WISCONSIN BOARD FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: Employment First Conference: Sponsorship, Microenterprise and Save the Date
Wisconsin Employment
First Conference
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Virtual Format from 8:30am to 3:30pm
Registration opening soon!
This year’s Employment First conference will provide an immersion into person-centered thinking and practices. Throughout this interactive, virtual event you will have the opportunity to network with others and learn how genuine person-centeredness is essential for raising expectations, driving innovation and change, and supporting people to achieve meaningful lives and careers in the community.
Conference Sponsorship
Show your support for Employment First in Wisconsin by sponsoring the 2021 Virtual Employment First Conference! Last year, over 300 people attended the WI Employment First conference and this year we expect even more!
This year's program will feature experts on Person Centered Planning and employment from around the US, including:
Sheli Reynolds - Associate Director, Training and Technical Assistance University of Missouri Kansas City-Institute for Human Development (UCEDD) and key developer of the Charting the Life Course framework and tools
Serena Lowe - Senior Adviser to TASH and the newly established national Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center
Stacey Ramirez - Person-Centered Thinking trainer with HRS, Inc and State Director for The Arc Georgia
Nicole LeBlanc - Coordinator of the Person-Centered Advisory and Leadership Group for the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS)
Alixe Bonardi – Senior policy associate with HSRI and director of the National Core Indicators effort
Laura Buckner - Founding Partner of The Institute for Person Centered Practices and Mentor Trainer with The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices (TLCPCP)
Doug Crandall and Patty Cassidy – Senior Associates with Griffin-Hammis Associates and nationally recognized Subject Matter Experts on Customized Employment
Jennifer Bumble - Assistant Professor of Special Education at the University of Missouri St. Louis and former educational consultant with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and Tennessee Works
Microenterprise Vendor
Sign up to be a Microenterprise Vendor at the 2021 Employment First VIRTUAL Conference! The All Abilities Market is an online marketplace where microenterprise owners and artists can sell their products and/or services. You have the unique opportunity to join this marketplace and sell online, not only at the Employment First Conference but all year long! Support is available to help you get set up in the All Abilities Market.
If you have any questions, please contact Molly Cooney at molly.cooney@wisconsin.gov or call 608-266-0266. Conference information will be posted at https://wi-bpdd.org/index.php/employment-first/
