) - Mains Rotunda (Verne Riffe Center)
1:30 Breakout 3
Descriptions
YOUTH
- Creative designs for Youth Workforce Programs (Shaelynn Ballard Ashtabula CTC, Sandy Mers, & Dan Leffingwell)
- Classroom 254 (Verne Rifvfe Center)
ADULT
- Overcoming barriers to work (WISE Pathways, Angie Duduit; Pike- CAC, Carolyn R. Fyffe; Electrical Training Academy, Matthew Louanglath; Valley View Health Center, Flash Phipps)
- Classroom 258 (Verne Riffe Center)
- Handouts:
ECONOMIC/BUSINESS
- Why your county needs an entrepreneurial ecosystem and how to build one (Amanda Hedrick - Panel Facilitator, Josh Lawson - Kricker HUB, Kelly Biggar - Young Entrepreneurs Institute, Kelly Gordon - Women's Business Center, Melanie Sherman - OSU)
- Lecture D (Collins Center)
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Strategic Problem-Solving for Leadership (Dr. Shannon Smith)
- Bowman Auditorium (Collins Center)
- Handouts:
2:30 Awards & Closing - Bowman Auditorium (Collins Center)
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