• Mar 15, 2010

  Perfect Your Pitch for job seekers - Middletown
  
  

  Attention job seekers and professionals facing career transition!

  Join us for a special evening of motivating and useful insights to help you get a leg up on your job search. Kathy McAfee, America’s Marketing Motivator, will be tailoring her popular program Perfect Your Pitch specifically to the job seeking situation. Come learn how you can better leverage your network and more effectively position yourself for good things to happen to you.

  • When: Monday, March 15, 2010 (snow date is Monday, March 22, 2010)
  • Time 6:15pm-8:15pm
  • Where: Russell Library in Middletown, CT
  • For more information, contact Michelle Foyt, Business & Career Resources Librarian. Tele: (860) 347-2520
  • Directions to the Library:
    

  • From the South Via I-91 or Wilbur Cross/Route 15: In Meriden, take Exit 18 (Route 66 East). Follow Route 66 into Middletown, where it becomes Washington Street. Pass Wesleyan Campus on right. Turn right immediately after St. Sebastian’s Church onto Broad Street. Library is in the first block on the right.
  • From the South Via Route 9: In Middletown, take Route 66 West/Washington Street exit (Exit 15) off of Route 9. At the third light, turn left onto Broad Street. Library is in the first block on the right.
  • From the South Via Route 17: Follow Route 17 into Middletown. Take a left after Middletown Library Service Center onto Highland Avenue. Follow Highland Avenue which turns into High Street. Take a right onto College Street. Take your second left onto Broad Street. Library is on the left.
  • From the North Via I-91: Take Exit 22, Route 9 South (left lane exit). Follow Route 9 into Middletown and take the Washington Street/Route 66 West Exit (Exit 15). At the third light, turn left onto Broad Street. Library is on the right.

  About the Program: Perfect Your Pitch is a highly engaging, interactive seminar designed to bolster your confidence, enthusiasm, and most importantly, your results from your networking efforts. It will help you propel your career and business to the next level. Kathy McAfee, America’s Marketing Motivator, will help you change your attitude and actions around networking so that it works better for you. You will learn to think relationships (not transactions); think conversations (not sales pitches). You will also be introduced to the MR ABE 5-point criteria for polishing your elevator pitch content and delivery to help you start more conversations. It is all about striving to be more Memorable, Relatable, Authentic, Believable and Engaging when you “pitch” yourself. Come listen and learn how you can improve your elevator pitch and networking results.

  Instructor:

  Kathy McAfee is a professional speaker, executive presentation trainer and leadership coach. Her mission is to inspire motivated business leaders and professionals of all disciplines to use their more of their energy and influence to create positive changes in the world. Her energetic speaking style and unique ability to engage and motivate her audience to action has earned her the reputation as “America’s Marketing Motivator.” She has expertise in high engagement presentations and effective networking and teaches her clients to project more of their talent, power and influence when they present themselves and their ideas to others. To learn more, visit www.MarketingMotivator.net. For ideas and resources about networking, visit www.MotivatedNetworker.com




• Mar 29, 2010

  Your Body Language Doesn't Lie - Newington
  
  

  The Newington Public Library proudly presents a motivating seminar with Kathy McAfee

  Your Body Language Doesn’t Lie

  Monday, March 29, 7 p.m. – 8:30p.m.

  Join Kathy McAfee, America’s Marketing Motivator, who will show you how your body language can affect your interview and introductions.  You will learn how to align your non-verbal communication to correspond with your spoken message.  Learn how to read other people’s body language and to use this information to build rapid rapport with them. Find out why your handshake and your posture are vital to creating a strong first and last impression and what you need to do to develop a strong commanding presence.

  Key takeaways and benefits from this seminar:
  

  1. How the 7%-38%-55% Rule impacts your communication when meeting face to face with other people;
  2. Who to read other people’s non-verbal language more accurately and how culture can change its meaning;
  3. What your body language is saying to others and simple ways you can adjust it to more effectively project what you intend;
  4. Why your handshake and your posture are vital to creating a strong first and last impression. Learn to avoid the 8 world’s worst handshakes;
  5. How to mirror/match other people’s body language in order to build rapid rapport with them;
  6. Introduction to the NLP Communication Model and why developing a physiology of excellence will help you achieve your career and business goals;
  7. Common body language mishaps and how to correct for them;
  8. Fundamentals of posture and why you should pay attention to how you sit and how you stand;
  9. Learn to confidently use your hands as an effective communication tool

