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Successfully Manage Your Communications Career
November 7, 2014, Events
Are you well positioned to thrive in today's fast-paced, ever-changing communications environment? Whether you're at the beginning of your career or a seasoned professional, you can take steps to keep your skills relevant and marketable. Join us on November 20 for a lively panel discussion with four experts who will provide vital tips and strategies for managing your career.
- During the meeting, communications career experts will provide insights on:
- Making professional connections and optimizing networking opportunities
- Leveraging LinkedIn and other social media platforms to help you advance to the next level in your career
- Preparing for your job search: What recruiters look for; resume and interviewing tips; and salary negotiation tips.
About the panel
Frank Danzo, Executive Coach, Author and Speaker,Founder of Career Networking Pro (careernetworkingpro.com)
Frank is skilled at helping clients identify and find the success they are looking for. During his career, Frank has coached, mentored and influenced thousands of employees and developed and implemented a leadership development program for senior-level employees. He has individually coached hundreds of clients and business leaders to improve their performance and trained over 4,000 additional clients on the process of networking and job search. He is the author of the job search book, "People Hire People – Not Resumes," in which he shares his proven process to conduct a successful job search or career change.
Barbara Deters, Founder of Deters Consulting LLC (DetersConsulting.com)
Barbara Deters, a resume writer and career coach for the past six years, has a unique background in journalism, corporate communications and human resources that enables her to help job seekers realize their unique skills and abilities, and prepare them for the job market. Barbara has more than a dozen years experience in working with and in human resources. She has a deep understanding of the job market, critical skill sets in demand, interview techniques and the salary negotiation process. She is a former board member and seminar chair of IABC St. Louis.
Bernie Frazier, SPHR, President and Founder of CAREERCompass, LLC (CareerCompassLLC.com)
Bernie has 25 years of experience in corporate recruiting and has led the talent acquisition function for four companies across four industries. As the President of CAREERCompass, Bernie's mission is to help people find freedom and fulfillment in their career. She is a sought-after career coach and speaker, and has presented for numerous organizations including the National Black MBA Association, Professional Organization of Women, Webster University, and the National Association of Health Service Executives.
Elizabeth Pfitzinger, Branch Manager at The Creative Group (roberthalf.com/creativegroup)
Elizabeth specializes in matching highly skilled professionals in creative, advertising, marketing, web, communications and public relations roles with clients seeking candidates to fill contract and/or full-time positions. With more than 12 years of experience in the staffing and recruiting industry, Elizabeth will share her knowledge and insights on self-branding, interviewing skills, and maximizing social media channels in job search efforts.
Thursday November 20, 2014 from 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM CST
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Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel St. Louis
7730 Bonhomme Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63144
Meeting fees:
$30 – Members
$40 – Non-members
$20 – Students
*No-shows will be billed their registration fee to reflect the per-person meeting cost unless contacting IABC St. Louis to cancel prior to 48 hours before the event.
How to Effectively Use Social Media During a Crisis
October 13, 2014, Events
Thursday October 23, 2014
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM CDT
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Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel St. Louis
7730 Bonhomme Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63144
We've all seen brands and organizations go up in flames online – whether the fault of an errant tweet, a product recall or a single bad customer experience. With the emergence of new communications channels, how do you manage a negative situation that's unfolding live in the digital space?
Lauren Melcher and Laura Garner from Weber Shandwick will share insights and case studies on how companies can best prepare for managing a reputation crisis. They will showcase key insights from training clients for crisis situations as they unfold on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media channels.
The speakers will share:
- How organizations of any size or industry can use social media to develop a speedy, effective response to a crisis
- Key mistakes to avoid when responding to issues online
- Crisis and issues management changes over the last five years
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Meeting fees:
$30 – Members
$40 – Non-members
$20 – Volunteers
*No-shows will be billed their registration fee to reflect the per-person meeting cost unless contacting IABC St. Louis to cancel prior to 48 hours before the event.
About the speakers:
Lauren Melcher
Senior Digital Manager
Weber Shandwick
Lauren Melcher is a digital strategist and social crisis preparedness lead for Weber Shandwick. She is the global product manager for Firebell, the agency's proprietary multimedia crisis simulator, and has produced more than 30 crisis readiness simulations for dozens of international companies in the food, cosmetics, travel, insurance, government, healthcare and banking industries. Melcher is also a lead global resource for drafting issues/crisis response plans, specializing in the integration of digital media best practices with overall strategy and processes.
