Business
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MANAGING YOUR WORKDAY
Presented by David Else
MANAGING YOUR WORKDAY
Presented by Victoria Robinson
CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION--A HOW-TO APPROACH
When a crisis hits, it's too late to figure out what to do. Your business or organization's reputation and future hinges on your response. You need to be ready. This high-energy presentation takes a practical, real-world approach to developing and implementing a crisis-communication plan that works.
INVESTING BASICS AND APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING A SET OF INVESTMENT GUIDELINES
Fundamental principles for evaluating and deciding on a suitable investment, basic ideas about investment diversification, 5 myths of investing and how to create a set of investment guidelines.
INTEGRATION OF RETIREMENT AND ESTATE PLANNING
Basic concepts for accumulating retirement funds and incorporating an estate planning process that will preserve retirement income to retirees.
BASIC FINANCIAL PLANNING AND FAMILY COMMUNICATION
Review of the elements for developing a found financial plan and carrying on a fruitful discussion among family members about financial planning topics.
THE ADULT CAREER CHANGER
Adult career changers' needs are unique due to a variety of circumstances. This presentation will explore the tools and strategies to effectively address these issues.
ACHIEVING WORK-LIFE BALANCE.
Identifies strategies that organizations and individuals can use to achieve work-life balance.
ARE YOU USING AVAILABLE MEDIA RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY?
Presentation is geared toward community organizations and arts groups who have occasional needs to promote their activities. Focus is on maximizing opportunities for all forms of communication.
BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE LISTENER.
Presentation includes the skills needed in everyday work and social situations to become an effective listener.
COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT.
Healthy business communication involves balancing the very different aspects of written and oral communication.
COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY IN TODAY'S CORPORATE CULTURE
Session addresses skills needed by managers and employees in the 21st Century.
CRISIS MANAGEMENT.
A "real-world," "how-to" approach to developing and implementing a crisis communication plan that works. This approach works for any size business or organization. When a crisis hits, it's too late to figure out what to do; you need to know ahead of time.
CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTABILITY.
Organizations looking to identify an individual's ability to adapt to new cultures can use this workshop to help determine how the individual will respond in different cultural situations.
ENVISIONING EDUCATION.
Presentation includes a number of issues, including the history of how the economy, business and industry affect the need for education. Issues in early childhood education and lifelong learning are also discussed.
ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN CARING FOR PATIENTS FROM ANOTHER CULTURE
What obligations does a physician have when caring for a patient whose culture is fundamentally different than our own? What obligations do physicians have in providing medical translators? If dealing with a culture which believes that a patient should not be told when terminal, how can physicians negotiate this conflict? Presenter explores these issues using cases drawn from Bosnian immigrants.
HOW TO HELP YOUR GROUP BECOME A LEARNING ORGANIZATION.
Inquiry Strategies for Professional Development. Presentation addresses both individual and organizational concerns for change and innovation.
INDUSTRY AND THE CONSUMER.
General presentations about real estate, insurance and financial planning.
LEADERSHIP: EMPOWERING YOUR FOLLOWERS.
MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION STYLE.
Learn to identify your style of communication and its impact on your organization. Session includes time to develop personal action plans for communication.
MINOR SOURCE EMISSION INVENTORY QUESTIONAIRE.
The state of Iowa is in the process of conducting an inventory of emission from all businesses in the state. Discussion about the inventory, its forms and calculations and how to get assistance completing the inventory.
MARKETING EDUCATION
Intended for superintendents and principals. A fast-paced how-to approach to maintaining and increasing your market share.
MARKETING PROPAGANDA AND THE TRUTH
What is propaganda, how is it done, and where is it most likely to be found? What is the relationship between modern business promotions, politics, and classical state and special-interest propaganda? Who is more prone to be influenced by propaganda, the peasant or the professor?
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS (political propaganda)
Inside scoop on marketing politics and politicians.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: WHERE DOES IT HURT? A DIAGNOSTIC MODEL FOR CLIENT, ACCOUNT AND ISSUES MANAGEMENT
Presentation uses the physician/patient model as an analogy for public relations counseling and practice. This presentation is especially geared towards issues and crises management, new practitioners and students.
REAL ESTATE
Many topics related to real estate, the industry and markets.
STUDENT EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION
These evaluations have become almost universal from grade schools through graduate programs, and are utilized to improve instruction, give feedback to administrators, and establish a basis for merit pay and promotion. Thousands of articles have been published investigating the reliability and validity of these instruments, but no consensus has been reached. Do students evaluate male and female instructors the same? Can instructors "buy" better evaluations by being more entertaining and/or by giving better grades?
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY.
Topics range from state legislative & regulatory issues to federal & international issues regarding telecommunication legislation & regulation.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: TECHNICAL & MANAGERIAL.
Discussion on the technical, operational and managerial aspects of a telecommunications environment within corporations, universities and other businesses and organizations.
USING SYMBOLS TO MANAGE AND CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.
Session discusses the types of symbols (stories, rituals, etc.) that may be used to more effectively manage organizations and/or facilitate change.
WHERE DOES IT HURT? A DIAGNOSTIC MODEL FOR CLIENT, ACCOUNT AND ISSUES MANAGMENT.
This presentation uses the physician/patient model as an analogy for public relations counseling and practice. This is perfect for issues and crises management. Geared toward new practitioners and students.