WLS Speakers

Paige Arnof-Fenn is the founder and CEO of Mavens & Moguls, a global marketing strategy consulting firm whose clients range from early stage start-up to Fortune 500 companies including Colgate, Virgin and The New York Times Company. She was formerly VP Marketing at Zipcar heading all marketing and sales activity. She was responsible for all branding, corporate communications and corporate partnerships for the business and was instrumental in the fundraising efforts. Previously, she was VP Marketing at Inc.com and responsible for promoting the company to the business and media worlds, and also for driving E-commerce sales before the company was sold to Bertelsmann. Prior to that she held the title of SVP Marketing and was a key member of the IPO team at Launch Media, an Internet start-up that went public in early 1999 and was later sold to Yahoo. She built the marketing organization from the ground up, overseeing all marketing, advertising, corporate communications, market research and promotion as well as their in-house ad agency/art department.

Arnof-Fenn has also worked as a special assistant to the chief marketing officer of global marketing at The Coca-Cola Company and held the position of director of the 1996 Olympic Commemorative Coin Program at the Department of Treasury, U.S. Mint. Prior to running the Olympic joint venture, Arnof-Fenn worked in brand management at Procter & Gamble.

Arnof-Fenn has been a featured speaker and panelist at the New England Direct Marketing Association, the MIT Enterprise Forum, The Commonwealth Institute, Harvard Business School, the American Marketing Association, Simmons School of Management (where she is also Entrepreneur-in-Residence and on the Dean’s Advisory Council), University of Texas, Emerson College, the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council, New York University, Women in Technology, Bentley College, Tufts University, Babson, The Boston Club, Youth Technology Entrepreneurs, Young Inventors International, various corporate workshops and conferences and she is on the faculty of Continuing Legal Education. She has judged the Dalton Pen, Web Marketing Association, Stevie Awards and was Jury Chair for ReBrand. She has coached other entrepreneurs through Springboard Enterprises and hosted online webinars to share her marketing expertise with business owners around the world.

Arnof-Fenn is a founding Board member of Women Entrepreneurs in Science & Technology and she is currently serving as Board Chair of the Alumni Board of Stanford University. She is also the former Vice President of the Harvard Business School Global Alumni Board and the current Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Sports Museum at the Boston Garden, is an advisor to several early stage private companies and non profit organizations and is also the past president of the Stanford Club of New England which serves alumni in a 5 state region. She holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is quoted regularly in the media, was a monthly columnist for Entrepreneur for several years, is on the IDC Technology Advisory Council, and a Time Magazine Opinion Leader.

Seminar Title: From Employee to Entrepreneur

Speaker Names: Susan Nye, Nancy Briefs, Paige Arnof-Fenn, Lisa Landry

Summary: Three successful entrepreneurs will share their stories with you, taking you through their initial decision-making process, investigation and planning. They will share the challenges they have faced, continue to face, and the victories they have won.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The How's and Why's behind the decision to start your own business.

2.) Learn about key decision-making and business planning processes, required investments, enlisted resources, as well as the type of information required to make critical decisions.

3.) You will be inspired by the courage and commitment of these three women and their success in turning their passions into realities.

Dr. Annabel Beerel is a recognized expert in analyzing and consulting to Ethical issues across a wide range of professions as well as being an expert in Leadership and Change Management. Over the last twenty-five years, Annabel has assisted senior organizational leaders in becoming more astute decision makers and leading their organizations through change. Due to her experience with businesses on a global scale, Annabel is able to bring a global perspective to complex problems and is able to guide executives in systemic decision making. She is also a highly experienced executive coach who assists her clients in making progress on complex problems.

Most recently Annabel held the Christos and Mary Papoutsy Distinguished Chair in Ethics at Southern New Hampshire University. Prior to that she held a variety of positions where she taught academic programs and ran seminars and workshops for managers and executives on ethics and leadership issues. She is also the founder of the New Hampshire Women’s Leadership Summit, a major leadership and professional skills development event for professional women across New Hampshire.

Annabel holds a Ph.D in Comparative Religion and Ethics from Boston University. She holds a Masters Degree in Theology from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has pursued Advanced Leadership Training at the J.F. Kennedy School of Management at Harvard University.

Prior to her career in academia, Annabel spent twenty five years in international business. She is a qualified accountant and holds an MBA with a focus on Corporate Finance and Strategic Management. She has worked with multinationals as well as being a Corporate Financier and Investment Banker in the City of London where she was actively engaged in business analysis, fund raising and merger and acquisitions. Annabel also founded and ran her own international business in Artificial Intelligence for a period of eight years.

Besides her accounting qualification and her MBA, Annabel is trained in systems thinking and in group dynamics. She is particularly interested in helping small and medium sized organizations leverage themselves to achieve optimal growth. Along with the for-profit corporate sector, Annabel has a great deal of experience in advising nonprofit organizations to organize their operations to achieve maximum organizational balance and efficiency without losing their sense of mission.

A dynamic and entertaining presenter, accomplished panel host, and facilitator, Annabel travels and presents at numerous conferences. She is also the prolific author of articles and books. Her most recent book is entitled Leadership and Change Management by Sage Publications. Her passion is travel and the study of world cultures and religions, something she shares with executives interested in developing their global businesses.

Entrepreneur Catherine Blake, founder of Sales Protocol International has a passion for sales, marketing, business development and a heart for encouraging others to be their personal best.

Her professional expertise includes creating corporate identity, branding, sales, public relations, and business strategy.

Blake has over twenty years of sales and marketing experience with FORTUNE 500 corporate giants, start-ups and private ventures. She has worked with renowned marketing guru, Jack Trout, author of “Marketing Warfare”. Her assignments have taken her outside the United States to Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa.

Ms. Blake has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and an Executive MBA from Harvard University. Catherine is currently an adjunct professor at the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore School of Business & Economics.

Seminar Title: Negotiating & Closing: Negotiate to Win!

Speaker Name(s): Catherine B. Blake, President, Sales Protocol International

www.salesprotocol.com

Summary:

Negotiating is a careful dance that can land the deal. Walk away with bullet-proof skills, a proven process, and a method for testing the waters before you close. Then win!

Three Takeaways:

1.) Negotiating is a dance....Learn the choreography!

2.) Everyone has to give a little.

3.) Close to win!

Ms. Briefs is the President and CEO of Eleme Medical Inc., a premier, venture backed aesthetics company focused on body shaping. Eleme Medical is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The Company’s name, when spoken phonetically, suggests “lasers, medicine and aesthetics.”

SmoothShapes® system with Photomology™ is Eleme Medical’s preeminent product to launch. Designed to improve the appearance of cellulite, and perfected after seven years of development, SmoothShapes effectively improves the appearance of cellulite and is a non-invasive method for producing longer lasting results. Thermal and non-destructive, Photomology’s unique mechanism of action combines dynamic laser and light energy with mechanical massage and vacuum. This process impacts the tissue responsible for the appearance of cellulite—enlarged fat cells and inflexible collagen. SmoothShapes stimulates restoration of healthy cell activity by focusing on both the physical manifestations of cellulite and its underlying causes. Results are tighter, smoother skin that patients can see and feel.

Ms. Briefs’ background includes 25+ years in the medical device industry building shareholder value by raising venture and public financing. She has been responsible for developing and commercializing innovative paradigm shifting technologies at companies such as: Percardia, Vista Medical Technologies, Stryker Corp., Target Therapeutics and Edwards.

Ms. Briefs was awarded with the Ernst & Young (EOY) New England Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Emerging Companies in 2003. Ms. Briefs also served as a National Judge for the EOY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Life Sciences 2004 - 2008. Eleme? Medical was a finalist in the NH High Tech Council for Product of the Year 2008.

