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ARC Seminar 2008: Transforming Information for the Future

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ARC Seminar 2008 Blog 2008 WID Award Winners SESSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, October 28, 2009
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. General Session
	Riding the Right Horse to Economic Success Marty Romitti, Ph.D. Missouri Department of Economic Development As we prepare to hit the RESET button on a faltering U.S. economy, having good information for sound decision-making will become an even more valuable resource. Prosperity will flow to those state, regions, and communities who know the 3 C's of economic development success and to those who effectively transform information for the future.
	Building Customer Relationships Steve Hine, Ph.D. Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Do you know what your customers need? Have you sought ways to expand your customer base? This session addressed the relationship between the workforce information professional and the users of their information.
	Green Collar Workers and Other Mythical Creatures Marc Anderberg, Texas Workforce Commission Has your office been asked to supply any of the following to the media, public officials or workforce preparation partners: the number of green collar workers employed in your state (by industry, occupation, substate region); employment demand forecast for green collar workers; supply of green collar workers (for the state and by region or labor shed); or green skill gap projections? Wouldn't it be nice, before trying to provide meaningful numbers, to have an operational definition of "green collar" jobs?
	ARC and NCSC Update Bob Cottrell, Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, and Steve Rosenow, National Cross Walk Service Center The Analyst Resource Center and the National Crosswalk Service Center provide a variety of technical, information, and other services that help keep states' databases running smoothly. The latest developments for these two sites were discussed.
1:00 - 1:50 General Session
	WIC Goes MAD - or Making a Difference with LMI Gary Crossley, Workforce consultant, LovetoWork.org This presentation focused on several labor market information (LMI) products and services provided by the Workforce Information Council. A short description of this unique federal-state partnership was given along with a review of current WIC work and areas of emphasis. Is LMI is making a difference in program performance, outcome measurement, and policy development? So what if you have all those numbers - do they really make a difference?
2:00 - 3:00 Concurrent Sessions
	WIN/WIN and WID Steve Hine, Ph.D., Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development and John Dorrer, Maine Department of Labor WID Fundamentals Denise Lee, Employment Security Commission of North Carolina The focus of this workshop was on the history of the Analyst Resource Center, and included an overview of the Workforce Information Database structure, as well as a discussion on core tables and data availability.
3:10 - 4:30 General Session
	ETA Regional Perspective David Lipnicky, Employment Training Administration During this session, we got a unique view from the ETA Regional Office perspective including current status, challenges, and opportunities.
	ETA Update Janet Sten, Employment and Training Administration Jan discussed the current and upcoming initiatives at ETA and how those initiatives are likely to drive the data needs of our customers. In addition, Jan talked about how states can use their information resources and contacts to better position themselves to meet the future information requirements of national, state, and local customers in a changing economic and social climate.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. General Session
	Hot Topics in Workforce Information I LED - An Emerging 21st Century Statistical System Jeremy Wu, Ph.D., U.S. Census Bureau LED for LMI Timothy Smith, Ph.D., Missouri Economic Research and Information These sessions provided an overview and update of recently completed projects as well as information about projects currently underway for LED.
10:10 a.m. - 3:40 p.m. Concurrent Workshops
	CareerOneStop David Lipnicky, ETA and Steve Rosenow, NCSC During this session, we learned about the redesigned web-tool that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent in a global economy.
	The ABC's of LMI Joe Ward, South Carolina Department of Commerce Do you know what place of work vs. place of residence has to do with employment data? How about counts of jobs vs. counts of workers? The difference between an industry and an occupation? What QCEW stands for? This workshop addressed all of these questions, and provided other information on what LMI is and how it is developed.
	Occupational Supply and Demand System Les Janis, Georgia Career Information Center The Occupational Supply Denad System (OSDS) combines national and state-level occupational characteristics, projections, wage trends, licensing data, and industry employment with postsecondary graduate data for analysis of labor markets and training options.
	Innovative Solutions Christopher Knight, Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation; Kathy Ermatinger, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development There is more than one approach to delivering workforce information. WID administrators across the country have developed a variety of creative and effective methods to deliver quality information to their customers. This session showcased the 2008 finalists for the WID Excellence in Information Award.
	Wiki Steve Rosenow, NCSC Good information about data sources is hard to find. This session provided an overview of the recently introduced ARC WIKI that allows people to share information about data sources with each other.
	Impact Analysis Jude Igbokewe, Ph.D., Iowa Department of Workforce Development and Timothy Smith, Ph.D., Missouri Economic Research and Information Center Natural disasters are hard to predict and difficult to analyze. Despite their economic and workforce implications, analysts still struggle to get a handle on the potential impact of disasters. Information on how to enumerate and estimate potential impact was discussed during this session.
3:50 - 4:30 p.m. General Session
	Safeguarding Workforce Information Bob Cottrell, Employment Security Commission of North Carolina A significant part of the ALMIS Resource Center's work is done through these three projects. They provide a variety of technical, information and other services that help keep states' databases running smoothly. Learn about recent developments and upcoming activities.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. General Session
	Hot Topics in Workforce Information I *ONET Program Update** Harry Russos, ONET* Projections Update Alexandra Hall, Colorado Department of Labor & Employment These sessions provided an overview and update of recently completed projects as well as information about projects currently underway for the O*NET program and Projections.
9:50 - 10:50 Concurrent Workshops
	SQL Basic Denise Lee, Employment Security Commission of North Carolina Structured Query Language (SQL) is an American National Standard Learn about the latest US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census surveys and data to assist workforce and economic development customers.
	Creating, Building & Maintaining Strong Product Identities Sylvia Jones, Wyoming Department of Employment and Marilyn Skalberg, Skalberg Consulting Whether your audience has never heard of LMI or just thinks its too technical, quality of data is irrelevant if no one uses it. This workshop highlighted ways to "sell" your data, and ways in which you can develop a brand identity. During this session, attendees were also provided information on implementing the WID logo in to state applications and products.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
	The Power of WID Dixie Sommers, Bureau of Labor Statistics This session helped us pull it all together with perspectives on the power of labor market information in the public and private arenas, and helped us to understand how we support and facilitate decision-making throughout the economy.
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Optional Session
	Putting WID on the Web John Pearce, Oregon Employment Department An introduction to web application development using open source products. Special emphasis will be placed on building Rich Internet Applications using Web 2.0 technology. This session will teach general web development principles that can be applied in a variety of different software products and server environments.