Workshops

Morning Workshops
A: Social Media Spaghetti: The Bare Minimum You Need to Know to Untangle it All
B: When We're Dealt Lemons, Let's Make Lemonade: Mind Mapping the Next New You
C: 10 Biggest Mistakes Presenters Make
D: Think Pink
E: Fundamentals of Launching and Running a Business in CT
F: Motivated Follow-Up: The Secret Sauce to Your Networking Success

Afternoon Workshops
G: Developing Your Competitive Edge
H: Lead More With Less
I: Grow Your Gusto
J: Managing Stress and Not Letting It Manage You
K: How to Manage Your Boss
L: The Crab Bucket...The Way We Do Things

Morning Workshops

A: Social Media Spaghetti: The Bare Minimum You Need to Know to Untangle it All

Presenter: Lena L. West

Social media can be confusing and time consuming. New social media tools and services launch daily and it seems as if everyone wants you to try something different. In this workshop, you'll learn what different tools are available and which tools produce which types of results. You will learn simple ways for using them without wasting valuable time. Learn how to use social media most effectively and strategically-all without condescending tones or jargon!

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B: When We're Dealt Lemons, Let's Make Lemonade: Mind Mapping the Next New You

Presenter: Jill Butler

What tastes and feels sour may be your next new sweet opportunity. Explore tools and ideas for managing transition and change; clearing the physical and emotional clutter in preparation for creating the vision for the next chapter in your life. Mind mapping is a tool designed to capture ideas, dreams, wants and needs. Every idea, even the crazy ones, get put on the map as we let go of the known and open to new choices and transformations.

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C: 10 Biggest Mistakes Presenters Make

Presenter: Debbie Fay, bespeak presentation solutions

Think being funny is a requirement for being a great presenter? Think practicing will only make you more nervous? Think the "kitchen sink" approach is a good idea? These and other public speaking myths will be debunked and the truth illuminated in this workshop. You will leave with solid, easy to use, impossible to forget tools to be a confident compelling change-making speaker.

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D: Think Pink

Presenter: Beth A. Sieling, MD, FACS and Nancy Cappello, PhD

In the mood for a little girl talk? Let's get serious about your breast health. These days, you've got to think beyond scheduling that yearly mammogram. There's a whole new world of technology out there and what you need is someone to help you navigate breast health in the information age. Do I have dense breast tissue? Do I really need an MRI? Join Beth Sieling, MD, FACS, a fellowship-trained breast specialist, and Nancy Cappello, PhD, an early detection advocate who fought for groundbreaking legislation – and won! – in this empowering workshop for you and your girls.

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E: Fundamentals of Launching and Running a Business in CT

Presenters: Dennis Brown Lisa Powell Robert F. Polito Jr. and Jean Blake-Jackson

Have you longed for the opportunity to begin an entrepreneurial adventure? Do you have questions about starting a business or growing your existing organization? Do you need help identifying and understanding your customers? Do you need a marketing plan? If so, here is your opportunity to meet a panel of experts and gather valuable information on the resources available in the State.

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F: Motivated Follow-Up: The Secret Sauce to Your Networking Success

Presenter: Kathy McAfee, America's Marketing Motivator

Networking is more than just meeting new people; it’s about creating lasting value through your relationships. To fully leverage the potential of your professional network, you must become proficient and diligent in your follow-up. Kathy McAfee will show you how you can increase your visibility and value to the people in your network through simple follow-up strategies, leveraging both off-line and on-line resources. Here are five things you'll learn by attending this seminar:

1. How to create a systematic approach to your networking follow-up so that you can consistently act on your intentions;
2. How to add value to the people in your network with your follow-up;
3. How to be authentic, personal and helpful with your networking follow-up;
4. What on-line services are available to help you with more consistent follow-up;
5. Other great tips to help you accelerate your future through networking.

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Afternoon Workshops

G: Developing Your Competitive Edge

Presenter: Karen Hinds, Workplace Success Group

Are you paying attention to the small details that can help you win a client, market a product, coexist with co-workers or position yourself for a promotion? Learn how politeness can lead to profits when you know the etiquette of introducing colleagues at events, building strategic alliances with clients and coworkers, conducting yourself with class at a business luncheon while avoiding embarrassing mishaps and even how to effectively use your cell phone and email.

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H: Lead More With Less

Presenter: Veronica Holcomb, V J Holcomb Associates, Inc

Less is the new more in these difficult and tumultuous times. Leaders are being asked to achieve extraordinary results with fewer financial and human resources. As a result, motivation, productivity, communication and team work has suffered. This workshop is for everyone who is charged with the task of accomplishing innovative and creative results and the burden of managing these difficult challenges. Learn how you can tap into the higher reaches of human potential and motivations; get the best of your own performance, as well as the performance of others, and lead at a higher level of impact and influence.

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I: Grow Your Gusto

Presenter: Dale Allen, Life Coach Comedienne and Ohbeeb Cavalcante, Diva of Doodles and Ditties

Got inhibitions? This dynamic duo's infectious joy will help you leave them behind. Get ready to play, laugh, sing and shout your way to a starring role in your own life. If not now when? It's time to let your magnificent Soul-Self flow into your work and all you do! When the world sees you shine, the world shines for you and everything you do has greater impact. This is the law of attraction in action. C'mon-let's have some fun!

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J: Managing Stress and Not Letting It Manage You

Presenter: Barbara Phillips, Learning Dynamics

As organizations grow and change, it is even more critical that employees work smarter and manage their stress well. Today's fast-paced work environment breeds stress. In this workshop, attendees will examine their stressors and develop methods for coping with stress since unmanaged stress can lead to lower levels of teamwork, customer service, diminished commitment and lower productivity. Increase your effectiveness on the job by learning how to stay balanced.

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K: How to Manage Your Boss

Presenter: Kay Wilson

This seminar is designed to enable you to refocus your efforts on anticipating and meeting the needs of your direct supervisors and managers, thereby improving your working relationship and maximizing efficiency. It includes best practices for taking on and completing new assignments; analysis for understanding and meeting expectations; effective communication skills for identifying and resolving issues that arise during a project; and personal leadership tools.

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L: The Crab Bucket...The Way We Do Things

Presenter: Faith Roberts

"That's not the way we do it here." This presentation will explore "The way we do the things we do" and most importantly, WHY we do the things we do using a northeastern folktale about a crab bucket as an analogy. Management styles will be compared and contrasted and conflict management techniques will be reviewed. Research findings on job satisfaction and employee expectations will also be shared.

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