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Business Development Seminars 2009/2010
Step Up and Take the Lead
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Please note the location of each seminar
Bergen Community College Paramus Campus
Moses Family Meeting and Training Center/Technology Education Building
400 Paramus Road, Paramus - Room Tec 128 (Enter Parking Lot B)
For Directions to the Paramus Campus click here
Bergen Community College Meadowlands Campus
1280 Wall Street West, Lyndhurst, NJ - Room 315
For Directions to the Meadowlands Campus click here
Hilton Woodcliff Lake
200 Tice Blvd, Woodcliff Lake, N J
For Directions to Hilton Woodcliff Lake click here
Courtyard by Marriott Lyndhurst
1 Polito Avenue, Lyndhurst, NJ
For Directions to Courtyard by Marriott Lyndhurst click here
For additional information, please contact Andrea Schaffel
Registration : 8:30 A.M.
Seminar: 9:00 - Noon
"Step Up and Take the Lead"
Fall 2009
Diana Morris |
August 18, 2009 Tuesday
9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon - No Doubt About You: The Art of Skillful Self Promotion - BCC Paramus Campus
A life-changing
workshop, filled with encouragement and practical ideas for building your unstoppable
career. Whatever your goal, Skillful Self Promotion can help you get there faster. |
Cynthia Clark |
September 16, 2009 Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon - Effective Performance Management - Hilton Woodcliff Lake
Do you dread employee evaluation time, with those awkward forms and uncomfortable
employee meetings? Join us for an invigorating and informative seminar on Performance
Management and learn how to you can change your annual employee appraisal program into
a collaborative, interactive process that satisfies both you and your employees.
Learn Performance Management tools and techniques that can help you enhance employee
performance and actually improve employee morale! |
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TBA - 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon - Case Closed Part III - Hot
Legal HR Topics - Hilton Woodcliff Lake
This seminar will feature
presentations on The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), as proposed and the recent
amendments to the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Join us to see how these important
pieces of legislation will affect you and your company. |
Debra Hamilton |
TBA - 9:00 AM - 12 Noon - The 30-Second Email: How to Write Clear and Productive
E-mail Messages - BCC Paramus Campus
In this workshop participants will learn to structure their email messages by
using the 30-Second Email Writing Template to grab attention, organize the essential
points, and clarify action steps needed. Participants are encouraged to bring a few
recent email messages they have written to the workshop. During the session,
participants will complete short writing exercises and discuss when email is not
the best communication tool. |
Michael Goldman |
October 28, 2009
Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon - The Four Secrets of Passionate Organizations - Courtyard by Marriott Lyndhurst
In this challenging economic environment, it takes more than the right skills and
strategies to beat your competition. Corporate cultures are suffering, or even
disintegrating, as companies cut costs, freeze salaries and layoff employees.
Today’s most successful companies have employees with an incredible passion for what
they do. |
Maureen McGuire
Rita Williams Bogar |
November 11, 2009 Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12 Noon - Coach
Yourself to Success, Happiness and Reinvention - BCC Meadowlands Campus
Have you made the decision to stay put in a less than perfect work situation? Uncover
several ways to get unstuck and get more from your work now. Learn techniques for
discovering the work that will make you happier. |
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November 20, 2009 Friday 9:00 AM - 12 Noon - Mindful Leadership: Personal Mastery for
Challenging Times: Strategies for Sustaining Focused, Effective Leadership - BCC Paramus Campus
In this half-day workshop, participants will learn how Mindful Leadership helps leaders,
teams, and organizations excel during challenging times. Participants will take away a
Personal Mastery Plan with specific strategies and practices for developing themselves
and others as agile and resilient leaders. |
Gene Sower
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December 3, 2009
Thursday 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon - Search Engine Optimization - Courtyard by Marriott Lyndhurst
What good is having a website if
no one can find it, right? This workshop on search engine optimization (SEO) will
examine some tips and tricks that you can deploy right now to generate the search
engine traffic that sends you new sales and prospects interested in your business. In
this workshop we’ll explain exactly what SEO is…and isn’t, discuss illegal practices
to avoid and how you can make some minor adjustments now that can significantly
increase your online visibility causing a positive impact to your bottom line. |
Marc D. Ensign |
December 10,
2009 Thursday 9:00 AM - 12 Noon - Business Growth Through Social Networking - BCC Paramus Campus
Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter and
LinkedIn are incredibly powerful tools that can be used to dramatically increase your
business when used properly. If you’re not quite sure how you should be using Social Media,
you are not alone. The purpose of this workshop is to show you the most efficient and
effective ways of using Social Media websites in order to increase your web presence and
ultimately grow your business.
