Conference Fee*
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$175 Non-Profit Organizations
$195 Government & Business

*Fee included all materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments

 

Exhibitor Fee*
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$80 Non-Profit Organizations
$200 Government & Business

*More information is available here.

 

Contact
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For exhibit / resource table information, lodging and registration inquiries:
Jan Palmer

206-870-5912
jpalmer@highline.edu

For questions regarding conference sessions:
Julie Jacob

206-870-3784
jjacob@highline.edu

Anna McCain
206-870-5908
amccain@highline.edu

 

Conference Location
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Seattle-Renton Holiday Inn
One South Grady Way
Renton, WA 98057
98188-3388
Tel: +1425-226-7700
Fax: +1-425-271-2315

*Mention the Leadership conference to get the conference rate of $125 (single/double + tax).

 

Free Clock Hours
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Free clock hours are available
on-site.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
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Participants can register for Highline Community College Continuing Education Units (CEUs) before the conference. The cost is $10. Participants can call Center for Extended Learning at (206) 870-3785 to apply.

 

 

  Agenda | Presenters | Sessions | Register Now | Resources
   
 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:DR. GLORIA BURGESS

To read more about this year's keynote speaker, follow this link.

 

Thoughts From Past Attendees:
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“A quality event with solid interaction and networking for ideas and sharing of information!”

“Great activities, really insightful workshops, good time management, and I liked the extra materials offered.”

“The practical interactive components of the sessions were interesting and engaging.”

 

CONFERENCE THEME:

Being an effective leader continues to be a challenge in all sectors of today’s workforce. Coupled with the increasingly growing population of the leadership workforce facing retirement in the next few years, the urgency is greater than ever to develop the critical skills sets of today’s emerging and current leaders. This conference focuses on leadership development to effectively help leaders put “theory into practice”.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Leaders across all levels in the private, non-profit, government, public and
educational sectors:

  • Executive director / CEO
  • Supervisors / managers / directors
  • Project / program managers or coordinators
  • Team leaders
  • Frontline staff leading a task or team

 

TOOLS / TECHNIQUES:

Five leadership tools / techniques that will be “showcased” in repeated sessions:

Collaborative Leadership: Working Better Together Patricia Hughes
Ethics: Leadership with a Moral Compass  Susan L. Secker
Leadership Diversity: Creating a Diversity Plan for Your Organization LueRachele Brim-Atkins
Succession Planning: The Art of Grooming Tomorrow's Leaders Today Ron Morey
The Leader's Role in Strengthening Organizational Self-Efficacy & Resiliency Cal Crow


By “experiencing” these showcased sessions, participants will learn and demonstrate various leadership development skills, tools and techniques:

  • to effectively collaborate and work better together.
  • to identify and build a framework for ethical leadership.
  • to develop a Diversity Action Plan that will help your organization become a leader in valuing and managing diversity.
  • to build a solid succession planning approach for your organization tailored to each individual's needs and capabilities.
  • to assess and increase the self-efficacy and resiliency of your organization and individual leadership.

 

SPONSORS:

  • To become a sponsor, contact:
    Jan Palmer at 206.870-5912
 


To Learn More About The Center for Learning Connections:

Visit the CLC website! (Opens in a new window)

Center for Learning Connections, Highline Community College, MS 99-285, PO Box 98000, Des Moines, WA, 98198-9800
Center for Learning Connections