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Educator eNews 8th Edition

January 5, 2018 by MadisonRegion

November 10th, 2017 Inspire Educators User Group Recap and More!

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Filed Under: education updates, Inspire Experience, News

MadREP Wins Award for Inspire Madison Region

December 21, 2017 by MadisonRegion

MadREP Wins Mid-American Economic Development Award for Inspire Madison Region initiative!

Paul Jadin, President of MadREP receives award.

The Mid-America Economic Development Council presented its annual Economic Development awards at the 2017 Mid-America Competitiveness Conference & Site Selector Forum, held December 3-5 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago.

Award entries were accepted in two markets per category – large market (annual marketing budget over $100,000) and small market (annual marketing budget under $100,000).

Thanks to the collective hard work of our partners in education and business, MadREP won first place in the small division Workforce Development category for the Inspire Madison Region initiative!

The Workforce Development category included activities to attract new workforce, strengthen the skills of existing workforce or encourage retention of youth in a specific area.

Thank you for your continued hard work making Inspire a success and helping to build our future workforce!
Click here to read more about the winners of the competition.

Filed Under: business partner updates, education updates, Highlights, News

Inspire Workforce Development Initiative Creates Regional Connection

September 28, 2017 by MadisonRegion

MADISON, WI – Career development and exploration activities for students in twelve counties across Southern Wisconsin recently received a significant boost, as Inspire Madison Region and Inspire Rock County have integrated their databases to enhance collaborative talent development and employment engagement activities throughout the greater region.

The Inspire initiatives leverage career development software by Xello that is available in all public school with grades 6-12 and technical colleges in the region. Xello allows students to learn more about specific occupations, while the Inspire add-on to the program connects students to career coaches and local businesses providing experiential learning activities such as job shadows, internships, and youth apprenticeships. Employers, educators, students, parents, and workforce professionals all have access to this combined database and networking system designed to improve the future workforce in the broader region.

With the integration of the Inspire Madison Region and Inspire Rock County databases, students will now have the opportunity to engage with employers in the following South Central and South West Wisconsin counties: Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green, Iowa, Juneau, Lafayette, Richland, Rock and Sauk. While both Inspire Madison Region and Inspire Rock County (managed by the Madison Region Economic Partnership and Rock 5.0, respectively) will maintain their regional identities, both will benefit from a significant increase in the number of employers, career coaches, and experiential learning activities as the databases come together. With integration, users now have access to:

  • 539 Career Coaches
  • 477 Company Profiles
  • 2,419 Work-Based Learning Activities

For years, employers from Rock County and the Madison Region have expressed the need for ways to connect with their future workforce. Both Inspire initiatives address that need by aligning career exploration and occupational information with real-time data on local employers, their needs, and the opportunities they offer young people to get experience in their industries. At the same time, Inspire also supports the development of robust career pathways and academic and career planning (ACP) that all public school districts in Wisconsin are implementing in the 2017-18 school year.

Going forward in the Madison Region, the Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP) will work closely with school districts and businesses to develop best-practices around experiential learning activities, and will continue to streamline workflow processes. To address the needs of at-risk populations, MadREP is developing partnerships with community organizations to bring Inspire to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through mentoring and other career-readiness activities outside of schools.

Since its inception in 2015, Inspire Madison Region has grown to nearly 55,000 active student portfolios, 23,406 of which have at least one saved career and 7,648 portfolios with at least one saved higher-education target. In addition, online career coaches have answered more than 500 questions from students from public schools and the technical college system. With the merger, the joint-initiatives will cover 67 school districts (with the potential for more in South West Wisconsin), four technical colleges, one UW-System College and Beloit College. In addition, MadREP is currently working with its sister economic development regions throughout the state and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to promote and integrate Inspire statewide.

For additional information about MadREP, visit www.madisonregion.org.

About Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP)
MadREP is the economic development agency for the eight-county Madison Region, founded by business and community leaders to create a dynamic environment where people and businesses prosper. MadREP and its partners aim to proactively and strategically position the region to take advantage of economic and business development opportunities. Visit www.madisonregion.org for more information.

Filed Under: business partner updates, education updates, Highlights, News

Career Coaches – How Does your Company Measure Up?

May 16, 2017 by MadisonRegion

Online career coaches are an integral part of Inspire Madison Region‘s success. As a career coach, you can help our region’s youth become career and community-ready in an easily accessible online format. Over the last two months, career coaches answered over 80 questions from students across our seven-county region on a

Several Inspire business partners have employees who are serving as career coaches under their company name. However not all employees who have registered have actually joined message boards even if they have clearance to do so.

