March 26, 2026
Register Now: Webinar Series to Support New Americans and Build an Inclusive Workforce—Now Open
On March 26, 2026 by Kirstan Ketter
Registration is now open for a three-part virtual learning series this April from the LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation, offered at no cost to members.
This series, Workforce Strategies for Aging Services: From Recruitment to Retention—Practical, Proven Strategies to Better Support New American Employees and Strengthen Your Entire Team will equip you with strategies to recruit, support, retain, and advance New American employees, strengthening your workforce in the process.
How It Works
- Live, interactive Zoom sessions
- Each session is two hours
- Each topic offered on three different dates/times to fit your schedule
- Attend one session or all four
Why Attend
- Walk away with actionable strategies you can implement right away
- Learn from experienced aging services leaders and content experts
- Collaborate with peers facing similar workforce challenges
- Build a more inclusive, supportive workplace that improves retention
Topics & Registration Information
Learning Session 1
Laying the Foundation: Community Partnerships for Workforce Growth
This learning session equips you with successful strategies for moving beyond typical recruitment and building meaningful workforce partnerships with Minnesota’s culturally specific communities.
Objectives: Learn from community-based organizations that train multilingual talent and are eager to build pipelines into aging services Hear from aging services leaders who have successfully implemented proven workforce strategies Explore effective approaches to prepare for successful recruitment.
- 4/16/26 9am-11am – Register here
- 4/24/26 2pm-4pm – Register here
- 4/27/26 9am-11am – Register here
Learning Session 2
Strategic Recruitment and Onboarding: Moving Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Workforce Practices
This session teaches leaders, managers, directors, and recruitment specialists how to differentiate recruitment, onboarding, and training practices to better support immigrant and multilingual employees. Participants will learn how to improve job descriptions, digital outreach, interview practices, and onboarding approaches to reduce turnover and strengthen workforce retention.
Objectives: Recognize why differentiated onboarding matters for incoming talent Learn how to tailor onboarding tools to meet diverse workforce needs Explore effective strategies for bridging language gaps among multilingual staff Identify opportunities to elevate onboarding into a “white glove” experience.
- 4/20/26 9am-11am – Register here
- 4/23/26 2pm-4pm – Register here
- 4/28/26 9am-11am – Register here
Learning Session 3
Operationalizing Inclusion: Policies and Practices that Support and Retain Staff
This session teaches specific, actionable strategies leaders can use to turn operational inclusion into everyday practice. You will learn how to build a workplace where staff feel supported, respected, and choose to stay. Leave with implementable knowledge on how to create, or improve, inclusive workplaces that strengthen retention and care.
Objectives: Understand how culturally responsive policies and benefits directly impact retention, with guest speakers from aging services organizations Apply training approaches that meet diverse learning needs, including language access and varying levels of prior experience Address key considerations when supporting and managing multilingual staff, including communication practices and supervisor expectations Develop practical policy and management changes that have been shown to improve retention among diverse and multilingual teams.
- 4/17/26 2pm-4pm – Register here
- 4/24/26 9am-11am – Register here
- 4/30/26 9am-11am – Register here
Learning Session 4
Understanding the Cultures of Minnesota’s Emerging Care Workforce
This session features a panel of community members from Minnesota’s largest immigrant communities that are a part of Minnesota’s care workforce. Hear directly from panelists about cultural norms, religious norms, work ethics, and communication, to gain insights you can apply to better strengthening your settings. This interactive panel will allow participants to engage directly with speakers, ask questions, and gain insights to strengthen support within their settings.
- 4/21/26 9am-11am – Register here
- 4/27/26 2pm-4pm – Register here
- 5/1/26 9am-11am – Register here
Who Should Attend
- Administrators and executive leaders
- HR professionals and recruiters
- Managers and supervisors
- Workforce and training staff
- Open to everyone!
About the Series
This initiative is part of the Workforce Strategies for Aging Services: From Recruitment to Retention—Practical, Proven Strategies to Better Support New American Employees and Strengthen Your Entire Team led by the LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation, and funded by DHS’ GEAR Division. For more information, contact Kirstan Ketter at kketter@leadingagemn.org.
Register today by selecting the session(s) and times that work best for you above.