Melcher spent two years as managing editor of an online magazine startup funded by a Minneapolis nonprofit, and is an active member of the Twin Cities tech startup community. She has written for TECHdotMN, a local startup media outlet, and was the first female anchor for TECHdotMN TV.
She serves on the board of the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association and speaks nationally about digital strategy, corporate communications team organization and issues/crisis readiness.
Laura Garner
Vice President, Corporate Communications Practice
Weber Shandwick
Laura Garner is vice president, corporate communications at Weber Shandwick's office in St. Louis, where she works with Anheuser-Busch on corporate communications, including corporate social responsibility and corporate storytelling that highlights the company's longstanding commitment to its local communities.
Prior to joining Weber Shandwick, Garner:
- Oversaw marketing and communications for Saint Louis University School of Law
- Served as director of corporate communications at Anheuser-Busch
- Worked at FleishmanHillard, where her clients included AT&T and Visa.
Mission to Mars: Siemans' Out-of-this-World Communications Campaign
September 17, 2014, Events
Mission to Mars: Siemans' Out-of-this-World Communications Campaign
Thursday September 25, 2014 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM CDT
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High on Communications
July 29, 2014, Communications, Events
Let me preface this post by saying I am not aware of any illegal substances being used or shared at the world conference (nor is that the reason for the picture of me with the police officer – more on that later). But the IABC World Conference caused quite a high by providing a rush of synergy and a wealth of information which sparked more ideas than I could ever accomplish before the IABC Conference next year.
While I would love to share my twelve pages of notes with you, I will try to provide you with some of the ideas and presentation highlights.
Happy Employees = Happy Customers: Sure it sounds simple, but it's not. After hearing a presentation about how only 33% of the US work force is truly engaged at work at any given time, it's no wonder how we (communicators) are struggling with brand management overall. A positive experience for a customer does more for your brand than any other form of marketing. Likewise a negative experience can damage your brand beyond repair. Internal communications and employee engagement is the front line – all other brand communications is support. Extra training and creating a brand culture will help your employees believe in your brand, and it will show when they engage your customers.
Be Conversational and Clear: Guess what? Customers hate jargon as much as we do! In fact, research has shown that the more jargon and complex terms used the less trust the customers have in you. Customers wonder "why don't they just explain it to me so I can understand it? What are they hiding?" Customers want to be talked with, to have a conversation, not to be lectured or bombarded. If they don't understand what you are saying, you are wasting money and time. They won't feel comfortable asking questions or trying to learn more. They will assume that the material (or product) is relevant to them. Always remember, while certain language and terms may be part of your daily vocabulary, to your customers they are foreign. You need to explain the topic in everyday language and do so in small digestible chunks.
Looks Do Matter: Thanks to the digital age and the iphone, we are becoming more and more visual than ever before. So just as important as what we say, is the way we present it. Photos should be clearly tied in with your content, headline, or theme. If you have to explain why the picture is being used, don't use it. Concentrate on a single thought or theme that ties the pictures to your content, because you might only have your customer's attention for a short time. While images are increasingly important, so is the volume of images used and the quality of what you use. You've heard it said that "a picture is worth a thousand words," well maybe today we might say "the right picture or design might get your customer to read a thousand or more words."
I Like Big "But's": I attended a very good session that highlighted different case studies on successful communications strategies. The one item that most of these case studies had in common were big "but's." When you are told you can't do something say, "but… what can we do?" Never look at a "no" as a dead end – review your options, find what can be done, and go from there.
And those are just a few of the highlights! While the conference is a little pricy, I would highly recommend it for professional development. Plus, after the conference, you have access to most of the presentations and contact information to follow up with presenters and to provide an additional communications fix long after the conference high has ended.
I also attended the business meeting for IABC International, representing the IABC St. Louis Chapter. Many changes are taking place at the international level, including the development of a certification program, a new website, and e-book resources. Be sure to watch for news and information on these topics!
So, I'd like to take a minute to thank Concordia Plan Services (my employer) for sending me to the conference, and IABC St. Louis Chapter for sponsoring me to attend additional professional development sessions. There were many great vendors at the convention, and I've included a picture of my favorite give away from Igloo.
As promised – an explanation of the picture with the Toronto police officer. They were filming the new Adam Sandler movie near the hotel where the convention was held, and several streets were transformed to resemble New York City. On our way back from the dinner one night, roads had been blocked off for filming, and this friendly officer helped direct me back to the hotel. He also recommended a place to get a good cup of coffee (the topic of illegal substances never came up).
