The March professional development meeting on personal finance was a big success. A big thank you to Robert Morris and Chris Trumble from Morgan Stanley for their informative presentation. Cassie Schroeder was the lucky winner of the Coach purse!
About the event: This interactive session will provide you tools to enhance your awareness during times when severe weather is expected and to enhance the probability of your personal safety when severe weather is ongoing. The presentation also will cover mobile weather apps and practices at home and work to keep you safe during severe weather.
About the speaker:
Suzanne has served as the Meteorologist in Charge at National Weather Service (NWS) Wichita since April 2012. She has been a professional meteorologist for over twenty-five years. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma.
Presenters: Robert Morris and Chris Trumble from Morgan Stanley
Topic: Personal Finance and Wealth Management
When: Thursday, March 28th from 5:30PM – 7:00PM
Where: Office Park Plaza (4601 E Douglas Ave)
Cost: Free for SWE members, $10 for non-members
Details: Wine and hors d’oeuvres provided. Bring you SWE event card to enter for a chance to win a COACH purse*! Bring a non-SWE member friend and increase your chances of winning!
*Must be present and a current SWE member to be eligible to win. As a SWE member, if you don’t yet have a SWE event card, one will be provided to you at the event. Visit SWE.org to find out more about the benefits SWE membership and WichitaSWE.org to find out more about our section. For more information about the SWE event card, click here. No cash value except where prohibited, then the cash value is 1/100 cent.
For our final professional development event of 2012, Jena Lysen, HR VP for Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, L.C. delivered an engaging and fun presentation on the ever-changing role of women in the workplace and society with special emphasis on the difficulty women experience in the workplace with communication.
Look out for a new professional development series in 2013!
Our second professional development event of the year had a great turnout including 6 SWE professional members and 4 non-members in attendance. Shamus Donlon from Realization delivered an innovative talk about the inefficiencies of multitasking, and how to apply better strategies for prioritizing and getting our work done.
Multitasking: Killer of Speed and Productivity
Projects are the lifeblood of growth and development, and the industry spends six trillion dollars
on projects every year. It is therefore unfortunate that most projects are late, and over budget.
Multitasking used to be considered efficient. Simultaneously talking on the phone, dashing off
emails and directing subordinates were viewed as the ultimate in productivity. Recent research,
however, shows that multitasking is actually the #1 killer of speed and efficiency in projects.
We will explore the effects of multitasking on resources, managers and organizations as a whole
and discuss ways to reduce multitasking to complete projects 20-50% faster.
About the speaker: Shamus Donlon is an Strategic Services Director for Realization Technologies, Inc. He has a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and Management Science from the University of California Berkeley. He has experience in managing and improving execution for several multi-billion dollar organizations and is a specialist in MRO and Engineering Project Execution Management. Shamus has managed engineering productivity improvement projects for numerous organizations including the world’s largest supplier of commercial airplane assemblies and components, as well as implemented Realization solution for several US government MRO sites across both the US Army and USAF.
SWE Professional Members: $10 SWE Collegiate Members: $5 Non-members: $15 (Boxed dinner included)
Creating Successful Women
This presentation will cover the ever-changing role of women in the workplace and society. Special emphasis will be placed on the difficulty women experience in the workplace with communication and as managers. Focus will be on the managerial tools women may use to be more effective leader in organizations and in their careers.
Timeline
5:30 – 5:45 – Social time with dinner and drinks (included)
5:45 – 5:55 – Ice Breaker
5:55 – 6:00 – Chapter business & Intro of Speaker
6:00 – 7:00 – Presentation by Jena Lysen
Parking Park in the garage on Second Street in the visitor section. Enter the building from the garage, and then take the elevator to the 3rd floor.
About the speaker Ms. Jena Lysen leads human resources (HR) at Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, L.C. In her position, she directs recruiting, HR compliance, performance evaluations, leadership development, change management, recognition and training programs, management coaching and special projects.
Ms. Lysen holds a Master’s in Business Administration, a Master’s in Sociology and a Bachelor’s in Education from Wichita State University. She is also certified in Six Sigma, an accredited Achieve Global instructor and has earned her Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification. Ms. Lysen is currently
2011 president of the Wichita Society for Human Resource Management and has been a member of the Wichita SHRM board of directors since 2003.
During the course of her career, she has served as an organizational development consultant for Right Management Consultants, Raytheon Aircraft and Wesley Medical Center. She has also been an instructor with Wichita State University’s Center for Management Development as well as throughout the aviation industry. She is currently a faculty member with Webster University and Newman University and teaches in the Human Resource Management Development master’s programs and both universities’ MBA programs.
Ms. Lysen is a frequent speaker for trade organizations and affiliated conferences as well as several different accounting organizations in the Wichita area. In 2001, she was a national speaker for the Women in Aviation and Kansas Association of Counties conferences. Ms. Lysen is committed to serving the community and is active in a number of civic organizations throughout the region.
Ever been in a meeting where you could cut the tension with a knife? Ever had a conversation with a friend or loved person and knew they were lying when they said they were “fine”? Ever found yourself unmotivated or in the downward spiral of a gloomy mood? Just want to know how to improve your relationships overall? Come hear guest speaker Travis Lane deliver a high-energy session on improving your emotional intelligence! This workshop will give practical advice for personal mastery and tips on how to translate it into professional advancement and ownership. Whether you’re just needing some personal motivation or want to learn how to own your business interactions, this will have something of value for you!
The Professional Development Kick-off event is Thursday, August 16th at 6pm. This meeting will be a candid round table discussion on professional development where we’ll self-assess our careers, set long term goals, and start developing our action steps.
2012 Society of Women Engineers Wichita Area Section I05 PO Box 1096 Wichita, KS 67201 E-mail: Wichita@swe.org
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