NEC Conference Registration Now Open!

Thursday, March 26, 2026
5th Annual NEC (New England Consortium - NCDA State CDAs)
Virtual Conference with 4 NCDA CEs!

"Using Career Navigation to Build Trust and Ethics in Today's Landscape"

Keynote: Dr. David Reile, Past NCDA President and Current Co-Chair, NCDA Ethics Committee
Managing Director, Career Development Alliance

Evolving and adapting career development in these revolutionary times requires designing best practices and theory-based interventions. Such approaches can increase self-efficacy beliefs, resilience, student/client learning and success in employment and career-life roles.

The 2026 NEC Conference aligns with America’s 250th (a milestone celebrated by state commissions nationwide) and Massachusetts' 250th anniversaries. This year’s event honors the National Career Development Association and its members for their dedicated efforts in transforming the lives of students and stakeholders. Furthermore, the conference emphasizes the vital importance of fostering trust and ethics within our
career-life roles.

Our NEC Conference also includes 40-minute presentations, 50-minute roundtable presentations/discussions, resources, networking and 
4 NCDA CEs!

NEC Conference Registration:

For more information about presenters, conference topics and to register, click on NEC Conference link under the Upcoming Events on the right side of our website.

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March 2026 Updates

Inspiring Career-Life Choices,

Empowering Lives

Together We Can Make A Difference

"To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do." -- President John Quincy Adams 

** When you renew your MACDA membership (or join MACDA NOW) for the new fiscal year, you automatically become a member of our NEC (New England Consortium-NCDA State CDAs) and enjoy all the excellent benefits specified in our recent March 2026 Newsletter, including an NEC discount for the upcoming NEC Virtual Conference with 4 NCDA CEs!

** You can be a member of our MACDA and not choose to be a member of NCDA. There are lots of benefits in joining NCDA, but it's not a requirement for joining MACDA.

We hope you renew your current MACDA membership, or join for the first time, and choose to participate in our MACDA EORO Membership Initiative and our $275 MACDA Scholarship Program (it's super easy!)

And, if you do not want to become involved with our EORO Scholarship Initiative, you are welcome to simply renew your membership or join and still enjoy the many MACDA and NEC benefits.

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Please follow the links for information about the following topics.

• Upcoming NCDA programming, as well as free pre-recorded webinars (with a fee-based option to purchase CEUs).
  
  
• Past NEC Virtual Conferences to view the type of programs, keynotes below and presenters.
  
  
• All previous MACDA newsletters.
  
  
• The interesting history of NCDA, MACDA, and our NEC (New England Consortium-NCDA State CDAs).
  
  
• Free career development resources from NCDA and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  
  
• Participating in our new MACDA Member Spotlight Program: We want to highlight and promote your work and contributions to your students/clients and the career development profession to Massachusetts and our entire NEC, our New England Region.
  
  
• Connect with Ed Colozzi on LinkedIn (or directly through email below) regarding opportunities to join our MACDA team and participate in our mission, and also to discuss ways to share your experience and talents and explore deeper engagement by supporting and mentoring fellow MACDA or NEC members.

Thanks again for visiting our MACDA website!

Remember to make sufficient time to Self Care and strive to create more balance among your multiple career-life roles. Self Care first, then care for those closest to you and others as you choose, and allow yourself to experience care from others.

Warm regards, and enjoy this New England March transition weather as spring is about to SPRING!

Ed Colozzi

Edward Anthony Colozzi, Ed.D.

President, Massachusetts Career Development Association (MACDA)

careercoachcolozzi@verizon.net