Upcoming WAW Events for 2008
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Friday,
May
23,
2008
Registration and Networking begins at 11:30 a.m.
and the program begins promptly at Noon.
Program concludes at 1:15 p.m.
Come early and stay late for networking.
A table is available for you to place any flyers or
information that is aligned with the WAW mission.
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Lunch Presentation:
"Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT): An
Extraordinary Tool for Unleashing Authenticity, Creativity and
Spirit at Work"
Would you like to
have at your finger tips an amazingly powerful technique which can
help you transform your feelings and thoughts about any situation,
thereby creating more creative possibilities and success?
 EFT
is a simple yet revolutionary procedure that involves tapping on
acupuncture points in order to relieve disruptions in the body's
energy system. It is widely known for it's ability to help with
issues such a pain, anxiety, weight loss, phobias, trauma,
allergies, illness and depression. But it can also be used to
enhance performance in the workplace and in any endeavor. You will
hear many exciting examples at this presentation, have the
opportunity to experience EFT for yourself, and learn how to use EFT
in your own life to accelerate positive change and personal
improvement.
Our Speaker's
Bio:
Kay Christopher
has 12 years experience as a transpersonal psychotherapist in
private practice and 12 years experience as a business consultant,
performance coach and trainer. Discovering the powerful results EFT
produces led her to become an EFT Practitioner, working with clients
on personal and professional issues one-on-one and in small groups,
and providing workshops locally and nationally. She has taught EFT
to a diverse range of audience members, including medical students
at Texas A&M University, and has worked with hundreds of clients who
have achieved wonderful results with EFT. More information can be
found at
www.EFT-Austin.com.
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Location:
Marie Callender's
Restaurant
9503 Research Blvd
# 400, Austin, TX 78759
(Corner of Hwy. 183 and MOPAC)
Click for Map of 9503 Research Blvd Austin, TX 78759-5690, US
Restaurant Tel:
(512) 349-7151
Cost: $20 cash or check at the door
Click here to Register |
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Friday,
April
25,
2008
Registration and Networking begins at 11:30 a.m.
and the program begins promptly at Noon.
Program concludes at 1:15 p.m.
Come early and stay late for networking.
A table is available for you to place any flyers or
information that is aligned with the WAW mission.
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Lunch Presentation: Why
Horses - What Equine Experiential Learning Can Teach Us About Authentic
Leadership
Presenter: Julie Puentes
Lately,
much has been written about the importance of authenticity and presence in
regards to leadership development. Experiential Learning is a very effective
way to introduce these concepts which are notoriously difficult to define
and teach. Recently, horses have been recognized as some of our most
effective teachers in the process of training authentic and compassionate
leaders.
In this
presentation, we will explore the ways horses can help leaders develop their
emotional intelligence by increasing self-awareness and understanding their
impact on others. Because they are prey animals, horses have a highly
developed ability to respond to the most subtle changes in stance,
intention, and even breathing of other horses or predators. Remarkably, this
is an ability they can easily transfer to human beings.
They also
make clear how much of our communication with others is non-verbal. Julie
will share some of her personal insights and experiences with horses and
what it has taught her and her clients about leading from the heart.
Our
Speaker's Bio:
Julie
Puentes is a leadership and personal development coach who is devoted to
helping leaders understand how self-awareness and authenticity are crucial
to exceptional leadership and job performance and how this can have a
significant positive impact their professional and personal relationships.
Julie obtained her Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Ethics
from St. Edwards University and has a Bachelors degree in Psychology. Having
combined her life-long fascination and knowledge of horses with her
experience, Julie is currently enjoying her ideal career. As owner of
"Bridges Solutions"
(www.leadershipbridges.com), Julie has experience coaching and
consulting entrepreneurs and organizations such as Heineken U.S.A and Green
Mountain Energy. She also studied with "Leadership Outfitters" for over a
year perfecting her skills using horses in leadership development and
coaching.
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Location:
Marie Callender's
Restaurant
9503 Research Blvd
# 400, Austin, TX 78759
(Corner of Hwy. 183 and MOPAC)
Click for Map of 9503 Research Blvd Austin, TX 78759-5690, US
Restaurant Tel:
(512) 349-7151
Cost: $20 cash or check at the door
Click here to Register |
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Friday,
March 28,
2008
Registration and Networking begins at 11:30 a.m.
and the program begins promptly at Noon.
Program concludes at 1:15 p.m.
Come early and stay late for networking.
A table is available for you to place any flyers or
information that is aligned with the WAW mission.
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Lunch Presentation:
"Five ways to make a living: Traditional,
Entrepreneurial, Non Profit, Self- Actualization, and Visionary."
Presenter:
Diane
Carroll
At this month's luncheon, Diane Carroll, Founder and CEO of The
Maverick Center, will present for us "Five ways to make a living:
Traditional, Entrepreneurial, Non Profit, Self-Actualization, and
Visionary."
