Dr.Annabel Beerel, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Christos and Mary Papoutsy Distinguished Chair in Ethics
Phone: 603.668.2211, ext. 2254
Fax: 603.645.9779
Platinum Sponsors:
Program
Program Overview (16 kb PDF)
|
7:00 - 8:00am |
|
Annabel Beerel -- Chairholder, Papoutsy Chair in Ethics |
|
Geri Denterlein – President and CEO, Denterlein Worldwide, Boston, MA |
|
(L1) Getting a position on a Corporate Board Have you considered work on a corporate board? What skills and experience will prepare you for board service, and how can you find the right opportunity? Our panel of women board directors will discuss the competencies and strategies needed to secure a board position, and how you can contribute to governance and advance your career. (L2) Speaking to Power (SESSION FULL) Sharing stories from leaders at all levels of business, Gentile will introduce lessons learned from her work developing "Giving Voice to Values," a ground-breaking approach to the teaching of values-driven leadership. "Giving Voice to Values" is sponsored by The Aspen Institute and Yale School of Management and is currently being piloted in more than two dozen sites globally. There will be the opportunity to discuss how this approach can help us effectively voice and act on our values in the face of powerful pressures from peers and authority figures in our professional lives. (L3) Preparing Yourself for Leadership (SESSION FULL) In this session Patricia Werhane provides insights gained from her many interviews of a variety of women leaders across many different industries. As part of her discussion Werhane highlights the challenges and opportunities these women faced and how they developed their leadership strategies often in the face of huge obstacles. Based on her research, Werhane provides ideas of how women can proactively position themselves so as to maximize their opportunities to exercise leadership. (P1) Negotiation Styles for Success Sara Laschever shares lessons from her ground breaking research into why “women don’t ask.” She discusses the social factors that hold women back, teaching them that it can be risky to ask for things for themselves, and examines the high price women pay when they don’t negotiate for what they’ve earned and deserve. Laschever will also show women how to re-evaluate their opportunities, improve their negotiating skills, and feel more comfortable asking for what they really want. (P2) The Courage to Conflict: Transforming Conflict into Opportunity (limited to 30 participants (SESSION FULL) This lively, interactive workshop will invite you to examine deeply ingrained habits of mind that can entrench conflict, and adopt new habits to keep your balance, use your power effectively, and change the way your most important exchanges unfold. You'll learn how to engage conflict with curiosity instead of anxiety and how to prevent the distancing that conflict avoided can inadvertently create. (P3) Technology Savvy – How Technology Can Open up New Jobs for Women In this workshop we will focus the discussion on technology: how technology impacts work, how jobs are changing because of technology, women who use technology, how being technology savvy can help women achieve non-traditional jobs, and the messages we need to give women and girls on technology and non-traditional jobs. (P4) Critical Financial Planning for “Baby Boomers” This highly practical workshop addresses the key financial issues facing “Baby Boomers” at this time in their lives and in the context of the trends in the current economy. This session will provide ideas regarding the wide range of investment vehicles available and guidelines of how one can optimize one’s return on savings. Seemingly complicated financial jargon will be explained and attendees will gain new insights into how to protect current wealth and astutely plan for retirement in the future. This is a “must” session for those who have not taken an active role in personal financial planning and who want to feel personally empowered to manage their financial future. (R1) Advancing Society by Advancing Women Research data reveals over and over again that if you want to advance a society educate the women. Whether from a cognitive, developmental or moral viewpoint, when women are educated they impact their society in a way that moves it to higher ground. This phenomenon is easier to see in developing countries that are trying to work their way out of poverty and global disempowerment. The two speakers that you will meet in this discussion are experienced and passionate about the amazing work they do to empower women in some of the most difficult circumstances one can imagine. This inspirational panel addresses real issues important to all of us. (R2) Sustainable Investing Julie Gorte’s career has focused on understanding what makes for a good investment not just for the individual investor but for the community. Sustainable investing is making a huge impact on the behavior of corporations and the attention they pay to communities and the environment. In this session Gorte and Mahoney will explain the Socially Sustainable Investment movement, its significance and a new fund that she is involved in that focuses on women and their contribution to corporate social responsibility. (R3) Women as Social Change Agents (SESSION FULL) Women who are changing the world, one woman/girl at a time: Leadership for women takes many forms, and much of leadership success is driven by a passion to change the status quo. Here are two remarkable women whose stories will inspire and motivate you to take action, because truly, we are the ones who can make positive community change happen. (R4) The Finance World of Women New Ideas on Financial Success for Your Next Venture: This panel will discuss the various stages of growth of a company and its funding mechanisms and options. The session will be highly interactive and bring new information on innovative funding sources and processes. Each of the panelists will also share their fascinating background and finance expertise and how they entered this line of work. |
