Investing In Your Future
A FREE Business and Leadership Training Series
In Partnership with DCF Office of Licensing Child Care
You easily wear your educator hat . . . but what about your business owner hat?
This series of powerful business and leadership development workshops focuses on new strategies to fuel your business. The operating environment that you face as an early learning child care entrepreneur, operator, or educator is challenging, especially during these unprecedented times.
Topic #1
Getting Started
Tuesday April 4, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
New sessions have been designed just for you!
Topic #1
- Starting a child care business . . .
- Growing a child care business.
- Adapting to current disruptions through business resilience, adaptability, strategies and skills …
- Appreciating your role as a business owner
- You are not your business: Taking care of yourself in an uncertain economic environment.
- Growing an asset of value for the long term.
- DCF licensing requirements: Achieving and maintaining compliance.
- DCF as an important resource.
Topic #2
The Finances Of Your Child care Business
Tuesday April 11, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday April 18, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Topic #2
- Budgets, Financial Reports, Projections
- A complete financial picture of my business…
- Growing your business to become an asset of value.
- Reading a balance sheet using a new approach.
- What an income statement can tell you about your business.
- Introduction to the BaSIS Board.
- The five fundamental elements of finance R-E-L-A-X
- The elements of the Value Cycle.
LIVE IN PERSON
- Everything about the business of child care
- Conversation, coaching, topics recap and moving forward . . .
- *Light dinner served
- Tuesday April 25, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- 3027 San Diego Rd, Jacksonville FL 32207
Topic #3
A new perspective for operating successfully inside economic realities
Tuesday May 2, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday May 9, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Topic #3
- Challenges, Opportunities, Crisis Response
- Shifting from crisis and challenge to opportunity . . .
- Analyze the performance of your business.
- Identify sources of funding and using funds effectively.
- Determine systems and practices to create solutions.
- Disruptive or unexpected events that threaten the business’s reputation.
- Recording and reporting events.
- The importance of maintaining best practices.
Topic #4
Marketing to a future of opportunities . . .
Tuesday May 16, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday May 23, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Understand performance and action as it relates to a created future.
- Determine financial, operational, and marketing priorities.
- Design a marketing strategy to fuel future growth.
- Discover strategic tactics to achieve your marketing strategy.
Topic #5
Talent recruitment and retention in the new work environment
Tuesday June 6, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday June 13, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Finding the talent that fits the brand and the business vision.
- Key Federal Labor Laws you need to know.
- Engaging and motivating employees.
- Training, development and performance management.
FINAL TOPIC
Putting it all together
Now design your created future understanding your roles and responsibilities as an entrepreneur. Be determined to grow an asset of value and start with identifying the true financial circumstances of your business. Forecast the actual cost of care to fulfill on your vision and design the marketing strategy to support this vision. Finally let’s share how you envision recruiting and retaining the right talent to join you on this journey. This is an exciting time in the industry of child care with new opportunity. Be prepared to create a powerful future for yourself, your team and the children and families you serve.
Tuesday June 20, 2023
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
In Partnership with DCF Office of Licensing Child Care
The Business Leadership Institute for Early Learning, Inc. (BLI) focuses its expertise in the business of early learning childcare and understands the challenges you face through its work with owners, operators, educators and other stakeholders in the Early Learning Childcare Industry.
Subject Matter Experts
Diane Emery-DiMaggio
Diane is CEO & Founder of Executive Reporting Services (ERS) headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. This independently owned, boutique Florida Court Reporting Service operates throughout Florida. As a women small business owner Diane has combined her love of business, technology and language resulting in a passion over the last 30 years of designing and delivering seminars for personal and professional growth. More than 10,000 people participating have achieved extraordinary performance that deliver breakthrough results. Diane has worked with BLI to deliver business and leadership training to more than 150 childcare business owners, operators and educators in Florida.
Jon Ouellette
Jon is part of the Townsend Consulting team. He has over 30 years’ experience as a Senior Leadership Executive in leading & owning companies including ventures in finance, oil & gas, real estate and the largest Canadian – owned insurance brokerage. Experienced at leadership and corporate vision alignment Jon helps organizations develop engaged performance cultures for fulfilling strategy and breakthrough results. People, systems and structures get re-aligned to reinforce action toward fulfillment of the company’s future. Jon has worked with BLI to deliver business and leadership training to more than 150 childcare business owners, operators and educators in Florida.
