Dynamic Works Institute is pleased to announce a three year agreement with Missouri’s Department of Economic Development, Division of Workforce Development (DWD) for the skills growth and professional certification of their workforce staff.  This creative partnership reflects the state’s commitment to further elevate the knowledge and skills of its workforce professionals.  Additionally, this partnership reflects the growing interest by states and regions to follow the encouragement from the USDOL to use technology-based training as ”a powerful tool to expand the geographical reach of training”.

This agreement is similar to other statewide partnerships that Dynamic Works holds with Florida and Virginia.  It provides DWD’s staff of 600 unlimited access to the national training and certification programs of Dynamic Works.  The online certification programs are competency based, nationally recognized and fulfill the education requirements for the credentials of the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP).  DWD staff will have the ability to create ongoing individual training plans that fit into a lifelong learning philosophy. 

Dynamic Works looks forward to working with the Missouri workforce professionals in this exciting initiative launched at their fall - 08 conference.  The commitment to training subscription purchases by states and regions is an economical and effective means to support our industry's high performance and reflects the growing recognition of the value of trained and certified workforce professional staff.

For more details on this exciting training partnership, please click Missouri DWD Newsletter link

Dynamic Works Institute is pleased to announce its collaboration with the Garden State Employment and Training Association (GSETA) to provide national training and certification programs to workforce professionals and partners across the state of New Jersey. GSETA is a statewide professional organization with members comprised of Directors or Administrators of local Workforce Investment Boards, One-Stop Career Center Operators and designated Employment and Training Agencies.

This partnership will be launched at GSETA’s annual conference in June and is similar to other Dynamic Works statewide partnerships. It allows the Association to offer New Jersey workforce professionals a significant discount on all Dynamic Works nationally recognized training and certification products along with other professional resources of Dynamic Works.

Dynamic Works is excited to share that over 203,000 skill based competency exams have been delivered to workforce development professionals committed to increasing their work based knowledge and skills. This is a grand accomplishment both for our workforce industry and the recognition given to the strength and quality of the Dynamic Works training and certification programs. Dynamic Works continues to strengthen its curriculum offerings through updates and quality improvement reviews to assure relevancy and accuracy of the material. The achievement also recognizes the substantial benefits of providing cost effective online training and the efficiency of it being available on-demand.

We thank our students and members for their continued training partnership.

Dynamic Works Institute is pleased to announce its collaboration with the North Carolina Workforce Development Training Center to provide national training and certification programs to the state’s workforce professionals and partners. Dynamic Works online training and certification solutions are competency based, nationally recognized and fulfill the education requirements of the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP) workforce credentials.

With the training offered online, the certifications are less expensive than traditional training programs that may require travel, lodging, or time away from the office. This partnership reflects the growing interest by states and regions to follow the US Department of Labor’s (US DOL) encouragement to use technology-based learning (TBL) as “a powerful tool to expand the geographical reach of training”.

This creative partnership between the NC Workforce Development Training Center and Dynamic Works reflects the commitment of the Training Center to the development of its NC workforce professionals and the system’s growing training needs and skill demands in an environment of shrinking funds.

The Learning E-vents launched by Dynamic Works last fall are quickly establishing a niche for meeting customer needs. The technology - based learning environment supports capacity building, is facilitated and interactive, provides access to subject matter experts, and with recorded versions available after the event, support different learning styles as participants may review and repeat material. Additionally, these events have spawned Communities of Practice as participants reach out to exchange best practices and build skills and systems beyond initial platforms

Since the launch of our first event, the e-Conference on Customer Service, participation has grown 527% with over 900 participants to date. The most recent learning e-vent earned an overall approval rating of 89%. And, it is always best to hear what some of our satisfied participants are saying:

• Excellent way to present a class and save travel funds!
  I enjoyed it very much.
  Loved it.
• Outstanding workshop with excellent ideas! Thank you.
• This is the first e-vent I have attended and I would like to participate in more of them in the future
• It is nice to have this type of training; it was very convenient and conducive to my work schedule!

The successful Learning E-vents launched last fall continue to make workforce headlines for product quality, topic diversity, and ease of use. Requests have followed for new applications and the expanded product line now includes:

The e-Conference is a one day online mini - event focused on a specific subject with multiple approaches or topics presented by a variety of nationally recognized subject matter experts. The e-Conference is facilitated and offers interactive activities and surveys recorded by the attendees. Certificates of attendance are offered to each registered attendee and recorded versions of the conference are available the day after the event.

The e-Series are sequential classes on a single subject with multiple topics or advanced theory and techniques offered by one nationally recognized presenter. The series builds upon each class with the participants progressing as a study cohort. Case studies and in-home work are aligned with each presentation and again, recorded versions and certificates of attendance are available to each registrant. The e-Series requires that participants register at the beginning for the multiple dates of the full series.

The e-Summits are multi-day events on a variety of topics that extend attendance at traditional conferences or transition the events to a full technology based format. Sequential sessions may be offered to a single individual or through a site connection to a larger audience. Well established in the private business sector, this format to provide a large body of information to a larger audience is increasingly becoming the cost effective, efficient venue of choice. Delivery options vary from Live Streaming, to power point slides, to recorded formats.

The e-Solutions are customized events that Dynamic Works hosts for your organization. Dynamic Works brings its experience and technology to expand your outreach, membership and event attendance. A variety of options are available to meet a customized approach from Live Streaming sessions of keynote and workshop sessions to recording and publishing keynotes and workshop selections for later online access or CD sale. This collaboration allows you to select options that best work for you and your market.

Investing in the development of your WIB members through Dynamic Works’ WIB Members in Action – Making an Impact on the Community training just gained advantages and new options. The online training, developed in partnership with the National Association of Workforce Boards, has always been appropriate as stand alone training and it is now the perfect platform to launch blended instruction. To enrich comprehension and retention of concepts, advanced and strategic gains, the portfolio now includes;

WIB Training Facilitator’s Guide – For Boards that want the advantage of facilitated support, want to keep coaching in –house, and want to customize training delivery to the time period, topic focus, and advanced development they design, each WIB Member training subscription now includes this 62 page Facilitator’s Guide with;

• Scripts delivered for each of the six online training modules
• Power point slides offered for high interest modules
• Discussion points and case studies to assist a full training facilitation
• Guidance to make the most of your WIB Member Training
• Availability with no additional purchase fee

• Sessions that may be customized to meet the time frames of member schedules and needs
• Availability of two blended formats: On-site at your board meetings, retreats, or special training events OR online: through web-based workshops with board members interacting with the facilitator
• Sessions that build on information received from online modules
• Return on investment through facilitated sessions that add the advantage of coaching, providing additional resources and discussions from other respected board training sources
• Customized price differential to meet your budget and training needs