.ashx?rev=545c322714e348e28893c4d9b11cba6e&hash=AA589AC4FC566B96C2B8A94C24E654D0)
How-To Guide
Supporting the Education Pipeline: A Business Engagement Toolkit for Community-Based Organization
About
This companion website to the Supporting the Education Pipeline toolkit has been created to house background research, tools used in the field, protocols to help implement business engagement efforts, and case studies to illustrate the successes and lessons learned by others in the field (see related resources below).
"Corporate Voices for Working Families, United Way Worldwide, and Workforce Strategy Center, released a new toolkit that provides lessons on how community leaders can identify potential business partners, set realistic goals, and create partnerships for long-term success to ensure that all youth are ready for college, work and life. The toolkit also includes a companion website, which is a clearinghouse of tips, tools, resources, and examples of techniques education, youth development, and other non-profit organizations have used to create partnerships with business." (Abstractor: Author)
Major Findings and Recommendations
"Corporate Voices for Working Families, United Way Worldwide, and Workforce Strategy Center, released a new toolkit that provides lessons on how community leaders can identify potential business partners, set realistic goals, and create partnerships for long-term success to ensure that all youth are ready for college, work and life. The toolkit also includes a companion website, which is a clearinghouse of tips, tools, resources, and examples of techniques education, youth development, and other non-profit organizations have used to create partnerships with business." (Abstractor: Author)
Materials
Comments
Content Details
Methodology:
Topics:
Employer Engagement
Collaboration
Economic Development
Education Partnerships
Partnerships - General
Target Populations:
Programs:
Geographic Locations:
Industry Sectors:
- Last Updated:
- Created:
- Resource Publication Date: 2012
- Author(s): Baker, Mike; Carrier, Cheryl; Elzey, Karen; Hough, Melissa; et al.
- Organizational Author(s): Corp. Voices for Working Families; Ready by 21; United Way; Workforce Strategy Center
- Funding Source: Altria Operating Companies: Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company and John Middleton Company
- Resource Availability: Publicly available
- Posted by: Laura Aron
- Posted in: Workforce System Strategies