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Elevate your workforce with the Chamber's professional development conference April 14

By Chamber Staff / Events / April 7, 2022

Invest in the future of your company by sending your company’s employees to Elevate, a professional development conference and networking event that’s all about strengthening Oklahoma City’s workforce.

Designed to help your company provide professional development options to its employees—without having to send people out of the market to experience an excellent conference—Elevate will take place on Thursday, April 14, at the Oklahoma City Convention Center, with registration and a continental breakfast beginning at 8 a.m. Morning and afternoon breakout sessions will include education tracks for new managers, new employees, small business owners, entrepreneurs and general sessions that will apply to everyone, no matter their career stage.

See more details and register at okcelevate.com

Keynote speakers include lunch session speaker Linda Clark, a nationally recognized human resources consultant who will inspire audiences with keynote address entitled, “Elevating the Ask: The Art of Transforming Perspective Through Inquiry,” and Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, who will provide the closing keynote session on creating success in the new normal.

SESSIONS AND SPEAKERS

EXPANDING YOUR INFLUENCE

Registration options

The Elevate experience is open to everyone, but Chamber members get a discounted conference registration for $250 per person or $200 per person for groups of three or more within the same company. An all-day conference registration includes breakfast, lunch, all keynote speakers, four breakout sessions, morning and afternoon refreshments, and a drink ticket to the Elevate closing reception. Chamber members that are nonprofit organizations will also receive a discounted rate of $200 per person or $160 per person for groups of three or more within the same organization. To purchase tickets to Elevate, view the schedule or access additional information about the event, visit okcelevate.com.

Businesses can also elevate their workforce with several ticket package options, including the Boost Package for $2,500 (10 tickets and sponsorship recognition), Uplift10 Sponsor package for $3,000 (10 tickets plus additional sponsorship recognition) or the Uplift20 Sponsor package for $4,000 (20 tickets and even more sponsorship recognition). Learn more by visiting okcchamber.com/ elevate2022 or email [email protected] to secure your organization’s ticket package.

Special thanks to Aspiration Sponsor OG&E.

 

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Five Ways to Increase Your Influence

Speaker: Teresa Atkinson, Express Employment Professionals

Building Your Leadership in a Hybrid Work Environment

Speaker: Jema Esparza, United Way of Central Oklahoma

BOOSTING YOUR SALES

It’s All in Your Head: How to Keep Your Head Game on Point in Sales

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Speaker: Teresa “Tee” Hicks, Gannett & The Oklahoman

Why People Lie to You...and What To Do About It

Speaker: Mike Crandall, Sandler Training

SEE MORE DETAILS AND REGISTER AT OKCELEVATE.COM

DEVELOPING YOUR CULTURAL COMPETENCY

Championing Equitable Advancement

Speaker: Shalynne Jackson, City of Oklahoma City

Building Inclusive Leaders in This Complex, Employee-Driven Society

Speaker: Sandra Quince, Bank of America

Creating a Culture of Inclusion

Speaker: Adam Soltani, CAIR Oklahoma

Moving Beyond Politeness

Speaker: Suzette V. Chang, Thick Descriptions

GROWING YOUR BUSINESS

Elevate Your LinkedIn Brand

Speaker: Gunnar Hood, WSI Summit

Leading at Scale: How to Master your Business Cash Flow to Grow

Speaker: Stacy Eads, Scaling Up with Stacy Eads, LLC

The Future is Now: Recruiting, Retaining and Developing Millennial and Gen Z Employees

Speaker: Landis Tindell, Oklahoma City Thunder

INVESTING IN YOUR RESILIENCE

Improving Emotional Intelligence and Conflict Resolution through the Arts

Speaker: Jennifer Maynord, M.S., Artio Services

Better Together

Speaker: Emma Wassilak, Sunbeam Family Services

Keeping Balance: Mind Brain Skills and Resilience Strategies for Today’s Fast-paced Life

Speaker: Dr. R. Murali Krishna, INTEGRIS Health’s James L. Hall Center for Mind, Body and Spirit

SEE MORE DETAILS AND REGISTER AT OKCELEVATE.COM

MANAGING YOUR TEAM

Help Wanted: Why is Everyone Quitting?

Speaker: Doug Hacking, Relationship Resonance, Inc.

I Need a Leadership Instruction Manual: Leading with Clarity

Speaker: Kati Hanna, The Mettise Group

Leading People Unlike Yourself: How to Thrive as a First-Time People Leader

Speaker: Matthew Palmer, Heartland Payment Systems

The Seven Secrets of Effective Coaching

Speaker: Michael Shellabarger, Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores

IMPROVING YOUR SKILLS

Building Small Habits That Lead to Extraordinary Results

Speaker: Boone Ellis, Express Employment Professionals

Cybersecurity for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses

Speaker: Curtis Coleman, Oklahoma Christian University

STARTING YOUR CAREER

Choose to Be Extraordinary

Speaker: Tammy Overholt, American Fidelity Assurance Company

Show Me the Way: How Finding the Right Mentor Can Move Your Career Forward

Speaker: Rhonda Y. Thompson, WM

Starting from the Bottom: Strategies Towards Advancing Upwards

Speaker: J.D. Baker, Cortado Ventures

*See the most updated list of sessions and speakers at okcelevate.com

Special thanks to Aspiration Sponsor OG&E.