Venture Outfitter weekly presents: State of Education to Workforce Ecosystem with Holly Custard

On this week’s VO weekly, we’re going to be hearing from Holly Custard, the senior director of impact partnerships at the Strada Education Network, where she engages with stakeholders to raise awareness and inspire action through Strada’s research, philanthropy, investments, and collaborative partners. Her work focuses on fostering social change through the development of an interconnected ecosystem that supports robust and meaningful learning and that leads to purposeful employment with a living wage.

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Custard has worked across non-profit, public and corporate sectors throughout K-20 education for more than 20 years. Before joining Strada, she led a team of academic strategists as head of academics at Pearson, driving innovations in online program and learning experience design for higher education. She also served as associate director of digital content at the University of Texas at Austin, as a product and solutions specialist at Pearson, and as the education program director for PBS.

She earned a B.A. in international relations, an M.A. in bicultural/bilingual studies , and an M.A. and Ph.D. in radio-TV-film.

Some of the topics we can cover during this Vo weekly call can come from a range of subjects including:

– state of education to workforce ecosystem

– learner journey needs

– private/public partnerships in education to workforce space

– adult learner needs/barriers

– evolving needs of various stakeholders in ecosystem space: employers, education providers, learners, policy makers

– role of data and interoperability in driving new models of learning and work – and employability

– skills based hiring

– online learning and learning experience design

– traditional and non-traditional learning providers

– coaching (strengths and gaps)

– alternative funding models for training/education

– role of/need for emotional intelligence in enrollment, persistence, completion and employability

– learner-employment records/digital wallets

– data interoperability

– action research

…and more!
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