Current Boards:

• Director, Eleme Medical Inc.
• Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA), Washington DC
• CardiAQ Valve Technologies, Inc

Former Boards:

• ProRhythm Inc.
• Direct Flow Medical
• Percardia

A notable and inspiring public speaker, Ms. Briefs has spoken at the MIT Enterprise Forum, Harvard Medical School, Tuck School at Dartmouth College, WEST Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology, MassMedic, MIT Sloan School, Venture One, MDMA, MedTech Insight, and other numerous industry events.

Ms. Briefs is listed as an inventor on four issued and five pending U.S. Patents. She holds an MBA in Finance & Marketing from Golden Gate University along with a BS in Business Administration and a BA in Psychology from Emporia State University, Kansas.

Seminar Title: From Employee to Entrepreneur

Speaker Names: Susan Nye, Nancy Briefs, Paige Arnoff-Fenn, Lisa Landry

Summary: Three successful entrepreneurs will share their stories with you, taking you through their initial decision-making process, investigation and planning. They will share the challenges they have faced, continue to face, and the victories they have won.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The How's and Why's behind the decision to start your own business.

2.) Learn about key decision-making and business planning processes, required investments, enlisted resources, as well as the type of information required to make critical decisions.

3.) You will be inspired by the courage and commitment of these three women and their success in turning their passions into realities.

Seminar Title: Get Your Retirement Off Life Support

Speaker Name(s): Cynthia Bryant-Matley

Summary: Retirement is changing...we are looking for guidance to accumulate assets, preserve wealth, and enhance income for retirement.  This workshop will effectively illustrate current trends in the economy and financial markets that will have an effect today and for many years to come.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Practical suggestions on how to recover your retirement plan.

2.) Methods for protecting investments from market and other risks.

3.) Strategies to help avoid running out of money in retirement.

Seminar Title: Creating an Unexpected Future in Science and Technology

Speaker Name(s): Rajani Cuddapah, Christine Miska

Summary: "Don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future." Personal experiences, influencing strategies, and lessons learned by women in technology leadership positions.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Personal experiences by women leaders from BAE Systems that have shaped future technology outcomes.

2.) Proven influencing strategies.

3.) Lessons learned.

Gemma is Senior Counsel for the BAE Systems Electronics Solutions. Gemma joined BAE Systems in August 2002. Recently, she received an Engineering Collaboration award for her work in the area of open source software management. She counsels the business and speaks frequently on the subjects of intellectual property management, licensing technology to the federal government, and open source software licensing.

Prior to joining BAE Systems, Gemma was Vice President and General Counsel for Pragmatech Software, Inc.

Gemma is a member of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts Bar Associations. She is also member of the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Licensing Executives Society, the American Bar Association and the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association.

Gemma is from Newport, Vermont and received her BA in Political Science from Regis College and a JD from Northeastern University School of Law. She lives in Francestown, New Hampshire with her husband Rhon and five children.

Seminar Title: Advancing the World by Advancing Women

Speaker Name(s): Gemma Dreher, Jensine Larsen, Sarah Kaba Jones

Summary: Once you give women across the world health care, education, and access to resources, the whole world changes. The women on this panel discuss their own important professional and personal experiences with this dynamic.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The critical needs of women worldwide and why it is important to know about them.

2.) How individual women across the world are helping.

3.) How the advancement of women worldwide affects each and every one of us.

Susan Duprey concentrates her law practice in zoning and planning issues, municipal law and commercial real estate. She specializes in obtaining approvals in difficult settings and for sensitive projects. She has represented numerous local, regional and national developers in obtaining zoning and planning approvals to construct complex and multi-use real estate projects. Her expertise in the municipal arena derives, in part, from the 6-year term she served as a member of the Planning Board and the Heritage Commission of the City of Concord, the State's capitol. As a Planning Board member, she led a significant community-wide effort to revise the Cities Master Plan. She was also twice elected and served as a City Councilor for the City of Concord for three years. Susan was recognized for her work in the municipal field when New Hampshire Magazine named her Ideal Lawyer in the Town Lawyer category in 2003.

As president of the firm from 1998-2005, Susan was instrumental in the development of the firms reputation and the specialization of its lawyers. During this time, she directed the firms continued growth throughout the region.

Susan's leadership role extends to the community, the Bar and Republican politics. She currently serves on the Boards of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts, and the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Susan also serves on the Advisory Board of Ocean Bank, a division of People's United Bank, and is a trustee of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Society. She is a past Board Chair of Heritage United Way, the State's largest United Way, and the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. She was named one of the 30 Most Powerful Women in New Hampshire by New Hampshire Editions Magazine. Susan continues to serve on numerous Republican political campaigns on both the national and state levels. She recently served on the steering committee of McCain for President and formerly served as the New Hampshire Finance Committee co-chair of the Bush-Cheney 2004 Presidential Campaign and as a member of the Bush-Cheney 2004 Steering Committee

Seminar Title: Becoming Indispensable

Speaker Name(s): Susan Duprey, Dianne Mercier

Summary: In these challenging times, the survivors are those who are able to make themselves indispensable to their organization. Every organization needs such people and you can become one.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Penetrate the organizational mindset to discover its critical needs.

2.) Discover tools at your disposal.

3.) Chart a path to indispensability.

Anne Fitzgerald is the founder of ~Spirit at Work Global~ in Waltham, MA.

Her consultancy is based on her expertise in organizational development, facilitation of multi-stakeholder groups, developing partnerships for purpose, and coaching executive women's leaders. She uses a new model of leadership development that uniquely integrates competencies needed for leadership in hierarchical organizations as well as de-centralized horizontal organizations. She has worked extensively with Fortune 500 companies, public sector agencies, women's organizations, and the academy.

Her passion for women, spirituality, and the issues of sustainability and peace makes her an advocate for the empowerment of women and girls globally. In Kenya after meeting Aids widows who were making beaded jewelry to earn money to send their children to school, she initiated Beads 4 Peace - USA. She holds a commitment to the women of Iraq, and co-delivers programs with Naba Hamid, a professor in exile from the University of Baghdad on “Activating Women’s Wisdom to respond to the Women of Iraq.”

She has been a panelist at the Global Peace Initiative of Women in Jaipur, India (2008);

Presenter at the International Women’s Peace Conference in Dallas (2007);

Peace Ambassador to the African Grassroots Women’s Conference in Kenya (2006);

Facilitator and presenter at the Parliament of World Religions in Barcelona (2004) and Australia (2009);

Anne is a graduate of Marygrove College in Detroit, and completed a M.Ed. and doctoral coursework in Counseling Psychology/Organizational Studies at Boston University. Anne can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Seminar Title: Illuminating Leadership Blind Spots

Speaker Name(s): Anne Fitzgerald

Summary: No matter how well we have prepared ourselves as leaders there are always new challenges that we encounter. This program will address three of those blind spots.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Understand the #1 blind spot that alienates others when working with women leaders. The better we are at developing relationships, the greater the probability we may have this blind spot.

2.) Identifying how we lead needs to change when we need to be spider-woman rather than manager or director including:

- recognizing you are "in a web" rather than on a ladder

- principles of successful web navigation

- accountability and responsibility as spider-woman

3.) Discern what to do when the web disappears. Do we continue to be spider-woman or re-position on the ladder?

Seminar Title: That's What She Said: An Insider's Look Into the Status of New Hampshire's Women & Girls

Speaker Name(s): Jennifer Frizzell, Lindsay Hanson, Daphne Kenyon

Summary: Women have an opportunity to ensure that the work we are doing addresses root causes of inequity in our communities. This workshop will use data to uncover, not only the problems facing women and girls, but also to explore strategies we can use moving forward to ensure lasting social change.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Initial findings on the root issues facing women and girls across New Hampshire.

