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Empowering Women, Inclusive Communities

Thursday, October 16, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008

University of Idaho Moscow campus


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2008 - STUDENT UNION BALLROOM


4:00-5:00 pm     Optional Conference Participant Check-In (Ballroom Lobby)

5:00-6:00 pm      

 Keynote address: Nancy Hunter Denney: “Zing! Your
 Life and Leadership" (Student Union Ballroom)
6:00-6:30 pm  Opening reception (book sales and signing available)


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2008 - IDAHO COMMONS BUILDING

8:00-9:00 am      Conference Participant Check-In (outside Whitewater/Clearwater Rooms)
Those who have registered will receive a free totebag!
9:00-10:00 am    Workshop Session 1: "CONSCIOUSNESS"
10:30-11:30 am  Workshop Session 2: "COMMUNICATION"
12:00-2:00 pm  Networking Lunch (SUB Ballroom)
2:30-3:30 pm  Workshop Session 3: "COMMON PURPOSE"        
4:00-5:00pm     Closing Reception (Whitewater/Clearwater)


Please note: workshop titles and presenters are subject to change.

Time

Session #

Workshop Title and Presenter

Room

9:00-
10:00 am

Session 1

Emotional Intelligence in Education
Emotional intelligence is an integral part of learning. When learning experiences address people's emotional needs of positive self-worth and peer acceptance, academic goals can be more easily attained.
Dr. Jerry Fischer, CRC, LPC

Aurora





How To Play Nice: A Team Approach to Getting It Done
We all have to work with others to get things done, but how can we do this most effectively? This workshop will explore the team approach, and how we can all be coaches, active players, and the entire cheer squad.
Dr. Emma Grindley

Crest



 





Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Introduction to mindfulness and how it can enhance our ability to deal with stress and increase our sense of aliveness. This program is based on Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness Based Stress-Reduction Program at University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Dave Potter

Horizon


 

 
Self-Stewardship & the Sustainable Profession
Purposely focusing our attention on our positive experiences is a form of self, organizational and civic stewardship. This session draws on the principles and exercises of Appreciative Inquiry and Appreciative Living to demonstrate the value of appreciation in daily living.
Roxanne Schreiber

TLC, Room 50

 

  

Staying Motivated to Work in Higher Education
This session is designed to allow participants to become re-energized by providing motivational strategies, information about reaching today's college student and tips on being student consumer oriented. You make a difference.
Nancy Hunter Denney

 Whitewater

   

Women Entrepreneurs: Taking the Leap Into Leadership
Based on her personal experience as the entrepreneurial founder of three small but successful companies, the presenter will provide a strong real-life understanding of the challenges facing entrepreneurs, and discuss hints and tips for success.
Rhonda Abrams 

Clearwater



 
 

Circle the Women: Leaders in Partnership Power (Part 1)
With Compassionate Communication consciousness, we will explore the effect of patriarchy on our personal lives and on our understanding of leadership. Through silence, singing, circles, and sharing we will explore our values, celebrate needs met, and envision empowering life changes.
Veronica Lassen

Student Diversity Center

10:30-11:30 am

Session 2

Empower Yourself: Learn How NOT to Have it All
Learning how to balance your lifestyle is empowering in and of itself. Making decisions about how to spend your time can lead to greater life satisfaction. This session will help you take an inventory of life and make goals which will create a more balanced lifestyle.
Dr. Sharon Fritz

Aurora





Understanding Academic Cultures and How to Better Communicate in Them
This workshop will present the six cultures of the academy and how to recognize which one(s) dominate our immediate work environment. The audience will be engaged in a conversation about their experience with these cultures and their values, and share ideas on how to most effectively communicate in each culture.
Dr. Patricia Sturko

Crest

 

 

Diverse Learning: Connecting with the Community
Come explore diverse learning styles to empower your teaching and increase student retention. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator/Kiersey Temperment Sorter will be explored in respects to learning styles, teaching styles and communication.
Dr. Linda Taylor, NCC

TLC, Room 50

    Women's Ways of Leading
This session examines gender's influence on leadership style and behaviors based on the breadth of interdisciplinary research in this field, as well as the wide variety of practitioner accounts. Special attention is given to strategies for improving leadership effectiveness.
Dr. Heidi L. Connole

Horizon

    What Did You Say? Gender Issues in Communication
Ever feel as if you were speaking a different language? Ever desire to be more informed about the influence of culture and gender on how you interact or do business with others? This informative and practical session will present the research on gender differences in communication and how these generalizations - once recognized - can interfere or assist you - in getting your goals accomplished. Considerable demographic data is offered to enhance participants' understanding.
Nancy Hunter Denney
 Whitewater

 

 

Got Conflict? What's Your Management Style?
Workshop attendees will learn about conflict, sharing their own life experiences; the five styles of managing conflict: avoidance, competing, accommodating, compromising, and collaborating; advantages and disadvantages of each style; and their own management style taking the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument.
Kay Keskinen, CPM, CMM


Clearwater


 

  

 

Circle the Women: Leaders in Partnership Power (Part 2)
With Compassionate Communication consciousness, participants will explore the effect of patriarchy on our personal lives and on our understanding of leadership. Through silence, singing, circles, and sharing we will explore our values, celebrate needs met, and envision empowering life changes.
Veronica Lassen

Student Diversity Center

2:30-
3:30 pm

Session 3




Servant Leadership in a Digital Age
This workshop will provide interactive, media-supported discussion that introduces participants to the concept of servant leadership and why this model is important. We will examine the difficulties inherent in developing leaders who are servants in a digital information age, and propose a model of servant leadership that appears effective.
Dr. Sharon Kay Stoll

TLC, Room 50





Join an Adventure! Women- Specific Outdoor Programming
There is no better way to get women of any age together to pursue common purpose than through an outdoor or wilderness experience. Women-only outdoor experiences have been offered at the University of Idaho for 20 years. This session will examine why programming for women specific to outdoor experiences is so important, and explore models, values, and differences, as well as provide an overview of current women's outdoor programming offerings.
Rachel Todd and Mike Beiser

Horizon

    Finding Our Full Sound to Express Ourselves Fully
This program focuses on the role that speaking voices have in communication. Major topics: sound quality, vocal clarity, utilizing relaxation to find the sound that fully expresses "you," and allowing yourself to shine through speech and reach others.
Dr. Pamela Bathurst

 Aurora

    Work, Family, and Career Advancement in the Academic Context
There is an assumption in higher education that more women in the pipeline means more women in senior academic and administrative positions. This session uses findings from multiple research sources about female faculty, work, and family to discuss career advancement.
Dr. Gretalyn Leibnitz

Crest

 2:15 - 3:45 p.m.   Film Showing
"Still Waiting: Life After Katrina"
The story of three women and their experiences in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina. Film showing will be followed by a discussion.

Borah Theater

 


 
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