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Saturday, June 14, 2014 @ 10am
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Kelley Shimansky
VP, Organizational Development
WEX
Jean Maginnis
Founder and Executive Director
Maine Center for Creativity
Kelley is currently the VP of Organizational Development at WEX, Inc in South Portland, ME.
Kelley joined WEX in 1997 to create their first Learning Development function (WEXU) and went on to create WEX’s first Compensation; Benefits function as the company grew.
She served as the VP of HR Strategy; Total Rewards with responsibility for all compensation, benefits, wellness and HRIS programs as the company evolved from a subsidiary through multiple parent owners, to their eventual IPO as a public company in 2005.
Prior to working at WEX, Kelley worked at KeyCorp where she served as Employee Relations Officer and Executive &;amp; Leadership Development Consultant.
Jean is founder and executive director of the Maine Center for Creativity. She has spent the past seven years advocating for the support and stimulation of Maine’s creative industries by working collaboratively with business leaders and the arts community.
Her prior experience includes developing brand strategies for financial services; working for WGBH, Boston’s public television and radio stations; and development and membership work for the Portland Museum of Art and the Children’s Museum of Maine. She and her Board of Directors developed and launched the creative place making project, Art All Around, to paint the Sprague Energy tanks in South Portland. She has most recently brought the Maine Center for Creativity’s resources to developing the Maine Network of Innovation and Creativity, an online and in-person network designed to connect talent and business, and Developing Creative Intelligence, a corporate training program to help business leaders incorporate a culture of innovation.
Jean is currently in preparations for the 2nd biennial Maine Creative Industries Award gala, to be held November 15 to celebrate excellence in art, innovation, and enterprise – and the recipients’ positive impact on the state of Maine and the world. Jean was recently featured as a contributor to the University of Maine Maine Policy Review special issue on Innovation.
Saturday, June 7, 2014 @ 10am
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Dr. Jackie Freiberg
Connoisseur of GREAT Companies
Connoisseur of GREAT Companies, Coauthor: NUTS! & GUTS! – See more at: http://www.eaglestalent.com/Jackie-Freiberg?gclid=CPrr6_XbiL4CFU4aOgodCUsAMg#sthash.DiciqvzD.dpuf
Notice, Lead and Disrupt –
International Best-Selling Author – TOPICS:
Leadership, innovation, Culture/Engagement, Trends/The She Economy.
Jackie is the co-author of five books, the international best seller, NUTS Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success, the go to book on leadership, culture, service, and innovation. Their most recent ebook is titled Do Something Now! DSN Three simple letters. Three simple words that could change your organization-change your life. The scarcest resource in organizations right now is not money or talent or ideas or power; it’s people who DO, people who add value and get things done. This book will inspire Dreamers to become Doers.
Everyone wants to add value and this book shows you how. NANOVATION is a global case study on “how to” innovate. BOOM! a book on leadership and accountability (necessary prerequisites to innovation), and GUTS! a deep dive into companies known as BEST places, where the BEST people can do their BEST work to make the world BETTER. Jackie is recognized as one of the Top 30 Minds on Leadership and is one of the most sought after FEMALE business speakers in the nation.
Jackie does her homework to customize the content for each event. She gets to know the issues that are most helpful and relevant to each audience/industry and designs each speech with that in mind. Client Testimonials: What an amazing message! Jackie, you hit it out of the park. Kaiser Permanente Jackie was the best speaker this year. Lockheed Martin Jackie exceeded our expectations. She was fantastic as the lead for our Patient Experience retreat. As a result we are showing the highest scores ever. Thank you!
Tampa General Hospital (#1 Hospital in Florida) You have given the world the greatest gift – generously sharing your passion and talents. Hearts and minds were opened, attitudes shifted, actions imagined, ideas formulated, risks taken. TEDxYouth San Diego Jackie’s message is still radiating throughout the organization. Navy Federal Credit Union “Jackie was terrific and flawless. She listened and played into the key points our audience wanted to hear. Our board loved her! We will definitely have her back for another event.” American Health Care Association &;amp; National Center for Assisted Living Thank you for listening, our committee shared a lot of ideas and you didn’t miss a thing! School Nutrition Association
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST… TEDx Navy Federal Credit Union Blue Cross &;amp; Blue Shield Prudential Bright Horizons Radian Kaiser-Permanente Sony Eli Lilly Tampa General Hospital Hallmark USAA Lockheed Martin Victoria’s Secret McDonalds Wells Fargo
Other CREDENTIALS: * Public Speaking Coach to the United States Marine Corps Recruiting Office. Trained more than 1500 Marine Recruiters a year on the Fundamentals of Delivering a Winning Presentation. Semper Fi! * Member of the Southwest Airlines&;#039; Culture Committee. One of only two non-employee members invited to serve on the highly influential leadership committee * Executive Consultant, Center for Creative Leadership, provided feedback to executives participating in a five-day Leadership Development Program * Manager of Corporate and Professional Programs, University of San Diego’s Executive Conference Center * Co-Founder USD’s Family Business Institute * Founded USD’s Certificate in International Business Program * Worked with Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company to design the first ever CD-ROM training tool for family-owned businesses and provided expert commentary on the complex issues facing family businesses * Director USD’s Institute for Quality; Productivity * Professor; teaches leadership, public speaking, and communications courses as an adjunct professor * HR Specialist, College Recruiter and Employee Communications Manager, NCR Corporation * Doctorate degree, Leadership, University of San Diego * Master’s degree, Communication, San Diego State University * Bachelor’s degree, Communication, University of New Hampshire Adjunct Faculty, The University of San Diego: Jackie teaches a graduate level course on Women &;amp; Leadership for the School of Leadership and Education Sciences and graduate level Presentations Skills for The Masters in Non-Profit Leadership & Management. Lead Faculty, The University of San Diego: TrailBlazers2ChangeMakers, a one-week program for High School Students designed to equip them with the tools and strategies for building a Stand-Out Leadership Brand.
