Tracey Jackson is the owner/Business Consultant of Certified Personal Resilience Practitioner, U-nex-o! Tracey's corporate career afforded her the opportunity to work in several different industries from not for profits, to big-box retail, to a museum, to healthcare, to city government, and pharmaceutical. Tracey ended her corporate career after working with Verizon for twelve years. Tracey currently serves as the Chair of the Chambers newly created African American Business Council. She is the Vice President for the Wilmington Chapter of WIN (Women In Networking). She is a WARM (Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Board Member. She attends New Beginning Christian Church where she oversees the Entrepreneurs Group and acts as the church's Business Consultant and Change Effectiveness Leader. Tracey grew up in Leland NC and graduated from North Brunswick High School. Moving to Charlotte, she attended and graduated from UNC-Charlotte. Tracey has a unique ability to operationalize anything! She lives by a "You Touch it! Operationalize it!” motto. u-nex-o! unity excellence operationalized was birthed out of Tracey's desire to share the sustainable systems (frameworks) she deployed while in corporate America to repeatedly build High-Performance Teams and maintain continuous growth.
Judy Budd is the Associate Publisher of WILMA magazine and Greater Wilmington Business Journal. Her career has included working for large corporations and small, privately-held firms as well as owning her own business. She started her career at United Airlines and held a range of positions including Personnel Representative, Supervisor of Customer Service, Reservations Sales Manager and District Sales Manager. She was Vice President of Operations for a medical products firm and owned a Minuteman Press printing company franchise. She has sold numerous products including insurance, medical products, airline seats, retail products, promotional products, designer clothing, printed products and advertising. All of these positions and the skills needed to perform them led her to the Greater Wilmington Business Journal and Wilma Magazine where she started over 10 years ago as the Sales Manager. Judy is married to her husband, John, who retired from the business world and became a published author of 4 books, has 4 sons, 9 grandchildren and 1 great-grandson and her dog, Snoopy.
Stephanie Lanier is the leader of The Lanier Property Group, an award-winning boutique real estate firm in Wilmington, NC. She was named one of Wilmington’s 5 Most Intriguing People and voted Best Real Estate Agent by the Star News. She is an Accredited Luxury Home Specialist and is the winner of the NC Association of Realtors Rising Star Award. In 2017 she was named to an exclusive international list of Real Estate Influencers by Inman News. When speaking, Stephanie has been recognized for her ability to bring inspiration and tangible takeaways to her audiences. She helps keep Realtors sane by sharing her passion for work-life integration and self-care. She speaks to business owners and entrepreneurs about creating and fostering intentional company culture. Stephanie has received national industry coverage for her out-of-the-box content marketing and personal branding ideas. She is the founder of a much celebrated local women’s initiative, “The Inspiration Lab”, which has been covered by the media as a community committed to creating leaders and empowering women. Before real estate, Stephanie worked as a clinical social worker caring for at-risk teenagers, the homeless and mediating child abuse cases for the State of North Carolina. Stephanie received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University of North Carolina at Wilmington. When she isn't working she enjoys writing on her family blog about her journey as a special needs parent, preparing for her business book club or volunteering with charities that are close to her heart.
Sabrina Davis is president and owner of Port City Signs & Graphics. She began her career in broadcast journalism as a radio news anchor in Raleigh and Chapel Hill, while in school at UNC-Chapel Hill. After college, she was a TV news reporter in Albuquerque, NM and Raleigh/Durham, and later worked as a field producer for ABC News. She moved on to become Assistant Dean of Executive Education in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UNC-Chapel Hill. After master’s studies in graphic design, she launched her own commercial writing and design business, producing publications for UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNCW’s Watson School of Education, the North Carolina Press Association, QSR Magazine and others. Experiencing the client side of printing, led to an interest in print production. With a vision to provide high-quality large format printing, Sabrina purchased Port City Signs in 2008 and introduced digital printing to the business. She is the third owner of Port City Signs & Graphics, which began in 1948. The company offers a wide variety of cutting-edge, large-format print products, from large interior prints to outdoor signs to vehicle wraps.
Natasha Davis is the Director of UNC Wilmington’s Quality Enhancement for Nonprofit Organizations (QENO) housed in the Office of Community Engagement. Natasha draws on her 16 years of finance and management experience to help strengthen our region's nonprofit sector. Natasha earned her BS in Accounting from the University of North Carolina Greensboro with an Information Systems concentration and her Masters in Public Administration from UNC Wilmington with a Nonprofit Management concentration. Natasha has experience in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors in the roles of staff member, board member, funder, and consultant. Davis was also a 2015 Women to Watch winner in the nonprofit category.