IABC St. Louis Chapter Secretary
Communications Specialist – Retirement/Disability, Concordia Plan Services
Interested in joining IABC? Find out about all the benefits and resources our fantastic chapter offers, volunteer on one of our fabulous committees and/or join today!
Does Social Media Really Work? 5 Take-Aways from our June Luncheon
July 9, 2014, Events, Social Media
IABC St. Louis' June luncheon drew professionals from a wide variety of industries and experience levels. One thing everyone had in common was the desire to understand whether Social Media really can make a difference. We've been inundated with articles lately proclaiming that social is broken. With titles like "There is no ROI" and "One in five companies say they're losing money in social," it's no wonder people are starting to question its true merit.
But as our guest speaker, Brian Cross, explained, it's understandable. Brian is managing partner and co-founder of Elasticity, a digital communications firm here in St. Louis. He's also Executive Director and co-founder of Rally St. Louis. It goes without saying that we were all tuned in for what he had to say about social media.
The truth is there are issues with social: The Community Manager role has changed, there have been reach and engagement issues, ROI is hard to define, and it's difficult to tie social directly to sales, among other things. Brian had a great deal of info to share with us in just an hour's time, so here are the top 5 take aways from our June luncheon:
1. The sales funnel is no longer linear, because the purchase process is no longer a linear one! Rather than an upside down triangle (awareness – familiarity – consideration – purchase – loyalty), social media has changed the look of the funnel. The new sales funnel is filled with twists and turns. The two most important pieces being purchase consideration (word of mouth, peer comments/recommendations and online social behavior) and post-purchase experience (complaint or delight, giving feedback and advocating for a brand or product to those in the consideration phase).
2. The "True" value of a social media community is underestimated.
If you were to measure these things:
- Number of customers
- Number of customers that can be converted
- Number that can be moved to higher tiers (additional products, more expensive products, higher tiers of service)
- Length of relationship
- Typical sale total
You would learn the true LTV, or Lifetime Value.
3. It's time to challenge the old adage "It's cheaper to keep current customers than get new ones." Given a finite budget, most people would split the pie approximately like this:
- Acquisition 20%
- Retention 50%
- Development 30%
But… research shows that Retention numbers are set – there is very little room to move the needle. And while Development does move the needle, it's only at small increments. Development efforts are actually more expensive. So Acquisition is the best chance to move the needle. It doesn't matter what costs more! Would you ask for the cheapest lawyer? The cheapest employees? No. You want the best… The Best VALUE. And that's Acquisition.
4. Those who think Social doesn't work are measuring the wrong stuff. That's right. Go ahead, read it again… They're measuring the wrong stuff. What we need to measure is:
- CLV (Customer Lifetime Value) of social customers
- NPS (Net Promoter Score) of social customers. Your NPS = % promoters – % of detractors. The average social media follower has a HIGHER NPS than your average customer. So stop trying to convert the non-believers (ugly ducklings). Just buy more swans!
- Development opportunities of existing audience
- Share of SERP (search engine results page) for unbranded buying search strings
5. Utilize the toolsets available:
- Engagement
- Reach
- Sentiment
*And Remember… we're ultimately measuring the VALUE of the community!
A big Thank You to Brian Cross at Elasticity for these top five – and an entire hour filled with relevant, insightful information. You can follow Brian on Twitter @vanceopel and @goelastic.
Don't miss another IABC St. Louis luncheon or event! Follow us on Twitter @IABCstl and check our website often for the latest, greatest industry news and events!
With a fun, slightly raucous new theme, the 2014 IABC St. Louis Quill Awards, presented by Towers Watson, brought with it a wave of new processes, tools and a party that really rocked the jail house.
Nearly 50 glass awards were presented at Jail House Rock: A Celebration of Breakout Communications. In addition to the award presentations, attendees at the annual awards gala rocked out to Elvis Presley and other jail house tunes as they mixed and mingled at Mad Art Gallery, the old third district police station, in Soulard on May 29.
A police sketch artist (caricaturist) was in attendance to document the "offenders." Elvis himself was in the building and made for some great "selfies" that accompanied a social media contest hosted by Common Ground Public Relations. Speakers included IABC St. Louis President Shelley Lester, IABC St. Louis President-Elect John Twombly as well as Annie Rzepecki of Towers Watson, the 2014 presenting sponsor.
Local companies Mercer and Monsanto were also recognized for their participation and recognition in the international Gold Quill competition. Those awards will be granted in Toronto at the IABC World Conference this week.
