The Metro Atlanta eXchange for Workforce Solutions (MAX) mission is to advance economic competitiveness in the Atlanta region by strengthening connections, collaborations, and practices among workforce developers and organizations engaged in workforce development.
The goals of MAX are to (1) improve alignment between workforce development service providers to better meet the needs of providers, employers, and job seekers, (2) increase awareness and visibility of workforce development system and opportunities, (3) provide opportunities to increase quality, capacity, and effectiveness of the region’s workforce system, and (4) serve as a sustainable, neutral, third party convener for workforce developers, employers, and organizations engaged in workforce development.
The purpose of MAX is to serve as a central convener and connector for individuals associated with any entity engaged in the Atlanta region’s workforce system (e.g., workforce development boards, government agencies, workforce development service providers, k-12 educational entities, institutions of higher learning, human services organizations, intermediaries, funders, and employers). MAX provides a neutral and consistent forum to exchange ideas and experiences on effective programs, processes, and procedures; to allow for discussion of effective solutions to common problems; to enable entities to learn best practices to inform continual improvement; and to foster partnerships among the entities. To carry out this purpose, MAX serves as a vehicle for interface with state, regional and national agencies, organizations, and associations that have impact on workforce development. MAX also serves as a primary communications channel for the aforementioned entities named in this paragraph to communicate to the workforce system as a whole.
Purpose and Description of this RFP
Since inception in 2014, MAX has evolved from a small group of collaborators to a paid membership organization. In 2024, with a formal vote by the Board of Directors, MAX seeks to become a legal non-profit entity. With that in mind, the Board wishes to embark on a refresh and update of our strategic plan as we look to the future of the organization. The current strategic plan will be provided to finalists prior to a planning call.
This Request for Proposal is to engage a facilitator to lead pre-planning and group discussion activities that lead to the update of the MAX Strategic Plan by the Board of Directors at our Annual Retreat, in- person on June 26, 2024. The outcome will be a formal, written plan to be introduced to the full membership this calendar year.
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Should you have any questions, please contact Jenny Taylor, MAX Board Chair, at jtaylor@ging.org and Joy Wilkins, MAX Facilitator, at joy@servingcommunities.net.
Proposals should be emailed to Alicia Berry at aberry@ging.org by or before May 13, 2024, 8:00 AM.