2.) Analysis on how best to understand and address each community's unique needs.

3.) Knowledge about how you, as individual women, can bring about positive social change.

As a Human Resources Professional for more than fifteen years Laurie Glaude has broad expertise in providing strategy, direction and innovative solutions to today’s complex business environments. She is a strategist who has been instrumental in bringing organizations to the next level. A strong and dynamic communicator, her major strengths include training and development. Her breadth of experience in a senior leadership role crosses many industries including manufacturing, grocery retail and wholesale distribution, non-profit and human services.

Her responsibilities encompassed employee relations, benefit administration, compensation programs, organizational development, leadership development, safety and training programs and federal and state labor compliance. Her strong belief in perspective, inclusion and creative thinking was instrumental in developing programs that continued to bring the organization successfully forward, maximizing human capital while mindful of the bottom line.

She is an active member of her community and sits on a number of boards for non-profit agencies, most notably Child Health Services of Manchester and the Manchester Human Resources Association. She has previously served on the University of New Hampshire Advisory Board and currently serves on the board of the American Nystagmus Network, a national organization for individuals with visual disabilities and serves as its president.

Seminar Title: Job Sustainability - Becoming the Indispensable You

Speaker Name(s): Laurie Glaude

Summary: Attendees will leave this session with techniques to increase their value within their organizations, and more importantly, techniques to prepare their career roadmap for future opportunitites.

Four Takeaways:

1.) How to position yourself to gain a seat at the table.

2.) How to leap from middle management to senior management.

3.) Understand the benefits and necessity of networking.

4.) Tips on directing your own professional development.

Seminar Title: Why Women Succeed

Speaker Name(s): Lucille Jordan, Amanda Grappone, Paula Long

Summary: The highly successful women on this panel will share with you their remarkable stories - how they have succeeded in very challenging and traditionally male-dominated sectors.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The importance of "knowing your stuff".

2.) The critical attribute of perseverence.

3.) How to take good risks.

Seminar Title: Engaging Presentations

Speaker Name(s): Ellen Griffin

Summary: Learn tips to help you develop riveting presentations to get your point across! We will emphasize eye-catching visuals and materials, how to anticipate questions, and managing your nerves and their short attention spans.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Better handout and Powerpoint design

2.) Methods for "thinking on your feet" and quickly adapting your presentation

3.) Techniques for focusing and refocusing your audience's attention(P6.) Engaging Presentations

Lisa Guertin is one of the top female executives at the nation’s largest health benefits company, WellPoint, Inc., which was recently ranked number one on the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) “Top 50 Companies for Executive Women”.

As an independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee, WellPoint serves approximately 34 million members through its affiliated Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans throughout the country.

Ms. Guertin has over 25 years of diverse experience in the health insurance industry. She began her career with The Travelers, holding various positions in sales, underwriting, communication and marketing. In 1990, she joined New Hampshire’s Matthew Thornton Health Plan, which was acquired by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Hampshire and subsequently acquired by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in 1999.

During her tenure with the company, Ms. Guertin has led a number of operational and P&L organizations, and most recently served as President of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Hampshire from 2004 through early 2008. She was promoted in 2008 to her current corporate position within WellPoint, where she is responsible for leading the organization’s Marketing and Product Development efforts.

Ms. Guertin received a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Southern Connecticut State University. She resides in Hollis, NH, with her husband and two teenage daughters.

Seminar Title: Turning Problems into Opportunities

Speaker Name(s): Linda Landry, Linda Lovering, Lisa Guertin

Summary: No one will contest that this is a very challenging economic time for most businesses. The three dynamic women in this session describe how they used the downturn to reposition and reorganize their businesses with remarkable success.

Three Takeaways:

1.) How to read new realities effectively.

2.) Adopting and opportunistic mindset.

3.) Building flexibility into your business.

(L3.) Turning Problems into Opportunities

Gayle Hallgren-Rezac is co-author of WORK THE POND!, speaker, entrepreneur (founder, Cookies by George) and a YWCA Woman of Distinction. Gayle is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and has spent over two decades observing and writing on networking around the world. She is a member of the Davos Circle, having attended the Annual World Economic Forum over eleven times. She is also an expert on the “art of conversation”, a subject she writes and speaks on frequently. Gayle is the chief engagement officer of Shepa Learning Company.

We’ve witnessed a new phenomenon: attendees who used to mingle at breaks now get on their cell phones and BlackBerries, instead of connecting with other attendees. Break that cycle by making Leap Start!™ your conference opener. It creates a powerful permission to network atmosphere, and will change the dynamic of your conference, regional or national meeting—guaranteed.

Summary: Research shows that men make networking a higher priority than women do, and a typical male executive has a network many times the size of a woman at the same level. Join networking experts, Gayle and Judy, co-authors of Work The Pond!, for this workshop on developing a strategy to build your personal brand, and sure-fire tactics to become a connected leader.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Assess your own network, particularly your strategic network. Learn ways to build your network, how often you need to do it, and best places.

2.) Tell us your networking challenges. We'll give you solutions that work.

3.) Networking is an essential skill of all leaders, so how do you make it a priority? Goal setting.

Seminar Title: That's What She Said: An Insider's Look Into the Status of New Hampshire's Women & Girls

Speaker Name(s): Jennifer Frizzell, Lindsay Hanson, Daphne Kenyon

Summary: Women have an opportunity to ensure that the work we are doing addresses root causes of inequity in our communities. This workshop will use data to uncover, not only the problems facing women and girls, but also to explore strategies we can use moving forward to ensure lasting social change.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Initial findings on the root issues facing women and girls across New Hampshire.

2.) Analysis on how best to understand and address each community's unique needs.

3.) Knowledge about how you, as individual women, can bring about positive social change.

Tammy Hildreth is co-founder of a grass roots organization called Network For Work, and hosts a weekly radio program on WSMN Radio that is focused on helping unemployed business professionals find fulfilling careers through networking.

Tammy is a business professional and entrepreneur with an interesting background across multiple industries and professions. Prior to Network For Work, Tammy worked at Fidelity Investments as a Senior Project Manager, specializing in Six Sigma methodology and tools. Tammy started her career in software development and testing. She has held leadership positions in Fortune 100 and 500 companies, and helped launch two successful startup companies in New Hampshire.

Tammy serves on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Women’s Leadership Institute. She is also Chair of the Marketing and Website Committee for the 3^rd Annual NH Women’s Leadership Summit in 2010.

Tammy is a native of New Hampshire, growing up in Hollis. She graduated from Bates College with a BA in Mathematics and received a MA from Rivier College in Computers in Education. Tammy lives with her family in Brookline, NH.

Seminar Title: Brand You

Speaker Names: Tammy Hildreth, JT O'Donnell

Summary:

Did you ever hear the old saying, ‘Your reputation is your most valuable asset’? Well whether it’s “reputation” or ‘Professional Brand”, the meaning remains true today. Learn how to harness the power of social media, and make it work for you. Take charge of your professional brand today!

Three Takeaways:

1.) Understanding your professional brand and why it’s important

2.) Reviewing the Social Media options

3.) Social Media Do’s and Don’ts

Lucille Jordan was appointed president of Nashua Community College in 1998. She has achieved national and state recognition for her commitment to community service, civic responsibility, developmental education, and business and industry partnerships with education. Most recently, she received the Dr. Carlene Riccelli Assembly Leadership Award from College Board New England.

Jordan has served as chair of Campus Compact for New Hampshire, a statewide association of four- and two-year college presidents and private sector partners who are committed to integrating service, leadership, and civic responsibility in higher education. She has also served as vice-chair of the national Campus Compact organization's board of directors. Jordan currently serves on the Greater United Way of Nashua board of directors, the New Hampshire College and University Council, the New Hampshire Postsecondary Commission, and the board of the Academy for Science and Design.

