Make It Work, Savannah:

Building successful partnerships for workforce training

Step Up Savannah annual meeting & breakfast ~ 7:30 a.m. Oct. 17

WHO: Carolyn Seward, CEO & president, Metropolitan Training and Education Center, St. Louis, MO.

WHAT: Step Up Savannah’s annual meeting, “Make It Work, Savannah”

WHEN: 7:30 - 9:30 a.m., October 17, 2014

WHERE: Savannah Technical College, Eckburg Auditorium

WHAT ELSE: In 1996, after several years in corporate positions, Carolyn Seward turned her attention to transforming a non-profit with an 8-person staff to a $15 million workforce training center in the St. Louis region. Under her leadership, the MET Center partners with educational institutions, community-based organizations, the region’s economic development authority, and two Workforce Investment Boards among other partners. The Center now serves about 8,000 job-seekers a year by working with 700 area  employers.

Join Step Up and local business, neighborhood, and community leaders  to learn more about what it takes to build a powerful workforce development center that brings all the partners to the table. Everyone is welcome to this thought-provoking breakfast conversation.

Help us celebrate this year’s Workplace Innovator Award; come hear about our partners’ accomplishments in the last year, and learn more about what you can do to reduce poverty in Savannah.  Because poverty matters.