2013 Women of Color Task Force (WCTF) Conference

Topic Areas: Special Events

Date:

March 8, 2013 - 8:00am - 5:00pm

Location:

Michigan League, Hill Auditorium, and the Modern Languages Building (MLB)

Thank you for a wonderful Women of Color Task Force Conference!

The information listed here is for historical purposes only. The conference has concluded for this year. Plan to join us next year for the 2014 WCTF Conference!!

Conference Theme: Planning + Action + Perseverance = Success!

Keynote Speaker: Donna Brazile, Political Strategist and Georgetown University Professor

FOR THOSE WHO PLAN TO ONLY ATTEND THE KEYNOTE

This year, for the first time, you may attend the keynote presentation without attending the conference. If you are registering for the conference, your registration for the keynote is included.

FOR THOSE ATTENDING ONLY the keynote presentation, which is free and open to the public, registration will be open until Thursday, March 7, 2013. Please use the provided link to register via a separate keynote only registration page, so as not to confuse keynote registrants with conference attendees.

(Please note: There will be a special reception with Donna Brazile that is open only to conference registrants.

* 30 professional and personal development workshop sessions

* Networking luncheon

* Vendor marketplace, which features a diverse group of local businesses and community organizations.

This event is open to all UM personnel (staff, faculty, and students) and to the general public.

We thank TIAA-CREF for their generous support of the WCTF Conference.

Quick Links

Conference Registration and Payment

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

Keynote ONLY Registration - Free to the general public!!

Visitor Parking

Contact

2013 Conference Schedule

Conference Workshops - Session A

Conference Workshops - Session B

Conference Registration and Payment

If you have registered and are paying by check, money order or cash, please make sure your payment arrives at the CEW office at this address: CEW, 330 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 prior to the conference.

Checks can be made payable to: Center for the Education of Women
Memo: WCTF Conference

Deadline to Register: Monday, March 4th by 5:00 pm (Deadline is extended!!!)

If you register online prior to the conference, you may pay by: shortcode, cash, check or money order, or credit card.

UM Staff and Faculty: $100

UM Students and Retirees: $85

Non-UM Attendees: $100

Please contact the CEW office via telephone (734-764-6005) or email (wctfadmin@umich.edu) to receive a coupon code if you are a student or retiree.

Group Rates:

If one UM department will be sending 3 or more persons to the WCTF conference, please follow this process to receive a $15 discount for each person.

A. Complete the registration process for each staff member. (Staff may register themselves as long as they are included on the submitted list.)

B. Then, the administrator should email a list of the staff who are attending the conference to the CEW finance assistant, Wanlada Ault, at mamault@umich.edu.

C. CEW will apply the discount after registration closes on March 4th, based on the submitted list and the department recorded on registration. A receipt for the transactions will be forwarded to the person listed as the authorized signer for the department.

Feel free to call CEW at 734-764-6005 should you have additional questions regarding this process.

CANCELLATIONS: No registrations can be cancelled after March 6, 2013.

Onsite Registration (March 8, 2013):

* UM Students and Retirees: $85

* UM Staff and Faculty: $100

* Non-UM Attendees: $120

There will be limited onsite registration. Attendees may pay for onsite conference registration by either shortcode, cash, check or money order. Credit cards will not be accepted for onsite registration. Please note that onsite fee does not guarantee lunch.

Keynote ONLY Registration

The keynote presentation is free of charge, and open to the public. Registration for the keynote presentation ONLY will be open until Thursday, March 7, 2013. Please use the provided link to register via a separate event page, so as not to confuse keynote registrants with conference attendees.

Registration Instructions

1. Review the conference schedule.

2. Look over the workshop descriptions for both session A and session B.

3. Go to the 'Register' block at the top left portion of the page.

4. Make your selections for Workshop A (choose only one), Lunch (3 options), and Workshop B (choose only one) - then click the 'Register' button.

5. Complete page 1 of registration - "Create Conference Registration Form"

6. Verify that your correct options are selected on page 2 - "Shopping Cart" - then click the 'Checkout' button.

7. Complete page 3 of registration - "Checkout" - by providing contact, payment information, and any order notes that you would like to include. Then click the 'Review Order' button.

8. Verify that all of your information is correct and click the 'Submit Order' button.

9. The final screen should say "Order Complete" with additional information included. Please check your email and make sure that you received a confirmation email from CEW. If you did not receive a confirmation email, then you are NOT registered for the conference. Please call the CEW office (734-764-6005) or email (wctfadmin@umich.edu) to check the status of your registration.

Visitor Parking

Limited visitor parking is available on Central Campus at the Palmer Drive structure at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Huron Street. Visitors should pull a parking ticket upon entering the structure and pay the cashier upon exiting. The parking rate at the Palmer structure is $0.55 per half-hour.

AVI Parking is also available in the Fletcher Street parking structure (next to the Power Center and University Health Services) and in the Thayer Street structure. Please arrive early because these parking structures will fill up quickly.

Directions to Palmer parking structure:
http://palmercommons.umich.edu/directions/#staff

For additional information or inquiries regarding the WCTF career conference, please contact the CEW office at 734-764-6005 or via email at wctfadmin@umich.edu.

