To register for the telecasts and workshops listed, click on the link below.
Telecast and Workshop Registration
Live Speaker: Alexis Jones, "Survivor" Contestant and Founder of "i am that girl"
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm **NSLS Members see note below
Location: Student Center, Nelly Goletti Theatre
Alexis Jones is an expert on confidence, courage, and motivation. At only 25 years old, she has navigated the beauty industry as a teen model, survived reality TV as a finalist on "Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites," earned a Masters in Communication from USC and founded the empowerment company, "i am that girl." Participants will learn how to rescue themselves through resilience, turn big dreams into reality,and create an unwavering work ethic.
Guest Speaker: Charles G. Tharp, Executive Vice President for Policy, Center On Executive Compensation,
Washington, D.C. and Marist Keynote Speaker for Ethics Week 2009
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Time: 9:30am - 10:30am
Location: President's Dining Room, Student Center 2nd Floor
Between the Boardroom and the Classroom, Charles Tharp has more than 25 years experience including key human resource positions with General Electric, PepsiCo, Pillsbury, CIGNA, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Saks International. He holds a Masters in Economics, a Doctorate in Labor Relations and a J.D. and has taught courses at Cornell University. The School of Management has graciously partnered with the Emerging Leaders Program to cosponsor this special breakfast opportunity where participants will share a meal and conversation with our Keynote Speaker and faculty from the School of Management. Ethics and Eggs allows Emerging Leaders a chance to network and learn from the experts in a small group setting.
Guest Speakers: Dr. Helen Rothberg, Professor, Marist College School of
Management & Robin Diller Torres, Director of First Year Programs and Leadership Development/
Adjunct Lecturer in Psychology
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: Student Center, Room 349
Sometimes in life you do have to "see it to believe it" and this session will guide the way. Using basic kindergarten skills in a very new-age way, Dr. Rothberg and Robin Torres will lead you on a guided tour of your own possibilities as they help you craft the life you want. Students will experience the popular leadership technique of Vision Boarding learning how to run with the ball, but not with the scissors.
Guest Speaker: Stewart Dutfield, Faculty Program Director, School of Business and Technology, Excelsior College
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: Student Center, Performing Arts Room
Is managing risk on your to do list? How do you complete difficult tasks to specification, on time and within budget? Whatever your major, project management skills are no minor issue when it comes to getting things done at school, at home, and at work.
Guest Telecast Speaker: Jim Kouzes, Author and Dean's Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University.
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Time: 6:45pm - 8:30pm
Location: Student Center, Nelly Goletti Theatre
Jim Kouzes' book, "The Leadership Challenge" was selected in 2009 as one of the 100 best business books of all time. Not only, a best selling author, Jim is also a highly regarded leadership scholar. The Wall Street Journal cited him as one of the twelve best executive educators in the United States. In this Telecast, participants will learn to utilize Kouzes' five practices of exemplary leadership to get extraordinary results.
Guest Speaker: Colin McCann, Assistant Director of First Year Programs and Leadership Development and Adjunct Lecturer in Communication
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: Student Center, Performing Arts Room
Participants in this workshop will explore the impact culture has on our ability (or inability!) to communicate with those who are seemingly different. What should participants bring to this workshop? Please bring an open mind and a willingness to dive in at the deep end as we take part in a variety of discussions and activities designed to bridge the gaps between cultures.
Guest Speaker: Joseph Connell, Director, Academic Services and Testing, Dutchess Community College
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009
Time: 9:30am - 11:00am
Location: Student Center, Performing Arts Room
This interactive, multimedia presentation offers students a chance to explore different leadership styles using examples from pop-culture. Participants will reflect on the perspective they bring to leadership while learning how to incorporate these notions into a collective vision.
Guest Speaker: Ken Sloan, Assistant Professor, Marist College School of
Management
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: Student Center, Performing Arts Room
This session will provide you with an opportunity to explore different leadership styles while discovering your personal style. You will be introduced to different behavioral styles of leadership and participate in an exercise to help you better understand how your behavioral style gets results.
Guest Speaker: Jeanne Plecenik, Vice President of
Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, Marist College.
Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 9:30am - 11:00am
Location: Student Center, Performing Arts Room
We've all heard the horror stories about college students and credit card debt.
Learn how to avoid the common foxholes while gaining skills in budget management,development and administration.
This workshop will also cover issues of early financial investment. Participants will come away with useful information that can be applied to college organizations, internship experiences, employment settings and your own bottom line.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Quinn, Associate Professor, Marist College School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: Student Center, Performing Arts Room
Lucille Ball said "if you want to get something done, ask a busy person," but sometimes we all feel a bit like Lucy and Ethel in the candy-making factory. Dr. Quinn will help emerging leaders slow the proverbial conveyer belt down by teaching us tools, tips and tricks to prioritize our way to increased productivity.
Live Speaker: Marc Kielburger, Author and Chief Executive Director of Free The Children
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm **NSLS Members see note below
Location: Student Center, Nelly Goletti Theatre
Co-Author of three best-selling books, Marc Kielburger is a man with a message that people around the world want to hear. As the Chief Executive Officer of Free the Children, Mark continues to expand the ways in which he and the company he spearheads empower youth. What will your personal legacy be? Participants will discover a powerful blueprint for personal and social change.
Guest Speakers: Melissa Lulay, Coordinator for First Year Programs and Leadership Development, Marist College & Jennifer Unterbrink, Assistant Director of College Activities, Marist College
Date: Friday, November 13, 2009
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: Student Center, Performing Arts Room
In this interactive workshop, you will explore the unique aspects of your personality via an assessment that will help you better understand your leadership style as well as the leadership style of others. Learn how to work with the full spectrum - leaders whose approach is similar and different from your own.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Joanne Gavin, Associate Professor, Marist College
School of Management
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: Student Center, Room 349
Sometimes, it's not so easy to decide which lane to roll the ball down. Utilizing the model designed by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, participants will take part in a fun and exciting ethics quiz game geared toward helping players learn to solve challenging dilemmas.
Guest Speaker: Timmian Massie, Chief Public Affairs Officer & Adjunct Lecturer in Communication, Marist College
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Location: Student Center, Performing Arts Room
A recognized leader in our community, Tim received the Community Leadership Award from the New Horizons Foundation in 2001, the Poughkeepsie-based Family Partnership Center's Excellence in Community Service Award in 2004, the Bessie Payne Humanitarian Award from Dutchess ARC in 2007, and the Saint Cabrini Home Gold Medal for outstanding contributions and service to the people of the Hudson Valley in 2008. Mr. Massie is also a leader in the application of new technologies to media relations. Tim has generated literally thousands of articles, features, and broadcast reports on Marist programs, students, faculty and staff. Participants will learn the ins and outs of managing on-line life to tweet, link and post your way to success.
