3rd Annual YOUNG LEADERS CONFERENCE AGENDA

 

Thursday, May 6, 2010 ~ Embassy Suites / Charleston, WV

 

To register click here: https://www.statejournal.com/ticketsGWV.cfm

 

Our thanks to presenting sponsor

BrickStreet Insurance

 

Additional Sponsors

Session Sponsors:                 Dixon Hughes and Steptoe & Johnson

Friend Sponsors:                   Chesapeake Energy, WVU College of Business & Economics, Fifth Third Bank, First Community
Bank, and Verizon Wireless

Non-Profit Sponsors:            Leadership WV

 

Time

Session

Presenter(s)/Speaker(s)

8:00-9:00am

Registration and breakfast*

*Embassy Suites breakfast buffet is provided free of charge for overnight guests. Conference attendees not staying at the hotel are welcome to enjoy the buffet at a cost of $10 per person.

 

9:00-9:15am

Welcome

Paul Daugherty

Chairman, Generation West Virginia

 

9:15-10:30am

Featured Speaker

 

You 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success

Dan Schawbel

 

Introduced by Emily Bennington, Co-Chair, Generation West Virginia Young Leaders Conference

 

10:45-11:45am

Breakout Session #1

What Would You Ask Dan Schawbel?: A Roundtable Discussion

 

Moderator: Julie Hewett, Owner, JulNet Solutions, LLC

 

 

Breakout Session #2

You in Public Office?: How to Run a Winning Campaign

Senator Richard Browning

 

Introduced by Amanda Pasdon, Director of Business Development, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

 

 

Breakout Session #3

Sponsored by Dixon Hughes, PLLC

How You Can Become a Better Leader: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

 

Bob Welty, President, 5/3 Bank

Introduced by Rick Slater, Managing Member, Dixon Hughes

 

12:00-12:45pm

Lunch

 

12:45-1:30pm

Lunch Keynote

Introduced by Lucy Allara, Community Service Committee Chair, BrickStreet Mutual Insurance

 

1:45-2:45pm

Breakout #1

How You Can Grow a Young Talent Group in Your Region: Best Practices from Around the State

Moderator: Paul Daugherty

Chairman, Generation West Virginia

 

-          Rob Rosano, Generation Charleston 

-          Parween Mascari, Generation Morgantown

-          R.B Seem, Young Professionals of the Eastern Panhandle (YPEP), (Martinsburg)

-          Tim McKeen, OV Connect (Parkersburg)

Elizabeth Ayers, Young Professionals Committee (Huntington)

 

Breakout #2

How You Can Get the Etiquette Edge in Business

 

Joyce Heames, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Industrial Relations, West Virginia University 

 

Introduced by Martina Bison-Huckaby

Co-Chair, Generation West Virginia Young Leaders Conference

 

 

Breakout #3

Transform Yourself, Transform Your Community

 

Misti McKeehen, Director of Recruitment and Outreach, Coro Center for Civic Leadership (Pittsburgh, PA)

 

Introduced by Brooke Pauley

Co-Chair, Generation Charleston

3:00-4:00pm

Panel Session

 

Sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC

 

What Can You Do, Really, to Affect Change in WV?

Moderator: Jeff James, Founder/CEO, Mythology Marketing

 

-          Steve Roberts, President, West Virginia  Chamber of Commerce 

-          Paul Daugherty, Chairman, Generation West Virginia

-          Matt Ballard, President, Charleston Area Alliance 

-          Becky Ceperley, President and CEO, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation

 

Introductory remarks by Susan Brewer, Managing Partner, Steptoe & Johnson

4:00-4:30pm

GWV Announcement

Regional All Star Awards

Paul Daugherty

Chairman, Generation West Virginia

4:30 – 5:30

Regional Meeting (Invitation Only)

 

5:30-7:30pm

 

State Journal’s Generation Next: 40 Under 40 Reception