Jordan's personal and professional mission is to work toward a more civil society, one in which the worth of every person is recognized. As president of Nashua Community College, she creates an environment that not only develops academic skills, but also nurtures a sense of self-identity and acceptance. It is not unusual to see Jordan taking time from her duties as college president to help a student with a research paper or tutor an ESL student in English.

Seminar Title: Why Women Succeed

Speaker Name(s): Lucille Jordan, Amanda Grappone, Paula Long

Summary: The highly successful women on this panel will share with you their remarkable stories - how they have succeeded in very challenging and traditionally male-dominated sectors.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The importance of "knowing your stuff".

2.) The critical attribute of perseverence.

3.) How to take good risks.

Seminar Title: Advancing the World by Advancing Women

Speaker Name(s): Gemma Dreher, Jensine Larsen, Sarah Kaba Jones

Summary: Once you give women across the world health care, education, and access to resources, the whole world changes. The women on this panel discuss their own important professional and personal experiences with this dynamic.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The critical needs of women worldwide and why it is important to know about them.

2.) How individual women across the world are helping.

3.) How the advancement of women worldwide affects each and every one of us.

Seminar Title: That's What She Said: An Insider's Look Into the Status of New Hampshire's Women & Girls

Speaker Name(s): Jennifer Frizzell, Lindsay Hanson, Daphne Kenyon

Summary: Women have an opportunity to ensure that the work we are doing addresses root causes of inequity in our communities. This workshop will use data to uncover, not only the problems facing women and girls, but also to explore strategies we can use moving forward to ensure lasting social change.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Initial findings on the root issues facing women and girls across New Hampshire.

2.) Analysis on how best to understand and address each community's unique needs.

3.) Knowledge about how you, as individual women, can bring about positive social change.

Amy Lampert has over twenty-five years of management experience in the financial services industry, in roles ranging from sales and sales management to Directorships of Human Resources and Learning and Organization Development with Merrill Lynch, UBS, Mellon Bank, and HSBC. As principal of Organizational Learning, Amy provides advice to companies and their executives on how to re-tool business development processes and performance management structures for optimum results while simultaneously creating rewarding and ethical environments for employees and the clients they serve.

Amy has written frequently as a consumer advocate for individual investors and has consulted internationally on customer-centered business development strategies for financial services companies. In 1998, Amy founded the not-for-profit Women’s Financial Network and continues today as a founding principal of WomensWorth (www.womensworth.com), a company whose mission is to demystify the world of money and increase financial literacy among women and youth. WomensWorth’s activities include education and mentoring.

Ms. Lampert holds an M.A. and a M.Ed. from Tufts University and has been a guest lecturer at Stern School of Business at New York University and Fordham University on the design and implementation of performance management systems. She is a fully licensed registered investment advisor in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and fully licensed with the New York Stock Exchange as a securities supervisor and principal.

Ms. Lampert belongs to The A. K. Rice Institute's Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems, the Human Resources Council and is an arbitrator for FINRA (formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers). She is a graduate of the Organizational Development and Consultation Program (ODCP) at the William Alanson White Institute (WAWI) of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology, New York and from the Securities Industry Institute at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Amy is a trustee of the Park School in Brookline, MA.., serves on the Brookline Commission for Women, is a director of Bedside Advocates, and The Life Planning Network.

Amy spends her leisure time mentoring younger women who are starting out in the financial services industry, offering counsel to mid-careerists on desiring more meaningful work, and on offering pro-bono consulting services to start-up boards in the area of diversity and governance. If there is any time left over, she plays tennis with her 18 year old son, Ben, who, recently beat her for the first time!

she plays tennis with her 18 year old son, Ben, who, recently beat her for the first time!

Seminar Title: Retire Before You Die

Speaker Name(s): Amy Lampert

Summary (30 words or less): Participants will gain insight into how they can plan for a retirement regardless of where they are in their life-cycles, and regardless of the ravages of the recent market volatility. Through a series of visioning and action planning exercises, the fear and anxiety about planning for retirement will slowly dissipate.

Three Takeaways:

1.) A personalized vision of one’s retirement and the associated costs

2.) New considerations for any one thinking about retirement

3.) Demystification of one’s “baglady” fears.

Seminar Title: Speaking the Language of Money

Speaker Name: Amy Lampert

Summary: In order to navigate our way competently and confidently both personally and professionally we need to have a good grasp of the basic language of money and monetary jargon. This dynamic session will debunk complex terms and explain the economic and monetary terms that influence every part of daily life.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Identify the essential monetary terms that play a part in how the economy works.

2.) Understand the language of money, and how to read and interpret personal and business financial statements.

3.) Learn how knowing the language of money can be used to your advantage.

(W6.) Speaking the Language of Money

Seminar Title: Turning Problems into Opportunities

Speaker Name(s): Linda Landry, Linda Lovering, Lisa Guertin

Summary: No-one will contest that this is a very challenging economic time for most businesses. The three dynamic women in this session describe how they used the downturn to reposition and reorganize their businesses with remarkable success.

Three Takeaways:

1.) How to read new realties effectively.

2.) Adopting an opportunistic mindset.

3.) Building flexibility into your business.

(L3.) Turning Problems into Opportunities

Seminar Title: From Employee to Entrepreneur

Speaker Names: Susan Nye, Nancy Briefs, Paige Arnof-Fenn, Lisa Landry

Summary: Three successful entrepreneurs will share their stories with you, taking you through their initial decision-making process, investigation and planning. They will share the challenges they have faced, continue to face, and the victories they have won.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The How's and Why's behind the decision to start your own business.

2.) Learn about key decision-making and business planning processes, required investments, enlisted resources, as well as the type of information required to make critical decisions.

3.) You will be inspired by the courage and commitment of these three women and their success in turning their passions into realities.

After working as a freelance journalist covering indigenous movements and ethnic cleansing in South America and Southeast Asia, at age 28, Jensine (Yen-See Nah) Larsen founded World Pulse, a global media source which covers world issues through women’s eyes.

As a shy young woman who thrived on discussing international affairs, Larsen dreamed of unleashing the creative human potential of women across the globe through the power of media.

Larsen began publishing her flagship project, World Pulse magazine with just a vision and no prior publishing experience in 2004. Nominated for “Best International Coverage” of 2004 and 2005 by the Independent Press Awards, World Pulse magazine performed 2-3 times higher than most new magazines on the newsstand and heralded a large, untapped market of women and men with an appetite to understand the world through women’s eyes.

Today, with her eye on the future of communications technology in the developing world, Larsen is now building an interactive global media company designed to connect women worldwide. Larsen has pioneered the development of PulseWire, an interactive global women’s newswire where women worldwide – even those using internet cafes and cell phones in remote and impoverished regions – can speak for themselves to the world and solve global problems.

An unstoppable social entrepreneur, Larsen has a dedicated staff, Board of Directors, and teams of professional advisors and volunteers across numerous time zones. Her leadership has garnered partnerships with the world’s top international women’s organizations and endorsements from global luminaries and visionaries. Undeterred by women’s lack of experience with web 2.0 and journalism, Larsen recently spearheaded a groundbreaking web 2.0 and citizen journalism training program that is today fostering a growing network of grassroots women citizen journalists speaking out from some of the most forgotten regions of the world.

World Pulse has recently been spotlighted as “one of the top things you can do in ten minutes to support women globally,” by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, authors of the New York Times Bestseller, Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.

With her finger on the pulse of women's and youth voices globally, Jensine is increasingly sought after for inspirational keynotes, current affairs lectures and radio programs. Larsen is featured on GreatWomenSpeakers.com and has appeared on NPR and Air America and presented keynotes at TED, Bioneers, Omega, Hewlett Packard, Bennett College and Colorado’s Conference on World Affairs. She is considered one of Portland, Oregon’s up and coming “Young Creatives” according to The Oregonian newspaper.

