This four part series is a great opportunity to develop and enhance your leadership skills. This program will provide participants the opportunity to sharpen their skills in public speaking, negotiation, group facilitation, goal setting, business etiquette, professional communication, advocacy and more
Registration for all four session is $50.00.Ala Carte prices are $20.00 a session, and $10.00 for the Welcome Reception. Registration fees cover meals and materials. Please make checks out to SFPBW
Registration for all four session is $50.00.Ala Carte prices are $20.00 a session, and $10.00 for the Welcome Reception. Registration fees cover meals and materials. Please make checks out to SFPBW
Welcome Reception, Friday February 10, 2012 5:00pm- 7:30pm ($10.00 ala carte)
Join the members of SFPBW as we welcome the Young Professional Program and the leadership development program participants and hear from PBW members on what the organization means to them and the vision for the future.
Session 1: Saturday February 11, 2012 9:00am to 2:00pm ($20.00 ala carte)
9:00am – 10:15
The Leadership Compass: The Leadership Compass is based on the Native American Medicine Wheel, or Four-Fold Way, in which each direction has a main "human resource" from which to draw for support and strength. Which direction are you? How can you maximize your strengths, and the strengths of others.
The Leadership Compass: The Leadership Compass is based on the Native American Medicine Wheel, or Four-Fold Way, in which each direction has a main "human resource" from which to draw for support and strength. Which direction are you? How can you maximize your strengths, and the strengths of others.
10:30- 11:30
Public Speaking: Does the thought of giving a speech make you weak in the knees? Have you ever frozen and fumbled through a simple introduction at a meeting? What about those impromptu “tell us about yourself” requests. Public speaking is as integral part of any professional role. This presentation will go over some of the basic things to consider when giving a formal presentation and even an impromptu motivational talk. Participants will have time to work on skills presented during session 2, February 25th.
Whoops! Wish you hadn’t hit reply all in your snarky response to your co-worker. Frustrated that your colleague isn’t responding to the fifth voicemail you have left them. Annoyed with hearing your co-worker on her cell phone all day long? Proper Business Etiquette can make or break your career. This refresher presentation will cover the basics of proper workplace etiquette, and tips to enhance your career. Public Speaking: Does the thought of giving a speech make you weak in the knees? Have you ever frozen and fumbled through a simple introduction at a meeting? What about those impromptu “tell us about yourself” requests. Public speaking is as integral part of any professional role. This presentation will go over some of the basic things to consider when giving a formal presentation and even an impromptu motivational talk. Participants will have time to work on skills presented during session 2, February 25th.
12:15- 12:45pm
So, what do you do? : The societal habit of defining who we are by what we do is challenged. As a result, through this exercise participants will begin to see the difference between “making a living and making a life” and to understand that a true vocational calling is an extension of who one is.
So, what do you do? : The societal habit of defining who we are by what we do is challenged. As a result, through this exercise participants will begin to see the difference between “making a living and making a life” and to understand that a true vocational calling is an extension of who one is.
1:00- 2:00pm
Advocacy 101: This workshop introduces some basic and always useful strategies for advocacy. In this workshop, participants have the opportunity to engage in group activity learning and practice a form of advocacy on a given topic, mainly the PBWNM Legislative Platform. These activities also promote communication skills, such as those required to convey viewpoints.
Advocacy 101: This workshop introduces some basic and always useful strategies for advocacy. In this workshop, participants have the opportunity to engage in group activity learning and practice a form of advocacy on a given topic, mainly the PBWNM Legislative Platform. These activities also promote communication skills, such as those required to convey viewpoints.
Session 2 Saturday, February 25th 9:00am – 2:00pm ($20.00 ala carte)
9:00- 11:00am
Building a Personal and Career Network: This training introduces the concept of building personal networks, which is a foundation for helping individuals become cognizant about how the relationships they develop through their work in various communities is also building a potentially lifelong network. The workshop is designed to guide participants to distinguish different communities in their lives and what personal resources they have in each of these communities. This workshop will be begin this crucial process of identifying networks of both professional and personal natures to see how you may be closer your dream job than you may have guessed.
Building a Personal and Career Network: This training introduces the concept of building personal networks, which is a foundation for helping individuals become cognizant about how the relationships they develop through their work in various communities is also building a potentially lifelong network. The workshop is designed to guide participants to distinguish different communities in their lives and what personal resources they have in each of these communities. This workshop will be begin this crucial process of identifying networks of both professional and personal natures to see how you may be closer your dream job than you may have guessed.
11:15- 12:15
Negotiation 101: Negotiating is for some sheer misery. However, negotiation skills are critical whether selling products or services, purchasing supplies and materials, negotiating salary and job requirements or obtaining internal resources for project support. With skill and practice, facilitating a collaborative negotiation that leaves all participants victorious is achievable. This negotiation skills workshop develops the skills participants need to drive mutual victory.
Negotiation 101: Negotiating is for some sheer misery. However, negotiation skills are critical whether selling products or services, purchasing supplies and materials, negotiating salary and job requirements or obtaining internal resources for project support. With skill and practice, facilitating a collaborative negotiation that leaves all participants victorious is achievable. This negotiation skills workshop develops the skills participants need to drive mutual victory.
12:15- 12:45- Lunch
12:45- 1:15
Fraying at the Edges: Stress Management 101: Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own stress triggers, learn ways to avoid stress and tools to cope with the unavoidable.
Fraying at the Edges: Stress Management 101: Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own stress triggers, learn ways to avoid stress and tools to cope with the unavoidable.
1:30- 3:00pm
YP Practice Session: Young Professional Program participants and anyone else wishing to sharpen their skills at public speaking, interviewing and advocacy are invited to stay and receive feedback and practice before the Young Professional Award Ceremony.
YP Practice Session: Young Professional Program participants and anyone else wishing to sharpen their skills at public speaking, interviewing and advocacy are invited to stay and receive feedback and practice before the Young Professional Award Ceremony.
Session 3: Saturday, March 3, 2012 11:00am – 1:00pm ( $20.00 ala carte)
11:00am – 12:30pm
Developing Goals: BHAGS: Big Hairy Audacious Goals. BHAGS (pronounced “bee-hags”) are Big Hairy Audacious Goals —a term coined by authors Jerry Porras and James Collins in their book “Built to Last,” which examines the qualities of successful visionary companies. They found that one factor that distinguished successful efforts from unsuccessful ones was the use of ambitious, even outrageous, goals to motivate people and focus them toward concrete accomplishments.
Developing Goals: BHAGS: Big Hairy Audacious Goals. BHAGS (pronounced “bee-hags”) are Big Hairy Audacious Goals —a term coined by authors Jerry Porras and James Collins in their book “Built to Last,” which examines the qualities of successful visionary companies. They found that one factor that distinguished successful efforts from unsuccessful ones was the use of ambitious, even outrageous, goals to motivate people and focus them toward concrete accomplishments.
12:30 -1:00pm Lunch and Wrap Up
11:30 - 12:15 (Lunch is served)
Workplace Etiquette Roundtable: