Calendar of Events

2008

January 24, 2008 : ESBLN Business Roundtable as the Advisory Board meeting

12:00 -1:30 luncheon at the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce – Area businesses that employ people with disabilities join to discuss strategies to improve competitive employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

April 18, 2008 : ESBLN Employer Summit

DIVERSITY AT WORK – THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, For Business by Business - Clarion Fontainebleau Resort and Conference Center, Ocean City, MD

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

“Talent for a Winning Team”

Talent for a Winning Team

November 20, 2008 : ESBLN “Putting Ability to Work” Award

Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce general membership luncheon. 12:00 noon


2007

April 17-18: Ability Matters - Soldering Training

A training program specifically for people with disabilities held at Quality Staffing Services

May 23: Workplace Disability Awareness Seminar for Managers

Co-sponsored by Mail Movers

May 24: ESBLN Advisory Board Meeting

Jun. 11-13: Raising the Bar 2007 Workforce Development Conference

Turf Valley Resort, Ellicott City, MD Visit www.mwda.org for more information.

June - Oct.: Ability Matters - Connections

Training for job coaches, counselors and supported employment service providers. Participants will tour local businesses who experience high turnover in entry level jobs. Contact ESBLN for more information 410 749-0144

Aug. 30: ESBLN Advisory Board Meeting

Advisory Board meetings are typically held two to three times per year at the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, from 9:00 - 10:30. For information about our activities, call 410 749-0144.

Sept. 23-26: USBLN 10th Annual Conference

Building the New Workforce: Inclusion & Innovation, Orlando, Florida www.newworkforceconference.org

Sept. 28: Hugh Gallegher Event, Avalon Theatre, Easton, MD 7:00 P.M.

Contact Mary O'Brien at 410-819-5600 or via email at mobrien@dhmh.state.md.us

** October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month **


Oct 11: 2nd Annual One-Stop Job Market and the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce Job Fair

At the Centre at Salisbury Mall from 3:30 to 7:00. For more information, visit www.onestopjobmarket.org/JobFair2007.aspx

Oct. 23: First Regional Eastern Shore Society for Human Resource Management Conference

Clarion Fountainebleau Resort and Conference Center Ocean City, MD Visit easternshore.shrm.org for more information.

Nov. 15: ESBLN “Putting Ability to Work” Award and Recognition

Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce General Membership Luncheon. Awarded to a business in the tri-county area that employs or has employed a person with a disability within the past 12 months and shares with peers the benefits of employing people with disabilities.


A one-day ES BLN Business Conference is being planned for the Spring of 2008. Watch for upcoming details!


 
K&L Microwave Pepsi Cola Gore Creative Technologies Harvard Custom Manufacturers Lower Shore Enterprises, Inc. Manpower McCrone, Inc. Peninsula Regional Medical Center Perdue Farms, Inc. Rendine Financial Group, LLC SunTrust Banks, Inc. Upper Shore Workforce Investment Board