Most important! Jackie is the Freiberg family anchor. She is the chief choreographer and lead in coordinating the schedules of their three children. Jackie skis, cycles, runs and works out hard to keep healthy. She and Kevin have been working, parenting, writing, speaking, traveling, living and married for more than 27 years.
Saturday, May 31, 2014 @ 10am
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Bette Francis
VP of Human Resources
Wilmington Trust Co.
Board of Directors
SHRM
Being an HR Influencer –
Bette Francis is a senior professional in human resources with 25 year’s experience developing talent and improving productivity in rapidly growing organizations.
Francis has designed the human resources services in medical device manufacturing, in a rapidly-expanding healthcare management consulting organization with a primary focus on merger and acquisition, nutraceutical ingredients and in a telecommunications organization named to the INC 500 of fastest growing private companies.
Francis is currently Vice President/Director, Human Resources, with Wilmington Trust, Wealth Advisory Services. In addition to senior HR roles, Francis has held executive leadership roles within the businesses including technical services, customer service, compliance, ethics and administrative operations. Strategic contributions include developing, implementing and communicating the balanced scorecard in three organizations that included developing the corporate strategy map, mission and values, culture, organizational development, and customer excellence.
Francis is a graduate of Thomas Edison College and an active member of SHRM since 1990. Francis has held leadership positions in the North Jersey-Rockland Chapter, chaired the Garden State Council’s Employer of Choice, Vendor and Annual Conference committees prior to becoming Executive Director, Garden State Council. During her tenure as State Director, the GSC was awarded the first state council Pinnacle Award. In addition, Francis has served on the Area Board chairing the committee that designed the first Area (now regional) scholarship awards, the first Area (now regional) Workforce Readiness Committee initially known as Welfare to Work. She was also a contributor to Tapping into Experience, A Guide to Optimizing the Talents of Senior HR Officers created in the Northeast Region.
Francis served two years on the Human Capital Measurement Special Expertise Panel. Prior to her appointment as a Director-at-Large on the 2007 SHRM Board, Francis served as the MAC Representative for the Northeast Region. Francis has held adjunct faculty positions at Bergen Community College and New York University’s Marketing and Management Institute and has been a guest lecturer to the Stevens’ School of Management Technology and Fordham University’s School of International Business Management. Francis has also facilitated HR Fundamentals and the HR Learning System at Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey.
Currently, Francis serves as the 2013-2014 Chair, Board of Directors for the Society for Human Resource Management. She is a member of the Advisory Board, Thomas Edison College School of Business. Francis is also a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and holds the designation of Fellow in Board Leadership.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 @ 10am
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Guest:
 Matt Rixx
Email | Linkedin
The Science of Getting to Yes.. Without Negotiating –
Matt Rixx is Americas leading authority on the science of subliminal triggers of influence and the psychology of humor combined with the art of persuasive presentation techniques.
He is an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, executive-level leadership consultant, and a widely respected expert and trainer in the use of subliminal influence triggers, nostalgic-based marketing, and emotional-based messaging methods. Matt helps organizations build compelling corporate and organizational stories while creating motivational sales teams and influential executive leaders using his unique process called The MATTRIXX Method. As he simply states: Persuasion is not about getting people to take an action … it’s about getting people to believe the action you want them to take is their own idea! Matt’s credentials make him without equal.
His formal education includes a Bachelor of Science and post-graduate research in microbiology and biochemistry, as well as an MBA in Technology Management. His professional background includes 22 years spanning international strategic communications, sales-force training, and corporate leadership development … not to mention over 9 years as a professional entertainer and stand-up comedian. His client list includes Fortune 500 corporate executives, top sales and marketing personnel, media personalities, doctors, lawyers, select political figures, non-profit and philanthropic foundations, and even Miss America, Miss USA, and Miss Universe pageant contestants. As he is fond of saying, The real tragedy is when people don’t have the training to speak well or the intelligence to remain silent.™
Matt’s audiences laugh and learn while becoming active participants within his presentations and workshops. His eye-opening, life changing messages are filled with humor, emotion, motivational stories, and extraordinary personal content. Matt is an experienced platform personality with over 2500 professional & live-stage worldwide presentations, and he is in constant demand as the “Professor of Persuasion” and the Master of Emotional Messaging.
In summary, Matt Rixx is a phenomenal speaker and entertaining platform personality who combines the science of subliminal influence with humor and the art of persuasive presentation techniques. His concepts are compelling, amazing, and undeniable … as is his tag-line: It’s Not What You Know or What You Say That Counts … It’s What People REMEMBER You Said and How You Made Them FEEL!
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