   

  Read the article: Don’t be lazy with your body language

  • Date: Monday, March 29, 2010
  • Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
  • Location: Lucy Robbins Welles Library, 95 Cedar Street, Newington, CT 06111. Tele: (860) 665-8700
  • Cost:  This seminar is FREE and open to the public.
  • For more information, contact Diane Durette at email: DDurette@newingtonct.gov



• Apr 7, 2010

  YWCA In the Company of Women Luncheon - Hartford, CT
  
  

  Save the Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010

  Join me for the 15th annual YWCA In the Company of Women luncheon – a day of inspiration, information and connection with more than 1,400 movers and shakers in our community. Show your support and belief in the YWCA’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women by attending this fund raising luncheon.

  

  Keynote Speaker – Michele Norris

  Come enjoy an afternoon with Michele Norris, award-winning broadcast journalist and host of NPR’s All Things Considered.  Michele will be sharing her views on “Reflections on America.”

  By attending the In the Company of Women luncheon and making a financial contribution of $150 or more, you will be helping to support the critical services and advocacy that the YWCA of the Hartford Region provides to our community  including:

  • early learning centers and affordable child care for low income families in a safe, quality and caring environment such as the Growing Tree in Hartford, CT;
  • mentoring and guidance programs for young women through the Young Women’s Leadership Corp;
  • financial literacy, education and empowerment for women, including hosting the free annual conference Money Conference for Women;
  • emergency shelter, transitional housing and counseling for women who have experienced extreme hardship;
  • Time out for Parents is a crisis intervention program that provides childcare in a safe, nurturing environment for children and counseling and education to families in difficult times.

  There are several ways that you and your organization can get involved:

  1. become a corporate sponsor by contacting Judith Green at (860) 525-1163, ext. 259 for more information about becoming a sponsor for the next In the Company of Women luncheon.
  2. become a volunteer table captain and invite nine of your friends and associates to join you at your reserved table. In extending the personal invitation, each Table Captain informs all guests that a $150 minimum donation is expected. Becoming a table captain is a great way to bring value to the people in your network!
  3. advertise in the program booklet, a keepsake for all the participants. Contact Denice Graves in the Development Department at (860) 525-1163 ext 269  or email  deniceg@ywcahartford.org

  There’s no better place to be than In The Company of Women!




• Apr 20, 2010

  SBIR National Conference - Workshop - Hartford, CT
  
  

  Why Technology-Focused Small Business Owners NEED to attend the 2010 SBIR National Conference

  Why Technology-Focused Small Business Owners NEED to attend the pre-conference workshops

  Click here to register for the pre-conference workshop and/or the entire conference

  Pre-conference workshop – April 20, 2010

  Powerful Presentations
  You MUST Sell Yourself Better

  Kathy McAfee will be facilitating this pre-conference workshop at the 2010 SBIR National Conference. Come learn how to Power Up Your Presentations and reduce your reliance on PowerPoint and other technical crutches. You must learn to sell yourself and your ideas better!

  Date: April 20, 2010

  Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Location: CT Convention Center

  Cost: $125 for anyone attending the full SBIR National Conference

  Cost: $195 to attend the Pre-Conference Only

  This is a full day workshop including a luncheon, snacks, and beverages.

  REGISTER NOW
  

  Who Should Participate?

  · Technical professionals and subject matter experts who present frequently to non-technical audiences

  · Business owners who represent their companies, introduce and present their technology products and services to others

  · Entrepreneurs who must present their ideas and persuade others to help them to commercialize

  · Engineers and researchers who need to work on their communication skills and presentation confidence

  · Sales, Marketing and Management professionals who wish to advance their presentation skills and effectiveness.

  
  
  Here’s What You’ll Learn by Attending this Workshop:
  1. What it means to be a “high engagement presenter”
  2. How to avoid the most common presentation pitfalls
  3. How to sharpen your presentation focus using the planning tool – Clean Sheet Thinking™
  4. Why you must strengthen your key message — the single most important aspect of your presentation
  5. How to engage your audience by organizing the content of your presentation
  6. How to hook your audience with a powerful opening and closing
  7. How to deliver powerfully and connect with your audience by leveraging your words, voice and body language
  Click here to register for the pre-conference workshop and/or the entire conference.

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