Larsen holds a degree in Comparative International Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1999). Her writing has been published in the Thai and U.S. press including: The Nation (Thailand), The Progressive, The Sojourner and academic journals such as The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars.

Jensine is also a Young Leaders Fellow with the National Committee on United States-China Relations. She was appointed to Portland, Oregon’s Vision Committee, which was established by Mayor Tom Potter to chart the city’s 30-year vision by listening to the visions of its citizens.

Seminar Title: Advancing the World by Advancing Women

Speaker Name(s): Gemma Dreher, Jensine Larsen, Sarah Kaba Jones

Summary: Once you give women across the world health care, education, and access to resources, the whole world changes. The women on this panel discuss their own important professional and personal experiences with this dynamic.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The critical needs of women worldwide and why it is important to know about them.

2.) How individual women across the world are helping.

3.) How the advancement of women worldwide affects each and every one of us.

Debra holds Masters Degrees in both clinical and applied psychology and earned her doctorate in applied psychology from Rutgers University in 1998. She is a licensed psychologist in New Hampshire as well as a certified life coach and Peoplemap™ Trainer.

Based on her commitment to human potential, Debra co-founded Full Spectrum Wellness LLC, a holistic health and education company that has thrived since opening in 2002. She has served on the board of directors for the Women’s Business Center and on the business committee for the Manchester Young Professionals Network. In 2007, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded Debra the NH Women in Business Champion of the Year. Currently, Debra provides training, coaching and consultation in workplace wellness, leadership training, and team-building through Full Spectrum Wellness LLC, (www.fullspectrumwellness.com) and Platinum Principle Training & Development, LLC (www.platinumprinciple.com).

Seminar Title: Change Happens: Finding a Light at the End of the Tunnel

Speaker Name(s): Debra LeClair

Summary: We all want positive change, but what hapens when things move too fast or go sour? Learn how to rally your resources and find peace of mind when the change hits the fan.

Three Takeaways:

1.) A better understanding of your own reactions to change.

2.) An ability to understand what strengthens you and what trips you up in the process of change.

3.) Personalized strategies for coping, and ideas for thriving.

Seminar Title: Leadership - Be the Change You Want To See

Speaker Name: Kathy LeMay

Summary: We frequently fall into the trap that others are leaders and they should model the way for us to follow. Wrong! Effective leadership requires all of us to take a part in the leadership challenge. If we model the leadership we want to see, the leadership effort will have much more impact.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Leadership begins with you, and what that means in terms of our visions and our actions.

2.) How to become better at modeling the change we want to see, and why it is important to do so.

3.) Leading from the inside out and how that impacts the influence and effectiveness of leadership.

Until recently, Paula was the Vice President of Engineering for Dell’s Storage group, following its milestone acquisition of Nashua-based EqualLogic. As a founder and Vice President of Products and Strategy at EqualLogic, Paula was a driving force in the company’s success and growth from a 3-person firm in a N.H. attic, to a company with more than 400 employees worldwide and more than 0 million in annual revenue. At Dell, Paula was responsible for the architecture, design, and delivery of EqualLogic’s products. Paula has also served as Director of Enterprise Products at Allaire Corporation, Director of Engineering for Bright Tiger Technologies, and has held senior engineering positions at Digital Equipment Corporation.

Paula is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of experience in delivering innovative technology solutions. Long has extensive experience in managing strategic product development in the areas of operating system design, web technologies, real-time systems and, enterprise software.

Seminar Title: Why Women Succeed

Speaker Name(s): Lucille Jordan, Amanda Grappone, Paula Long

Summary: The highly successful women on this panel will share with you their remarkable stories - how they have succeeded in very challenging and traditionally male-dominated sectors.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The importance of "knowing your stuff".

2.) The critical attribute of perseverence.

3.) How to take good risks.

Linda Lovering grew up in southern New Hampshire, the daughter of an automobile dealer. She worked in the business after school and during the summers starting at the age of fourteen. After high school, Linda continued her education and received a BS degree in Business Administration from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, at the University of New Hampshire. Her studies included a Semester at Sea, traveling the world studying international business and marketing. After college she went to work in the family business for a year and then accepted a position working for Sander’s Associates (presently BAE Systems) in Manchester, NH.

Linda and her husband Rich were coworkers at Sanders and have been married for 27 years. They have four children, one granddaughter and many assorted animals.

In 1996, Linda and Rich purchased Capital City Motors, which became Lovering Volvo- Isuzu in Concord, NH. (Presently Lovering Volvo and Mitsubishi) In 1998 they opened Lovering Volvo of Nashua , which Linda is the dealer principle, and in 2004 they built a ground up facility in Meredith, NH, for a third Lovering Volvo location in order to serve the needs of their northern customers.

Linda is very active in the local community, serving on a variety of nonprofit boards, to include: The Better Business Bureau of NH, The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Nashua, The Humane Society for Greater Nashua, Partnership for a Drug Free NH, The Nashua CrimeLine, past president of the board of directors for the Nashua Pastoral Care Center and past member of Rotary International.

Seminar Title: Turning Problems into Opportunities

Speaker Name(s): Linda Landry, Linda Lovering, Lisa Guertin

Summary: No one will contest that this is a very challenging economic time for most businesses. The three dynamic women in this session describe how they used the downturn to reposition and reorganize their businesses with remarkable success.

Three Takeaways:

1.) How to read new realities effectively.

2.) Adopting and opportunistic mindset.

3.) Building flexibility into your business.

As a bank Vice President, financial services professional and entrepreneur, Mary W. McLaughlin has been an effective team leader in the areas of commercial lending, private banking, corporate services, investment banking and international banking.

Mary is Regional Vice President of the Central Region for TD Bank, N.A., managing all commercial lending activities in the central NH region. Prior to 1992, Mary worked for New Dartmouth Bank as Vice President of Commercial Lending. From x1987 to 1989, Mary was Vice President of Corporate Services for Indian Head Banks and Vice President and Manager of Private Banking.

Throughout her career, Mary has used her considerable entrepreneurial talents to establish new programs within existing banks. While at Dartmouth Bank, she developed a Corporate Services/Automated Investment program. She was chiefly responsible for the initial design and implementation of Indian Head’s Private Banking Department. In 1986 Mary established a full service commercial lending department for Peterborough Savings Bank and in 1984 co-founded Jefferson, Currier & Co., Inc., an investment banking firm established to assist businesses with corporate financial planning and access to capital.

Since 1983 Mary has served numerous non-profit organizations throughout New Hampshire. Presently she serves as Immediate Past Chair of the Capitol Center for the Arts; is on the board of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce; Chairman of the NH Institute of Furniture Making; and a Director of NH Health and Educational Facilities Authority. In addition, she is an Advisory Board Member of NH Small Business Development Center at UNH and is Vice Chair of the Loan Review Committee for the NH Community Loan Fund. In 1983, Mary co-founded the New Hampshire International Trade Association, a non-profit organization devoted to helping businesses identify international trade opportunities.

Mary graduated from Vermont College in Montpelier, VT and later attended the “Advanced Commercial Lending and Credit Analysis School” at the Bank Management Institute and the School of Management, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Seminar Title: Speaking the Language of Money

Speaker Name: Mary McLaughlin, Carrie Poole

Summary: In order to navigate our way competently and confidently both personally and professionally we need to have a good grasp of the basic language of money and monetary jargon. This dynamic session will debunk complex terms and explain the economic and monetary terms that influence every part of daily life.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Identify the essential monetary terms that play a part in how the economy works.

