Mission:
ImagiSHiFT strives to empower the publicly-funded workforce system to create innovative services that communities recognize, value and demand. By providing valuable technical assistance, training, and tools, ImagiSHiFT seeks to shift the cultural mindset of Workforce Investment System stakeholders and align operations with the emerging demand-driven vision to fully engage employers and businesses.

Partners:
ImagiSHiFT is a joint offering crafted by two leading Workforce Investment System consulting firms, Full Capacity Marketing, Inc., and Maher & Maher. These partners are both highly experienced and dedicated to helping workforce system leaders create innovative solutions to workforce development challenges.

About Full Capacity Marketing

Full Capacity Marketing blends their deep workforce development experience with a traditional ad agency background. As the American Marketing Association’s 2002 Marketer of the Year, and a two-time Women Who Mean Business Finalist, President/CEO Celina Shands continues to create innovative marketing strategies for workforce investment stakeholders, economic development agencies and community colleges. Her "for-profit" experience lends itself to building systematic marketing approaches in the government sectors and finding creative solutions to shrinking outreach budgets.

• Lead consultant for the LMI Training Institute’s marketing pilot project.
• Developed Colorado’s statewide employer outreach process.
• Creator of the National Marketing Workgroup, a group of over 7,000 workforce professionals assigned to marketing and outreach.

http://www.fullcapacitymarketing.com

About Maher & Maher

Maher & Maher is a change management consulting firm focused on the government services sector. Maher & Maher is helping to drive change in the nation's workforce development system using innovative technology and broad organizational experience. Our staff clearly understands the need to help clients operate more efficiently and add value for their customers in the workforce development system.

• Partnered with the National O*NET Consortium and the U.S. Department of Labor to promote O*NET and provide training in its use and application on the job.
• Maher & Maher’s One-Stop Performance Improvement Process™ (OSPIP) was a 1st Place Showcase Award winner for technology integration from the U.S. Department of Labor.
• Creators of the Workforce3One website to build capacity and community for Demand-Driven system strategies.

http://www.mahernet.com