Program
| Friday-19 March |
| 1:00 pm - until |
Registration & Office
Registration 2 |
| 5:30 - 7:30 pm |
Reception
Welcome:
William B. Harrison, Jr., Director, Region 3
IEEE President Elect Candidate Statements
Garden Courtyard
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| 7:30 - 8:30 pm |
PACE Training
Don Hill, Chair, Professional Activities Committee
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| 8:30 - 10:30 pm |
Region 1 Breakout, Donald C. Herres, Acting
PACE
Coord Georgia 2
Region 2 Breakout, Parviz Famouri, PACE
Coord
Georgia 3
Region 3 Breakout, George McClure, PACE Coord
Georgia 4
Region 4 Breakout, Tarek Lahdhiri, PACE
Coord
Georgia 5
Region 5 Breakout, David J. Pierce, PACE
Coord
Georgia 6
Region 6 Breakout, Winnfort J. Myles, PACE
Coord
Georgia 7
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| Saturday-20
March |
| 6:30 - 7:45 am |
Continental Breakfast
Garden Courtyard |
| 8:00 - 8:45 am |
Welcome, John W. Steadman, President,
IEEE-USA
Panel Discussion: Meet the IEEE-USA Vice Presidents
Gregg L. Vaughn, Career Activities
Gary L. Blank, Member Activities
Loretta J. Arellano, Professional Activities
Russell Lefevre, Technology Policy Activities
Capitol North |
| 8:45 - 9:45 am |
Keynote Speaker
Every Leader's Top Ten
Peggy Hutcheson, CEO & President, Odyssey Group Inc.
Capitol North |
| 9:45 - 10:05 am |
Coffee Break |
| 10:05 - 11:00 am |
PROGRAM A
Government Relations
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PROGRAM B
Employment & Career Services
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PROGRAM C
Internal/External Communications
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IEEE-USA's FY 2004 Grassroots Legislative Priorities
Ron Hira
Chair, Career & Workforce Policy Committee
Russ Lefevre
Vice President
Technology Policy
Georgia 2
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What Can IEEE-USA Do to Help Me Find or Retain My Job
Jean Eason
Chair, Employment & Career Services Committee
Georgia 3
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IEEE-USA Communications & Successful Local Media Coverage
William Conrad,
Member, Central Indiana Section &
Chris McManes
IEEE-USA Staff
Georgia 4 |
| 11:05- Noon |
PROGRAM A
Government Relations
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PROGRAM B
Employment & Career Services
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PROGRAM C
Internal/External Communications
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IEEE-USA's FY 2004 Grassroots Legislative Priorities
Ron Hira
Chair, Career & Workforce Policy Committee
Russ Lefevre
Vice President
Technology Policy
Georgia 2
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What Can IEEE-USA Do to Help Me Find or Retain My Job
Jean Eason
Chair, Employment & Career Services Committee
Georgia 3
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IEEE-USA Communications & Successful Local Media Coverage
William Conrad,
Member, Central Indiana Section &
Chris McManes
IEEE-USA Staff
Georgia 4 |
| Noon - 1:15 pm |
Lunch
IEEE-USA Presidential Elect Candidate Statements
Garden Courtyard |
| 1:15 - 2:10 pm |
PROGRAM A
Government Relations
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PROGRAM B
Employment & Career Services
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PROGRAM C
Internal/External Communications
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IEEE-USA's FY 2004 Grassroots Legislative Priorities
Ron Hira
Chair, Career & Workforce Policy Committee
Russ Lefevre
Vice President
Technology Policy
Georgia 2
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What Can IEEE-USA Do to Help Me Find or Retain My Job
Jean Eason
Chair, Employment & Career Services Committee
Georgia 3
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IEEE-USA Communications & Successful Local Media Coverage
William Conrad,
Member, Central Indiana Section &
Chris McManes
IEEE-USA Staff
Georgia 4
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| 2:15 - 3:45 pm |
Workshop A1
Employment & Careers
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Workshop B1
Government Relations
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Workshop C1
Local
Programs
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Workshop D1
Leadership Skills
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Learn How to Create a Powerful Employment Assistance Program
Within Your Region: A Region 3 Case Study
Lee Stogner
Region 3 Engineering Management Society
Unemployed Member
Support in Region 3
George McClure
Region 3, PACE Coordinator
Georgia 3
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Grassroots Advocacy 101
Russ Harrison, &
Chris Brantley IEEE-USA Staff
Georgia 8
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The Nuts & Bolts of Starting Your Own Consultants' Network
Gary Blank