From the 2013 competition to 2014 the number of St. Louis Quill entries increased 25%. This larger quantity of awards was more easily managed by both entrant and awards committee because of a new online submission and payment process. This same system was also used for the reciprocal judging with other IABC chapters.
Entries were judged on their individual merit using the IABC 7-point scale of excellence, the global standard. Each entry was reviewed and scored by two communications professionals from IABC chapters from around the country. Entries with a score of 6.000 and higher were bestowed "Award of Excellence." Those with scores between 4.750 and 5.999 were given "Award of Merit."
Also new to the 2014 IABC St. Louis Quills Awards was the designation "Best in Show." The top entries—those scored at 6.750 and above, no matter the category—were reviewed by committee. The selected "Best in Show" was based on the entry's overall creativity, skill and content.
Post by IABC St. Louis.
Thank you once again to the 2014 sponsors, without whom the competition and awards event would not have been possible.
Principal Sponsor: Buck Consultants
Patron Sponsor: Mad Art Gallery
The 2014 "Best in Show" awardee is 2014 Panera Benefits Enrollment Brand by Panera Bread. All of the 2014 winners are listed below.
Awards of Excellence
Brand Introduction/Management
Common Ground Public Relations STLVentureWorks Rebrand
Overall Communication Program
Osborn Barr America's Farmers
Weber Shandwick Bud Light Hotel Sets Sail for New York City and Super Bowl XLVIII
Social Media
Weber Shandwick A Star is Born: Budweiser's First Tweet Introduces Baby Clydesdale in Super Bowl XLVII Commercial
Special Events
Common Ground Public Relations Taubman Prestige Grand Opening
Graybar Graybar: Innovations with Ed Begley, Jr.
Graphic Design
Almanac, Inc. Secret Guide to Children's Direct Mail Campaign
Graphic Design
Buck Consultants 2014 Panera Benefits Enrollment Brand
Interactive Media
Buck Consultants Brown Shoe Total Rewards Portal
Monsanto Thanksgiving Day: From the Farm to Your Table
Buck Consultants 2013 Wellness Plan Communications
Buck Consultants WellPoint CDHP Mailer
Almanac, Inc. Missouri Foundation for Health: Healthy Schools Healthy Communities Video
Buck Consultants Concordia Plan Services Health Care Reform Microsite Development
Buck Consultants 2014 Ingram Industries Benefits Enrollment Video
Buck Consultants 2014 Panera Benefits Enrollment Video
Reliv International LunaRich "Blue Man" Video
Thompson Coburn LLP Portrait of a Modern Labor Dispute
Plotlines The Water Crisis
Awards of Merit
Electronic and Digital Communication
Thompson Coburn LLP Portrait of a Modern Labor Dispute
Human Resources and Benefit Communication
Buck Consultants 2014 Panera Benefits Enrollment Website
Thompson Coburn LLP Smart Consumer: Investigate Your Options
Internal Communication
BJC HealthCare BJC Wellness Scholarships
Sigma-Aldrich One Company Magazine Refresh
Thompson Coburn LLP Healthy By Design
Overall Communication Program
Concordia Plan Services CRSP Employer Contribution Mailing
Sigma-Aldrich The FUEL Campaign
St. Louis Children's Hospital The Frontline for Hope
Social Media
Common Ground Public Relations Gateway Arch Experience
Reliv International Reliv Blog Redesign
Special Events
Schumacher Creative Radio Arts Foundation – Saint Louis
Interactive Media
Almanac, Inc. Barnes-Jewish Hospital 2012 Digital Annual Report
Almanac, Inc. Crown Center for Senior Living Website
Almanac, Inc. St. Louis Children's Hospital 2012 Digital Annual Report
Almanac, Inc. St. Louis County Library 2012 Digital Annual Report
Buck Consultants WellPoint CDHP E-Magazine
Buck Consultants Concordia Plan Services Health Care Reform Microsite Development
Common Ground Public Relations Logan University View Book
Concordia Plan Services Taking Care of Your Total Benefits
Falk Harrison The Jabian Journal – Fall 2013
Graybar Graybar Outlook
Almanac, Inc. St. Louis Children's Hospital One-On-One Campaign Videos
St. Louis Children's Hospital What is an Orthotist?
Common Ground Public Relations Bank Think Informed Opinion
Graybar Graybar 2012 Annual Report
Osborn Barr Missouri State Fair 2013 Press Release
Schumacher Creative Press Kit for RAF-STL
Does Social Media Work Anymore?