WCTF and Twitter: Want to tweet about the WCTF Conference?
Use hashtag: #wctf2013

2013 WCTF Conference Schedule

7:00 - 8:30 am	Conference Registration Michigan League - Concourse Level Vendor Showcase
8:00 - 8:30 am	Orientation for New Conference Attendees Hill Auditorium
8:30 - 9:50 am 10:00 am	Keynote Session Hill Auditorium Welcome - Ms. Latreece Taylor, DPSS Introduction of Sponsors - Ms. Gwen Brown, CoE Special Remarks - Conference Sponsors - Dr. Gloria Thomas, CEW - Dr. Lester Monts, Office of the Provost - Ms. Laurita Thomas, UHR - Ms. Christina Cutlip, TIAA-CREF (BIO) Introduction of Speaker - Ms. Charlotte Young Bowens, CoE Keynote Address - Ms. Donna Brazile Presentation to Speaker Announcements - Dr. Cherie Dotson, Pharmacy Closed Speaker Reception For Conference Attendees ONLY
10:30 am - 12:30 pm	Workshops Session A Modern Languages Building (MLB), Rackham Building, and Michigan League
12:30 - 2:00 pm	Lunch & Vendor Showcase Michigan League Ballroom
2:00 - 3:30 pm	Workshops Session B Modern Languages Building (MLB), Rackham Building, and Michigan League
3:30 - 4:30 pm	Afternoon Break - Snacks Ballroom Dance Demonstration Dance with Elegance/Health & Fitness Studio - Sherry Hawkins

2013 WCTF CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

Session A - 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Number	Title/Presenter	Location
	I. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
A1.	Thinking About Returning to School (Panel) If you are planning on returning to school, this panel of admissions officers and career counselors from area universities will provide answers to your questions about financial aid, work-life balance and programs for non-traditional students. Moderator: Jacqueline Bowman, PhD, CEW; Angela Wafer, EMU, Valerie Eaglin, U-M; John Vasquez, U-M Rackham Graduate School; Dean Suzanne Siegle, Concordia University-Ann Arbor; Eric Smith, Cleary University, Jayne Reuben, USCSOM-Greenville	Henderson Room, Michigan League (3rd Floor)
A2.	Mentoring, Networking and Sponsorship: What's Right for Your Career Come learn the differences between mentoring, sponsorship, and networking; then learn the tools to help you become successful in these areas. Sonya Jacobs and Whitney Williams, U-M Medical School	MLB-2011
A3.	Triad Leadership: Leading from Mind, Body and Soul This is an interactive session where participants will discover how leadership can transform both their professional and personal lives. Elders Denise L. White and Michael A. White, A More Excellent Way Ministries Worldwide, Inc., Dr. Ruby Beale, Hampton University	MLB-1400 (Auditorium 4)
A4.	Leading from the Middle: Empowering Leadership From Within This workshop will provide leadership assessment tools and strategies to encourage progressive change by highlighting your special strengths. Patricia Coleman-Burns, PhD, U-M School of Nursing	MLB-2114
A5.	Building Your Leadership Brand Learn how to take your core strengths, style, and talents and translate them into tangible brand statements to use in your resume, social media sites, and with those you work. Kristen Storey, U-M Human Resources Development	MLB-1420 (Lecture 2)
A6.	How to Network Like A Pro in Today's Market This progressive workshop will help you learn techniques to build strategic relationships and get the most out of your network in today's market. Jocelyn Giangrande, MA, SASHE, LLC	MLB-2402
A7.	Building Your Professional Network Using Social Media Learn how LinkedIn and other social media can help you build relationships and stay competitive in your industry. Leslie McGraw, Les Go Social Media Marketing and Training	MLB-2412
A8.	Resume and Cover Letter Lab In this interactive workshop, participants will have the opportunity to actively build and better their resumes and cover letters. Please bring a hardcopy of your resume/cover letter, as well as an electronic version saved on a jump drive. Jean Tennyson, U-M Human Resources	North Quad, Room 1500/1535, Language Resource Center (PC Classroom)
A9.	Help! Can't We Just Get Along at Work? Obtain strategies to facilitate positive work relationships with supervisors and coworkers, identify different personality styles, and learn how to maintain your professional reputation in challenging work situations. Also, participants will learn how to assess career options when deciding whether to stay or develop exit strategies to your next career opportunity, and learn about resources for assistance Ramona Ward, UMHS Human Resources	MLB-B137
A10.	Tools for Leading Effective Meetings Learn strategies for leading productive and effective meetings with clear roles and expectations for everyone. Ellen Dolsen, MS, Tapestry Performance Management Group	MLB -B124
A11.	Commanding Presence Harness your natural skills, personality, and energy so that you'll be able to speak to any size audience with confidence, poise and presence. Renee Malone, Kick the Moon, LLC	MLB-1220 (Lecture 1)
	II. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION
A12.	Five Habits of Highly Successful Investors Learn investment concepts and strategies that will help maximize your retirement savings, including setting financial goals, building an investment portfolio, and devising tolerable investment strategies. Theresa Serafimovski, TIAA-CREF	Koessler Room, Michigan League (3rd Floor)
A13.	Estate Planning: What Do I Need? Learn how to properly address the inevitable, and sometimes surprising, events of life through wills, trusts, powers of attorney and other planning tools. Terrence G. Quinn, Esq.	MLB-B134
A14.	Credit Reports and Consumer Rights Learn 10 steps to making sure an error gets erased from your credit report, and other skills that will impact your quality of life for years to come. Kathryn Greiner, University of Michigan Credit Union	MLB-B135
A15.	Strategies for a Healthier Lifestyle In this interactive seminar, participants will learn to set sustainable goals and the steps to embark on making that change on their path to wellness. Colleen Greene, MHealthy	MLB-2202

