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Making Connections 2011 Wrap Up

TAKE A SECOND LOOK:
TERRIFIC PRESENTATIONS AT MAKING CONNECTIONS 2011


March 25 - Thank you to the over 150 participants representing 57 different organizations who gathered on March 17 for the second annual Making Connections national transit conference. Local and national labor leaders, academics, government officials, and private sector interests joined colleagues from 16 transit agencies and 18 transportation and workforce development organizations to learn from one another and foster innovative labor-management partnership solutions.

The conference agenda was packed to the seams with valuable workshop sessions – so many that participants commented they wished they could attend multiple sessions at once! Responding to popular demand, the Transportation Learning Center is releasing all available PowerPoint presentations for download. Download a copy of your favorite session now, or take a peek at a session you couldn't attend.

Workshop I


By the Numbers- Getting Started with Training ROI Metrics
Byron Comati – SEPTA | Tom Conard - UPS Integrad | John Schiavone – Transportation Learning Center | Xinge Wang – Transportation Learning Center

Career Ladders in a Green Economy
Laura Chenven - HCAP | Lydia Grose - SEPTA | Michael Williams - BlueGreen Alliance

Labor-Management Training Partnerships 101: Building from the Ground Up
Stuart Bass - Keystone Development Partnership

Training and Federal Surface Transportation Reauthorization
Jeff Rosenberg - ATU


Workshop II


Making the Economic Case for Transit
Brian J. Lombardozzi - Apollo Alliance | Becky Thiess - EPI | Sam Zimbabwe - Reconnecting America

Marketing Transit Careers to the Millennial Generation
Donna Addkison - WOW | Doran Barnes - Foothill Transit | Leslie Porter-Cabell - The Transportation Learning Center | Lydia Grose - SEPTA | Lori Gale - FastLane Hires

Sustainability on the Ground in Public Transit
Christine Anderson - King County Metro | Byron Comati - SEPTA | Petra Mollet - APTA | Antoinette Quagliata - DOT FTA

Workshop III


Paying for Training in Tough Times
Angel Giboyeaux and Sally Librera - TWU 100 and NYCT

Validating Your Local Courseware to National Training Standards
Kenneth Mall - EDSI | John Schiavone - Transportation Learning Center


Closing Plenary

Reauthorization as a Vehicle for Good, Green Jobs: James Corless - Transportation 4 America

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