1. Explore Vital Link Careers by Choice, Not Chance
Vital Link is a Non profit organization that is dedicated to preparing all students to select a Career by Choice, Not Chance.

2. Career Exploration Experiences
Careers by Choice,
Not Chance
Agenda
Explore
21 years VL delivering
Student Career Exploration programs
Professional development activities for CTE educators
Take students out into the field
Environmental
TV Production
Mock Surgeries
Back lot tours to learn the Disney process for developing
new productions
Building
Historically serves 4,500 students each year
Delivering
Career Exploration Experiences

3. Mobile Career Exhibits
Careers by Choice,
Not Chance
Mobile Career Exhibits
Agenda
Discover
Added the school based Career Exploration Mobile Exhibits
school year we expanded to 10,000 reach
We still have a waiting list.
Programs fill up within days of publicizing
There is a large demand and hunger for programs that provide students:
Connections to industry
Opportunities to try out the technology and work based activities

4. Industry Insights Agenda Educators Connecting with Industry
Careers by Choice,
Not Chance
Educators Connecting
with Industry
Agenda
Industry
Insights
Facilitate trainings Workshops
Example - Robotics
Connect industry representatives with the CTE instructors
Regional Industry Sector Advisory Board meetings
(7 different industry sectors)
The number will be growing in future years as the regional approach is being promoted by the state as a viable model

5. Careers by Choice,
Not Chance
Agenda
Connect
1) How Can we meet the demand and bring the career exploration experience to more students?
2) How can we connect educators with more industry professionals?
The questions that we are now facing

6. Career Exploration Program Connectivity
Careers by Choice,
Not Chance
Career Exploration Program Connectivity
Agenda
Connect
Push content out to schools that can’t attend the live event
Live connectivity to
existing programs

7. Connect with Professionals
Careers by Choice,
Not Chance
Connect with Professionals
from a remote location
Agenda
Connect
Bring industry professionals into the career program from the outside to speak with the students

8. Expand the Industry Connection
Careers by Choice,
Not Chance
Expand the Industry Connection
Agenda
Connect
Set up remote access to industry professionals to expand the connections to the industry experts.

9. Forward Moving Agenda Expand the Reach Through Technology
Careers by Choice,
Not Chance
Expand the Reach
Through Technology
Agenda
Forward
Moving
Leverage existing programs and expand delivery capacity
Expand the connection to available industry professionals
Record and Archive content

10. Imagine What Vital Link Can Do
Careers by Choice,
Not Chance
Agenda
Action
We are exploring al opportunities to integrate the Tandberg equipment to support the expansion of our programs and to better support your CTE programs.
Imagine What Vital Link Can Do
in The Next 21 Years!