2012 ICCET/ICCHE Fall Conference Agenda

Grizzly Jack’s Grand Bear Resort, Utica, IL September 27-28, 2012

Day 1 – Thursday, September 27 8:00-9:30 Registration 8:30-9:30 Continental Breakfast & vendor visits 9:30 Conference Welcome: Dr. Lori Scroggs, Interim Vice-President for Learning and Student Development, Illinois Valley Community College 9:30-11:30 Keynote: WAAMM™ Success Principles for Managing Work/Life Demands - Marcie Stern

Are you constantly juggling work, family and community commitments? Do you effectively prioritize your work? Do you lack boundaries and the ability to say “no” to distractions? Overcommitments, multi-tasking and unclear priorities keep us from feeling balanced and productive. WAAMM™ is a process for helping busy professionals focus on What Actions and Attitudes Matter Most. Staying focused on what matters most is the key to accelerating the advancement toward goals. Helping you identify work/life priorities and better manage daily tasks with both time and energy management techniques, will ultimately move you toward feeling more balanced and engaged. WAAMM™ Success Principles for Managing Your Work / Life Demands is an interactive and experiential keynote that will leave participants focused, energized and ready for action! Marcie will guide participants through thoughtful, hands-on exercises allowing them to create personal and meaningful action plans they can implement immediately. Participants in this workshop will: Learn the Difference Between Time Management & Energy Management Understand the 4 Dimensions of Energy Learn Tips for Managing Boundaries and Time Create a Personal Action Plan

11:30-1:30 Lunch/vendor showcase/ICCB update/ICCET and ICCHE Presidents update 1:30-2:45 Breakout Session #1 (choose one to attend)

National Career Readiness Certification (NCRC) Lesa Norris, Dean for Workforce Development at Waubonsee Community College

Business Communication Skills: How to Speak and Still Be Heard - Marcie Stern Communicating effectively with colleagues and clients can be challenging especially when not everyone thinks and talks like you. Building trust and knowing how to speak in a way to that will be heard by your audience (clients, colleagues, bosses, etc.) is an essential component to business and career success. Participants will learn about their personal communication style and how to leverage it to enhance interpersonal relationships.

State of Inbound Marketing - Ted Parisot, President of Informé, Inc Learn how to create a powerful internet presence that get's your program found and how to correctly integrate your website into the mix.

2:45-3:00 Break 3:00-4:15 Breakout Session #2 (choose one to attend)

Panel Discussion - Coming out of Hibernation: How to Survive with a Tight Budget

o Roneida Martin, Workforce and Professional Development Institute Executive Director

o Barry Hancock, Associate Dean for Community Education, John A. Logan College o Amy Murphy, Director Corporate & Community Services, Joliet Junior College o Terri Winfree, Vice President, Community and Economic Development, Prairie State

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Networking with LinkedIn, Ted Parisot Learn how to build your network and visibility of your program using the professional's social network.

Stackable Credentials/Career Paths: Good for Students, Colleges and Industry, Lynn Reha & Lavon Nelson Learn about examples of ways in which continuing and community education can expand its role in career development. Career and Technical Education professionals in Illinois community colleges have utilized a combination of the US Department of Education’s Career Cluster initiative and stackable credentials to create career paths with multiple entry and exit points. The presenters will give examples of certificates which can be utilized as parts of a career path, including community education classes. Participants will learn about how they can support continuing and community education students by preparing them for stackable credentials.

5:00 Scenic River Cruise at Starved Rock (networking opportunity) 7:00 Dinner at Starved Rock Day 2 – Friday, September 28 8:00-8:30 Breakfast 8:30-9:00 ICCET and ICCHE membership meetings 9:10-10:10 Roundtable Discussions (problem/solution format)

Trips & Tours

Marketing Strategies Managing Your Team

Leveraging Success for New Business

CE Programming 101

Administrative Challenges (records management, computerization, etc.)

10:10-10:20 Break

10:20-12:10 Keynote: Craft and Sustain Community College/University Partnerships Dr. Vickie Cook, Associate Vice President of Innovation and Technology, Greenville College

Craft and Sustain Community College/University Partnerships. This interactive presentation will assist institutions in considering the development of partnerships and how those partnerships might flourish. Many words have been used to describe partnerships including collaboration, cooperation, joint ventures, affiliations, trusts, combinations, relationships, groups, and alliances. In today’s climate in higher education we need to find ways to pool our resources to provide students with high quality education while finding ways to be as efficient with our resources as possible. Sustaining partnerships into healthy growth models will be examined and discussed.

12:10-12:30 Conference wrap-up & evaluations