NCIA Webinars provide world-class training to you and your staff, all without having to leave your office. Webinars are interactive and only available to NCIA members.

 

​Webinar Topics for 2020

• May – Safety & Security

• August – Awards & Recognition Products

• October – ERP/MRP Software
   

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Webinar Playback Library

Missed a past Webinar or want to train new staff?

Access the NCIA Webinar Playback Library to purchase and view past NCIA Webinars! This library is also useful for training new staff or providing your experienced staff with updated skills. Click on the links below to see detailed descriptions and presenter information for each Webinar. You’ll also be able to register and after your payment is processed, you will receive an e-mail with the playback link, password, and PowerPoint presentation link.

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NOTE: Each Webinar playback requires a password to access. If you received a password but can't view your Webinar playback, please contact memberservices@nationalcia.org. 

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Shop/Plant Topics

These Webinars focus on a specific shop/plant with presentations from subject matter experts providing case studies and specific examples on making your shop processes more efficient and cost-effective.  ($129 each)

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• Furniture and Upholstery: Running an Efficient Furniture and Upholstery Shop

• Braille: Focus on Braille

• Garment: Sewing Offender and Officer Uniforms

• Sign: Focus on Sign Production and Reclamation

• Print: Focus on Print Shops

• Dental Labs: Running an Efficient Operation and Providing Certified Offender Job Training 

• Commissary: Successful and Efficient Commissary Operations

• Food: All Things Food – Food Services, Preparation and Packaging

• Furniture: Improve Your Wood & Modular Furniture Operations

• Metal: Focus on the CI Metal Shop

• Optical: Running an Efficient Optical Lab – Providing Reentry Opportunities for Offenders

• Laundry: Efficient Laundry Operations in Correctional Industries

• Janitorial: Janitorial Products and Facilities Maintenance – Increase Efficiencies and Give Offenders More Reentry Opportunities

• Metal: Maximize Your Metal Program through Product Development & Certification Training

• Recycling: Go Green with Recycling and Re-manufacturing Programs

• Print: Industry Panel – Effective Management of Your Print Shop

• Garment: Taking Your Garment and Sew Shops to the Next Level

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Management Topics

These Webinar topics span your entire operation and provide all your agency staff with management training and will help prepare them for leadership roles in your organization. ($129 each)

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• Succeed with Lean in Your CI

• Managing Transportation and Logistics in CI

• Providing Great Customer Service – A “Must-Have” for Today’s Correctional Industries

• Industry Trends – Engaging Your DOC and the Media in Your Mission

• Be More than a Manager … Be a Leader

• Controlling Costs and Reducing Waste Using Lean Six Sigma

• Using Social Media and Web Marketing to AMPLIFY Your Brand

• Warehousing, Distribution & Logistics for the 21st Century – Efficiently Linking Your Product with Your Customer

• Using Lean Six Sigma to Drive Continuous Improvement in Correctional Industries

• Common Sense Approach to Inventory Management – How to Track Inventory from Raw Materials to Finished Goods

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Best Practice Series

The NCIA Best Practice Series provides your entire staff with training from the Reentry-Focused Performance Excellence Guide.  Presenters drill down into the specific modules, giving you case studies and actual examples of best and promising practices that you can use in your CI program:

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• Resource Centers, Job Fairs and Networking ($129)

• Cognitive Behavioral Interventions and Motivational Interviewing ($129)

• Security Practices, Measures and Protocols for your CI ($129)

• Recruit, Develop and Retain Staff – Career Ladders and Succession Planning ($129)

• Maximizing Offender Job Opportunities ($129)

• Financial Sustainability ($129)

• Engaging Stakeholders & Working with your Legislators, Parts 1 & 2 ($199)

• Creating a Culture of Employment Readiness, Parts 1 & 2 ($199)

• The Foundation: Implementing CI Reentry-Based Performance Excellence, Parts 1 & 2 ($199)

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