Federally Employed Women (FEW)

FALL 2008

Great Lakes Regional Training Program
October 16-17, 2008

Holiday Inn Express, 117 S. Franklin Rd

Bloomington, IN
What Professional Development Courses in:
Leadership Development, Team Building, Polishing Your Resume, Care of Aging Parents, Business Etiquette

Registration Fee: 

$85.00 - Members        $95.00 - Non-Members
Registration fee includes lunch, morning & afternoon breaks

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Where Holiday Inn Express
117 S. Franklin Rd;
Bloomington, IN
Front Desk:(812) 334-8800
Website: Link

Hotel Reservations:

Room Rate: $88.00 per night plus tax"
Reservation deadline:  Sept 20, 2008
Reservations should be made under "Federally Employed Women" by calling Holiday Inn Express at (812) 334-8800
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Chapter Officer Training

Ms. Arlena Fitch-Gordon, National Vice President for Training will be conducting Chapter Officer Leadership Training on Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
There will be no cost to attend the officer training and is open to all FEW members.

 

Training Program Agenda
Thursday ,16 October 2008
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. Registration and Check-in
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

A1 - Punching Up Your Resume

Robin Sutton, DCG Technology Learning Center
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m.  - 5:15 p.m. A2 - Preparing For An Interview
Robin Sutton, DCG Technology Learning Center
Friday, 17 October 2008
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.  Registration and Check-in
8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.  B1 - How I Contribute to Team Success
My Personal Style And the Diversity of My Team Members Styles Equals Success!
Angotti Weber and Associates and Strategy, Leadership and Learning for Stimulus Engineering
    B2 - Managing Multiple Priorities
Marion Stevens, Productivity Plus Consulting, LLC
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.  Break
10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

C1 - The Sandwich Generation: Care Giving Tips for Children of Aging Parents
Wilma Schmitz, Area Agency on Aging of Southwestern Illinois
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch  Speaker: Representative Peggy Welch
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

D1 - Successful Email Writing

Sam Kazdan - Strategic Training Systems, Inc.
    D2 - Pre-Retirement Seminar
Shan Unverzagt, Blue Cross Blue Shield
3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. 5:15 p.m. E1 - Cultivating Cultural Competencies for High Performing Diverse Teams
Joe Gaines, NSWC Crane
     
Workshop Descriptions
 
Punching Up Your Resume
Participants will work on their resume wording and layout during class.  Targeting your resume; highlighting your skills, accomplishments and goals; establishing a work history; type of paper, font and background to use; power phrases; creating Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) that support your accomplishments.  This two hour Workshop provides participants with basic principles to create resumes that will be noticed, read and acted upon. 
  • The Resume Objective
  • The Resume Body
  • The Resume Summary
  • Do’s and Don’ts in Resume Preparation

Preparing For An Interview
Interviewing skills will range from questions to ask, practical tips, different styles of interviewing, the phone interview, and follow up after the initial meeting. Different practice questions will be asked to simulate a live interview.   This two hour workshop provides participants with interviewing skills both verbal and non-verbal, from the first handshake through follow-up calls and sealing the job.

  • Traditional vs. Behavioral Interviewing
  • Preparing Answers to Behavioral Questions

Managing Multiple Priorities
Are you struggling in a work environment that requires doing more work with fewer people? In today’s workplace, it becomes more important every day to make every minute count. This seminar will offer you easy-to-live-with-strategies for managing your time and setting priorities that will help you handle the need to be in two places or doing two things at the same time. This seminar covers:

  • Short-term and long-term goal planning
  • Basic time management
  • Delegating
  • Handling control issues
  • Avoiding procrastination
  • Task Planning
  • Setting priorities for goals and tasks
  • Scheduling
  • Recognizing and avoiding time wasters
  • Integrating the multiple tasks that can be accomplished by one person with limited time

Successful Email Writing
This is a highly interactive and tailored workshop where participants practice, through a repeatable, proven, writing process, how to prepare and deliver electronic mail that is clear and understood the first time it is read. Skills developed in this workshop include how to decide when to use email,  how to effectively plan your document, how to grab attention through the subject line, how audiences read and how to design targeted email messages for them, how to choose the right tone for your readers, and how to use the four-step organization format to maximize the impact of your message.

Pre-Retirement Seminar
We all think about retirement (some may be closer than others).  This workshop is open to all federal employees, regardless of their federal health insurance affiliation.  It will provide information that will assist you in preparing for retirement and your health insurance needs.  There are many things that you may not think about until you get ready to retire and then it may be too late; or, you may have to delay your retirement.

 

For further registration information please contact
Ms. Vernell Thomas
(812) 854-4705
vernell.thomas@navy.mil
or
Ms. Kris Kemp
(812) 854-1019
lana.kemp@navy.mil