Leading, Managing and Planning For The Future

AGENDA

Saturday Morning, October 28, 2006

Arrival, Coffee, and Sign-in: 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Keynote: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Mike DiTullo, President, Mid Hudson Pattern for Progress
Our keynote speaker is the president and CEO of Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress. He will examine issues surrounding globalization, a change that is having an effect on the region and he will explore its challenges and opportunities. A discussion will follow that will include ways in which we can adapt and prosper in a global economy.

Welcoming Remarks: 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Dean and Empire State College Faculty

Concurrent Workshops: 11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.

The Federal Reserve, Leadership and a Changing Economy: Ralph Armenta
Economics is a social science concerned chiefly with the question of who will produce goods, what will be produced and who will benefit. This workshop will explore policies to support economic growth, maintain price stability and support economic well being. We will review economic patterns leading to inflation, unemployment, recessions and examine the role of the Federal Reserve in establishing monetary policy and growing the economy. We will briefly review a history of the Federal Reserve, explore some key economic time lines and conduct a comparison of a Greenspan Fed vs the very new leadership of Ben Bernanke.

Professional Ethics: Responsibilities and Challenges: Sandy Snyder
This workshop will examine the responsibilities and challenges of stakeholders and managers and address the questions of "right for some or right for all"? Topics that will be explored include the following: Should corporate whistleblowers be protected? Should pharmacists be permitted to decide whether prescriptions are filled based on their own moral standards? Whose interests prevail and in which scenarios? We will look at the sometimes conflicting values evidenced between individual moral beliefs and ethics in professional contexts as well as examine professional responsibilities through choices made.

Money and Wellness: Miriam Tatzel
It is a common belief that money is a means to happiness, or at least that if we acquire more money, we would "be a little happier." People go to great lengths to acquire money, sometimes even through crime. What really is happiness and how can or does money matter for happiness? We will reflect on our own attitudes toward money, the impact of money on life domains, values underlying possessions, and applying the themes of the workshop to one's life.

Saturday Afternoon
Lunch: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Concurrent Workshops: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Managing Workplace Diversity: Karl Soehnlein
This two-part workshop on workplace diversity will examine the role of diversity in guiding an organization toward goal accomplishment. We will identify and explore opportunities for organizational enrichment available in today's diverse and global marketplace. Implications of diversity on business interactions, corporate culture and policy will be examined. We also will examine the cultural bases of communication differences (e.g., gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, disabilities, etc.) and their impact on the effectiveness of conducting business. In addition, we will pay special attention to personal values clarification related to cultural differences, legal issues and current court actions.

Making Your Creativity and Innovation Come Alive: Howard Ferro and Mike H. McGovern
We invite you to join us for the first of two sessions to learn how to expand your creativity and innovative skill sets. The first session will focus on processes to learn about your own abilities to identify various types of business and nonprofit growth opportunities.

Human Resource Issues for Global Organizations: Carol Carnivale
In this seminar, you will gain an understanding of the complex issues concerning human resources management at the international level. We will begin by identifying key HRM practices in the United States and then examine how these practices may need to be adapted across cultures to be effective. Based on students' interests, our examination will include a focus on East Asia and/or Western Europe. The major topic areas we will cover include selection, training, compensation, performance management, employee development with a focus on preparing global managers, and cross-cultural communication and negotiation.

Sunday Morning, October 29, 2006
Arrival, Coffee, and Sign-in: 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Concurrent Workshops: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Employee Motivation and Performance: Al Ragucci
What motivates employees in the global economy of the 21st century? Are the traditional theories of motivation still relevant? Are job security and money more important motivating factors than ever before? We will briefly review the classic theories of motivation and engage in a discussion of the impact of organizational change on employee motivation and job performance. Emphasis will be on the participants' experiences in the workplace. A small group case exercise also will be included in this session.

Program Planning and Evaluation: Caren Fairweather
Many not-for-profit organizations fulfill their mission by offering programs and services to a specific clientele for a specific purpose. In this session we will explore the dynamic, cyclical relationships between program planning, development, implementation and evaluation that lead to effective program designs. We will discuss how needs may be identified quantitatively and qualitatively, how to set realistic goals and objectives, methods for assessing outcomes, and how to use outcomes data for future planning and improved program quality. We will compare possible applications for several participatory models of program development and evaluation including concept mapping, narrative inquiry, appreciative inquiry and situational analysis.

Applying Contemplative Learning to Career Development: Kate Spector and Laura Sawyer
This hands-on session will examine contemplative practices, including deep reflection and listening, journaling, freewriting, radical questioning, silence, as well as meditation and mindfulness, as ways to help students slow down, concentrate and develop greater understanding, insight and creativity as it relates to developing their career and to increase their effectiveness in their Empire State College studies. Participants will leave with techniques to evaluate what they value in a career and organization, techniques to increase their effectiveness in job search and interviewing skills, and ways to increase their concentration, based on contemplative learning practices.

Lunch: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Sunday Afternoon
Concurrent Workshops: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Making your Creativity and Innovation Come Alive: Howard Ferro and Mike H. McGovern
This second session will focus on an actual project that will allow you to apply your newfound abilities. The outcome of both sessions will be filled with practical information that you can actually use in your workplace as well as your personal life. Please join us for an exciting and fun session.

Managing Workplace Diversity: Karl Soehnlein
Through participation in this two part workshop, students will be better able to understand the unique differences and opportunities of a diverse workplace; understand the legal parameters of diversity in the workplace and their implications for an organization. In addition they will have an opportunity to explore how diversity impacts communication and organizational effectiveness; identify leadership skills that boldly encourage and empower strength in diversity; and develop strategies for successful communication among diverse employees and clients.

Developing Professional and Effective Written Communications: Laurence Carr
Join this informative and fun two hour workshop to sharpen your writing skills. Writing well, whether one is in business for oneself or part of a corporate or organizational team, is important for success. This innovative hands-on writing workshop will explore the basics of all good writing including:

• the foundations of clarity, economy and passion for one's subject,
• how to begin a piece of writing through a variety of entry points,
• ways to build arguments and persuade the reader or client to your point of view, and
• creating closure.

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