2.) Understand the language of money, and how to read and interpret personal and business financial statements.

3.) Learn how knowing the language of money can be used to your advantage.

Seminar Title: Becoming Indispensable

Speaker Name(s): Susan Duprey, Dianne Mercier

Summary: In these challenging times, the survivors are those who are able to make themselves indispensable to their organization. Every organization needs such people and you can become one.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Penetrate the organizational mindset to discover its critical needs.

2.) Discover tools at your disposal.

3.) Chart a path to indispensability.

Seminar Title: Creating an Unexpected Future in Science and Technology

Speaker Name(s): Rajani Cuddapah, Christine Miska

Summary: "Don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future." Personal experiences, influencing strategies, and lessons learned by women in technology leadership positions.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Personal experiences by Women Leaders from BAE Systems that have shaped future technology outcomes.

2.) Proven influencing strategies.

3.) Lessons learned.

A corporate dropout, Susan Nye left a twenty-year career in international sales and marketing for the fun, flexibility and fear of self-employment. She is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur and cook. Susan’s articles, essays and recipes appear in magazines and newspapers throughout New England. Her favorite topics include family, food, living green and small business. Susan makes regular appearances on ABC affiliate WMUR's Cook's Corner demonstrating seasonal dishes and sharing thoughts on life, cooking and entertaining.

An avid student of social media, you can read Susan’s weekly blog on-line at www.susannye.wordpress.com, follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/susannye, watch her cook on YouTube at www.youtube.com/susannye and connect with her on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/swnye.

Susan is the Board Chair of the Women’s Business Center, mentors MBA students at Babson College and serves on the Women’s Leadership Summit’s Programs Committee.

After twenty years of traveling around the world, she makes her home in New Hampshire.

Seminar Title: From Employee to Entrepreneur

Speaker Names: Susan Nye, Nancy Briefs, Paige Arnoff-Fenn, Lisa Landry

Summary: Three successful entrepreneurs will share their stories with you, taking you through their initial decision-making process, investigation and planning. They will share the challenges they have faced, continue to face, and the victories they have won.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The How's and Why's behind the decision to start your own business.

2.) Learn about key decision-making and business planning processes, required investments, enlisted resources, as well as the type of information required to make critical decisions.

3.) You will be inspired by the courage and commitment of these three women and their success in turning their passions into realities.

Jeanine Tanner “J.T.” O’Donnell is a career strategist and workplace consultant who helps American workers of all ages find greater professional satisfaction.

Unlike other advisers, O’Donnell is a true “field expert.” She works with both individual clients and corporations, giving her access to emerging workforce trends. A graduate of Tufts University, she has 18+ years of experience, managing, training and coaching people of all ages on a wide variety of career topics.

O’Donnell’s work has been cited in Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, The Boston Globe, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, AOL.com, CareerBuilder.com, BusinessWeek.com, Mashable.com, Yahoo.com and dozens of other national publications.

Her book, CAREEREALISM: The Smart Approach to a Satisfying Career, outlines her highly successful 4-step career-coaching methodology.

In 2007, she joined Dale Dauten to write the career advice column “JT & Dale Talk Jobs,” a nationally syndicated column that appears in more than 130 newspapers, reaching 6+ million households weekly.

In 2008, she launched CAREEREALISM.com, a website designed to provide job seekers with cutting-edge content and tools to help them learn the ‘new rules’ to staying employable. The site has been praised by dozens of organizations, including Careerbuilder.com and BusinessWeek.com, for its timely advice given by more than 35 proven, approved career experts. As a result, CAREEREALISM.com is now ranked as one of the top 10 career blogs in the world out of more than 20,000 sites and has thousands of readers daily.

Seminar Title: Brand You

Speaker Names: Tammy Hildreth, JT O'Donnell

Summary:

Did you ever hear the old saying, ‘Your reputation is your most valuable asset’? Well whether it’s “reputation” or ‘Professional Brand”, the meaning remains true today. Learn how to harness the power of social media, and make it work for you. Take charge of your professional brand today!

Three Takeaways:

1.) Understanding your professional brand and why it’s important

2.) Reviewing the Social Media options

3.) Social Media Do’s and Don’ts

Peggy O’Keefe joined the MicroCredit-NH team in September of 2008. She works with members and partners in the Southern region of the state, covering Claremont to Manchester.

Peggy has a wealth of experience in business development and the non-profit sector. She came to MicroCredit-NH from the Keene Senior Center, where she served as Director. Peggy worked with over 560 members and brought new and innovative programming to seniors in Cheshire County. Under her direction, the Center was the first to implement a computer learning center, which was designed specifically for this population.

For 18 years, Peggy worked for family-owned small businesses, including a marina and video stores. More recently, she was the Disaster Director for the American Red Cross in Leominster, MA and did extensive work in Mississippi with Hurricane Katrina. Peggy has maintained Red Cross volunteer status for 20 years and continues to assist in Disaster Relief nationwide.

Seminar Title: Budgeting For Dummies

Speaker Name(s): Peggy O'Keefe

Summary: Budgets - Budgets - Budgets!!! Why are they so important? How reliable is your budget, and how will that benefit you or your business? Where do you begin? What tools are available to make budgeting easier?

Three Takeaways:

1.) Budgeting Basics to assist you in managing your income and expenses, whether for personal wealth or business growth.

2.) The KIS (Keep It Simple) principle approach to building a template that will aid in decsion-making for any project, event or business plan.

3.) Better money management as the key to keeping more of it in your pocket.

Seminar Title: Change Happens: Finding a Light at the End of the Tunnel

Speaker Name(s): Debra LeClair, Heidi Page

Summary: We all want positive change, but what hapens when things move too fast or go sour? Learn how to rally your resources and find peace of mind when the change hits the fan.

Three Takeaways:

1.) A better understanding of your own reactions to change.

2.) An ability to understand what strengthens you and what trips you up in the process of change.

3.) Personalized strategies for coping, and ideas for thriving.

Seminar Title: Speaking the Language of Money

Speaker Name: Mary McLaughlin

Summary: In order to navigate our way competently and confidently both personally and professionally we need to have a good grasp of the basic language of money and monetary jargon. This dynamic session will debunk complex terms and explain the economic and monetary terms that influence every part of daily life.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Identify the essential monetary terms that play a part in how the economy works.

2.) Understand the language of money, and how to read and interpret personal and business financial statements.

3.) Learn how knowing the language of money can be used to your advantage.

Catherine A. Provencher was sworn in as State Treasurer on January 3, 2007 to begin serving her first two year term. As Treasurer, Catherine is responsible for cash management and investment of more than 0 million daily; banking relationships; debt management (issuance of notes and bonds); and trust fund management.

Ms. Provencher is a certified public accountant who has been employed in New Hampshire State service for the past 24 years. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from Bentley College and a Masters in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.

Before being elected State Treasurer, Ms. Provencher was employed by the New Hampshire Office of Legislative Budget since 1985. She served as the Office’s Director of Audits from 1997 through 2006.

In 2006, Ms. Provencher was awarded the prestigious Caroline Gross Fellowship for Persons Active in New Hampshire Public Service. This Fellowship afforded Ms. Provencher the opportunity to attend Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government Executive Education program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government.

Ms. Provencher serves on the Executive Committee in leadership roles of the National Association of State Treasurers as its Eastern Regional Vice President, and Chair of its Banking, Cash Management and Short Term Investment Committee. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the College Savings Planning Network, an affiliate of the National Association of State Treasurers.

Ms. Provencher is a member in good standing of the American institute of Certified Public Accountants and is actively involved in volunteer work in her hometown of Merrimack, New Hampshire where she lives with her husband and two children.

