2008 Program
6:15-8:00 REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
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8:00-8:25 WELCOMING REMARKS |
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Mireille Guiliano Internationally hailed as a marketing innovator and barrier-breaking pioneer, Mireille Guiliano was president and CEO of the venerable champagne and wine company Clicquot, Inc. for two decades. In her current venture, she has capitalized on her business acumen in the luxury goods industry to become a best-selling author and renowned authority on food, wine, travel and entertaining. Drawing on her newest book, French Women for All Seasons, she opens the conference with some of her well-earned wisdom for living life to its fullest.
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9:25-10:50 CONCURRENT MORNING SESSIONS |
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Finance Seminar—Change Your Earning Attitude Why are most women paid less than they are worth? After interviewing over 150 top moneymakers as well as many who earn below their potential, Barbara Stanny has discovered what attitudes make all the difference. In this session, she offers insight and guidance about stepping outside of your comfort zone, challenging longstanding beliefs about your earning power, and developing a profit motive so that you can position yourself to prosper mentally, physically, and financially.
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2. Communication
Workshop—Branding Your Best Asset: You! Whether you are an entrepreneur or a corporate warrior, nurturing an established career or hunting for that first job, you need to take charge of how others perceive you while differentiating yourself from the herd. According to Peggy Klaus, personal branding is how we convey our core values, highlight our talents, and present our agenda to others. In this high-impact workshop, she demonstrates how you can use the laws of branding to capture the minds of any audience.
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3. Career Seminar—Reimagining
Your Work Life Companies are discovering that they cannot afford to lose the talents of experienced, well-qualified women who step off the career track temporarily. Nationally-known economist and workplace expert Sylvia Ann Hewlett lays out the business case for promoting diversity, outlines the six critical elements of women-friendly retention policies, and provides numerous examples of innovative corporate programs offering women the flexibility and support they need to reenter the workforce and fulfill their professional ambitions.
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6. Negotiation
Workshop—Leveraging the Conditions for Leadership Success When you take on a new leadership position, it is more important than ever to recognize what is negotiable and what is not. In particular, you need to ensure that the role fits your strengths and abilities, that you have the visible backing of key leaders, and that you have the resources to perform effectively without sacrificing your life. In this session, Simmons School of Management professor Deborah Kolb details a set of strategic negotiating moves that will help you to succeed in any leadership role.
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10:55-11:25 MEET THE SPEAKERS/BOOK-SIGNING BREAK |
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Dr. Louise Leakey is the third generation of the world’s most famous fossil hunters, carrying on her family’s explorations of human origins in northern Kenya. She currently heads up an intensive fieldwork project in the Lake Turkana Basin that may help to reveal the answers to some of the most intriguing questions about our shared global heritage. A speaker of great energy, passion, and candor, Leakey talks about her life as a paleoanthropologist as well as about the vital importance of exploring the deep human past to the entire world community. |
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12:15-1:30 SEATED LUNCHEON |
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As a practicing physician and broadcast journalist, Dr. Nancy Snyderman believes in the power of good communication. And one fact that she consistently emphasizes is that women need to take charge of their health and well-being, not only for their own sakes but also for the sake of their families. In her information-packed presentation, Dr. Snyderman offers straight talk on the importance of self-advocacy and the key health issues that need your attention today. |
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2:25-3:55 CONCURRENT AFTERNOON SESSIONS |
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7. Negotiation
Workshop—It Pays to Ask Knowing the right way to ask for what you need to succeed is often a challenge for women—in part because of difficulties of their own making and in part because they may face backlash. In this skill-building workshop, Simmons School of Management professor Deborah Kolb reveals how you can use your personal power and understanding of process to position yourself effectively in these negotiations—a strategy that will help you do well not only for yourself, but also for your organization.
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8. Finance Seminar—Do
What You Fear If Barbara Stanny has only one piece of advice to give to women who want to earn more money, it would be “do what you fear.” This is not the same as thinking you have to become fearless. On the contrary, top moneymakers are well acquainted with feelings of self-doubt—but they go for their goals anyway. In this highly motivating session, Stanny explains how letting go of the familiar is the first big step toward achieving that six-figure income. |
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10. Communication Workshop—From
Cold to Hot: The Power of Referrals More than 90 percent of buyers say they never respond to unsolicited contacts. Even so, many people are reluctant to ask their satisfied customers for introductions to friends, colleagues, or relatives. Peggy Klaus presents a winning strategy for gaining the new business you want by calling upon the goodwill of the clients you already have. Using her warm-up techniques, you will never have to make another dreaded cold call again. |
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3:55-4:30 MEET THE SPEAKERS/BOOK-SIGNING BREAK |
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5:20-6:00 CONNECTION RECEPTION |
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