Women and executive presence: using improvisation for impact and influence

Event Details
Join Karen Hough, founder and CEO of ImprovEdge, for a high-energy, interactive experience on executive presence, and how women do or don’t leverage their impact. The presentation will uncover gender issues, as well as four improv secrets that can radically improve your leadership capabilities. Improvisers think on their feet and manage extremely well in risky situations. The surprise is that the little-known techniques of improvisers can create incredible performance and build trust for leaders, teams and organizations. Using humor, exercises, and case studies, Ms. Hough will teach immediately useable skills to improve how others perceive you, improve communication and build better relationships; good relationships are everything in business.

Ms. Hough will draw real life examples from her work as an internationally recognized speaker and entrepreneur. She is the recipient of the silver International Stevie Award for Most Innovative Business of the Year 2012, and the Athena PowerLink Award for outstanding woman-owned business. Ms. Hough is also the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller “The Improvisation Edge” and her second book launches in May 2014, “Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever: Break the Rules, Make Mistakes and Win Them Over.” She has also written numerous articles and blogs for publications such as T&D (ASTD magazine), Mashable.com, BusinessInsider.com, Collective Magazine for Women, BusinessPundit.com, and is also a contributor to the Huffington Post.

***The first 40 registrants receive a copy of Karen’s new book - "Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever: Break the Rules, Make Mistakes and Win Them Over"

Learning Objectives
1. How to engage and connect to a large audience
2. How to be authentic and passionate
3. Being memorable one-on-one
4. What to do when things go wrong

Agenda
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM          Registration and networking breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM          Welcome, opening remarks, introduction of speaker
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM          Feature presentation with Karen Hough
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM          Concluding remarks and book signing

Time zone: CDT

Event Location
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Building 10 Café
675 James S McDonnell Blvd,
Hazelwood, MO 63042
314-654-2000

Directions

Sponsors





Speakers
Karen Hough
Founder and CEO, ImprovEdge LLC

Registration Information
Event is open to: HBA members and nonmembers
Online Registration deadline: June 10, 2014
Onsite (walk-in) registration: Is allowed

Member rate:
$45 until June 6, 2014
$55 after June 6, 2014

Nonmember rate:
$60 until June 6, 2014
$70 after June 6, 2014

Capacity
Is capacity limited? Yes
Space is limited to 200 registrants.

Cancellations/Refunds
Is this event refundable? Yes
If yes, must be submitted in writing to events@hbanet.org by June 8, 2014; no refunds are available after this date.

Event Questions/Support
- Program contact for event details: Contact email kronemertravel@gmail.com and/or phone 314 498-0641
- Membership questions: membership@hbanet.org or 973-575-0606 ext 1
- Trouble with online registration: events@hbanet.org or 973-575-0606 ext 3

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Pricing

	Member	Non-Member
Regular Registration	$55.00 / €47.00	$70.00 / €60.00

Members receive up to 50 percent discount

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