Vice President
Member Activities
Georgia 2
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Performance Leadership for Individuals
Nigel Bristow
CEO & President
Targeted Learning
Georgia 4
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| 3:45 - 4:00 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 4:00 - 5:30 pm |
Workshop A2
Employment & Careers
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Workshop B2
Government Relations
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Workshop C2
Local
Programs
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Workshop D2
Leadership Skills
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Learn to Run Workshops that Will Provide Employment & Career
Strategies to Your Local Members Skills: Networking
Resume, Writing & Interviewing Skills
Jean Eason,
Chair
Employment & Career Services Committee
Georgia 3
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Grassroots Advocacy 101
Russ Harrison, &
Chris Brantley IEEE-USA Staff
Georgia 8
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Professional Awareness Conferences
Learn How to Run an SPAC/MPAC in Your Local Section/Chapter
Jim Leonard, 2003 IEEE-USA President &
Narrator: Bob Menzel
Al Rosa, Joe Lillie
MPAC's
Lou Lovas
SPAC's
Georgia 2 |
Development of Leadership Skills
Charles Rubensetin
IEEE-USA PACE Divisional/Society Represnetative
Project Management for Section/Chapters & PACE Activities
Tarek Lahdhiri
Region 4 PACE Coordinator & Region 4 Rep
Employment & Career Services Committee
Georgia 4
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| 7:00 - 10:00 pm |
Awards Banquet, Ceremony
& Afterglow Reception
Capitol North & Center |
| Sunday-21 March |
| 6:30 - 8:00 am |
Continental
Breakfast
Garden Courtyard |
| 8:00 - 9:00 am |
Breakouts to provide
recommendations
Region 1 Breakout, Donald C. Herres, Acting PACE
Coord Atlanta
1
Region 2 Breakout, Parviz Famouri, PACE
Coord
Atlanta 2
Region 3 Breakout, George McClure,
PACE Coord
Atlanta 3
Region 4 Breakout, Tarek Lahdhiri, PACE
Coord
Atlanta 4
Region 5 Breakout, David J. Pierce, PACE
Coord
Atlanta 5
Region 6 Breakout, Winnfort J. Myles, PACE
Coord
Savannah 1
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| 9:00 - 9:45 am |
Wrap-Up
Recommendations
John W. Steadman, President, IEEE-USA
Capitol North |
| 10:00 - Noon |
GOLD Meeting
(Graduates of the Last Decade)
Conference Room 125 |
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PROGRAM / WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION |
MEET THE VICE PRESIDENTS
Gregg L. Vaughn, Career Activities
Gary L. Blank, Member Activities
Loretta J. Arellano, Professional Activities
Russell Lefevre, Technology Policy Activities
Hear about IEEE-USA's products, services, programs and public
policy activities that will enhance you and your local members
careers and professional development. You will also have
the opportunity to pose questions to the Vice Presidents.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Peggy
Hutcheson, CEO & President, Odyssey Group Inc
Every Leader's Top Ten: Learn about the
elements that leaders need to pay attention to including:
motivating volunteers, managing their own career and supporting
career development for those in their section/chapter,
delegating for development and much more.
Peggy Hutcheson, PhD., CEO & President, The Odyssey
Group Inc. is know for her creativity and leadership in
consulting, career development, and training. Peggy is
skilled in helping organizations develop strategically-aligned
human resource systems and processes. She has worked with
organizations of all sizes and in all sectors to design and
implement programs that make a difference in improving the
capability of the organization's workforce and in positioning
the organization for success in the future. Peggy has
served as an IEEE-USA volunteer leader for over 10 years.
She has served as Chair of the IEEE-USA Careers Conference and
as a committee member of both the IEEE-USA Career Maintenance
& Development and the Employment & Career Services
Committees.
PROGRAMS
Program A: IEEE-USA's FY 2004 Grassroots Legislative
Priorities
Ron Hira, Chair, Career & Workforce Policy Committee
Ron Hira will be presenting on H-1b/L-1 Visas and Offshoring
Russ Lefevre will be presenting on Research & Development
(Repeated: 10:05 - 11:00 am, 11:05 am - Noon, &
1:15 - 2:10 pm)
This program will be repeated three times so that all
participants will have the opportunity to receive a legislative
briefing and will include a Q&A session on IEEE-USA's
grassroots priorities for 2004. Each participant will
receive a take-away pack of action alerts on the priority
issues, as well as a PowerPoint presentation (with speaker's
notes) that can be used to highlight IEEE-USA's grassroots
priorities and program in a section PACE presentation.
