UK Women’s Forum Annual Conference
HEAR ME ROAR!
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
8:00-9:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION and BREAKFAST
UK Student Center Grand Ballroom
9:00-10:15 a.m.
KEYNOTE SESSION
Grace Gorrell, Lead With Grace
Grace specializes in leadership development and has a great passion for helping people discover how their talents and leadership skills
can make them more successful professionally and personally.
LEARNING TRACKS:
I Am Woman—At Home
10:30-11:45 a.m.
12:00-1:30 p.m.
I Am Woman—Take Time for Me!
Budget SMART
Megin Morgan, UK Federal Credit Union
Healthy is the New Skinny!
Andrea Hudson, Zija
Learn the basics of budgeting and how to
set up a smart spending plan. We’ll also
discuss ways you can make your dollar go
further and still enjoy the things you like to
do…even on a budget.
Get real answers to your nutrition
questions!
LUNCH
UK Student Center Grand Ballroom
Fashion Show
Resource Fair
So, what will 100% real whole nutrition do
for my body?
Can the foods I eat make me physically
sick?
So I thought I was eating healthy?
As a busy woman, how can whole nutrition
give me more energy?
So what do I eat? And what foods should I
stay away from?
So how do I really need to read labels?
I Am Woman—At Work!
Ten Leadership Principles or How I Try to
Avoid Regrets
Angie Martin, UK Vice President for Financial
Operations and Treasurer
Angie Martin will speak about the life lessons
she learned after college.
1:45-3:00 p.m.
3:15-4:30 p.m.
What's Love Got To Do With It? Raising
Girls with Compassion and Courage.
Michelle Hollingshead, Imprint Coaching
and Consulting and Axialent
Lisa G. Williams, Executive Director for the
UK Institute for Workplace Innovation
(UKWorkLife)
Research indicates that compassionate
leaders are the most effective at cultivating
happy, engaged employees who are highly
productive and help boost the bottom line.
In this session, learn how to encourage
today’s girls to be compassionate and
courageous, so they lean in to their true
selves and become the leaders
of tomorrow. And, yes, love (and trust) has
a lot to do with it!
Dress for Success
Melia Hord
Quieting the Mind: Hear Me Roar.
A Paradox?
Carrie Davidson, UK Health and Wellness
Give a Mighty Roar: Scare Away Stage
Fright!
Debra Graham, UK Training and Development
Using meditation, yoga, and the mind/body
connection to manage life. Learn the
benefits of these and other mindful tools to
become the most resilient version of
yourself. We roar, not because we are
women, but because we are strong,
healthy, confident, patient, kind…
It is said that people fear public speaking
more than they fear death! Fortunately,
learning to speak effectively and confidently
in front of an audience is a skill like any other
skill. During this workshop, you will learn
how to:
• Understand the real causes of stage fright
• Find Techniques for reducing your anxiety
• Control the physical symptoms of stress
Staying Safe in the Jungle: Keep Those
Claws Sharp!
Bob Pearl, UK Police Department
Smart Social Media: Building & Marketing a
Strong Personal Brand Online
Christopher Rice
Officer Bob Pearl will provide real life
techniques everyone can use to stay alert
and safe on campus and in the jungle we
call life!
In this session, Dr. Christopher S. Rice (CELT,
Political Science) will discuss how to use
social media platforms like Twitter, Pinterest,
Instagram, LinkedIn, Tumblr and more to
build a strong personal brand online. Learn
the importance of developing a professional
online persona that leverages your
personality, skills and experience to grow
your professional network, showcase your
work, get noticed by potential employers or
add increased value to your current employer
or organization. Dr. Rice will share his tips
and tricks for building a consistent and
powerful presence across social media
platforms and how to get these services
working together to your advantage.