21 May 2014
4:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
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HBA BOSTON-CAMBRIDGE METRO PRESENTS

Strategic Communication for Success

Event details
Ready to improve your strategic communications skills to make a difference in your career?

Join Gwen Acton, CEO, Vivo Group, coach and consultant, on Wednesday, May 21 from 8 am to 4 pm for a day of strategic communications skill building.

The healthcare business relies on high-performing women at entry level and middle management who know how to use good communications skills to make things happen; be one of them. This workshop in the HBA Leadership Success Series helps you apply your unique communication style in the business environment, complementing and maximizing your leadership strengths. This workshop is led by Gwen Acton, a communications expert with deep experience in both academia and industry.

Learning objectives
1. Have a baseline understanding of your current preferred communication style – leverage of the DISC or a similar type assessment
2. Appreciate the needs of other communication styles
3. Use strategies to adapt your communication for different styles
4. Use a simple framework to be able to quickly organize and develop presentations

Agenda
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM           Registration/networking, breakfast
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM          Program and breakout sessions
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM           Lunch
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM            Program and breakout sessions

Event location
Takeda
75 Sidney Street
Cambridge, MA 01239
617-679-7000

Directions       

Sponsor


Speaker
Gwen Acton
CEO, Vivo Group

Registration information
Event is open to: HBA members only  
Online Registration deadline: May 19, 2014   
Onsite (walk-in) registration: Is allowed

Member rate:
$225 until May 12, 2014
$250 after May 12, 2014

Capacity
Is capacity limited? Yes  
Space is limited to 25 registrants.

Cancellations/Refunds
Is this event refundable? Yes
If yes, must be submitted in writing to events@hbanet.org by May 12, 2014; no refunds are available after this date.

Event Questions/Support
- Program contact for event details: Contact email sgrover13@hotmail.com and/or phone 978-729-0607
- Membership questions: membership@hbanet.org or 973-575-0606
- Trouble with online registration: events@hbanet.org or 919-890-5230

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Pricing

 MemberNon-Member
Regular Registration$250.00 / €214.00 

Members receive up to 50 percent discount



Event Policies

Photography Policy
By registering for this event, you acknowledge that you may be photographed, videotaped, and/or audio-taped during the meeting and hereby give permission for your image, voice, or survey comments to be used in education, training, promotion, and/or trade and communications media by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association in any and all media throughout the world, without restriction as to frequency or duration of usage.

COVID-19 Policy
The HBA requires that all persons who participate in in-person events do so at their own risk and that each participant agrees to the following agreement before taking part in the activity and urges all participants to act in such a manner as to protect their own safety and the safety of others.

By registering for this event, I fully understand that my participation in the program is purely voluntary. I desire to participate and agree to act reasonably and prudently under the circumstances. I further understand that any HBA volunteers participating in the activity will act individually and will not represent the HBA. As a condition to my participation the activity, I waive and release the HBA and their officers, employees, and agents from any claim that I may have for any damage to property or injury to my person that may result in whole or in part from my participation.

Special Needs Policy
The HBA will make reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with special needs can enjoy all of its programs. Contact us if you require special accommodations for this event.