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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 OCDA Conference - Reimagining Career Readiness: Building Pathways to Impact (28 May 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 align="center" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.21;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;" color="#1F272B"&gt;OCDA would like to personally invite you to our annual conference!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;h2 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.21;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#34495E" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;This year's conference title is...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 28px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#00AEEF" style=""&gt;Reimagining Career Readiness:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;Building Pathways to Impact&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#34495E" style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;This year, the Ohio Career Development Association's Annual Conference will take place at the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(0, 174, 239); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#34495E" style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;located in Lima, Ohio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#34495E" style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Please join us for our 2026 Spring Conference on&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#34495E" style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;" color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;Thursday, May 28th and Friday, May 29th 2026!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;At the 2026 OCDA conference, you will have the opportunity to:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Network with career professionals from throughout the state of Ohio and beyond&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Reimagine and discover best practices to further the career readiness in those we serve&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Recenter your work around purpose-driven practices&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;Dedicate time to invest in your professional development and continuing education&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;For more information this exciting event, be sure to check out our Conference webpages by following&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ocdaonline.org/Conference"&gt;THIS LINK&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;" color="#0072BC"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;**PLEASE NOTE: Member pricing will only be visible when logged into OCDA account.**&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://ocdaonline.org/event-6488996</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Use of Mindfulness to Reduce Stress - Collaboration with MichCDA (5 Jun 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;OCDA is a proud partner of the Michigan Career Development Association (MichCDA)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 5th from 12:00pm-12:45pm, ET&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration info:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;MichCDA/OCDA Member Registration &lt;a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/7m9Ls_KZRsq5L_ytMcau_Q#/registration" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Not an OCDA Member? Follow &lt;a href="https://www.michcda.org/michcda-store/p/reframing-failure-coaching-clients-through-setbacks-and-career-detours-e7mcp-z9tgh-2g8f7" target="_blank"&gt;THIS LINK&lt;/a&gt; to purchase 1-time access registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This program is eligible for .75 CEUs toward any NCDA credentials and/or the CCE GCDF.&lt;/strong&gt; Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;** MichCDA does not currently offer CEUs for Counselors **&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Speaker:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Sarah JanTausch, M.S., PMP&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Executive &amp;amp; Career Coach, SRJ Coaching &amp;amp; Consulting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Government Relations Co-Chair, Ohio Career Development Association&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Program Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Join MichCDA and OCDA for the June Career Café as we explore the role of mindfulness in supporting well-being and resilience. We’ll discuss practices that can help reduce stress and enhance presence in both personal and professional settings.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://ocdaonline.org/event-6616250</link>
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