June 2, 2014, Events
Social Media was the darling starlet of the marketing world, but as time and technology move on, people have begun to wonder if the luster has worn off. CMOs have questioned its role in the marketing mix, ROI calculations still prove to be elusive, audiences continue to shift and the direct connection to incremental sales is just not there in many cases.
Which leads us to ponder…has Social Media lost its way?
Brian Cross from Elasticity and Rally Saint Louis will discuss new ways of looking at Social Media as part of the communications landscape and reset expectations of the medium as a valuable communications tool. He will also go over new ways of collecting and analyzing data to help provide quantitative results to know that the time and energy put into Social Media are paying off.
Thursday June 26, 2014
Meeting fees:
$30 – Members
$40 – Non-members
$20 – Students
** No-shows will be billed their registration fee to reflect the per-person meeting costs.
Maggiano's Little Italy#2 The Boulevard Saint Louis
Richmond Heights, MO 63117-1122
11:30 a.m. – Registration and Networking
12-1:30 p.m. – Program
About the Presenter
Brian Cross: Brian is the Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Director of Rocket Science at Elasticity, a modern communications company based in Saint Louis. Brian is also the co-founder of Rally Saint Louis—a non-profit focused on citizen-led crowdfunding and social sourcing of ideas for a better region.
Prior to his role at Elasticity, Brian was Senior Vice President and Global Practice Group Leader of Fleishman-Hillard's digital communications practice. Brian has more than 18 years of experience leading online marketing and outreach strategy, mobile programs and Social Media campaigns for Fortune 500, government, NGO, and NFP organizations. Projects ranged from being on the team to launch the first iPhone for AT&T to launching the first text messaging campaign on a mobile platform for the United States Department of the Treasury.
He is frequently called upon by the media or conference planners to speak on emerging communications topics, crowdfunding and entrepreneurial development as he is actively engaged in startup factors including market feasibility testing, capital sourcing, vetting of business models as well as creative development of business ideas to help jumpstart the entrepreneurial community in St. Louis.
Mr. Cross holds board positions with EO (Entrepreneurs Organization) and is on the board of trustees for Marketing EDGE–the only national nonprofit of its kind solely committed to acquaint professors and college students with – and to engage and involve them in – the thriving business of marketing.
Branding a Spin Off: How Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Successfully Branded Itself for an Exciting Future
March 30, 2014, Events
Thursday, April 24, 2014
11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Maggiano's Little Italy
Register Here
On July 1, 2013, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals successfully spun off of its former parent company, Covidien. Before Mallinckrodt's independence could be celebrated, the Corporate Communications team had only 18 months to strategically rebrand the new company for future innovation and growth while honoring its 145-year heritage in St. Louis. Highlights of the presentation include:
- How market research can provide valuable data to help drive a branding effort
- What it takes to globally launch a new brand to internal and external audiences
- Valuable lessons learned by the Mallinckrodt team during the project
About the Presenters
Patrick Hastings: Patrick is the Corporate Brand Manager at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and a member of the Corporate Communications team. He oversees global corporate brand management for the Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals brand, including corporate marketing and advertising. His previous experience includes consumer marketing with a new market entrant for Women's Health under the POISE brand and new product innovation at Kimberly Clark, direct-to-consumer marketing and digital marketing for all orthopedic businesses at DePuy Orthopedics (a Johnson & Johnson Company), Health Management program development at Express Scripts, and market management for Nuclear Medicine products at Mallinckrodt Inc.
Annie Haarmann: Annie is the Manager, Web & Digital Media at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and a member of the Corporate Communications team. She oversees internal and external web and digital communications projects, including www.mallinckrodt.com. Her previous experience includes digital and social media strategy for nonprofit, business-to-business and business-to-consumer target audiences. She is a member of IABC, a St. Louis Quill Award recipient (Award of Merit, Writing), a CORO Women in Leadership graduate through FOCUS St. Louis and a St. Louis Business Journal "30 Under 30" award recipient.
Meeting fees:
$30 – Members
$40 – Non-members
$20 – Students
** No-shows will be billed their registration fee to reflect the per-person meeting costs.
Maggiano's Little Italy#2 The Boulevard Saint Louis
Richmond Heights, MO 63117-1122
11:30 a.m. – Registration and Networking
12-1:30 p.m. – Program
Sharpen Your Pencil: Communication Measurement & Management Seminar
February 11, 2014, Events, Marketing, Member News
Thursday, March 27, 2014
8 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Frontenac Hilton
Register Here
Communicating without measuring? You've been there. Making sense of your social media metrics? You've probably done that. Managing content, budgets and communication plans? It's all of our jobs! Attend this full-day conference to hear our industry's leading communicators share principles and best practices on communication measurement and management.