Some companies have more than one entry because more than one employee has career coach access. Each entry represents a company employee who has volunteered as a career coach or has an account under the company’s name. As the table displayed below shows, some people who have signed up have joined several message boards while others haven’t joined any yet.

The left column shows the company name and the right column shows how many career coach message boards are covered by each employee who works for that company.

Without actually choosing online career coach message boards, volunteers will not able to serve area students by answering their career-rCBLEted questions. Your company could have more impact if you and anyone else from your company has registered makes sure that you’ve selected careers for which to coach. You can do that by logging in at https://careercruising.com/partner and selecting “Update My Profile” then “Add/Edit Careers” about half-way down the page on the right.Take a look at the following table to see how your company measures up when it comes to message boards:

Company Active Message Boards per Active Career Coach
ABR Employment Services 0
Adams Transit/Cupery & DeYoung Storage 0
AERIE Preferred Financial Group LLC 1
Agrace 0
AJ Sue Consulting 1
Albany Area EMS 0
All About Authenticity 7
Alliant Energy 0
Alliant Energy 2
Alliant Energy 0
Alzheimer’s Association South Central Wisconsin Chapter 0
American Customer Care 1
American Girl 1
American Packaging Corporation 0
American Printing Company 0
AmericInn Lodge & Suites 0
Apache Stainless Equipment Corp. 0
Assist WI 0
Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Apprenticeship and Training Trust 0
Attic Angel Community 1
Automation Components Inc. 0
AVON 0
AwardsMall/Total Awards & Promotions 0
Badger Bus 0
BAKER TRUCKING LLC 0
Balance Personal Training 1
Ballweg Chevrolet-Buick Inc 1
Bank Mutual 3
Bank of Prairie du Sac 1
BAPI 0
Baraboo School District 0
BConnected LLC 3
Bethel Home & Services 0
BioForward 0
Blackhawk Technical College 0
Breuer Metal Craftsmen Inc. 0
Brides N’ Belles 0
Broyles & Company CPAs LLC 0
Capital City Veterinary Clinic 1
Cardinal CG 0
Cardinal FG 0
Carl F. Statz and Sons Inc. 5
Catalent Pharma Solutions 0
CCEDC 0
Cedar Grove Cheese 0
Celerity Staffing Solutions 0
Century 21 Welter Realty 2
CESA 3 8
Charles David’s Sons Inc. 0
Chartwell Wisconsin Enterprises LLC 1
Chick-fil-A West Towne 0
City of Madison 1
City of Madison 1
City of Madison 0
City of Madison 4
City of Madison 3
City of Madison 1
City of Madison 2
City of Madison 1
City of Madison 1
City of Madison 1
City of Madison 0
City of Madison 1
City of Middleton 0
City of Monona 0
City of Waupun 0
Cloud Nine Day Spa and Salon 3
CNC Solutions 0
Colony Brands Inc. 9
Colony Brands Inc. – Sun Prairie Location 0
Community Health Services Corp. 0
Community Living Connections Inc. 0
Community Volunteer – Alan Othmer 1
Community Volunteer – AngCBLE Freeman 5
Community Volunteer – Greg Granberg 0
Community Volunteer – Kathleen Haas 1
Community Volunteer – Nathan Martin 0
Community Volunteer – Thomas Vergeront 2
Core BTS 4
Creative Business Interiors 0
Crystal Lake Campground & RV Park 0
Culver Franchising System Inc. 0
Culver’s 1
CUNA Mutual Group 3
CUNA Mutual Group 0
D.L. Gasser Construction 0
Dave Jones Inc. 1
David J. Frank Landscape Contracting Inc. 0
Del Monte Foods Inc. 0
Del-Tool Co. Inc. 11
Demco Inc. 0
Didion Milling 17
Didion Milling 0
Dillman 0
Divine Savior Healthcare 2
DRS Asphalt Paving 2
E.K. Machine Co. Inc. 1
E.K. Machine Co. Inc. 1
Electronic Theatre Controls 2
Endres Manufacturing Company 1
Esser Insurance Services LLC 1
Eustice Laffey Sebranek & Auby S.C. 0
EVCO Plastics 2
Everbrite LLC 19
EZ Office Products 0
Faith Technologies 0
Family Dental Practice 0
Family Dental Practice 0
Fearing’s Audio Video Security 4
Federal Mogul 0
Filament Games 1
Filament Games 2
Filament Games 2
Fine Choice Insurance 2
Fish & Associates Inc. 1
