So Many Track Sessions, So Little Time

The WiM SUMMIT is just 12 days away, but who's counting?

WE ARE!

This year's SUMMIT includes nine different track sessions on topics from manufacturing supply chain to employee engagement.

Each session is lead by a leader in the manufacturing sector.  Check them out -

Day One, Part One Track Sessions: 

Track I: "Are You an Excellent Sales Organization? YOU decide”
Marion Wells, Scharlene Hurston and Kristina Griffard, Human Asset Management
Description: Great sales organizations demonstrate attributes or behaviors indicative of commitment to their customers. Human Asset Management will provide tips and real examples of what sales organizations must do to transform themselves from average to excellent by focusing their attention to their customers. Interested in this track, have an extra 10 minutes and want a free benchmark report on your company or organization? Click here for more details.

Track II: “Employee Engagement is not Rocket Science”
Karin Lindner, KARICO
Description: If you expect little from your employees, they will meet your expectations. What we need to do is cultivate a culture where people want to improve and are willing to contribute ideas. This workshop will give you the tools you need to build that positive culture you need to succeed. Discover the secret to developing highly engaged employees, hear what prevents people from giving their discretionary effort, recognize the silent diseases of complacency and mediocrity, hear about simple tools and techniques you can use to improve workplace moral and performance.

Track III: “The Business of Networking”
Jennifer Maxson, Varnum Consulting
Description: This session will be focused on how to comfortably and effectively network to make new connections. Learn how to build your network, maximize the value of professional and community memberships and expand social skills for many different settings.

Day One, Part Two Track Sessions:

Track I: “Emerging Topics in the Manufacturing Supply Chain”Kim Doyle, Plante Moran
Description: Manufacturing supply chains are facing more challenges and complexity than ever before. From increased globalization, changes in customer demand, pressure to reduce costs and business disruptions, this presentation will highlight some of the emerging topics in the manufacturing supply chain and how to address them.

Track II: “Technical Content – Updating Your Resources for Today’s Environment”
Toni Neary, ToolingU – SME
Description: This presentation will discuss resources available to address training needs in organizations throughout the country. Discussion will include an overview of online curriculum and digital resources available for the manufacturing sector.

Track III: “Career Development: A Holistic Vision as a Foundation to Your Professional Brand”
Cindy Cominsky and Mary Jean Amon, University of Cincinnati
Description: During this session, participants will develop holistic visions of their careers visions that integrate their professional and personal goals. Then, participants will translate their visions into authentic, professional brands that honor their values.

Day Two Track Sessions:

Track I: “Building High Impact Teams Through Energy Leadership”
Sherry Welsh, Blue Sky Transformations
Description: This presentation will allow participants to identify the different types of energy in engagements that will lead to either productive interactions or destructive ones. They will also understand how they are empowered to choose their roles as leaders, define them so they have clear expectations, and ensure their roles have alignment with their values.

Track II: “Building a Personal Learning Network”
Alisa Fleming & Connie Lorthridge, University of Phoenix
Description: This session will focus on opportunities for building and maintaining a professional association through the use of personal learning networks, social media and networking. Participants will discover ways to enhance their personal and professional brand and how to leverage personal learning networks to support women in the field of manufacturing and the communities in which they serve.

Track III: “Marketing for a Manufacturing Environment. The Trends Between Business to Business to Partner to Partner”
Ester Codina and Veronica Messersmith, Sandvik
Description: Trends in marketing are moving from pure business to business to partner to partner. In order to make those decisions part of a trusting process between two companies, manufacturers must embark on a long term relationship.

Some sessions are already sold out so hurry up and register now!

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