|
Anne Fitzgerald - Lead Facilitator |
|
|
|
|
|
2:00 - 2:30pm |
|
(L4) Entrepreneurship Panel Exciting entrepreneurs share their stories and experiences that led to the success of their businesses. Do you desire to grow a business from start-up? Work solo or manage a diverse set of employees? Buy a going-concern or turn one around? These enterprising women explain how they do it and give ideas for how you might do the same. (L5) Non profit Leadership The nonprofit sector is now the second largest employer in NH and in the nation, second only to manufacturing. This panel will provide information on trends in the nonprofit field, critical issues and the opportunities and challenges of women finding leadership careers in the field. They will also share the range of nonprofit career opportunities, specifically the variety of disciplines in which women have opportunities in this sector as well as share future predictions about the growth market of this field. (L6) Managing a Diverse Workforce (SESSION FULL) Whether you are a small start-up business, a medium or large multinational, dealing with workforce issues remains the paramount challenge to organizational success. The discussion in this session will center on both the macro complexities of the changing face of the workforce in terms of mixed ages and nationalities, as well as the complexities of motivating staff in a highly competitive world where the nature of work has changed. (P5) The Courage to Conflict: Transforming Conflict into Opportunity (limited to 30 particpants) (SESSION FULL) This lively, interactive workshop will invite you to examine deeply ingrained habits of mind that can entrench conflict, and adopt new habits to keep your balance, use your power effectively, and change the way your most important exchanges unfold. You'll learn how to engage conflict with curiosity instead of anxiety and how to prevent the distancing that conflict avoided can inadvertently create. (P6) Strategic Mentoring (SESSION FULL) "The Power of Many" - This session will explore the power mentoring can have on your personal as well as your business life. There are many ways to strategically place yourself to maximize your experiences within different organizations and work place. We will discuss how mentoring is working in several large organizations. (P7) Entrepreneurship and the Arts Are you an artist and want to make your passion your career? The women in this panel will tell you about how they did just that and how you might do the same. They will discuss how they developed their art while simultaneously developing a business model that would generate sufficient income to make their business sustainable. This is an inspiring discussion for anyone with any kind of artistic interest. (P8) Critical Financial Planning for Young Professionals This down to earth workshop provides essential financial information to the young professional. During this session attendees will learn investment and saving essentials and how they can begin investing now to assure an element of financial stability in the future. Attendees will learn critical financial jargon and will learn how to carry out disciplined financial planning that will provide huge financial payoffs in the future. (R5) Opportunities in Science and Technology The panelists in this session discuss some of the exciting new technologies that are shaping our future and how women are and can be an instrumental part of these exciting developments. Science and technology is not just for the Einsteins of this world, but for you and me. (R6) Green is the new Black: Today's environmental realities Everywhere you turn, people are using the terms “environmentally-responsible”, “eco-friendly”, “carbon neutral”, or “green”. In this session, we’ll talk about how current environmental trends present risks and opportunities for your career, your organization and your lifestyle. Through the journey of Stonyfield Farm’s 25 year evolution from a tiny organic farming school to a $300 million food company, we’ll share lessons learned about evaluating environmental impacts and carbon footprints, taking environmental action, and leading an organization through transformational change. (R7) Cashier to Executive (SESSION FULL) Come and listen to some of the exciting stories of these women who began their careers either in very different fields to where they are now or who really started at the bottom of the management ladder and have made astounding strides to senior executive positions. Listen to their stories, strategies and the lessons they learned. You can do the same! (R8) Wellness for the 21st Century (SESSION FULL) This panel will discuss the critical issue of “health” and how this is being understood and treated by medical experts and institutions in the 21st century. Health, which is important to women, both for their own well being and because they are so often the health caretakers of the entire family, is becoming an increasingly complex issue. Healthcare and medical treatments offered are changing, and managing one’s own health and that of one’s family now requires competencies and skills not required before. This panel will review the understanding of Health and Medical care at this time and will provide guidelines on how women can be more strategic about healthcare for themselves and their families. |
|
Robin Roberts – Co-anchor, ABC News’ Good Morning America, and author of From the Heart: 7 Rules to Live By |
|
|
| 5:00pm |
Southern New Hampshire University cannot be responsible for any speaker or program changes that may occur. Any changes or updates will be posted here and announced on the day of the event.