Flambeau Inc. 1
FLOOR360 0
Forward Health Group Inc. 0
Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools 0
Fractal 7
Frank Beverage Group 0
Friends of Henry Vilas Zoo 1
Frontier Communications 0
Genesis Hair and Day Spa 0
Graham’s Auto & Truck Clinic 0
Gramann Reporting Ltd. 1
Grande Cheese Company 0
GrandStay Hotel & Suites 0
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation & Affiliates 1
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin 13
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County 1
Hampton Inn & Suites Madison Downtown 1
High Performance Development Solutions 1
Hilton Madison Monona Terrace 4
Hilton Madison Monona Terrace 0
Holiday Inn Express of DeForest 0
HotelRED 0
Hoyos Consulting LLC 1
Hy-Vee (Fitchburg location) 0
Infinity Martial Arts 0
Integrated Development Services 3
Interim Healthcare of Wisconsin 0
Invenra 3
InvivoSciences Inc. 0
Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing 2
J.H. Findorff & Son Inc 2
Jen-Ter Wire & Element 0
JG Development 0
John Deere 2
John Deere 4
Johnson Health Tech North America 1
Josh Lavik & Associates at Keller Williams Realty 1
JP Cullen 0
JP Cullen 11
JP Cullen 3
JP Cullen 0
Karate America DeForest 0
Keller Inc. 0
Kirsh Foundry 1
Kirsh Foundry 0
Kraemer Brothers 0
Kristi’s Restaurant 0
KU Consulting 0
Kuhn North America Inc. 14
Kusel Equipment Co. 0
Lahman Chiropractic 0
Laura Gmeinder Coaching & Consulting LLC 0
LegalShield 0
LIBERTY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC 2
Lichtfeld Plumbing 0
Little Explorers Inc. 0
Lodi Chiropractic Clinic 0
LSM Chiropractic (Sauk City) 0
M3 Insurance 1
Maas Brothers Construction Co. 0
Madden Vanderloop S.C. 0
Madison Area Builders Association 0
Madison Area Technical College 1
Madison College – Biotechnology 0
Madison College – Cabinetmaking Program 0
Madison College – Construction & Remodeling Program 0
Madison College – Court Reporting 2
Madison College – Dental Assistant 1
Madison College – Dental Hygiene 1
Madison College – Hospitality Management 4
Madison College – Medical Assistant 1
Madison College – Medical Coding Specialist 1
Madison College – Medical Laboratory Technician 1
Madison College – Medical Laboratory Technician 1
Madison College – Nursing 0
Madison College – Nursing 1
Madison College – Nursing Assistant 1
Madison College – Occupational Therapy Assistant 1
Madison College – Optometric Technician 4
Madison College – Optometric Technician 1
Madison College – Phlebotomy 1
Madison College – Physical Therapist Assistant 0
Madison College – Radiography 1
Madison College – Respiratory Therapy 1
Madison College – Surgical Technologist 1
Madison College – Therapeutic Massage 1
Madison Mallards 0
Madison Metro Sewerage District 5
Madison No Fear Dentistry 1
Madison Police Department 0
Main Street Market Piggly Wiggly 6
Marcus Hotels & Resorts 1
Marquardt Village 1
Marquardt Village 2
Marquardt Village 1
Marquardt Village 11
May Vision Center 0
MBE CPAs 0
McFarland State Bank 1
McFarlane Mfg Co 0
McFarlane Mfg Co 0
McFarlane Mfg. Co. Structural Steel Division 0
McFarlanes Retail & Service Center 0
McFarlanes Retail & Service Center 0
McGann Construction Inc. 0
McKee Associates Inc 2
MEC 1
MEC 5
Meister Cheese Company LLC 0
Mentoring Positives 0
Metalcraft of Mayville Inc. 0
Metcalfe’s Market 0
Meyer Insurance 0
MGE 5
Middleton Chamber of Commerce 3
Middleton Community Bank 4
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 0
Midwest Homes Inc 3
Miller Brussell Ebben & Glaeske LLC 0
Miller Brussell Ebben & Glaeske LLC 0
mkCellular U.S. Cellular Authorized Agent 0
Monona East Side Business Alliance 5
Monroe Clinic 0
Monroe Clinic 2
Monroe Clinic 3
Monticello Public Schools 0
Moonstruck Media Production 0
Moraine Park Technical College 0
Mountin’s Piggly Wiggly 0
National Rivet & Mfg. Co. 0
Naviant Inc. 0
Neckerman Insurance Services 0
NEW Glarus Home 0
Nonn’s Flooring
North Central Group 0
Northwestern Mutual 1
Oak Park Place 0