Seminar Title: A Wakeup Call: Why the Global Economy Matters to You

Speaker Name(s): Cathy Provencher

Summary: Do you really understand the world economic news and how it affects you? Cathy Provencher will focus your attention on what you should know and understand, and how it critically affects your every day life.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Knowing what to look for in the world economic news.

2.) A grasp of the key indicators and trends that affect you.

3.) A clear understanding of actions you can take in response to economic trends.

Seminar Title: Show Me the Money!

Speaker Name(s): Cathy Provencher

Summary: To get ahead in business one needs to understand how to read and interpret financial reports. This session provides an insight into key elements of the various reports, how to interpret them, and what actions they typically lead to.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Understanding the terminology of financial statements.

2.) What to look for in Financial Statements and how to interpret key data.

3.) Action alternatives given certain key financial scenarios.

Seminar Title: Winning Conversations

Speaker Name(s): Judy Ringer

Summary: This interactive session introduces strategies for dealing with tough topics, sharing difficult information, and managing interpersonal conflict. You'll practice mental. behavioral and verbal skills to feel more confident expressing yourself and understanding others.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Learn best practices for holding difficult conversations.

2.) Manage emotional energy for maximum effectiveness.

3.) Find your voice and express yourself calmly while honoring other perspectives.

Louise Rothery’s career has evolved from her first job as an administrative assistant to the role of project manager in the high tech industry. During the past fifteen years of her career, she has focused on law firm marketing and currently works as the executive director of the Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC-Northeast). She is also the editor-in-chief of the monthly publication: Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report, an ALM publication.

Her diverse work experience gave Louise the idea for her recent book, Lest We Forget: A Salute To The Women Who Entered Corporate America Without A Road Map. Realizing that the struggles of her generation of women as they started their careers were gradually being forgotten, Louise spent months interviewing women, asking them for their career stories. This large amount of material was condensed into 50 delightfully illustrated pages that truly tell the tale of a remarkable generation of businesswomen.

The interest from her book, Lest we Forget: A Salute to Women Who Entered Corporate America Without a Road Map, has created a groundswell of support for women of all ages. It has led to a presentation to the Deloitte Women’s Initiative, and upcoming presentations with Eastern Bank, Edwards Angell Palmer and Dodge, and the New Hampshire Women’s Leadership Summit. It has been the catalyst to develop other “how to” books for women.

Louise majored in Fine Arts at Clark University/Worcester Art Museum School, and also has a Certificate in Marketing and Public Relations from Emerson College. In addition to Lest We Forget, she provided the illustrations for “It Takes Balls To Stay In Business”, by Silvia Coulter.

Seminar Title: The Glass Ceiling: A Retrospective from 1970 to 2010

Speaker Name: Louise Rothery

Summary: This presentation reviews the accomplishments of the baby boomer women who cracked the glass ceiling in the '70s and '80s, and then looks at today, where women are losing ground and some of the rights they fought so hard for.

Three Takeaways:

1.) A primer on the women's movement. The women's movement of the '70s and '80s is probably the least acknowledged social movement of all time, although it produced enormous results. Yet young women today are barely aware of this, or the fact that they owe many of their current freedoms and opportunitites to the baby boomer women.

2.) We are not where we should be. Despite the enormous advances women have made in corporate America. progress has stalled. While women make up half the workforce, most are in lesser paying jobs, and women at the very top of the ladder are still a small percentage. We are now graduating in greater numbers from college and graduate school than men, but need to address this "flat" trend.

3.) A call to action. The boomer women are now beginning to retire. The changes in corporate America have only just begun; it's still the single-minded workaholic who reaps the rewards. It is now time for the younger generations to take up the cause and continue to push for creation of new work structures that work with procreation and family responsibilitie.

Business Accelerator, KERRI SALLS, President of Breakthrough Enterprise, LLC, works with solo-professional achievers: entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, consultants and solo professionals, providing proven systems, structure and strategies to grow and thrive in any economy.

Kerri Salls is a 30 year veteran of corporate and startup technology companies. A results-focused strategist, Kerri helps clients work on their business, not just in their business, by implementing a foundation of key strategies. Her credibility as a business accelerator comes through because of first-hand experience building multiple successful, thriving, solo companies. After 10 years in corporate America, Kerri started her first consulting company DocTech. After 11 years running DocTech, Kerri recognized that most consultants and solopreneurs naturally create a J-O-B for themselves, rather than a company.

Since 1999, Kerri has worked exclusively with consultants and solopreneurs around the globe who are ready to launch their ultimate dream business. She has helped hundreds of clients thrive and grow to triple profits with her proven strategies and systems.

Kerri offers personalized mentoring programs; easy to follow systems; and proven, profit-generating tools that cause her clients to propel their business forward, delivering more clients, control and profits in less time.

In 2009, Kerri launched a product version of her client advisory services called the Solopreneur Blueprint http://www.solopreneur-blueprint.com, a 90 day program of step-by-step assignments to start, setup, and launch your own solo business/practice. She offers three free reports:

You Too Can Build a Business That Makes You Money as a Consultant or Solopreneur

100 Tips for Solopreneurs & Consultants To Survive and Grow In a Recession

Plan Time to Plan.

Kerri conducts an annual three-day retreat/workshop, Solo Success Retreat in September to help solo professionals regroup and plan the next 18 months of your business. It attracts solo-achievers interested in developing a plan to achieve long-term goals.

In April 2010, Kerri will introduce a new hands-on 3-day retreat/workshop to help solopreneurs develop and expand marketing strategies and tactics tailored to a solo business.

Since 2005, Kerri has published Breakthrough Success, an award-winning newsletter providing tips, tools and ideas you can use now to launch and thrive in your solo business and has distributed over 150 articles on the internet. She offers numerous workshops and teleseminars.

She sits on the Board of Directors for the Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce. She is co-founder of the Women's Economic Summit (April 2009, October 2010). She is a co-founder of C5 English Services, Inc. www.c5english.com

She received a B.A. in French Literature from Bates College and an MBA in Operations Management and International Marketing from Boston University.

Kerri is an adventurer at heart. She started her career in the Peace Corps in West Africa (TEFL teacher) and spends her free time pursuing snow and water sports, and international travel.

Seminar Title: Making the Financial Case

Speaker Name(s): Kerri Salls

Summary: Even if you are not a numbers person, it is essential to master the financial statements which validate your business plan, and align them with your marketing plan. Here's a step-by-step process to make the financial case for your business and make it stick.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Learn how to derive a core budget for your business that will cover and control expenses - whether you are just starting out or you have been in business for years.

2.) Understand how to build a cash flow statement and a Profit and Loss statement to track against the budget. Learn to develop a Financial Forecast based on 'what if' scenarios to save you time, money, mistakes, and risk in your business.

3.) Learn what financials are essential in an Executive Summary, as well as where, when, and how to provide financial backup.

Cathleen A. Schmidt is President, Citizens Bank, New Hampshire and Vermont. Citizens Bank is a division of RBS Citizens, N.A., which is a subsidiary of Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Schmidt assumed this role in January 2006, bringing more than 25 years of banking experience. She also is a member of CFG’s Executive Leadership Council, the company’s senior leadership team.

Schmidt joined CFG in July 2002 as Executive Vice President and Retail Banking Director in Massachusetts. Before joining CFG, she was a regional manager at M&T Bank in Rochester, N.Y. She joined M&T in 1995 as a branch administrator in Ithaca, and subsequently served as sales training manager and area manager in Buffalo.

Prior to joining M&T Bank, Schmidt was senior vice president for Retail Banking at Old Stone Bank in Providence, R.I., where she provided administrative support for its network of about 35 branches. At Old Stone, Schmidt focused on operational procedures, product development, automated services, training, security, telemarketing and staffing.

