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SAN FRANCISCO, October 1, 2001—American
Management Association (AMA) is sponsoring its 9th Annual Administrative
Professionals Conference, “Gateway to Achievement,” in San Francisco
November 12-14, with pre-conference workshops beginning November 11. The
conference will be held at the Hilton San Francisco & Towers and will
provide an opportunity for more than 1,600 administrative professionals
to discover the best ways to meet the new challenges in today’s workplace.
“The role of administrative professionals continues
to evolve as advances in technology and changes in the corporate structure
have given rise to new expectations and additional responsibilities,”
said Andrea Iadanza, AMA’s conference chair. “Many tasks once
handled by meeting planners, project managers and even middle managers
often are given now to administrative professionals. This conference provides
them with the tools and techniques to help them succeed.”
“Gateway to Achievement” will feature 5 keynote addresses, 12
featured sessions and 30 concurrent sessions, which will focus on office
technology, communication skills, an advanced track for high-level administrative
professionals, and personal and professional development. Workplace and
management experts, authors and “Women of Achievement” are among
the presenters. The keynote speakers are:
Suze Orman, a Certified Financial Planner® professional, who
wrote the best-sellers The Courage to Be Rich, The Nine Steps to Financial
Freedom, and You’ve Earned It, Don’t Lose It. She
frequently appears on “Oprah” and “The Today Show.”
Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of several best-sellers, including his recent
book Manifest Your Destiny…Nine Spiritual Principles of Getting
Everything You Want. He is one of the world’s most widely read
self-development authors and social commentators.
Bonnie St. John, author of Succeeding Sane: Making Room for
Joy in a Crazy World. An Olympic skier, Rhodes scholar and writer,
who has worked on Wall Street and in the White House, she is living proof
that there are no limits to achievement.
Melba Duncan, author of The New Executive Assistant: Advice
for Succeeding in Your Career. She is founder and president of Duncan
Group, Inc., the nation’s most successful recruitment firm for high-level
administrative professionals.
Barbara Waugh, Ph.D., Worldwide Change Manager, Hewlett Packard
Laboratories, is co-founder of HP’s World e-Inclusion Business and
author of The Soul in the Computer: The Story of a Corporate Revolutionary.
The conference will feature more than 75 sessions, including:
- From Secretary to CEO: Recognizing and Pursuing Career Opportunities
by Jeanne Reaves, president and CEO, River City Bank
- Managing Multiple Bosses by Pat Nickerson, president, EBI,
Inc.
- Corner Office: A Conversation for CEO’s Assistants by
Melba Duncan, founder and president, Duncan Group, Inc.
- Negotiating: Today, Tomorrow and Forever by Elaine F. Ré,
Ph.D., president, Ré Associates
- The Project Toolbox: Polishing Your Project Management Skills
by Betty A. Kildow, consultant
- Some Mistakes Are Too Much Fun to Make Just Once! by Denise
C. Webster, CPM, president, WM Consultants
- Advancing in Positive Directions: Taking the Lead in Your Professional
Life by Michelle Burke, president and CEO, Executive Counterparts
- How to Relieve Stress and Perform Better under Pressure by
Lorinda Lewis, partner, Corporate Training and Consulting
- Finding and Keeping a Good Mentor by Florence Stone, author
of Coaching, Counseling and Mentoring, and AMA’s Editorial
Director
The pre-conference sessions will
feature the Who Moved My Cheese? Workshop by Wade Younger, CEO,
Fruition Consulting, Inc., and Understanding Critical Meeting Planning
Tools: Enhancing Your Site Selection and Contract Negotiations by
James Spellos, CMP, president, Meeting U.
For the full conference schedule or a list of speakers and showcase exhibitors,
consult AMA’s Web site at www.amanet.org.
To register, call 1-877-582-1399.
About AMA
American Management Association is the world’s leading
membership-based management development organization. It is distinguished
by the quality of its faculty, the practical action-oriented focus of
its learning programs and the dynamic interactive nature of its courses.
AMA offers a full range of business education and management development
programs in the Americas, Asia and Europe. More than 700,000 AMA customers
and members a year, including 486 of the Fortune 500 companies and many
federal agencies, learn superior business skills and best management practices
through a variety of seminars, conferences and executive forums, e-learning
and self-study courses, books, research studies, and on-site and customized
learning solutions.
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