Submitted by Traci Holt
Lassen Career Network
2545 Main Street, Susanville, CA 96130
(530) 257-5057
www.aworkforce.org
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Website Technology Class Held September 5th
The Alliance for Workforce Development, Inc. (AFWD) held another website technology class on September 5th. After attending the website training sponsored by NoRTEC in July, Laurie Wann and Cliff Bannister were ready to make the big leap and teach the class. They were able to provide one-on-one assistance, ensuring that the businesses published at the end of the class. One of the attendees was unable to publish because he had to attend to a business matter prior to the end of the class. For those that did not publish, follow-up is being provided to ensure they publish.
The following is a list of the businesses that did publish:
Sharron Watkins, Certified Bookkeeper
Soroptimist International of Susanville
Julie Bustamante and Brenda Vicondoa from Sorportimist International of Susanville work on their website.
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July 23rd, a summer thunderstorm came through Lassen County leaving
behind several inches of rain. So much rain fell in such a short amount
of time, the storm drains could not hold all of the water. The Lassen
Career Network sustained flood damage. While there was a substantial
amount of water that came through the building, we did not lose any
equipment. To view the pictures, click
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Secrets of Success for Inventors, Product Designers, and Entrepreneurs with Great Ideas This intensive, all-day program was taught by nationally known expert, Alan Arthur Tratner. He introduced innovative ways to help inventors' profit from their great ideas. Workshop attendess learned a step-by-step process that could turn their creative idea into a commercial success through methods of developing, protecting, marketing, and licensing your intellectual property. The workshop was sponsored by the following: Lassen County
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Cashing
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Lassen Workforce Advisory Council
The Lassen Workforce Advisory Council meet on July 9th to review the Lassen Employment Plan. The purpose of the meeting was to review each of the strategies of the Plan. We focused this past year on each of the strategies and brought together the lead agencies to discuss approaches for fulfilling each of the Plan's strategies. This approach brought us great success!! Our focus for the upcoming year is to continue to focus on a group of strategies at each meeting. To review the Lassen Employment Plan, please click here.
To review the progress made over the past year, please click here
Sunrise Rotary Presentation Focuses on Business Service Offerings
On July 15th, I had the opportunity to speak with the Sunrise Rotary
Club about the many business service offerings. I also conducted a brief
survey about what types of workshops they would be interested in attending.
The results of this survey, along with other survey's conducted over the
summer, were instrumental in helping our BEST team in deciding what workshops
to host over the next year.
1st Friday's
Business PlanPro...Software that gets Results!!
We kicked off a new round of 1st Friday workshops on September 5th. The topic for discussion was the importance of Business Planning and a demonstration of the latest software addition to our BRC, Business Plan Pro. The workshop addressed the need for a business plan, components of a successful plan, and a demonstration of how easy it is to create a winning plan with the software. One of the workshop attendess was so impressed that after the presentation, they made an appointment for the next business day to begin work on their plan.
1st Friday's are free informational workshops held the 1st Friday of every month to address the needs and interests of today's business owner and managers. Future workshop topics are as follows:
October 2003 - Customer Service
November 2003 - Employment Taxes
December 2003 - Investing in Your Business
January 2004 - 2004 Labor Laws
February 2004 - Workers Compensation
March 2004 - Budgeting/Cash Flow
April 2004 - How to Hire/Retain/Motivate Employees
May 2004 - Personnel Policies/Job Descriptions
Customer Service Spectacular for Diamond Mountain Casino
Janis Trueblood and Laurie Wann from the Alliance for Workforce Development, Inc. presented a "spectacular" 3 hour customer service training to the management team of Diamond Mountain Casino on September 23rd. It was a pilot class provided to the management team at no charge. Provided the management team approved of the training, it would then be presented to all 100 employees of the Casino for a fee. This was our first attempt at marketing this as a fee-for-service.
The pilot class was a hit and as a result of the wonderful presentation given by Janis and Laurie, the Casino has asked us to present the training to all of their employees.
Another one of Lassen County's larger employers, Northeastern Rural Health Clinics, Inc., has asked us to present the Customer Service Spectacular to their staff. Laurie and Janis will present the workshop on October 28th.
Upcoming Events
October 3rd - 1st Friday's
October 8th - Lassen Workforce Advisory Council Meeting
November 7th - 1st Friday's
November 17th & 18th - From Artist to Artisan
December 5th - 1st Friday's
Maternity Leave
I will be taking time off for the new addition to my family. My husband and I are expecting our first child, a little girl. We are anxiously awaiting her arrival, hopefully near the end of October. While I will have my hands full, I will miss working with our team. A big Thank You to the team for all of your help over the past 9 months. Laurie Wann will be handling things while I am on leave. Thanks Again and I will see you all next year!!
Having Fun in the Workplace
Staff at Lassen Career Network utilize the FISH! philosophy, of being serious about our work, yet being serious about ourselves. Here is an example of the "Fun" we have. EDD staff member, Wayne Bienkowski is greeted by the infamous birthday chicken.
