PD117: Professional Development:Your Rise to Stardom!
How can you rise to stardom in your career? Evaluate your weaknesses and turn them
into strengths! Create new techniques to challenge your “status quo.” Learn why personal and professional development, compliment each other. Explore these avenues to excellence and raise the bar for yourself.
Instructor: Paul Dreifuss, CMDSM. MQC
Sunday, Round One, 1:45-2:45 pm

PD128: Persuasive Communication Skills: Listen & Learn
Persuasive Communications is the ability to present your point of view in a clear, logical, and easily understood manner. It is the ability to convince or win over someone to a new idea, new service, or new product. It is a positive way of linking needs with values, goals, and emotions. This workshop is designed to provide you with methods to improve your persuasive communication skills with co-workers and customers.
Instructors: Mark Kremen and Bob Kane, Senior Partners, Training Unlimited, LLC.
Sunday, Round Two, 3:00-4:00 pm

PD243: Career Development Roundtable — Improve Job Security, Don’t Just Change Your Job
It’s time for you to become an active player in directing your career development rather than leaving it up to others to make things happen for you. This session will give you an easy to follow game plan for conducting a job search; marketing yourself; and advancing your career. Join with your colleagues in sharing ideas for making yourself more valuable for both your current employer and future suitors.
Instructors: Panel presentation
Monday, Round Four, 12:45-1:45 pm

PD252: Motivating Yourself for Success
What motivates you? Is it your boss or paycheck?
The number one person who can motivate you is YOURSELF! This workshop addresses key aspects of self-motivation. It provides practical tips to help you define personal and professional success, how to create your own world, set goals, gain positive energy, and invest in yourself.
Instructors: Mark Kremen and Bob Kane, Senior Partners, Training Unlimited, LLC.
Monday, Round Five, 2:00-3:00 pm

PD269: Developing the Leader From Within
This is the perfect session for new managers who are looking for a road map to lead their team to greatness. This session promises to be educational, interactive, and fun.
Instructor: Trevor Ward
Monday, Round Six, 3:45-4:45 pm

PD396: Women in Management
Women executives continue to encounter that infamous “glass ceiling”. This session will provide insight as to why it exists and how to overcome situations when you encounter them. Practical solutions for today’s professional woman, is the focus of this seminar. Perspectives from several points of view will be provided (male and female) with tips and ideas on how to overcome pre-conceived perceptions. Come prepared to discuss obstacles you encounter as you climb the corporate ladder.
Instructors: Barbara Graham, CMDSM, MQC and Marsha Amato-Greenspan, CMDSM, MQC
Tuesday, Round Nine, 1:30-2:30 pm

PD404: Obtaining Balance: Strategies for a Health Lifestyle
Join with your colleagues in identifying what it means to “Have a Balanced Life.” The class will discuss components of work/life balance, work pressure and offer ideas for establishing more balance in our lives.Learn how taking time out for yourself can yield big gains at work.
Instructor: Barbara Fahy, MSMA Executive Administrator
Tuesday, Round Ten, 2:45-3:45 pm