IABC St. Louis Spring 2014 Seminar Program
Sessions and presenters will include:
• How Crisis Strategy Strengthens Day-to-Day Reputation Management
Kim Link, Arch Coal, Inc.
• These Are A Few Of My Favorite… Social Media and Digital Marketing Reports
Danielle Hohmeier, Atomic dust
• Engaging Employees to DRIVE Doe Run: A Business Strategy Launch Campaign
Tammy Stankey, The Doe Run Company
• The Lindenwood Case Study: How Communications and Advanced Analytics Improved Its Customer Base
Dr. Julie Turner, Lindenwood University and Don Bruns, The Survey Institute
• The Evolution of Brand: Mercy's Experience
Barb Meyer, Mercy
• Adapting for the Seismic Changes in our Business
Christopher Barger, Author of "The Social Media Strategist"
Meeting fees:
$50 – Students
$125 – Members
$175 – Non-members
$30 – Breakfast-Only Option (Christopher Barger Keynote)
JOIN AND GO: Plus, if you join IABC in March, you can attend the seminar at the member rate and your application fee will be waived – that's a savings of $90!
- Simply join at www.iabc.com/join, then register as a member for the Seminar.
** No-shows will be billed their registration fee to reflect the per-person meeting costs.
Frontenac St. Louis Hilton
1335 S Lindbergh Blvd, St Louis, MO 63131
Complimentary parking is provided.
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors:
IABC February Event: How to Herd Cats, Or, Mastering Team Leadership
January 15, 2014, Events
Thursday, February 27, 2014
11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Maggiano's Little Italy
Register Here
So, you're good at what you do. And you've been rewarded with the opportunity to lead a departmental or cross-functional team to complete a visible project. Or maybe you're making the leap to the manager, director or vice president level, with new authority and the expectation of producing results through teams. The trouble is, most of us don't get to pick our team members. We work with whoever is in a given position at the time. And that doesn't guarantee teamwork – or success.
High achievers often are rewarded with leadership roles only to find the skills they used to excel on their own aren't the ones they need to succeed as a team leader. Understanding your preferred leadership style, and learning to accurately assess others' preferences in a team context, is key to leading productive teams. This meeting will help you:
- Understand the different types of teams,
- Adjust your leadership style accordingly,
- Make your team productive, and
- Deal with common dysfunctions.
There are different types of teams and different types of leadership. Whatever hand you are dealt, you can make the most of it by understanding team members and dynamics; what you can and can't influence; and how to encourage productivity and defuse conflict – skills that will make you shine as a team leader.
About Our Speaker
Our speaker is Thomas A. Browdy, PhD, a professor and consultant with more than 25 years of experience in project management, organizational behavior, leadership and related topics. He currently is director of the Master of Project Management (MPM) and Graduate Certificate in Project Management programs at Washington University in St. Louis, where he is also an affiliate professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Browdy holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics, a master's degree in Information Management, and a doctorate in Organizational Behavior and Psychology. He has authored two books on project management, and published numerous professional and academic articles.
Meeting fees:
$30 – Members
$40 – Non-members
$20 – Students
** No-shows will be billed their registration fee to reflect the per-person meeting costs.
Maggiano's Little Italy#2 The Boulevard Saint Louis
Richmond Heights, MO 63117-1122
11:30 a.m. – Registration and Networking
12-1:30 p.m. – Program


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THE reported suicide of a 16-year-old girl in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, after she eloped with a youth has turned out to be a case of honour killing, Makkal Osai reported.
Police arrested her father on the charge of smothering the girl to death with a pillow during her sleep.
The incident came to light last Thursday when police found that the girl had not committed suicide by consuming poison as her parents had claimed.
Police said the girl's father, a labourer, had confessed to killing her and placing a bottle of poison to make it look like a case of suicide.
The girl had been waiting for her examination results when she ran away with a 22-year-old man from the same village on May 16.
> MIC deputy president Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said Malaysians must continue to adopt the give-and-take attitude and respect each other to preserve harmony, Tamil Nesan reported.
He said Malaysia, which was well known for its multiracial society, would face irreparable damage if racial and religious sensitivities were disregarded.
Speaking to reporters after attending a fund-raising drive for the Yogi Ramsurat Kumar Association in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, Dr Subramaniam said disrespect for other religions could erode unity and national stability.
> Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel has appealed for more centralised kitchens to feed children to be built in the northern Indian state rather than temples, Malaysia Nanban reported.
She said the provision of quality food for children under the state's mid-day meal scheme could drastically cut the dropout rate.
She was speaking after inaugurating a fully-automated kitchen built by an NGO at Bhadaj village in Ahmedabad.
The centralised kitchen, spread across 0.5ha, is one of the biggest in the country and can prepare 200,000 meals within five hours with the help of large machines and boilers.
Food prepared in the kitchen would be sent to government-run schools and nurseries within a 100km radius as mid-day meals for school children.
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Chicago, IL (September 13th, 2013) - Sally Edwards, mother and clean stand-up comedian, loves being a mom. With children grown, she now has the time and energy to write the stories that made her laugh to tears when her children were small. Having experienced a very unsettling childhood Sally Edwards vows to bring up her own children with positive words and encouragement. Surrounded by a menagerie of rescue animals, she finds peace in their presence as well as ample opportunities to teach her children empathy.
Sally Edwards lives her teenage years at an all-girls Catholic boarding school where she first discovers her ability to make people laugh. However, it is not until she attends a show at Chicago�s Second City Improvisational Theater on a �bad� blind date that she truly realizes her destiny. Years of improvisational classes and a career on the stand-up comedy stage give a behind-the-scenes look at the pressures of stand-up comedy while including funny ways comedians prank each other in live performance.
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Selena Haskins is a native Washingtonian who enjoys music, spirituality, basketball, and spending quality time with her family. As a young girl, Selena always had a vivid imagination, and would tell make-believe stories to her friends. As a teenager, Selena begin to journal her personal thoughts, and write poetry. Before long, her talent for writing was recognized by her high school English teacher, who encouraged her to write articles for the school newspaper. The articles motivated Selena to write many stories and essays, mostly as a hobby. After completing high school, Selena would major in English at Johnson C. Smith University, and the University of the District of Columbia.
Although Selena would ultimately end up working in the legal and financial fields, her love for writing never stopped. She continued to participate in many local writing workshops and community outreach groups, where poetry, short stories, and other creative pieces were read as public expressions, and as a way to bring hope to the disenfranchised.
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Taboo...Yardies is a film that chronicles the anti-homosexual climate in Jamaica. This documentary is a searing, at times poignant depiction of the many perspectives surrounding the topic of intolerance and violence towards same gender loving (SGL) lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender living in Jamaica. Taboo...Yardies give voice to those Jamaicans who are pro, con and everwhere in between this highly controversal matter. Selena Blake producer and director has made some inroads in her mission to share her film and the stories of Jamaican people who have long suffer from brutal treatment by their follow countrymen and a political system that offers little protection.
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A federal report has bestowed yet another medical fraud title on South Florida: It is the capital of questionable Medicare billing by community mental health centers.
The region was already identified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General as the worst offender in problematic Medicare billings for pharmacies, home health care and durable medical equipment, among other areas.
Now, a report by the same agency finds 102 community mental health centers (CMHC) nationwide with questionable Medicare billings in 2010, including 32 in the Miami area, which includes Broward and Palm Beach counties. That means 62 percent of CMHCs in the region were flagged, compared with the national rate of 52 percent.
One of the largest Medicare fraud busts of all time involved a Fort Lauderdale CMHC. Four owners of American Therapeutic Corp. were convicted of about $200 million in fraudulent billings in 2011 after their seven locations were shut down. Dozens of co-conspirators have been indicted for referring ineligible patients to them and altering medical files in exchange for kickbacks.
The new study also shows that investigators may just be getting started.
Payments for partial hospitalization at CMHCs were a relatively small part of the Medicare program, at $218.6 million in payments in 2010, with Florida facilities leading the way at $82.4 million. To qualify, patients must have severe mental disorders that greatly impair their daily lives.
Nearly one-quarter of the 206 CMHCs that bill Medicare are in South Florida.
The OIG report identified nine categories of questionable billing. The most common practice cited as a problem was beneficiaries who received only group psychotherapy visits during their stay and not individual counseling – a sign that serious treatment did not occur, according to the OIG. Other common practices flagged were beneficiaries not referred by health care facilities, not evaluated by physicians or without prior mental health diagnoses.
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Randy Brown, FAIA, LEED AP, is opposed to the typical suburban production home, so he designed the Elm model of the Hidden Creek 12-unit project to fly in the face of convention. One judge liked that it is a "house form that has some potential to be modified."
