Data-Driven Growth NAWB's focus on data governance and labor market information through the Skills Economy Toolkit and the LMI Institute partnership signals a strong need for data management, analytics dashboards, and taxonomy tooling. This presents a sales opportunity for data governance platforms, LMI data subscriptions, dashboard implementations, and training to help regional workforce boards make data-informed decisions.

AI Skills Initiative NAWB has launched free AI skills courses with Microsoft Elevate for job seekers, career coaches, and workforce staff. This creates opportunities to offer customized AI training programs, enterprise learning licenses for member agencies, and AI readiness assessments and content development services.

Apprenticeship Growth The Forum 2026 highlighted expansion of apprenticeships in northern Nevada's EV sector. There is scope to provide apprenticeship management software, employer partnership programs, curriculum design, and program development services to scale regional apprenticeship pipelines aligned with industry demand.

Strategic Partnerships As the nation’s sole association advocating for workforce boards, NAWB has growing partnerships including Goodwill SoCal. This creates opportunities for sponsorships and event technology, partnership platforms, and policy advocacy tools that help member boards and employers collaborate effectively.

Leadership Growth With the appointment of Andrew Bercich as CEO in 2026 and annual revenue in the tens of millions, NAWB represents a mid-size network with growth potential. Opportunities include executive coaching, governance and strategic-planning services, and premium membership or bundled training offerings for leadership and board development.