Tuesday, June 3, 2008
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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About This Event
June 3-4, 2008
Hosted by IBM TJ Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, NY
Register Online: http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/techleaders/strategic-persuasion-june/
This workshop facilitated by Nancy Houfek and Dr. Lee Warren of Harvard University, is designed to provide entry to mid-level technical women with skills to succeed in accomplishing their goals in negotiations and meetings as well with the capacity to use these skills to effect organizational change.
Featured Keynote Speakers:
Cathy Lasser, Vice President, Industry Solutions and Emerging Business, IBM Research
Inna Pomeranz, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
In the first half of the workshop, participants will be introduced to techniques that people in the theater and in leadership training understand about how to be an effective communicator. They will learn how to articulate a clear purpose, land their message, be heard, enhance personal presence, depersonalize attacks, and manage hot moments.
The second half of the workshop will increase the capabilities of technical women to effect organizational change. Participants will experience new vocal presence, learn to differentiate types of challenges, understand how roles determine strategies, and identify the pressures behind the resistance to change. Participants will leave with new strategies for successfully leading change in their institution or organization. Finally, the workshop will extend your network and deepen your relationships with other women in the technical community.
Past attendees have said:
• A highlight of the workshop was definitely the networking that I got out of it. Being in a room with women in the same field was inspiring!
• The blend of theory, real-world case studies and more creative exercises helped to drive home ideas and concepts in a way I’ve not experienced in any other course.
