2023 Agenda
Handouts & Presentation Slides (if any) will be posted in the agenda tables below.
For more speaker & session information, visit the Speaker Bios & Session Descriptions page.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 - DAY 1
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8:00 – 9:00 AM |
Check-In and Breakfast (Provided) |
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9:00 – 9:30 AM |
Welcome and Announcements |
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9:30 – 10:30 AM |
Keynote: Quiet Leadership |
Karen Grosz, CPC, President, Canvas Creek Teambuilding - Billings, MT |
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10:30 – 10:45 am |
MORNING BREAK |
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10:45 – 11:45 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS (Choose one) |
Montana’s New Cost of Care Calculator: What is it and how can it support your program? |
Simon Workman & Jeanna Capito, Principals and Co-founders, Prenatal to Five Fiscal Strategies - NY |
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Revenue Diversification |
Jason Nitschke, MA, EDFP, Senior Business Advisor - Zero to Five Montana - Montana Child Care Business Connect |
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Right-Sized Solutions for Communities: Tailoring Child Care Initiatives |
Kari Stattelman, National Business Development Consultant with First Children’s Finance - Detroit Lakes, MN & Taijha Harden, Child Care Systems Coordinator, First Children’s Finance - Atlanta, GA |
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Building the Business Case for Employer Supported Childcare |
Lorraine Clarno, A.C.E, President/CEO, Kalispell Chamber of Commerce, MT & Scott Wolff, Executive Director, Central Montana Works! - Great Falls, MT |
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Interviews and Professional Headshots |
The Wendt Agency - Appointments available |
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MT Child Care Business Connect’s First Year Progress |
Kendra Lodewick, MPA, Principal, Program and Policy Insight, LLC - Portland, OR & Kari Parsons, MPP, Parsons Consulting - Eugene, OR |
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11:45 AM – 1:00 PM |
LUNCH (PROVIDED) - Interviews and Professional Headshots - The Wendt Agency in Room 107 during Lunch (Appointments are available) |
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1:00 – 2:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS (Choose one) |
How to Partner with Insurance Companies |
Jason Nitschke, MA, EDFP, Senior Business Advisor - Zero to Five Montana - Montana Child Care Business Connect |
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Building Success and Collaboration through the Cooperative Model |
Tracy McIntyre, Executive Director, MT Cooperative Development Center and Montana Council of Cooperatives - Great Falls, MT |
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Boardroom Symphony: Orchestrating Effective Governance for Community Leaders |
Kari Stattelman, National Business Development Consultant with First Children’s Finance - Detroit Lakes, MN |
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Child Homelessness and Child Care = a Growing Economic Crisis |
Christel Chvilicek, CFRE, Executive Director, Family Promise of Gallatin Valley, MT |
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Establishing your Brand |
Heide Borgonovo, Communication and Outreach Coordinator, Montana Child Care Business Connect |
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How Can We Further Develop an Esteemed Child Care Industry? |
Kendra Lodewick, MPA, Principal, Program and Policy Insight, LLC - Portland, OR & Kari Parsons, MPP, Parsons Consulting - Eugene, OR |
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2:00 – 2:15 PM |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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2:15 – 3:15 PM |
Risk Management – Policies & Procedures |
Jason Nitschke, MA, EDFP, Senior Business Advisor - Zero to Five Montana - Montana Child Care Business Connect Presentation Slides - PDF |
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Nurturing Tomorrow: Cultivating a Thriving Child Care Ecosystem through Collaboration |
Taijha Harden, Child Care Systems Coordinator, First Children’s Finance - Atlanta, GA |
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Unlocking the Digital Playground: Transforming Child Care with Management Software |
Kari Stattelman, National Business Development Consultant with First Children’s Finance - Detroit Lakes, MN |
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Ingenuity: Child Care in Tribal Communities |
Carrie Spotted Bear, MS.Ed- MT Early Childhood Tribal Policy Coordinator, Zero to Five Montana & Shelby Whelan, Community Navigator, Montana Child Care Business Connect |
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Creating & Maintaining a Social Media Strategy |
Heide Borgonovo, Communication and Outreach Coordinator, Montana Child Care Business Connect |
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How Can We Further Develop an Esteemed Child Care Industry? |
Kendra Lodewick, MPA, Principal, Program and Policy Insight, LLC - Portland, OR & Kari Parsons & Kari Parsons, MPP, Parsons Consulting - Eugene, OR |
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3:15 – 3:30 PM |
BREAK (Group comes back together) |
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3:30 – 4:45 PM |
Panel: Developing and Applying a Community Needs Assessment to Get the Resources You Need |
Facilitator: Julie Grow, Regional Strategy and Innovation Advisor with the Administration for Children & Families Region VIII - CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY |
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4:45 – 5:00 PM |
Day 1 Closing & Recap
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5:00 – 5:30 PM |
BREAK BEFORE SOCIAL |
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5:30 – 7:00 PM |
Networking & Vendor Social |
(All are invited - hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will be available) |
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 - DAY 2
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7:30 – 8:30 AM |
Breakfast (provided), Check-in and Visit Exhibitors |
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8:30 – 10:00 AM |
Why Even Scrooge Would Invest in Early Childhood Education |
Ben Horowitz, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - MN & Nancy Fishman, National Director, ReadyNation - Washington, D.C. |
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10:00 – 10:15 am |
MORNING BREAK |
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10:15 – 11:45 AM |
Using Cost Modeling to Illustrate the Broken Child Care Business Model |
Simon Workman & Jeanna Capito, Principals and Co-founders, Prenatal to Five Fiscal Strategies - NY |
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Boosting your Benefits |
Jennifer Pfau, Director, Central Montana Alliance - Lewistown, MT & Charrisse Jennings, Education Director, Central Montana Childcare Alliance - Lewistown, MT |
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From Rookie to Rockstar: Childcare Onboarding Fun-damentals |
Sara Schreiner, CEO and Founder of The Sunshine Academy and ChildMYnder - Laurel, MT |
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Child Care Business Models Panel Discussion |
Facilitator: Tracy McIntyre, Executive Director, MT Cooperative Development Center and Montana Council of Cooperatives - Great Falls, MT Panelists: Grace Decker, Zero to Five Missoula Coordinator - United Way of Missoula County, MT; Laurie O’Leary, Owner/Director, EduCare Preschool & Child Care - Great Falls, MT; Brittani Brence, Clerk/Business Manager, Ekalaka Public Schools Daycare, MT; Miranda Wheeler, Beaverhead County Childcare Innovations Grant Program Manager, MT |
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Interviews and Professional Headshots |
The Wendt Agency - Appointments available |
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Cultivating a Family Friendly Workplace to Recruit and Retain Staff |
Alex Dubois, Business and Community Engagement Manager, Zero to Five Montana & Shelby Whelan, Community Navigator, Montana Child Care Business Connect |
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11:45 – 1:00 PM |
LUNCH (PROVIDED) STROLLING VENDOR LUNCH - Interviews and Professional Headshots - The Wendt Agency in Room 107 during Lunch (Appointments are available) |
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1:00 – 2:30 PM |
Closing Session |
Zero to Five MT |
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2:30 – 3:00 PM |
Final Wrap-Up |
Evaluation & Reimbursements |