Wade Lijewski
Wade serves as Senior Vice President of Practice Integration for Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS). He oversees the organization’s statewide support for Quality, Training, Research & Evaluation, Practice Standardization and Performance of their four business lines: Community Solutions, Child Welfare, Early Childhood, and Behavioral Health Services. In addition, he serves as the CHS Safety Officer and is responsible for the team’s Accreditation and Compliance. Wade serves on the child welfare advisory council for the Florida Certification Board’s Child Welfare Advisory Council and recently served as the Chairman of The Florida Children’s Coalition Subcommittee on Evidence Based Practice Capacity Building.
Mary Nash
Mary serves as Senior Vice President of Operations providing strategic leadership and direction to Children’s Home Society (CHS) regional business growth, in accordance with CHS strategic direction while focusing on the continuous enhancement of operational proficiency and productivity. With twenty years of dedicated and compassionate leadership as a children’s services professional she has extensive experience in both service delivery and organizational management.
Heather Vogel
Heather serves as Chief Talent Officer for Children’s Home Society of Florida, where she focuses on acquiring and developing the highest caliber of professionals committed to doing better for kids. Heather previously provided consulting services in global private practice and booked 20 years of progressive talent leadership with retail, healthcare and telecommunications firms in New Jersey, New York and Florida.
Heather Morgan, APR
Heather serves as Senior Vice President, Communications, Marketing and Engagement for Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS). She oversees the organization’s communications and brand strategy and implementation. Heather has more than 15 years of experience managing communications for statewide, national and international companies specializing in integrated public relations, strategic communications and brand and reputation management. She joined Children’s Home Society (CHS) in 2006. She has spent more than a decade on the PRSA Board of Directors, including terms as President of Orlando Chapter as well as Chair of the Sunshine District covering Florida.
Important
A certificate of completion will recognize the sessions you have attended. You will receive this certificate following the final session. A survey will be administered at each topic session.
Contact Us for more information
Investing In Your Future
A FREE Business and Leadership Training Series
In Partnership with DCF Office of Licensing Child Care
You easily wear your educator hat . . . but what about your business owner hat?
This series of powerful business and leadership development workshops focuses on new strategies to fuel your business. The operating environment that you face as an early learning child care entrepreneur, operator, or educator is challenging, especially during these unprecedented times.
Topic #1
Getting Started
Tuesday April 4, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
New sessions have been designed just for you!
Topic #1
- Starting a child care business . . .
- Growing a child care business.
- Adapting to current disruptions through business resilience, adaptability, strategies and skills …
- Appreciating your role as a business owner
- You are not your business: Taking care of yourself in an uncertain economic environment.
- Growing an asset of value for the long term.
- DCF licensing requirements: Achieving and maintaining compliance.
- DCF as an important resource.
Topic #2
The Finances Of Your Child care Business
Tuesday April 11, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday April 18, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Topic #2
- Budgets, Financial Reports, Projections
- A complete financial picture of my business…
- Growing your business to become an asset of value.
- Reading a balance sheet using a new approach.
- What an income statement can tell you about your business.
- Introduction to the BaSIS Board.
- The five fundamental elements of finance R-E-L-A-X
- The elements of the Value Cycle.
LIVE IN PERSON
- Everything about the business of child care
- Conversation, coaching, topics recap and moving forward . . .
- *Light dinner served
- Tuesday April 25, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- 3027 San Diego Rd, Jacksonville FL 32207
Topic #3
A new perspective for operating successfully inside economic realities
Tuesday May 2, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday May 9, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Topic #3
- Challenges, Opportunities, Crisis Response
- Shifting from crisis and challenge to opportunity . . .
- Analyze the performance of your business.
- Identify sources of funding and using funds effectively.
- Determine systems and practices to create solutions.
- Disruptive or unexpected events that threaten the business’s reputation.
- Recording and reporting events.
- The importance of maintaining best practices.
Topic #4
Marketing to a future of opportunities . . .
Tuesday May 16, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday May 23, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Understand performance and action as it relates to a created future.
- Determine financial, operational, and marketing priorities.
- Design a marketing strategy to fuel future growth.
