Virginia Women’s Conference 2012 Breakout Session Info Page
Breakout Sessions I (10:30 AM – 11:20 PM)
- Financial Fitness: Getting your Personal and Family Finances in Shape – Important information to help you get your personal and family finances organized and on-budget.
- Healthcare Reform Q & A – An informational session provided by experts on The Affordable Care Act who can answer your questions about changes and future trends in healthcare delivery and insurance.
- Growing Beyond Pleasing: Loyalties, Authority and Identity issues in Developing Women Leaders at Work and Home – The Batten Leadership Institute at Hollins University will engage you around the issues that affect your capacity to assert authority at work and home.
- How To Keep Your Kids Safe on the World Wide Web and the World Beyond – Presented by Nancy Healey, Assistant U.S. Attorney and Project Safe Childhood Coordinator for Western District and Gil Harrington, mother of murdered Morgan Harrington, safety advocate and founder of Help Save The Next Girl Foundation.
- It Starts with You: Making an Impact on Public Policy – Learn how to break out of your comfort zone, forge meaningful connections in your communities, mobilize support from policymakers, craft an advocacy message, and build coalitions around issues important to you. Session will include tools and examples of actual successful advocacy initiatives led by women and links to appropriate resources in the advocacy process.
Breakout Sessions II (11:30 AM – 12:20 AM)
- If We Can’t Have It All, Can We Have It Balanced? – A lively roundtable conversation about “what balance looks like” and how to continue learning new competencies and develop support systems and networks to be successful in a competitive workplace, while maintaining a healthy personal life.
- Empowerment through Philanthropy and Volunteerism – A panel exploring the different ways women can employ their skills and resources to benefit the community and empower themselves in the process.
- The 3 C’s for Small Business: Capital, Counseling and Contract – Discover how women business-owners can start and grow a viable business through available resources and programs for counseling and mentoring, lending initiatives (traditional and micro-lending), and different procurement vehicles to assist with federal contracting.
- Ages & Stages: Women’s Health & Wealth – Although you may be busy with family, work and community responsibilities, you still need to remember to make your health a top priority, so you can be your best for all that life demands. Health and wealth experts will advise you on what to expect and how to be prepared for the next decades of your life.
Breakout Sessions III (1:30 PM – 2:20 PM)
- Entrepreneurs: Funding Your Start-Up – Learn about the advantages and pitfalls of raising capital from both conventional sources such as friends, venture capital firms and Angel investors, as well as emerging sources like crowd funding websites. Experts in finance and entrepreneurship will also provide insight into key issues and resources intended to promote the growth of startups.
- Let’s Grow Locally! – Learn the benefits of eating locally grown produce and the how-to’s of growing your own food, via community gardens, kitchen gardens, container gardens and even school gardens.
- Stuck in the Middle: Caring for Mom and Dad – One day most of us will have to face many hard issues regarding the care of our aging parents. For some, that day comes gradually. For others, it comes without a moment’s notice. The big question is, “Are you ready?” This presentation will move from Crisis 911 to Caregiving 911. It is imperative to start sooner than later to prepare you and your family. In this engaging and informative speech, you will gain the essential information and tools you need.
- What’s Your EQ? (Emotional Intelligence) – Emotional Intelligence is as powerful a predictor for job success and leadership as is IQ. This talk will highlight the components of Emotional Intelligence, their role in success and the challenges to achieving EI.
- Power up your Personal Brand – There’s no hiding behind your company brand anymore. This quick course is custom designed for professionals, in any field or position that want to learn the latest findings in what builds or breaks your personal brand image. You’ll learn how to develop your personal brand of influence through effectively communicating social media and email. There’s a whole new language and you’ll learn it fast.