Old National Bank 2
Operation Fresh Start 5
Orchid Monroe LLC 2
Oregon Area Fire EMS District 0
Oregon Public Library 2
Original Root Health 0
Painted Rock Enterprises 0
Partnership Bank 0
Pattison Sand Company 0
Paul Davis Restoration of South Central Wisconsin 0
Pharo Heating & Cooling Inc. 1
Photography by Sean Lamb 2
Poynette Auto Body 3
PPD 0
Prairie Clinic 0
Precision Drive and Control Inc. 1
Project InVEST 0
QPS Employment Group 0
Quad Graphics 0
Rayovac Hearing Aid Battery Facility 0
Reedsburg Area Medical Center 0
Reedsburg Country Club 0
Remedy Intelligent Staffing 0
Renewable Energy Group 4
RenewAire 0
River Arts Inc. 3
RIVER VALLEY BANK 10
Robert Half Technology 9
S & S Builders Association LLC 0
Saris Cycling Group 0
Sauk Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce 5
Sauk Prairie Recreation Commission 0
Sauk Prairie Small Animal Hospital and Shamrock Pet Resort 0
Scientific Protein Laboratories 0
Sector67 8
Securitas Security Services USA Inc. 0
Sedona Staffing Services 0
Seneca Foods Corporation 0
Senior Helpers 3
Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. 1
Signicast Investment Castings 3
Singlewire Software LLC 1
Sky Zone Madison 0
Smart Motors Inc 3
Smokey Hollow Campground 0
Southwest WI Workforce Development Board 0
Spherion Staffing 1
Spherion Staffing 0
Spherion Staffing 2
Sport and Spine Physical Therapy 0
SSM Health Dean Medical Group 0
Steve Brown Apartments 1
Stevens Construction Corp. 1
Stevens Construction Corp. 2
Stevens Construction Corp. 2
Straightforward 0
Students & Leaders Net 0
Summit Credit Union 4
Sunny Nutrition 1
Sustain Dane 0
Synqronus Communications 7
TASC 0
TEAM Engineering Inc. 0
Teddy’s Place Inc. 0
Teel Plastics 1
Temperature Systems Inc 0
The Bank of New Glarus & Sugar River Bank Branches 4
The Christensen Company LLC 0
The Edgewater 0
The Fireplace Professionals Inc. 3
The Good Samaritan Society – Lodi 1
The Jor-Mac Company Inc. 0
The Madison Concourse Hotel 0
The QTI Group 0
The QTI Group 0
The Rainbow Confection LLC 0
The Salon Professional Academy 0
Thinking In Sync 3
Thrivent Financial-Waupun 0
Tim O’Brien Homes 0
Tools of Marketing 0
Transport Refrigeration 0
Tri-Insure 0
Truck Country Inc. 0
U.S. Army Reserve 0
Understory Inc. 5
Understory Inc. 0
Union Presbyterian Church 0
United Wisconsin Grain Producers LLC 5
Unity Health Insurance 0
UnityPoint Health Meriter 1
Universal Die & Stampings 0
University of Wisconsin-Madison 3
UPS Store of Middleton & The UPS Store of Shorewood Hills 0
Urban Land Interests LLC 0
UW Health 0
UW Health 4
UW Health 6
UW-Madison Alpha Kappa Psi 0
UW-Whitewater 0
Velocity Learning Systems 16
Vike-Steinich Chiropractic 0
Village Family Dental Associates S.C. 0
Village Mobil Auto and Tire 0
Village of Prairie du Sac 0
Village of Waunakee 0
W.D.S. Construction Inc. 3
Waisman Biomanufacturing at the University of Wisconsin – Madison 1
Walgreens 0
Walgreens – Madison Whitney Way Location 0
Walmart Distribution Center 0
Waunakee Community School District 0
Waunakee Neighborhood Connection (WNC) 0
Waunakee Village Center 0
Waupun Fire Department 0
Waupun Utilities 0
Weaver Auto Parts 0
Weed Man 3
Weed Man 0
Westby Co-op Credit Union 0
WI Institute for Learning Disability/Dyslexia 0
Widen Enterprises 2
Widen Enterprises 3
Widen Enterprises 2
Wilde East Towne Honda 0
Willowbrook Nursing and Rehab Center 1
WISCO Hotel Group 0
Wisconsin Early Autism Project 1
Wisconsin ProStart 9
Wollersheim Winery & Distillery 0
Woodford State Bank 2
Yahara Software 0
Zendesk 0
Zimbrick Inc. 2

Filed Under: business partner updates, Highlights, Inspire Experience

Business Partner eNews 5th Edition

May 11, 2017 by MadisonRegion

Send your future workforce customized and targeted messages about your industry, your company, your careers and events you want them to know about!

http://conta.cc/2o4OvYG

Filed Under: business partner updates, Highlights, Inspire Experience, News

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