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FARIBORZ GHADAR

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WILLIAM SCHREYER PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT PO at Devine and Partners

Topic:

Areas of Expertise: Global Corporate Strategy and Implementation

Objectives:

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Benefit to audience:

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Rob Gilfillan

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President at Cenero

Topic:

The Evolution of the Conference Room

Objectives:

Learn About:
• Creating a consistent collaborative experience across multiple devices, personal work spaces and conference rooms
•How to easily present and share from any device or location
• New technology for the shrinking conference room
•Best practices for unified collaboration

Benefit to audience:

You Should Attend if You:
• Want to learn more about solutions that integrate conference rooms and mobile devices
• Want to create a flexible collaborative environment regardless of device or location
• Use video as a virtual collaborative tool

Nancy Gimbol

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Director of Marketing at Flaster/Greenberg PC

Topic:

Dirty Dozen

Objectives:

In this interactive seminar, three experienced labor and employment attorneys will present 12 of the most common pitfalls in employment law today, and how employers and managers can avoid becoming a casualty of these "danger zones."
Speakers
Ken Gilberg, Esq.; Michael Homans, Esq., Paul Russionello, Esq.

Benefit to audience:

Program will cover: (1)Best Practices for documenting performance issues.
(2)How to fire a problem employee and not get sued.(3)Rules for handling medical and family leave. (4) Easy guidelines for determining if you
must pay overtime.(5)What to do when employees complain.(6)Investigating and successfully resolving sexual harrasment claims(7)How to adopt and enforce non-compete and non-solicit agreements. Plus 5 more that don't fit this text box

Charles Glazer

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Director, Communications and PR (retired) at Braskem America

Topic:

Communications, PR, writing/editing, crisis communications, speaking skills

Objectives:

be able to communicate better and more effectively; be better presenters who can communicate their ideas more clearly and persuasively; be able to manage crises, deal with the media and other stakeholders and move to business recovery quicker; be a better writer, editor, speaker and presenter.

Benefit to audience:

Seminar participants will gain the skills needed to be more effective communicators. Business professionals will learn how to be prepared to handle crisis situations, communicate quickly and effectively with media and other audiences, and return to normal business quicker. Individuals will become better at presenting their ideas, thoughts, projects, etc. with various supporting media.

Manish Gorawala

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CEO of Tri-Force Consultants/MLeads at Tri-Force Consultants

Topic:

New Mobile app and Cloud platform to grow Small/Mid-Size businesses

Objectives:

Will learn how to manage your events anytime, any place on any device

Benefit to audience:

Managing their events at the touch of a screen. Using this app can make planning and hold events a breeze

Mary Graham

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Executive Director at Children's Village

Topic:

Importance of HIgh Quality Early Education; Impact on Families and Society

Objectives:

Understand the connection that high quality early education has with business and business growth. In addition to supporting employees, children receiving high quality early education have shown to do much better in school and later in life. We develop our work force when they are young. The industry of early education also provides economic stimulus; allowing families to work and earn money; providing jobs for teachers.

Benefit to audience:

To see the whole picture of how education benefits business. And education starts at birth, not at age 6. Participants will see that all of society benefits when we support working families and provide high quality early education services.

Steven Grandizio

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Chief Development Officer at Exude Benefits

Topic:

212- Giving the Extra Degree of Effort; Building a Brand on a Limited Budget

Objectives:

Be motivated to find ways that they can get better in all aspects of their life. Participants will be challenged to think outside the box to help take their careers and/or their businesses to the next level.

Benefit to audience:

Engaging, energy packed and fun presentation that is geared towards entrepreneurs, management, salaried employees or commission-only sales pro's.

Has presented on: 7/1/2008

Barbara Gray

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PROFESSOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, SMEAL Colleg at Devine and Partners

Topic:

Conflict/Negotiation, Public/Private Partnerships...

Objectives:

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Benefit to audience:

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Maureen Gribb

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Financial Advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors

Topic:

You & Money

Objectives:

The goal is to educate participants on the financial instruments available to them, the mistakes to avoid when making financial decisions, the reasons to invest, and where you are able to invest.

Benefit to audience:

Participants will benefit by understanding their options better and gain confidence in decisions around their finances. Participant will have a list of specific tasks they should do in order to start organizing their financial life.

Francine Friedman Griesing

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Managing Member at Griesing Law, LLC

Topic:

"You’re Worth It: Setting Rates, Collecting Bills and Saying No"

Objectives:

This session discusses methods for setting and negotiating rates that reflect your worth, collecting bills for work completed and learning how to turn down work when you are undervalued. The program includes case studies of dealing with financial challenges with clients, employees and vendors and will share strategies for asking for what you deserve and learning to say “no” when a project or client isn't in your business's best interest.

Benefit to audience:

Attendees will leave with actionable insights for handling and negotiating financial matters with clients, employees, business partners and the like, so that leaders have the tools to reach their full economic potential, and set an example for those around them.

David Griffith

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Executive Director at Episcopal Community Services

Topic:

Leadership, Technology, Poverty in America

Objectives:

Informed in the issues and called to action

I am also Chairman of Modern Group Ltd and Delaware Valley Floral Group. Vice Chairman World Affairs Council and Director of Academy of Natural Sciences

Benefit to audience:

See above

William Gullan

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SVP, Research at Finch Brands

Topic:

Branding, What the Customer Wants, Branding & Current events

Objectives:

Participants will have better understanding of Branding (level of depth based on audience sophistication), grasp the rules of building effective brands (with examples)and understand the value and how-to of "seeing the world through the eyes of the consumer". They may also learn how branding and image
strategies overlap with current events from the worlds of politics,
culture and commerce.

Benefit to audience:

These topics will help participants understand the importance of becoming an essential part of their consumers's lives, and what steps are needed to bring their company or organization to the next level of success.