LaunchSummit provides two full days of career expertise from top national career experts. Choose the sessions that most appeal to you or listen in for the full two-day program.
Mark your calendar for the sessions that you wish to attend! After registration, you’ll receive an email with further instructions on how to access these web-based sessions.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
| 10am EST/9am CST |
Social Networking for Job Seekers and Ladder Climbers: Essential Tips for Building Your Personal Brand
Sima Dahl
Marketing Consultant, Social Media Strategist, & Personal Branding Expert
As job seekers and ladder climbers living in the Age of Referral (or the Age of the Individual as Tom Peters has called it), each of us must take responsibility for our personal brand. In this session, you’ll learn how to use the power, speed, and scale of social networks to build a strong personal brand, raise your visibility, and strengthen whatever career path you have chosen. |
| 11:30am EST/10:30am CST |
The First 60 Seconds: Win the Job Interview Before it Begins
Dan Burns
Author, The First 60 Seconds
A hiring manager makes a decisive qualification about a job candidate within the first 60 seconds of their meeting. In today’s challenging marketplace it is critical that job seekers go above and beyond what’s normally required and what their competition is doing. Dan Burns will provide the tools and techniques to make a great first impression in those first 60 seconds, and help people to differentiate from the competition and win their job interview—before it even begins. |
| 1pm EST/12pm CST |
The Opportunity Funnel: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Cultivating Career Opportunity
Kristi Daeda
Personal Marketing Strategist & Coach. LaunchSummit Founder.
The difference between successful career management and aimless wandering is the simple choices you make every day. Join Kristi as she shares her Opportunity Funnel model for job search, and shows how simple, yet powerful, activities each day bring you measurable closer to your career goals. |
| 2:30pm EST/1:30pm CST |
Moving from Expectation to Agreement
Monika Zands
Business Consultant & Life Architect
Monika will discuss the impact and cost of hidden expectations within a business relationship. Learn how to create successful business partnerships and agreements while avoiding the pitfalls that can occur when partners expect different things. She will discuss the impact and rewards of business agreements, while walking you through the steps to creating successful agreements in your own career. |
| 4pm EST/3pm CST |
Taking Action Towards Your Retirement
Jim Danielson
Financial Adviser
This a seminar is designed to help you understand your role in creating a plan for your retirement and to motivate you to take action. We will discuss how to plan for the different stages of retirement, as well as how inflation, time, and risk play important roles in building your plan. We will also look at the fundamentals of sound investing, how to manage your 401K better, and the strategic items of which everyone should be aware regarding gifting and leaving a legacy. |
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
| 10am EST/9am CST |
The 5 Step Recipe for Creating a Memorable Message
Kristi Daeda
What can you learn from top chefs that you can apply in your job search? More than you might think. Join Kristi as she helps you identify your success ingredients and plate up a unique, compelling value proposition that you can use in your resume, elevator pitch and more. Learn to create a total experience for a potential employer that will leave them hungry to learn more about you! |
| 11:30am EST/10:30am CST |
Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring
Ford Myers
Author, Career Coach, and President of Career Potential, LLC
Today’s job market is the toughest since the Great Depression, and many of the challenges are here to stay. Even so, you CAN get the job you want – IF you discard conventional approaches to the search. “Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring” is a powerful seminar based on Ford Myers’ best-selling book by the same name. Join career expert and speaker Ford R. Myers while he maps the new world of job search and reveals essential strategies for your career success. |
| 1pm EST/12pm CST |
Finding Your Just Right Fit
Michael Stallard
President, E Pluribus Partners
Conference Board research shows job satisfaction is at its lowest point over the 20 years it has surveyed. Corporate Executive Board research shows 90 percent of employees are disengaged or not aligned with organizational goals. In his talk, Michael Lee Stallard will describe the elements in a work environment that help employees and organizations thrive. You will learn: the six universal human needs to thrive at work, the three core elements of a culture that meets the human needs to thrive, and the character strengths and best practices necessary to thrive. |
| 2:30pm EST/1:30pm CST |
“What if You Ruled the Office” and Other Workplace Fantasies
Rebecca Adams
Work-Life Balance & Career Consultant
Rebecca Adams will take you through five “What If” scenarios discussing what Americans dream most about happening for them at work. The reality of those “fantasies” actually coming to fruition and their possible impact will surprise you. Learn how to weigh options in your career as they come and gain insight on how to feel better about your status quo at work. |
| 4pm EST/3pm CST |
Face to face networking can be one of the most cost effective and result producing forms of marketing. When done properly, you will receive quality introductions to your target market, build strong power partners, and follow an effective follow-up system. Done properly, it will produce not only loyal clients but long-lasting friendships. The key is a targeted action plan and a formulated process. Learn how to reach these objectives in a time savvy yet productive manner. |
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