McHenry County women have a chance to learn the latest in career management strategies from some of the country’s leading business consultants-and they won’t have to venture far for the opportunity.
On Oct. 18, McHenry County College is sponsoring its fourth annual Conference for Working Women-a live, one-day video conference that will beam to the campus by satellite top management experts and, through the marvels of modern technology, will allow campus viewers to connect with the program presenters.
“The purpose of the conference is to help women outline strategies that assist them in making the most of transitions currently taking place in the workplace,” said Caz Zingle, who coordinates the college’s alternative instructional delivery systems program.
This conference is typical of what the alternative educational delivery systems program is all about-using electronic channels to provide interactive instruction or training where the student and teacher are not in the same room. It’s a form of instruction that’s increasing in popularity in fast-growing McHenry County because it offers people an option, she continued.
“The people on these panels have something of interest to say and local people don’t have to travel to downtown Chicago or downtown New York to get the information that’s being presented,” she said.
In addition to reducing travel time, there’s the added benefit of lower costs, she added. “The conferences we offer here on campus aren’t terribly expensive. Our fee is $50 and that includes program materials and lunch.”
The women’s business conference is produced by the American Management Association. The program moderator is Natasha Josefowitz, an international management consultant who is the author of two popular career-focused tomes, “You’re the Boss” and “Paths to Power.” Program panelists are F. Anthony Comper, president and chief operating officer of the Bank of Montreal, who is credited with fostering electronic banking in Canada; Anita G. Gomez-Bennett, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ head of affirmative action; and Diane Harris, vice president of corporate development and a specialist in mergers and acquisitions for Bausch & Lomb Inc. Harris was cited by Business Week magazine as one of the Top 50 Women in Corporate America in 1987 and 1982.
A variety of issues will be covered during the conference, said Zingle, including coping with a changing work environment, where lifetime job security has become a thing of the past and downsizing has become a growing trend. Other topics include strategies for managing people, achieving flexibility and balance in one’s working life and using change as an opportunity for professional growth.
The conference will be held from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the McHenry County College Conference Center, 8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake. For more information, contact Zingle at 815-455-8778.
BIZNOTES: Mark Puffer has been hired to sell residential, estate and farm properties in McHenry and Kane Counties at Advantage One Real Estate Co. in Marengo. Company President Brae Hanson Kuta said Puffer’s experience complements the firm’s current structure.
On Sept. 25, Gary Lang, owner of McHenry County’s largest auto dealership, consolidates his business at a new 46,000-square-foot auto facility, located next to the Corporate Business Center on Highway 31, north of Crystal Lake. For information, call Lang at 815-385-2100.
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