Elevate your workforce with the Chamber's professional development conference April 14
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.
Everything Communicates
Speaker: Susan Dell’Osso, Accenture
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
Speaker: Sunny Cearley, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber
Ask & Ye Shall Receive (Well, Most Times Anyway)
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.
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