An active member of the community, Schmidt serves on the boards of directors of the New Hampshire Business and Industry Association (Chair), the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Heritage United Way (Vice Chair), the Manchester Economic Development Corporation, the New Hampshire Political Library and the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts (Chair). Cathy also serves on the Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and the Board of Overseers for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Schmidt is a graduate of Boston College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and psychology. In her spare time, she enjoys skiing, reading and spending time with her family.

Seminar Title: The Mentor Relationship

Speaker Name(s): Cathy Schmidt

Summary: Mentoring is a critical ingredient of many women's success stories. Mentoring and being mentored require commitment, thoughtfulness, and competence from both sides of the mentoring relationship. Cathy Schmidt, renowned for her mentoring expertise at both the individual and organizational levels, will share insights and advice in this interactive seminar.

Three Takeaways:

1.) The role of mentoring in advancing leadership capacity at both the personal and organizational levels.

2.) The role and responsibilities of the mentor.

3.) The role and responsibilities of the mentee.

Dawn Sime holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology. She has 18-plus years of vast experience in human resource management. An experienced trainer and instructor Dawn is a full-time adjunct professor at Southern New Hampshire University, Department of Organizational Leadership and Continuing Education Professional Studies. Areas of instruction expertise include Organizational Leadership & Ethics, Human Behavior in Organizations, Group Dynamics and Conflict Management. Her profession is that of a Professional Coach in strategic career development and job sustainability. www.mylifecompasscoach.com

Dawn is a Director with the New Hampshire Women’s Education Institute. She is also on the steering committee for the 2010 Women’s Leadership Summit. She has served as facilitator of the SNHU Ethics Boot Camp and SNHU Student Advisor for the 2007 Eller Ethics Case Competition, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Her professional affiliations include Center for Creative Leadership, Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), National Career Development Association (NCDA), Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and International Coaching Academy.

Seminar Title: Skills that Make Women Better Leaders

Speaker Name: Dawn Sime, Ph.D.

Summary: The foundation of leadership is built on strong skills. They are: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Career Management, Building Leader Competencies, Behaviors and Relationships. You will learn some of the basic fundamentals in developing leadership skills.

Three Takeaways:

1) Primary skills needed for strong leadership and how you can hone yours

2) How to evaluate your own leadership skills and identify those areas that need development

3) The potential for future women leaders and how to be sure you are one of them

Judy Thomson is a co-author of WORK THE POND! She is also a chartered accountant, business consultant and speaker who has held executive positions in human resources and administration with global companies in Canada and Asia. She was also part of the start-up management team of the world-famous Rocky Mountaineer Railtours. In addition to her role as chief operating officer of Shepa Learning Company, Judy is vice-chair of The Vancouver Board of Trade’s Women’s Leadership Circle® advisory council, sits on the board of directors of the BC Women’s Enterprise Centre and is a director of a publicly-traded mining exploration company.

We’ve witnessed a new phenomenon: attendees who used to mingle at breaks now get on their cell phones and BlackBerries, instead of connecting with other attendees. Break that cycle by making Leap Start!™ your conference opener. It creates a powerful permission to network atmosphere, and will change the dynamic of your conference, regional or national meeting—guaranteed.

Summary: Research shows that men make networking a higher priority than women do, and a typical male executive has a network many times the size of a woman at the same level. Join networking experts, Gayle and Judy, co-authors of Work The Pond!, for this workshop on developing a strategy to build your personal brand, and sure-fire tactics to become a connected leader.

Three Takeaways:

1.) Assess your own network, particularly your strategic network. Learn ways to build your network, how often you need to do it, and best places.

2.) Tell us your networking challenges. We'll give you solutions that work.

3.) Networking is an essential skill of all leaders, so how do you make it a priority? Goal setting.

Deb possesses an acute intuitive people sense with an unwavering commitment to and outstanding track record in improving the performance of people at all levels and functions and organizations across industries.

Deb Titus joined the training and development industry as a trainer with Dale Carnegie in 1984. She is an accomplished Organizational Development consultant, facilitator and trainer who addresses the six following areas:

• Leadership Effectiveness | Team member Engagement | Sales Effectiveness
• Customer Service | Presentation Effectiveness | Process Improvement

Through Human Capital Solutions, LLC, she delivers a comprehensive line of Dale Carnegie services that suit businesses of all sizes. Many people think of Dale Carnegie as a public speaking service – our work goes far beyond that to assist our clients in achieving and sustaining their respective competitive edge. To help with the above 6 areas, Dale Carnegie’s clients seek us out for support in :

• Competency model development | Online competency assessments | Hiring & Selection
• Succession planning | Performance management | Business growth strategies

Originally from New York, she has lived in NH since 1986 with her husband, Scott. They are proud parents to Geoff, 21 and Sarah, 19. They recently moved to a small farm in Auburn, NH and have three other family members: their dog and two horses.

Professional Time Line:

2006 to Present: Managing Director / Organizational Development Consultant/Certified Trainer.

Dale Carnegie – NH within the Waltham MA Franchise. Recognized among the "Top 75 Results Achieving Trainers – Worldwide" Her team received top 3 worldwide for meeting client expectations.

2004 to 2006: Dale Carnegie, Waltham, MA Organizational Development Consultant/Certified Trainer.

1999 to Present: Co-founder/Managing Partner of Human Capital Solutions, LLC – Markets and Delivers Dale Carnegie services in NH.

2003-2004: Guest on New Hampshire’s WMUR TV’s NH Business Perspectives.

2003-2004: Weekly Talk Radio Guest with "Mike and Moe in the Morning" – Focus on workplace culture, organizational development, leadership and Performance Excellence of Human Capital

2002 – 2003: Researched, developed and validated Intrapreneurial Competency Model

2000-2001: Co-founder/VP of Business Development of Human Capital e-Solutions, Inc. Web-based software for Competency Assessments and Performance Management.

1992-1999: Founder and President of Dynamic Training & Development

1998: Created on-line Results-Oriented Performance Planning and Management Toolkit

1995: Business Woman of The Year by the American Business Women’s Association

1995: Masters Degree in Organizational Development from Antioch New England Graduate School

1994: Created The Internal Service Initiative and Toolkit – customized and utilized by diverse clientele

1994: Career Counselor and Myers Briggs Type Indicator Practitioner from Type Resources.

1993: Certified Senior Trainer from American Society for Training & Development

1986: Trainer Excellence Award

1983 to 1991: Area Manager/Trainer/Consultant Dale Carnegie Training (communication, sales, management, presentation, customer service, employee development)

1982 to 1983: Broadcast/DJ and Sales for Big Band Radio Station WWIW-am, New Orleans, LA

1982: Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism and Marketing from Boston University

Deb make time to deliver many extra services to young professional networks, unemployed groups and women’s groups and is active with The Greater Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth, Androscoggin Valley and Mt. Washington Valley Chambers of Commerce. She is a Board Member of Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce. In addition, she is a member of Southern NH Women’s Business Network and Queen City Rotary.

Seminar Title: Personal Leadership: Inspire, Engage, and Influence

Speaker Name: Deb Titus

Summary: While we live in an ever changing environment (and we always will), the degree to which we engage, inspire and influence will impact our effectiveness in maximizing the outcomes that change presents.

Deb Titus will present a few cases on how these three competencies made a difference for three women in three different scenarios. She will then share with you how they are creating sustainable energy to keep things moving in the right direction.

Four Takeaways:

1.) The importance of defining yourself as inspiring and knowing the indicators that tell you this is true.

2.) Learn points of engagement that connect people to you and your cause, mission, and vision.

3.) Hear how follower-ship can give those ‘followers’ a sense of empowerment.

4.) Identify needs for you to influence and the outcomes that you can bring about(L4.) Personal Leadership: Inspire, Engage and Influence