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.

This FREE training series is for YOU!

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This 12-week virtual training series, held on Zoom, includes instructor-led workshops and follow-up live virtual coaching for each topic. There will also be live in-person coaching sessions where you can expand the conversation and ask specific questions. Training sessions have both English and Spanish facilitators who are part of a team of subject matter experts and child care business representatives who have experience and expertise in the topic area.Register for the series or for individual sessions.

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Topic #1

Getting Started

Virtual Workshop:
Tuesday March 28, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Virtual Coaching & Conversation:

Tuesday April 4, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

New sessions have been designed just for you!

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Topic #2

The Finances Of Your Child care Business

Virtual Workshop:

Tuesday April 11, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Virtual Coaching & Conversation:

Tuesday April 18, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

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Topic #3

A new perspective for operating successfully inside economic realities

Virtual Workshop:

Tuesday May 2, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Virtual Coaching & Conversation:

Tuesday May 9, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

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Topic #4

Marketing to a future of opportunities . . .

Virtual Workshop:

Tuesday May 16, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Virtual Coaching & Conversation:

Tuesday May 23, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

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Topic #5

Talent recruitment and retention in the new work environment

Part 1:

Tuesday June 6, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Part 2:

Tuesday June 13, 2023 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

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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.

VIRTUAL

Tuesday June 20, 2023
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm


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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

For more information about requirements to successfully complete this workshop please contact the BLI Team
at infor@bli4el.org

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