Opening Keynote Address
Revolutionary Relationships: Five Timbers That Ensure Success
Sandra Yancey
Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 1:30-2:30 pm
Do you ever look at wildly successful people and wonder, “How did they do that?” Sandra Yancey knows the answer. As founder and CEO of eWomenNetwork.com, the fastest growing, most visited membership-based women’s business network on the Internet, Sandra has interviewed hundreds of high-earning women entrepreneurs in industries ranging from catering to technology. Regardless of the area of expertise, one element in their success is the number and power of their connections! Make no mistake about it: Everyone who makes it has a network of carefully cultivated relationships. These relationships aren’t just contacts—they are connections. The difference between contacts and connections is what Rolodex builders and card-passer-outers don’t understand. Sandra will share the five core timbers you need and how to acquire them so that you, too, can harness a powerful network that can ensure your success.
General Session and Dinner
Integrity: Use It or Lose It
Laurie Weiss
Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 7-8:30 pm
In this highly interactive session, Laurie Weiss, PhD, will demonstrate how to recognize and consciously evaluate potentially challenging ethical situations we may encounter as professional organizers. She will teach us specific tools to acknowledge our instincts and take honorable actions. Each participant will leave with a plan for taking the next steps to foster greater integrity and nurture success. Dr. Weiss has spent 34 years as a coach, therapist, author, consultant, and trainer. She served on the ethics committee of an international professional organization for 10 years. Her program “The Integrity Course” is a multimedia home-study program that demonstrates how to speak your mind and tell your truth, despite workplace pressures to conform and avoid making waves
Closing Keynote Address and Awards Lunch
Twitch! Yourself to Professional Organizer Success
Stuart Ellis-Myers
Saturday, March 25, 2006 - Noon-2:30 pm
Stuart Ellis-Myers is the world’s only professional speaker to suffer from Tourette syndrome, a rare and debilitating neurological disorder that causes him to “twitch” constantly, unable to stop involuntary rapid, sudden movements and sounds. Stuart will take you on a thought-provoking journey of self-discovery. Be prepared to shed and replace negative beliefs with actions and strategies proven to turn perceived disadvantages into immediately usable advantages. You will leave this session “positively traumatized” to move beyond fears and negative beliefs that no longer serve you. Attend this session ready to create the measurable breakthroughs you have been seeking and to enjoy achieving your most elusive career and personal desires.Stuart has been able to overcome his perceived disability to become a highly successful corporate director, actor, filmmaker, and author who speaks internationally on how to immediately unlearn, let go, and replace self-negating conditioning to outperform your highest self-expectations