Session B - 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Number	Title/Presenter	Location
	I. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
B1.	Dare to Lead Yourself and Others Discover your vulnerabilities and strengths, and utilize these skills to develop others through authentic leadership. Veretta Nix and Jane Pettit, UMHS Human Resources	Henderson Room, Michigan League (3rd Floor)
B2.	Difficult Conversations This class will explore the elements of difficult conversations, along with ways to make them less stressful and more productive. Deborah Orlowski, PhD, U-M Human Resources Development	MLB-1420 (Lecture 2)
B3.	Using Online Cloud & Social Tools to Keep Your Career in the Game This is an interactive and participatory tour of several popular online task management tools, many of which allow managing tasks in "The Cloud." (Users are encouraged to bring their own wireless devices to test drive online task collaboration tools.) Tonya V. Thomas, UMHS Revenue Cycle Education, Development & Quality Management	MLB-1400 (Auditorium 4)
B4.	Working from Strengths: Discover What Drives You Discover your strenghts and preferred behaviors so that you can make career choices that match your skills, or be more successful in your current position. Ron Sober, U-M Human Resources Development	MLB-1220 (Lecture 1)
B5.	Organizing Strategies to Sharpen Your Interpersonal and Leadership Skills Participants will identify, assess and organize a method to sharpen vital interpersonal "soft" skills to become better leaders. Beverly Rogers, Organizing to Be Effective	MLB-2011
B6.	Pass It Forward: An Overview of Mentoring Learn about the evolving relationships between mentor and mentee, building agreements, and strategies to maintain quality relationships. Dorothy Elliott, UMHS-KMS Revenue Cycle	MLB-B124
B7.	The Power of Your Thoughts, The Power of You Take an intriguing look at the way your thoughts influence your actions and expectations; gain a better understanding of this essential connection; and look at resources to help choose effective responses. Dr. Margarita Garcia-Roberts, U-M Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives	MLB-2114
B8.	Creating A Plan for Work-Life Balance Learn how to acknowledge the strength that lies within you, and encourage others to do the same, for personal fulfillment. Dr. Rita Fields, McLaren Health Care	MLB-B135
	II. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION
B9.	Five Habits of Highly Successful Investors Learn investment concepts and strategies that will help maximize your retirement savings, including setting financial goals, building an investment portfolio, and devising tolerable investment strategies. Theresa Serafimovski, TIAA-CREF	Koessler Room, Michigan League (3rd Floor)
B10.	Considering Retirement? How to Know, How to Plan If you are close to retirement, learn what you need to consider and how to prepare for this major decision without worrying about making a mistake. Barbara A. Tucker, Insight Financial Group	MLB-B134
B11.	The Energy of Money: How It Impacts Your Life Learn how to master the spiritual laws of money so you can create more money, do what you love, and enjoy more freedom. Elena Camp, Pure Vibrations, LLC	MLB-2412
B12.	Strategies for a Healthier Lifestyle In this interactive seminar, participants will learn to set sustainable goals and the steps to embark on making that change on their path to wellness. Colleen Greene, MHealthy	MLB-2202
B13.	The Working Parent: Tools and Tips Learn to develop a new mental attitude and discover techniques that allow you to overcome obstacles you face at home, work, or school, and stay successful. Patrice Lee, Feinstein Development & Associates	MLB-2402
B14.	The Art of Finding Your True Self This session will assist you on the journey to know and accept yourself, and to use this knowledge to fulfill your personal destiny. Participants will learn tools for identifying their values and use this information to craft personal and professional goals. Rev. Yolanda Whiten, Ann Arbor Community Center	Room D, Michigan League
B15.	Returning the Favor: Caring for Family Members with Special Needs Caring for ailing parents or special needs children while meeting work and other family responsibilities can be stressful. This workshop will look at the unique challenges caregivers face and the strategies and resources available to help them. Jeffery D. Harrold, LSA Academic Standards Board Advisor and Pastor, New Beginnings Community Church of Washtenaw County	MLB-B137

For additional information or inquiries regarding the WCTF career conference, please contact the CEW office at 734-764-6005 or via email at wctfadmin@umich.edu.

WCTF and Twitter: Want to tweet about the WCTF Conference?
Use hashtag: #wctf2013

$120.00

Session A: *

Lunch Option: *

Session B: *

If you would like to register for the keynote presentation ONLY, please see the instructions to the right. You will be directed to a separate registration page.