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AGENDA
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Board Meeting
Odyssey Conference Room (Buhler Hall)
5:30-8:00 p.m.
Welcome and Social with Early Arrivals
Thursday, December 7, 2006
8:00-10:00 am
Conference Registration and Continental
Breakfast
Mills Center - Mills Library
10:00-10:15
Welcome
Brad Lacy, Director of Conway Development Corporation
Mills Center-A
10:15-11:30
KEYNOTE
Jim Durbin
Connecting Candidates and Employers in a Web World
Mills Center-A
11:30-12:00
Brainstorming Session
and Benchmark Showcase
Discussion of current issues in
Employment and Career Services
Mills Center-Mills Library
12:00-1:00
Lunch
Private Dining Room-Hulen
Cafeteria
1:00-2:15
KEYNOTE
Dr. Jeffery Collins
Director of Center for Business and Economic Research, Sam M. Walton
College of Business, University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Arkansas Economic Development Update
Current economic development and challenges in the State of
Arkansas will be discussed.
Mills Center-C
2:15-2:30
Break
Mills Center-Mills Library
2:30-3:15
Employer Panel
Discussion
A panel of current students and recent college graduates will
discuss the challenge of the job search.
Mills Center-C
3:15-3:30
Break
3:30-5:00
Micki Voekel
Learn more about personalities and relationships using the DISC
profile
Mills Center-C
5:30-6:00
President's Reception
Murphy House
6:00
Dinner at your choice of Conway eateries
Friday, December 8, 2006
8:00-9:00
Buffet Breakfast and Business Meeting
Private Dining Room-Hulen
Cafeteria
9:00-10:30
Jim Durbin
Wrap-up session of topics from Thursday morning.
Mills Center - Mills Library
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45 - 11:00
Wrap-up
Mills Center - Mills Library
SPEAKER BIOS
Jim Durbin
Director of Corporate Communications, Durbin Media Group, St.
Louis
Jim
joined the recruiting world in 1999 at the peak of the internet
bubble in Los Angeles, and has since made the transition from
staffing account manager to recruiting blogger to blogging
consultant.
Mr. Durbin is interested in using the social networking format to
improve communication between employers and job-seekers. He is the
primary author for
http://www.StlRecruiting.com, and a
contributing author for the
http://www.Recruiting.com group blog.
His interests are social networking, consumer generated media,
recruiting, online communities and the science of social networks.
Mr. Durbin is a 1995 graduate of Washington and Lee University.
Visit his website at
http://www.durbinmedia.com
Dr. Jeffery
Collins
Director of Center for Business and Economic Research, Sam M. Walton
College of Business, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Jeffery Collins is the Director of the Center for
Business and Economic Research (CBER) in the Sam M. Walton College
of Business at the University of Arkansas. His
research interests include local economic development, the impact of
higher education on state economies, and the financing and structure
of healthcare. In providing applied economic research as part of the
outreach mission of the Walton College, Collins has directed studies
for a variety of clients including: Avest Bank Group, the Arkansas
Department of Economic Development, and the Tobacco Free Coalition
of Washington and Benton Counties. Recently, Collins completed a
study in conjunction with the Milken Institute to provide a strategy
for creating high-wage, high-skill employment in the state of
Arkansas. Collins earned a B.S. in economics from Colorado State
University and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee in
economics.
Micki Voekel
Instructor with
the Center for Business and Professional Development, University of
Arkansas- Fort Smith
Micki teaches communication, personal effectiveness and computer
applications skills through the Center for Business and
Professional Development at the University of Arkansas - Fort
Smith.
She
is a Fort Smith native who has a B.S. in speech and theatre from
Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and an M.Ed in
Adult Education from the University of Arkansas in
Fayetteville. She is a Microsoft Office Specialist Master in
Microsoft Office 97, 2000, XP and 2003 and is a Microsoft Office
Specialist Master Instructor. She is a certified facilitator
for "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" Signature Program
developed by the Franklin Covey organization.
Micki is an actress, singer and director. She has more than 30
years of experience working with professional and community
theatre and music groups. She and her husband Bob currently
live in Van Buren, Arkansas.
ON-LINE
REGISTRATION FORM
Click
here for on-line form or
Click here for a printable PDF form. After completing and submitting the
form, an invoice will be e-mailed to you.
CONFERENCE
LOCATION / HOTEL
INFORMATION
Hendrix College:
http://www.hendrix.edu/abouthendrix/about.aspx
Conway:
http://www.conwayarkansas.org/life/life.html and
http://www.conwayarkcc.org/
Hampton Inn, 810
Museum Road, 501-329-8999, AACE rate of $70.20
Holiday Inn
Express, 2370 Sanders St., 501-450-9112, AACE rate of $79.00
Reservations
must be made by 30 days prior to event. Please advise that you are
with the AACE conference.
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