To be an effective CR manager today requires not only knowledge of corporate responsibility but also an understanding of business and the skills to engage with colleagues across your company. This highly practical programme has been specifically developed to provide participants with the knowledge, understanding skills to be effective.
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Keynote Speakers
Meg Whitman, Former President & CEO, eBay, 2010 California Gubernatorial Candidate
Safra Catz, President, Oracle Corporation.
Patrick Lencioni, Founder, President, The Table Group.
Ann F. Lewis, Senior Advisor, Hillary Clinton Campaign
Laura Liswood, Secretary General, Council of Women World Leaders, Senior Advisor, Goldman Sachs.
Joanne Maguire, Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company.
Deborah McWhinney, CEO and President, Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation.
Valerie Coleman Morris, former Co-Anchor of CNN’s The Flip Side, and former Anchor of the network daily personal financial segment, Smart Assets, Founder, MoneyVal.
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Chief Strategist, Consumer Education, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and President, Charles Schwab Foundation.
Jackie Speier, US Congresswoman, Founder, PBWC.
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Maximizing Profits through Intellectual PropertyThis new conference will present innovative case studies of licensing trends relating to intellectual property. Designed for General Counsel, IP Counsel and Licensing Executives, this program will examine how your intellectual property has changed in light of the recession. There are new opportunities to pursue and some agreements that should be revised. Learn how to use your IP to be more competitive in these changing times.
Topics to Be Discussed Include:
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Benefits of Using LinkedIn for Your Job Search and Career Networking
Nick Chavis will discuss the benefits of using LinkedIn for Job Search and Career Management. He will share how to use LinkedIn to be more effective in your daily work and show how to using it effectively may open doors to opportunities using the professional relationships you already may have. Whether conducting a current job search, or for ongoing career management and personal branding, Linkedin is a tool that can help everyone network more effectively and efficiently.
EXPERIENCE the POWER of POSITIVE CONNECTIONS!
With the growing demands of business, and the level of competency and the need for dedicated professionals continues to increase, this program provides opportunities for expanding your professional network, learning and knowledge, building confidence and personal development.
AWT’s Professional Development Program consists of Workshops, Mentorship, Speaker series, and Technology Forums to provide educational opportunities.
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Stay Connected with WSTA Members, Affiliates and IT Industry Professionals!
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Tickets are $50 ($60 at the door)
Ticket price includes one drink, lite snacks. Reasonably priced cash bar.
Everything Directors and Senior Executives Need to Know About Effective Pay Strategies for a Changing World
The recession has put a spotlight on executive compensation. With the exposure of the shortcomings of pay programs at now distressed companies have come numerous questions, legislative and regulatory initiatives and demands for program redesign, including changes in pay mix. Many experts predict that several of the regimens imposed on companies receiving federal aid will migrate into what is considered best practices for all companies.
This Conference offers a highly significant and timely source of practical guidance and opportunity to network and brainstorm with your peers as they re–examine how to design fair, reasonable and effective executive compensation packages that provide the right rewards to the right people.
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Leading Players – Innovative Strategies
With the disappearance of easily accessed capital, the marketplace and courts are redefining acceptable sale terms and conditions.
Join your peers to acquire first-hand expertise from talented strategists who are developing a wide array of bold tactics for navigating in this new economic environment.
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Currently, women represent only 15.2% of Fortune 500 company board membership and we are out to change that!The event will educate and prepare women for board service. Our panelists are top-level executives with extensive board experience and a desire to share their knowledge and necessary tools for serving as a director.Topics include: being an effective board member; how to position yourself to get on a board; how to transition from serving on non-profit boards to for profit boards.
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Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group
In case you were too busy to have kept up with all the news, contributor Martin Mitchell has gathered some important market events from last week to help you start this week well informed:
Mergers and Acquisitions
The aircraft leasing unit of troubled insurer AIG is about to be sold. Three bids have been submitted for International Lease Finance Corp for just short of $5bn. Two of the consortia are thought to be Thomas H Lee and the Carlyle Group, and Onex and the Greenbriar Equity Group.
Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) is the clear favourite to acquire Oriental Brewery from Anheuser-Busch InBev for around $1.9bn. The Korean beermaker is being sold to help Anheuser-Busch InBev pay down debt.
The US Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has abandoned its attempt to take over Europe’s largest independent clearer LCH.Clearnet. The two boards were unable to agree a basis for consummating the deal. The abandonment will provide a boost to the consortium of 11 banks and interdealer broker Icap that are working towards a bid.
Against the backdrop of a global economic recession and alarmingly unpredictable markets, enterprise CIOs are juggling short-term tactics with long-term strategy as they look toward 2010 to revitalize their businesses. Some CIOs are even discovering a silver lining in the current downturn in the opportunities to re-prioritize projects that streamline business processes, optimize IT spending or refocus on engaging customers more directly.Companies with strong financial positions are acquiring competitors to grow marketshare, so IT must be agile enough to rapidly integrate new businesses into current operations. Business process redesign (BPR) is emerging as a No. 1 priority at many organizations, and the expanding CIO role is trending strongly toward business leadership skills. CIO magazine’s State of the CIO 2009 research shows more than two-thirds of enterprise IT leaders already have significant responsibilities in business units beyond IT.
From a technology standpoint, 2009 will spark heightened interest and ongoing investments in IT solutions that strengthen companies moving forward — such as business intelligence and data analytics, data center/storage virtualization, videoconferencing, Software as a Service offerings and a host of web-based software and services. Farther out on the horizon, but definitely catching CIO attention, are cloud computing models that promise even greater control over variable IT costs.Through interactive workshops, detailed case studies and presentations by peer CIOs, this CIO Leadership Event will deliver actionable, immediately useful ideas to help senior IT/business executives keep their companies running, drive sales, boost customer engagement, manage risk and drive greater process efficiencies across the board.
CIO magazine and the CIO Executive Council’s fifth annual Ones to Watch award identifies the rising stars in IT. To be honored, these future CIOs must have demonstrated leadership, driven innovation and delivered value to their business; in short, they will soon be able to head up their own IT organization.
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