Program B: What Can IEEE-USA Do to Help Me Find and
Retain my Job - Jean Eason,
Employment & Career Services Chair (Repeated: 10:05
- 11:00 am,
11:05 am - Noon, & 1:15 - 2:10 pm)
This program will be repeated three times so that all
participants will have the opportunity to learn how you can
provide your local members with the resources, tools and
strategies for finding a job and maintaining their careers.
Program C: IEEE-USA Communications and Successful Local
Media Coverage -
William Conrad, Member, Central Indiana Section
Chris McManes, IEEE-USA, Senior Marketing Communications &
PR Coordinator
(Repeated: 10:05 - 11:00 am, 11:05 am - Noon, &
1:15 - 2:10 pm)
This program will be repeated three times so that all
participants will have the opportunity to learn about the
variety of IEEE-USA communications vehicles. Through these
vehicles the participant will be better prepared to inform their
local members of the vast array of employment, career and public
policy activities that are taking place on behalf of IEEE's U.S.
members. The second part of this program will be devoted
to highlighting best practices for local IEEE unit media
interaction.
WORKSHOPS
TRACK A: Employment & Career Strategies
Workshop A1: Learn How to Create a Powerful Employment
Assistance Program
Within Your Region: A Case Study - Lee Stogner &
George McClure
(2:15 -
3:45 pm)
Hear from Lee Stogner, one of the IEEE member's who spearheaded this project
in Region 3. Learn the nuts and bolts of starting your own
Employment Assistance Program.
George McClure will discuss the unemployed member support in
Region 3
Workshop A2: Learn to Run Workshops that Will Provide
Employment & Career
Strategies to Your Local Members Skills: Networking,
Resume, Writing
& Interviewing Skills - Jean Eason & Gary Johnson
(4:00 - 5:30 pm)
TRACK B: GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Workshop B1 & B2: Advocacy 101 - Facilitators:
Russ Harrison, Legislative Representative,
Grassroots Activities & Chris Brantley, Director, Government
Relations, IEEE-USA
(2:15 - 3:45 pm, repeated once from 4:00 - 5:30 pm)
An interactive tutorial on writing effective advocacy letters to
Congress and holding an effective meeting with your elected
representatives. Participants will practice acquired
skills in role-playing exercises. Session will include an
overview of related IEEE-USA government relations
programs. Training and materials will enable interested
participants to give similar training as a local PACE activity.
TRACK C: LOCAL PROGRAMS (LOCAL CONSULTANTS'
NETWORK,
MPAC AND SPAC)
Workshop C1: The Nuts & Bolts of Starting Your Own
Local Consultants Network -
Gary Blank, IEEE-USA Vice President, Member Activities (2:15
- 3:45 pm)
Learn how to establish your own local consultants'
network. Join the 31 other networks throughout the U.S.
while assisting your members who are consultants or would like
to be consultants.
Workshop C2: Professional Awareness Conferences -
Jim Leonard, 2003 IEEE-USA
President; Lou Lovas, Chair, IEEE-USA Student Professional
Activities
Committee (SPAC); Narrator: Bob Menzel, Skit: Al Rosa & Joe
Lillie
(4:00 - 5:30 pm)
Learn how to conduct a Member Professional Awareness Conference
(MPAC) and Student Professional Awareness Conference (SPAC),
apply for grants, locate speakers and topics. You will
leave this workshop prepared to run your own MPAC in your local
section/chapter.
TRACK D: LEADERSHIP SKILLS & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Workshop D1: Performance Leadership for
Individuals: Leveraging Your Strengths -
Nigel Bristow, CEO & President, Targeted Learning (2:15 -
3:45 pm)
Hear from one of the nations foremost experts on the development
and utilization of knowledge workers. This workshop is
geared to help people understand how they can use their
self-knowledge to maximize their personal job satisfaction and
performance. Participants will learn how to accelerate
their learning and expand their contributions to the success of
the organization. You will be able to apply these skills
at your job as well as within your IEEE activities.
Workshop D2: Development of Leadership Skills &
Project Management for
Sections/Chapters & PACE Activities - Charles Rubenstein
& Tarek
Lahdhiri (4:00 - 5:30 pm)
The first half of this workshop will introduce participants to
interpersonal, group, team and leadership skills. The
format for the workshop is through interactive participation,
using several exercises and case studies. The skills
developed are appropriate for application in management or
leadership positions in various types of organizations including
business, industry or volunteer activities.
The second half of this workshop is for everybody who wants to
use Project Management to accomplish, in IEEE, at work, home, or
in the community. You learn basic project management
techniques, and how to apply them in real life! This
workshop is highly interactive with several exercises.
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