SECOND SESSION: Technology Innovations –Equipping A More Flexible Leader

July 19 – 21, 2009
San Francisco and Silicon Valley, CA

Technology Innovations –Equipping A More Flexible Leader
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*25% discount for ALL Leadership America Alumnae.
**Scholarships are available.

Technology breakthroughs continue to create a growing awareness of connectedness at all levels. Nuclear energy, computers, satellite TV, lasers and biotechnology, organ transplants, space exploration, and the internet: all these, and more, have forced us to see the world as a single, albeit complicated, system – one immense set of interrelated pieces.

Connective leaders who know how to bring together all the diverse, interdependent parties, even those who feel they have conflicting agendas, will achieve important goals more effectively in this new environment.

In the “cradle of technology”, Leadership America participants will have opportunity to explore the impact of leading-edge innovations on their particular arenas of professional leadership. The engines of change are pushing leaders simultaneously in different directions, toward both increased interdependence and greater fragmentation born of diversity.

The session will focus on the technology revolution’s demand for new solutions that integrate the economic, political, health, and educational needs of many diverse groups.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:

Day One, Sunday, July 19, 2009

3:00- 4:00 p.m.
Arrival and Check-In
Omni San Francisco Hotel

4:00 p.m.
Welcome to Leadership America & Program Overview
Wanda Brice, CEO, The Women’s Museum
Martha P. Farmer, Founding Director, 2009 Interim Director

4:30 p.m.
Networking in the Age of Web 2.0
Building Your Personal Brand with New Technology

An Interactive Conversation With… Patricia Romboletti
Leadership California ‘08
President, Sage Connection, Atlanta

5:30
Opening Reception with “Small Table Discussions"
Facilitated by Leadership America & Leadership California Alumnae in the Bay Area

7:00 p.m.
Opening Dinner

Day Two, Monday, July 20, 2009
Omni San Francisco Hotel

7:30 a.m.
Coffee & Croissant

8:00 a.m.
Depart for the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank

8:15 a.m.
Breakfast Briefing at The Fed
Welcome Remarks
Joy K. Hoffmann
Group Vice President/District Public Information & Community Development

Technology Innovations: Powering or Pummeling the Economy?
A Briefing From the Federal Reserve

Daniel J. Wilson, Ph.D.
Senior Economist, Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve

9:30 a.m.
Depart for The Silicon Valley

11:00 a.m.
A Conversation With…
(Speaker to be determined by Hewlett-Packard)

12: 30 p.m.
Break & Lunch
Hosted by Hewlett-Packard

1:30 p.m.
“Technology: Equipping or Inhibiting A More Flexible Leader?”
A Forum Featuring:

• James Beck, CPA & CMA, Managing Director/CFO, The Mayfield Fund
• Dorothy Farris, Vice President, Strategic Sales, Wise Technology
• Rebecca Norlander, Partner Engineering Manager, Microsoft Online Advertising Platform
• Telle Whitney, President & CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology Moderator

3:00 p.m.
Break

3:30 p.m.
Leadership America Responds
Roundtable Discussion
What We’ve Heard – What We’ve Learned

4:00 p.m.
Return to San Francisco

6:00 p.m.
Private Reception & Buffet Dinner
“San Francisco from The Top of Russian Hill”

8:30 p.m.
Enjoy San Francisco Nightlife

Day Three, Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Omni San Francisco Hotel

7:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet

8:30 a.m.
Closing Presentation
A Conversation With... Sunne Wright McPeak
President & CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) (Pending)

Susan E. Walters, Senior Vice President, CETF (Pending)

9:30 a.m.
Break & Check-Out

10:00 a.m.
Identifying You Connective Leadership Style?
A Connective Leadership Workshop
conducted by Dr. Jean Lipman-Blumen (Confirmed)
Professor of Public Policy, Co-Founding Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Leadership
Claremont Graduate School, California

11:45 a.m.
Concluding Session
What’s Next – Taking My Leadership America
Experience to My Sphere of Influence
A Conversation Among the Leadership America Participants

Noon
Closing Remarks

Find out more information and how to apply by visiting www.leadershipamerica.com.
*25% discount for ALL Leadership America Alumnae
**Scholarships are available.

Three Questions With... Marny Lifshen

As part of Leadership America's mission to bring new and innovative information to women's leaders, we are starting the Three Questions With Series. Each week we will focus on a topic that is important to be apprised of as a women leader.

This week's debut topic is networking! You are probably thinking two things right now: "UGH, networking!!!" or "What could I possibly need to know about networking, you go, you talk, you drink wine." Well ladies, whether you love it or hate it, networking is an integral part of a leader's responsibilities and Marny Lifshen was kind of enough to give Leadership America time last week to discuss a few tips to networking. Marny is the co-author of Some Assembly Required: A Guide to Networking for Women, a guide that is packed with useful tips, creative techniques and real-world stories that are relevant for women today.

Marny is an Austin-based marketing communication consultant, author and speaker with more than 18 years of experience. Marny specializes in professional services marketing and public relations. She also regularly contributes articles and columns to many print and online publications on networking. Marny is an experienced speaker, and specifically addresses women's organizations and conferences across the country on the topic of networking and building a personal brand.

Below is the video of our inaugural Three Questions With Series.



Thank you w2wlink for inviting me to speak with Marny. If you would like to find out more about Marny Lifshen and Some Assembly Required: A Guide to Networking for Women, visit http://www.marnylifshen.com/.

Please feel free to comment about topics you would like us to discuss and always visit http://www.leadershipamerica.com/ for information on our 2009 Sessions!

Make sure you check back each week for the a new topic.