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**KeyNote Speakers**
Kirsten King, FedEx
Domestic Product Marketing
Manager
Michelle Tinsley, Intel
Corporation Embedded &
Communications Group Controller
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Session I - 10:10 - 10:55am
Corporate
Social Responsibility
(PANEL)
In today’s business arena, companies
are focusing on more than financial profits. They are examining
their impact on the world and their specific communities. These
panelists will discuss their efforts to make a positive impact
on the world through their businesses. |
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**PANEL CLOSED**
Managing your Career: Career
Planning and Progression (PANEL)
This
panel discussion emphasizes the importance of personal
responsibility in career development and continued progression.
The panel allows participants to evaluate individual career
development goals and action plans to achieve them.
**PANEL CLOSED** |
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Giving Back:
Non-profit and Community Service Involvement (PANEL)
This
panel will explore opportunities for all professionals to have
an impact on philanthropic objectives regardless of career
choices. Panelists will share how they contribute to nonprofits
in a variety of ways including pursuing careers with nonprofit
organizations, volunteering time and effort, and leading through
board participation. |
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Session II - 11:10 - 11:55am
Life as an Entrepreneur: Taking
flight as a female business owner (PANEL)
Whether
you are interested in starting your own business or being an
entrepreneur within a large company, this panel will delve into
the ins and outs of being a female business owner. Panelists
will discuss challenges they face and how they overcame
setbacks.
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**PANEL CLOSED** Networking: Developing your
Resources (WORKSHOP)
Networking is a key to business success. This workshop is
targeted to help improve participants’ networking skills
(including starting a conversation, listening and questioning,
building rapport, and following up afterwards), build their
personal networks and maintain their professional reputations.
**PANEL CLOSED** |
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Work Life Balance
(PANEL)
This
panel discussion addresses the unique issues women face when
pursuing career opportunities or advancement. The panelists
will discuss how they balance the demands of their professions
and families as well as their personal needs. |
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Session
III - 1:50 - 2:35pm
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Personal
Branding for Business Professionals (WORKSHOP)
Our brand is based on
the experience that people have with us. The goal of this
workshop is to encourage you to be conscious of your actions,
your behavior, the impressions you leave and the impact you have
on your position in life. A personal brand is the essence of
YOU. Learn how to stand up and stand out. |
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Advocacy: Getting your Ideas to
Stick (PANEL)
This panel will discuss how to
convince others of the value of your ideas. Panelists will
discuss how to construct and deliver your message, to position
and differentiate your ideas, to generate loyalty and
commitment, and to handle objections, problem people, and
difficult situations.
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Taking Risks in Business and Life (PANEL)
Everyone
faces significant decisions throughout their personal and
professional lives. The women on this panel will discuss how
some of their riskiest decisions have paid off and taken their
lives in directions they could not anticipate.
CANCELLED
Gender
Communications: Men and Women at Work
The objective of this panel is to
guide participants in gaining a better understanding of how men
and women communicate and how to improve intra- and inter-gender
interactions. In addition, the roles of listening, nonverbal
communications and personal behavioral styles will be discussed. |
