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Continuing Education Series: State of the REDF Community 2025

REDF CEO, Maria Kim and your fellow ESE leaders from around the country took a look at the state of our community halfway through the year both in terms of key enterprise data points, updates on the policy environment, REDF’s future strategy, valuable resources – including your peer network – and a heavy dose of inspiration and joy. 

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Continuing Education Series: Leading Through Uncertainty

This interactive session will support ESE leaders navigating the uncertainty and complexity that often arise in times of change. Attendees will explore how to recognize and move through fear as a gateway to courage, clarity, and meaningful action.

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Continuing Education Series: Futures Thinking

In this hands-on lab, participants will learn how to explore multiple time horizons, identify early signals of change, and map possible futures—so they can better prepare for disruptions, amplify opportunities, and align action with long-term vision.

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Rhythms of Program Management Toolkit

This document provides employment social enterprises (ESEs) with a comprehensive set of standard operating procedures for running a highly effective Employee Success Program.

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Soft Skills Training Guide

This guide provides ESEs with a self-guided tour of existing frameworks and curriculums for job readiness training and to help jumpstart the implementation process with key background, resources, and considerations.

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Employee Voice Strategies Toolkit

This toolkit provides ESEs with a review of various Employee Voice Strategies that includes a description, benefits, and challenges of each and helping them choose one via a self-guided quiz.

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Participant Employee Funnel Map

After reviewing this resource and implementing it their own contexts, ESEs will be better equipped to design an environment that prevents drop-offs and to understand the factors behind retention trends.

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Data Tracking: Alternative Metrics

The purpose of this resource is to support employment social enterprises (ESEs) through the process of designing and implementing a survey of participant employees that evaluates participants’ experience, perception, and engagement.

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Participant Employee Intake Toolkit

This toolkit provides an overview of the purpose of the intake process, best practices for implementation, and a sample intake form that the ESE can customize to best fit its focus population.

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Logic Model Toolkit

This document is a step by step guide to developing a logic model. There are six steps. Each step will have an estimated time it will take you and your team to complete. It is good practice to include people from your team responsible for programming such as on-the-job training, case management, and/or job placement.