- Discover strategic tactics to achieve your marketing strategy.
Topic #5
Talent recruitment and retention in the new work environment
Tuesday June 6, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday June 13, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Finding the talent that fits the brand and the business vision.
- Key Federal Labor Laws you need to know.
- Engaging and motivating employees.
- Training, development and performance management.
FINAL TOPIC
Putting it all together
Now design your created future understanding your roles and responsibilities as an entrepreneur. Be determined to grow an asset of value and start with identifying the true financial circumstances of your business. Forecast the actual cost of care to fulfill on your vision and design the marketing strategy to support this vision. Finally let’s share how you envision recruiting and retaining the right talent to join you on this journey. This is an exciting time in the industry of child care with new opportunity. Be prepared to create a powerful future for yourself, your team and the children and families you serve.
Tuesday June 20, 2023
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
In Partnership with DCF Office of Licensing Child Care
The Business Leadership Institute for Early Learning, Inc. (BLI) focuses its expertise in the business of early learning childcare and understands the challenges you face through its work with owners, operators, educators and other stakeholders in the Early Learning Childcare Industry.
Subject Matter Experts
Diane Emery-DiMaggio
Diane is CEO & Founder of Executive Reporting Services (ERS) headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. This independently owned, boutique Florida Court Reporting Service operates throughout Florida. As a women small business owner Diane has combined her love of business, technology and language resulting in a passion over the last 30 years of designing and delivering seminars for personal and professional growth. More than 10,000 people participating have achieved extraordinary performance that deliver breakthrough results. Diane has worked with BLI to deliver business and leadership training to more than 150 childcare business owners, operators and educators in Florida.
Jon Ouellette
Jon is part of the Townsend Consulting team. He has over 30 years’ experience as a Senior Leadership Executive in leading & owning companies including ventures in finance, oil & gas, real estate and the largest Canadian – owned insurance brokerage. Experienced at leadership and corporate vision alignment Jon helps organizations develop engaged performance cultures for fulfilling strategy and breakthrough results. People, systems and structures get re-aligned to reinforce action toward fulfillment of the company’s future. Jon has worked with BLI to deliver business and leadership training to more than 150 childcare business owners, operators and educators in Florida.
Wade Lijewski
Wade serves as Senior Vice President of Practice Integration for Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS). He oversees the organization’s statewide support for Quality, Training, Research & Evaluation, Practice Standardization and Performance of their four business lines: Community Solutions, Child Welfare, Early Childhood, and Behavioral Health Services. In addition, he serves as the CHS Safety Officer and is responsible for the team’s Accreditation and Compliance. Wade serves on the child welfare advisory council for the Florida Certification Board’s Child Welfare Advisory Council and recently served as the Chairman of The Florida Children’s Coalition Subcommittee on Evidence Based Practice Capacity Building.
Mary Nash
Mary serves as Senior Vice President of Operations providing strategic leadership and direction to Children’s Home Society (CHS) regional business growth, in accordance with CHS strategic direction while focusing on the continuous enhancement of operational proficiency and productivity. With twenty years of dedicated and compassionate leadership as a children’s services professional she has extensive experience in both service delivery and organizational management.
Heather Vogel
Heather serves as Chief Talent Officer for Children’s Home Society of Florida, where she focuses on acquiring and developing the highest caliber of professionals committed to doing better for kids. Heather previously provided consulting services in global private practice and booked 20 years of progressive talent leadership with retail, healthcare and telecommunications firms in New Jersey, New York and Florida.
Heather Morgan, APR
Heather serves as Senior Vice President, Communications, Marketing and Engagement for Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS). She oversees the organization’s communications and brand strategy and implementation. Heather has more than 15 years of experience managing communications for statewide, national and international companies specializing in integrated public relations, strategic communications and brand and reputation management. She joined Children’s Home Society (CHS) in 2006. She has spent more than a decade on the PRSA Board of Directors, including terms as President of Orlando Chapter as well as Chair of the Sunshine District covering Florida.
Important
A certificate of completion will recognize the sessions you have attended. You will receive this certificate following the final session. A survey will be administered at each topic session.
Contact Us for more information
This training is supported by the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Initiative (PDG B-5) Grant Number 90TP0068-03-02 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Child Care.