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Mark M. Cohen |
January 15, 2010
Friday 9:00 AM - 12 Noon - Goal Setting…It Is Not About Making A Wish!!! - BCC Paramus Campus
Many people say that they set goals, but few write them down, set specific action steps,
understand the obstacles/solutions in front of them and establish realistically high expectations; therefore, few achieve their goals. This seminar will teach you a
proven system for setting and achieving goals. You will learn a practical approach that will
allow you to take away from the seminar a usable process that you can utilize immediately. |
Linda Trignano |
January 20, 2010 Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon - Communicating with Difficult People - BCC Meadowlands Campus
Effective communication skills are some of the most sought after strengths you can possess.
If you have ever had the experience of interacting with a “difficult” person and wondered the
best way to handle the situation, this workshop is for you. Understanding your own style of
communicating will be the basis of understanding how you relate to others and from there we’ll
look at some tips and strategies to better manage “difficult” people. |
Christopher
D'Marco |
February 5, 2010
Friday 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon - Lean Six Sigma Basics - Courtyard by Marriott Lyndhurst
“Lean Six Sigma” is a discipline that integrates the body of knowledge and methodologies of
both Lean and Six Sigma in such a way that makes it much easier for any business in any
sector to optimize the benefits from both disciplines. Come to this workshop to learn about
the primary outcomes of Lean and Six Sigma and numerous tools such as 5S, Value Stream
Mapping, Work Flow Diagrams, Lead Time Analysis, Theory of Constraints, Error Proofing,
Kanban systems, Kaizen Events as well as some Six Sigma problem solving and Statistical
Process Control Tools. |
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CANCELLED February 26, 2010 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon - No Doubt About
You: The Art of Skillful Self Promotion Part 2 - BCC Paramus
Campus
A life-changing workshop, filled with encouragement and practical ideas
for building your unstoppable career. Whatever your goal, Skillful Self Promotion can help
you get there faster. |
Elaine Padva |
March 3, 2010 Wednesday 9:00 AM - 12 Noon - HR 101 for Managers and Supervisors - BCC
Meadowlands Campus
If you’re a supervisor or manager, there are some HR “basics” you
need to know to do your job effectively. This course will touch on those basics – from
understanding the legal landscape of the HR “alphabet soup” (FMLA, FSLA, ADA, EEO, etc.),
through selecting, managing and motivating staff. If you have the support of an HR
department, this program will reinforce the existing structure/policies. If not, this
program will provide you with basic guidelines to maximize your effectiveness as a
supervisor and reduce your risk getting sued |
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March 19, 2010 Friday, 9:00 AM - 12 Noon - Applying Process Management
Techniques to Your Company - BCC Paramus
Campus
In this interactive workshop, learn how applying process improvement techniques can help
your business become more competitive and more efficient quickly. This easy to understand
process works in a small size company or a large size company and every company in between. When you leave this workshop, you will be able to implement this system to achieve greater
results for yourself and your organization.
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Ellen Lubin-Sherman |
April 16,
2010 Friday 9:00 AM - 12 Noon - How To Ask for the Legion of Honor (as well as other
terrific things) That Can Change Your Life - BCC Paramus
Campus
This is a high-spirited look at the importance of asking for things, whether it’s
professional advice, an introduction to a potential client or an interview. Most people err
on the side of not asking enough. My seminar offers tips and strategies for identifying the
people who can give you what you want and how to approach them to ensure your success. |
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April 30, 2010 Friday 9:00 AM -
12 Noon - How to Effectively use Email Marketing and Blogs to Grow your Business - Courtyard by Marriott Lyndhurst
Email marketing is a highly cost effective tool for growing your business---if it’s done
right! This workshop will examine the tools needed to be an email marketing pro, help you
avoid SPAM traps and offer some automated methods for turning your website into a
non-commissioned sales person. The workshop is offered at the intermediate to advanced level
for businesses that already have a website and want to turn it into a 27/7 lead generating
machine! |
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May 14, 2010 Friday 9:00 AM - 12 Noon
- Emotional Intelligence – for Personal Success - BCC Paramus
Campus
This workshop will focus on the Personal Competence aspect. How you
understand and manage yourself impact how others view you. Learn to capitalize on your
strengths and minimize areas of concern to position yourself for greater success |
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CANCELLED June 17, 2010 Thursday 9:00 AM - 12 Noon - Keys to Running a Successful Business - BCC Paramus
Campus
This diverse workshop will teach you how to develop and use a strategic plan, use your stock/bond portfolio as collateral for a business loan, recruit superior employees and manage performance, inform you on what you need to know about social media and your workforce, and retirement and debt planning for your employees. |
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June 25, 2010 Friday 9:00 AM -
12 Noon - "The Triple Bottom Line” (3BL) an Ideal or an Imperative? - Courtyard by Marriott Lyndhurst - Courtyard by Marriott Lyndhurst
It’s not just all about the numbers anymore. From the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico to the never-ending debate about labor and employment; from green buildings to global online communities, the definition of success has significantly shifted from pure dollars and cents to an equilibrium where people, planet and profit are all important. This new reality is the Triple Bottom Line (3BL). 3BL thinking is no longer purely an academic discussion; come see how 3BL can impact both individuals and small businesses and propel you toward a new level of success.
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