Online Seminar - Organizational Change

Barry Maxwell of EmployAbility, Inc. in Bartlesville OK, one of the participating organizations receiving training and technical assistance from the T-TAP project, shares his organization’s strategies and challenges in increasing their customized employment outcomes. EmployAbility, Inc. has simultaneously implemented change that emphasizes finding quality jobs for one person at a time, while addressing larger organizational goals and direction. Barry highlights some of those strategies they have used successfully to expand access to quality jobs for people with disabilities such as: improving the job development process; developing internal training and staff development; and realigning the organizational structure to support Customized Employment. Organizational Change Seminar

March 21st Webcast - The Nuts and Bolts of Networking with Business

Presenters: Howard Green, VCU - RRTC, and Layne Thome, Home Depot
Time: 2 - 2:45 PM ET, followed by a live chat session

In this webcast the presenters will discuss how community rehabilitation providers (CRPs) can address business needs and create satisfied customers. Mr. Green will share networking techniques to develop business friendly programs. Viewers also will hear from Layne Thome with Home Depot, a large business that is committed to the recruitment of nontraditional workers including people with disabilities. Layne will share some do’s and don’ts of networking directly with business.  Register for the Networking with Business Webcast

New T-TAP Fact Sheet: Disclosure

A key component of customized employment involves negotiating an individualized employment relationship between a job seeker and an employer in ways that meet the needs of both. The process involves identifying tasks that must be completed to effectively conduct business and matching them to the unique abilities and interests of the job candidate. This will require employers to consider how existing tasks or unmet needs in the workplace can be accomplished in new or different ways than have traditionally occurred. This fact sheet will provide information about some key considerations to achieving effective disclosure in employment settings. Disclosure Fact Sheet

4th National Organizational Change Forum

May 3 - 4, 2005
Post Forum 1-Day Workshop, May 5, 2005
Hilton Charlotte University Place, Charlotte, NC

The National Organizational Change Forum will provide a wide range of perspectives, experiences, and resources for community rehabilitation providers (CRPs) that are interested in improving the competitive employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. The Forum is designed for both management and direct support staff, and sessions are targeted for each stakeholder group. Providers should attend who have gone through an organizational change process as well as those who are interested in learning how to facilitate community employment by using organizational change strategies and identifying resources. More information about the 4th National Organizational Change Forum