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The Camp Verde High School track and field team had only four of its members finish in the top eight at the Division III State Championships this past weekend.
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One major piece of legislation on the majority Democratic agenda this session – Senate Bill 252 aimed at increasing the state's renewable energy standard — is still swinging in the wind. Democrats on Thursday told the Denver Post they don't expect Gov. John Hickenlooper to veto any of the bills currently awaiting his signature, including SB 252. But many Republicans – and a majority of the state's rural electric associations (REAs) want him to kill the bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass, and Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs.
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Buffett's Midwest utility places major new bet on wind power
In a bold move characteristic of its billionaire owner, Warren Buffett, MidAmerican Energy Co. this week said it would add 1,050 megawatts of wind power to its already extensive wind holdings in Iowa by the end of 2015. The $1.9 billion investment, billed as the largest economic development project ever in Iowa, follows a trajectory set by Des Moines-based MidAmerican several years ago when it pledged to become one of the world's most aggressive utility deployers of renewable energy.
Climate change denial underpins GOP 'confusion' over energy — Waxman
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Doubling power in mid-Atlantic, Midwest could save $7B annually — report
Clean energy advocates and former chairmen of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today unveiled a report that found doubling wind power in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic could lower the regions' electricity prices but avoided the prickly question of who pays for those projects. Doubling wind power in the footprint of PJM Interconnection, a grid operator that oversees the electric grid in 13 states and Washington, D.C. — would lower greenhouse gas emissions and save the region almost $7 billion annually by 2026, according to the study from Synapse Energy Economics that was commissioned by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid.
With PTC secured for now, industry focuses on long-term growth
Blessed with some breathing room, the wind industry is taking a step back from last year's aggressive lobbying push, which ended with a renewal of its lucrative tax credit, to chart a path away from the boom-and-bust cycle that has been inherent in its heavy reliance on government support, industry leaders said this week during a conference here. With the production tax credit effectively in place to support wind farm development at least through early 2015, the industry is brainstorming on how to get through the next five to six years, which developers and manufacturers say they need before they can compete — subsidy-free — with natural gas and other forms of electricity generation. At the same time, attention is focusing more heavily on the states, where mandates that utilities purchase renewable energy have increasingly come under attack from Republicans and conservative activists.
MidAmerican Energy will invest $1.9 billion in wind projects in Iowa
Gov. Terry Branstad announced Wednesday that MidAmerican Energy will make a $1.9 billion investment in Iowa for wind energy projects that will be the biggest single economic investment ever in the state. "As wind energy goes, so does Iowa's economy," said Branstad, who spoke enthusiastically about the plans. He added, "Remember, once they make this investment it will be here for the next 40 or 50 years." MidAmerican officials said no sites have been selected yet, but they hinted the sites would be in northwest Iowa and south of Interstate Highway 80 in western Iowa.
Iowa's biggest economic project ever: $1.9b wind turbine plan
Iowa's largest energy company announced plans Wednesday to spend $1.9 billion to install hundreds of wind turbines by the end of 2015, marking what the governor described as the largest economic development project in the state's history. Officials with Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy made the announcement at a Statehouse news conference with Gov. Terry Branstad, who noted that wind energy has been a selling point for high-tech firms looking to invest in Iowa. "Wind energy is an exploding field and we're excited about it," Branstad said. "As wind energy grows, so does the Iowa economy."
Colo. research center partners with utility to better manage wind resources
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is expanding ongoing efforts to design and implement wind-energy forecasting systems that should allow utilities to better integrate wind-generated electricity onto the power grid. NCAR today announced it is expanding an existing partnership with Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to add sophisticated weather forecasting systems aimed at calculating times of peak wind energy and, perhaps as important, providing utilities advance notice of when winds are expected to be low.
DeFazio sees inside track for Markey's panel slot
Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio yesterday said he has the support of key Democrats to succeed Rep. Ed Markey as the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee if the Massachusetts lawmaker wins his race for a Senate seat next month
Wind power industry is urged to become more aggressive in competing with fossil fuels
Coming off one of the most tumultuous years in its recent history, the U.S. wind power industry has emerged stronger and more confident of its future, industry leaders gathered here for the American Wind Energy Association's national conference said yesterday. But for wind power to solidify its standing in a highly competitive energy market, it must shift its focus from federal tax policies to seek a broader agenda that plays to wind energy's inherent strengths while fighting back against those who argue that wind cannot compete with fossil fuels for electricity generation.


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