CoachCon 2025

8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast & Networking

9:30 AM

Session 1: “Coaching the Whole Person: Strategies for Equitable and Empowering Career Development”

Mariana Zaragoza
Participants facing barriers to employment navigate much more than job readiness; they juggle housing insecurity, health concerns, systemic discrimination, and family responsibilities. This interactive workshop reframes career coaching as “whole-person” coaching, equipping workforce professionals with tools to support career goals while honoring participants’ full life contexts.

10:45 AM

Break & Networking

11:00 AM

Session 2: “Honoring Participant Voice: A Storytelling Approach”

Soumary Vongrassamy
Learn ways to create meaningful opportunities for your participants - especially those from marginalized communities - to willingly share more about their experiences and insights.

12:15 PM

Lunch & Sector Tabling

1:30 PM

Session 3: "Career Coaching for Quality Jobs"

Casey Milligan & Liza Morehead
Harness new tools, based on labor market information, to enhance your coaching practice. We’ll review regional workforce trends and introduce the Discovering Quality Jobs Profiles.

2:45 PM

Break & Sector Tabling

3:00 PM

Session 4: "Coaching With AI"

Matthew Romero
Let AI carry the weight so you can carry the people. Expect live prompts you can steal, firm guardrails to keep things ethical, and people-first tactics for clients with gaps, nontraditional paths, or justice involvement. You’ll leave with actual tools and the confidence to make AI your tireless junior teammate.

4:15 PM

Networking, Survey, Raffle & Good Byes