Craig Heim is President & CEO of United Way of the Cape Fear Area, and is a graduate of Syracuse University and began his United Way career in Syracuse, NY. He has held positions with United Way’s across the country that included Columbus, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Silicon Valley, California; Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Craig came to United Way of the Cape Fear Area in August 2017. He brings expertise in community engagement, leadership and business development, through board experience with many nonprofit organizations including Boys & Girls Club, Leadership Greater Syracuse, Community Health Information and Planning Services; Forging Our Community’s United Strength (FOCUS), and Partners for Education and Business.
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Thursday, Jul 19, 2018
2:00 PM to 3:15 PM |
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Get on Board - Nonprofit Board TrainingJoining a board is an important step in developing leadership skills. Women to Watch has partnered with United Way of the Cape Fear Area and UNCW's QENO to train potential board members and match them with board and volunteer opportunities based on their experience and interests. Learn the responsibilities and find out how you can give back to our community in this one-hour training.Presented by: Natasha Davis, Director | UNCW's QENO and Craig Heim, President and CEO | United Way of the Cape Fear Area |
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Building your Sphere of InfluenceNo one can do it alone. Whether entry-level or executive, you need a support system to help you thrive. As life and work changes, your support system must shift with it. Sometimes, you need a sponsor to advocate for you at work: another time, you need guidance from an outside mentor: and on other occasions, what you need most is a hand from your family. Learn what these relationships look like, how to foster them and why they are vital to your success and that of others.Presented by: Lauren Henderson, CFO CastleBranch | President, tekMountain, Tracey Jackson, Owner/Business Consultant | Certified Personal Resilience Practitioner, U-nex-o! and Judy Budd, Associate Publisher | WILMA magazine/Greater Wilmington Business |
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WORK/LIFE RHYTHM: Pacing Yourself for SuccessFor many of us, the balance between work and life has become nearly impossible. We are continually trying to balance everything at once. But why balance work and life when you can learn to live your best self with some rhythm. In this workshop, you will learn valuable steps on how to find flexibility in both work and personal activities to achieve the ultimate Work/Life Balance.Presented by: Stephanie Lanier, Realtor & Broker in Charge | Lanier Property Group and Sabrina Davis, Owner | Port City Signs and Graphics |
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Key Elements to Motivate and EngageIn this workshop, you will walk away with four useful tools to take back to your business or organization that will inspire you to be a better leader.Learn techniques to increase your leadership self-awareness. Understand how to create a work environment that enables individuals and teams to be at their best. Expand your ability to energize and motivate others. Learn how to build ambassadors for the business. Presented by: Lisa Leath, President | Leath HR Group |
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Thursday, Jul 19, 2018
3:30 PM to 4:45 PM |
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Get on Board - Nonprofit Board TrainingJoining a board is an important step in developing leadership skills. Women to Watch has partnered with United Way of the Cape Fear Area and UNCW's QENO to train potential board members and match them with board and volunteer opportunities based on their experience and interests. Learn the responsibilities and find out how you can give back to our community in this one-hour training.Presented by: Natasha Davis, Director | UNCW's QENO and Craig Heim, President and CEO | United Way of the Cape Fear Area |
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Building your Sphere of InfluenceNo one can do it alone. Whether entry-level or executive, you need a support system to help you thrive. As life and work changes, your support system must shift with it. Sometimes, you need a sponsor to advocate for you at work: another time, you need guidance from an outside mentor: and on other occasions, what you need most is a hand from your family. Learn what these relationships look like, how to foster them and why they are vital to your success and that of others.Presented by: Lauren Henderson, CFO CastleBranch | President, tekMountain, Tracey Jackson, Owner/Business Consultant | Certified Personal Resilience Practitioner, U-nex-o! and Judy Budd, Associate Publisher | WILMA magazine/Greater Wilmington Business |
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Work/Life Rhythm: Pacing Yourself for SuccessFor many of us, the balance between work and life has become nearly impossible. We are continually trying to balance everything at once. But why balance work and life when you can learn to live your best self with some rhythm. In this workshop, you will learn valuable steps on how to find flexibility in both work and personal activities to achieve the ultimate Work/Life Balance.Presented by: Stephanie Lanier, Realtor & Broker in Charge | Lanier Property Group and Sabrina Davis, Owner | Port City Signs and Graphics |
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Key Elements to Motivate and EngageIn this workshop, you will walk away with four useful tools to take back to your business or organization that will inspire you to be a better leader.Learn techniques to increase your leadership self-awareness. Understand how to create a work environment that enables individuals and teams to be at their best. Expand your ability to energize and motivate others. Learn how to build ambassadors for the business. Presented by: Lisa Leath, President | Leath HR Group |
WHEN |
Thursday Jul 19, 201811:45 AM to 6:00 PM |
WHERE |
The Wilmington Convention Center515 Nutt StreetWilmington, NC 28401 |