The early bird price of $100/individual and $1000/table ends Monday, October 12, so register now! Prices will go to $125/$1250 on October 13. Students with a valid ID can register for half-price. You don’t want to miss this life-changing day!
Featured speakers
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Breakout Session Spotlight:
Find Your Strongest Life
Women’s Health, Sexuality and Wellness
Making Ends Meet – 15 Things You Can Do Right Now
How to Negotiate in Business and in Life
Turning Passion Into Profit
Beyond Web 2.0
Fired to Hired: Bouncing Back from Job Loss to Get to Work Right Now
Investing During Volatile Times
What Happy Women Know
The Capital Connection: Finding Funding for Your Small Business
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FROM OUR SPEAKERS
Keynote Marcus Buckingham Launches “Find Your Strongest Life”
 Marcus Buckingham, the world’s leading expert in personal strengths, shows women how to create lives of passion, purpose, and performance in Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently. Hailed as a visionary in the corporate world, Buckingham now shares his proven, research-based techniques to help every woman identify her strengths, reignite her zeal and power, and live an invigorating life.
Buckingham recently led a workshop sponsored by Oprah Winfrey for 30 talented—but unfulfilled and unhappy—women. Acting on his advice, they were able to make immediate significant and positive changes in their lives. More than 1.7 million people downloaded the three-hour workshop video, and more than 100,000 unique contributors came online to post messages when his workshop and its results were featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” The phenomenal response to the program demonstrated the critical need to address the role of personal strengths in women’s lives. [read more]
TAKE THE STRONG LIFE TEST
Keynote Marcus Buckingham invites you to take his new Strong Life Test to discover your Lead Role and Supporting Role. The survey only takes a few minutes, and he’ll provide insights at the Conference! Take the Strong Life Test
From Our Sponsors
 Job Seeking in a Recession
by Alfred Johnston
Diversity Resourcing Manager
BP America Inc.
From the employment standpoint, a recession can offer benefits to both employers and job seekers:
- Companies are pressured to look at all of their expenses, as well as the skills and duties of current staff, to see what’s working and what’s not. It’s a chance for them to become really lean and measure their return on investment for every expense. They typically become more proactive and strategic in hiring, as well as in developing, restructuring and shifting talent. Sometimes that means downsizing so the right talent can be hired or so current staff can be shifted into more-productive roles.
- Job seekers have the time to more carefully study the positions that are available, as well as the stability and sustainability of the organizations that offer them. People with the right talent have an opportunity to be hired or shifted into more appropriate roles that align with the new direction of the company.
During a recession, companies look more closely at job openings. So, if a company posts a position, you can be sure that they want to fill it. At the same time, the difficulties in the financial markets have trickled down to all industries. So job seekers definitely are facing stiff competition for each job opening. [read more]
A Heartfelt thanks to our sponsors!
Learn more about how you can reach thousands of Texas women leaders.
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When and Where
November 12, 2009
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, TX
7:30 am to 5:30 pm
Timing subject to change as program evolves
Schedule:
7:30-8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:45 Opening Keynotes—Tory Johnson, Marcus Buckingham, Isabel Allende
10:00 to 11:00—Seminar Session I
11:30 to 12:30—Seminar Session II
1:00-2:30 Keynote Lunch—Suze Orman
2:45-3:45—Seminar Session III
2:30-5:30—ReWork Career Fair, Power Sessions, Resume Critiques |
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ReWork Career Fair Offers Power Sessions, Resume critiques
Be sure to bring your resume for a free critique by HR experts at the ReWork Career Fair, sponsored by AAA Texas and co-hosted by keynote/career expert Tory Johnson and Women For Hire.
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Free Book with Registration
 Every registered attendee of the Conference will receive a free copy of “What Happy Working Mothers Know” (Wiley, 2009) by speakers Cathy Greenberg and Barrett Avigdor, which tells the stories of real working moms who have juggled and struggled their way to happiness. |
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Conference tips
Definitely attend the career fair and “work the room.” Don’t leave a single stone unturned; you don’t know what each employer has to offer until you ask.
Take time to research each employer so you can speak intelligently about their current and future job opportunities.
Develop your “60-second sales pitch” to make to recruiters at the career fair.
Bring plenty of business cards and resumes. If you don’t have a job, make up your own cards to exchange.
Take advantage of every opportunity the conference offers to better yourself and/or your career. This includes networking events, the career fair, professional-development workshops, career seminars, financial management and health awareness.
Interact with others at each touch point of the conference. Then follow up via e-mail or phone. The power of networking is invaluable! |
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A Special Offer from Sponsor Elaine Turner!
 Texas-based handbag and shoe designer and this year’s in kind donor, Elaine Turner has been creating fun, wearable women's accessories since 2000. Her fall collection has recently been featured in Lucky, People StyleWatch, Self and more! You can enjoy 20% off all online purchases through November 20th with code ElaineTurner09. Shop at www.elaineturner.com. |
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