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When thinking about ways to make a living many individuals generally
consider only two categories. They consider either working for someone else
or entrepreneurship. Some try both. Others have gone the Non Profit route.
Very few consider becoming a visionary. There are (at least) five ways to
make a living. This talk will broaden the scope to making a living that will
likely include several or all of the following models: the Corporate Model
(working for someone else), the Entrepreneurial Model (traditional American
Dream), the Visionary Model, and The Maverick Center's proprietary
Self-Actualization Business Model (reaching for one's full potential while
balancing the real you in the real world).
We will discuss some flaws of each model and discuss in more detail the
Self- Actualization Business Model.
Afterwards, our discussion will be about how to look at the models
differently and understand how others are successfully blending the five
ways to make a living.
Diane Carroll is the Founder/CEO of the Maverick Center, LLC. Diane
is a "design a life and living" specialist, teaching adults how to live on
their own terms. The Maverick Center's "Design a Maverick Living" is the
process of creating, changing or building ways of making money that closely
aligns with the owner's value system and integrates their multiple ideas,
goals, and reasons for living. Diane founded the Maverick Center LLC (www.MaverickCenter.com)
and started teaching youth/parents along with adults their
faster/safer/cheaper make a living practices and planning. Her company works
with leaders on quadruple bottom line (work that produces positive results
in people, profit, planet, and purpose).
Diane co-authored a book with Brian Tracy, Mark Victor Hanson, Robert
Middleton and a host of other gurus entitled: "Create the Business
Breakthrough You Want: Secrets and Strategies from the World's Greatest
Mentors" which has been endorsed by Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and Ken Blanchard, co-author of The
One-Minute Manager.
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Location:
Marie Callender's
Restaurant
9503 Research Blvd
# 400, Austin, TX 78759
(Corner of Hwy. 183 and MOPAC)
Click for Map of 9503 Research Blvd Austin, TX 78759-5690, US
Restaurant Tel:
(512) 349-7151
Cost: $20 cash or check at the door
Click here to Register |
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Friday,
February
22,
2008
Registration and Networking begins at 11:30 a.m.
and the program begins promptly at Noon.
Program concludes at 1:15 p.m.
Come early and stay late for networking.
A table is available for you to place any flyers or
information that is aligned with the WAW mission.
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Lunch Presentation:
Practicing Appreciative Awareness at Work
Presenter:
Henry Novak
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How are you showing up for work?
· What kind of stories is your mind unconsciously telling you about
yourself?
· How can you quickly seize upon the affirmative, the positive that
exists as potential, in every moment?
Our February speaker, Austin attorney, scholar, philosopher, and social
historian Henry Novak, spent seven years as an aggressive assistant
U. S. attorney establishing a formidable track record prosecuting
high-profile, white-collar fraud criminal cases against corporate executives
and public officials. A profound spiritual awakening in his late thirties
opened his heart and mind to deep inquiry into the purpose of his life, the
nature of the material world, and the dynamics that motivate the conduct of
people in the business world.
Among his discoveries in the following twenty-five years of professional
life was that environments - the situations, circumstances, and conditions
that we encounter in our daily business affairs - are neutral, that life
waits for us to impregnate it with meaning, and we do just that with the
manner in which we interpret and understand our experiences. We are
unconsciously programmed to see the world in ways that are unique to each of
us. From the day we are born, our mind begins to conceptualize our memories
and experiences into a "story" that very soon establishes our individuality
and determines who we show up as in the world. How we show up in the
business world determines the results we produce.
Join us as Henry blends wisdom, spiritual understanding, positive
psychology, and legal insight in sharing with us how the unconscious scripts
that direct our lives can be reframed into powerful, affirming stories that
can be used to cultivate the practice of being present for work with a
heart-mind that is open, nimble, and quick to appreciate the positive,
generative potential inherent in the present moment-the practice of
"Appreciative Awareness".
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Location:
Marie Callender's
Restaurant
9503 Research Blvd
# 400, Austin, TX 78759
(Corner of Hwy. 183 and MOPAC)
Click for Map of 9503 Research Blvd Austin, TX 78759-5690, US
Restaurant Tel:
(512) 349-7151
Cost: $20 cash or check at the door
Click here to Register |
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Feb. 13, 2008, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm |
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LOCATION:
13604 Caldwell Dr. #65
Austin, TX |
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Friday,
January
25,
2008
Registration and Networking begins at 11:30 a.m.
and the program begins promptly at Noon.
Program concludes at 1:15 p.m.
Come early and stay late for networking.
A table is available for you to place any flyers or
information that is aligned with the WAW mission.
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Lunch Presentation: "The Judgment Window": A Tool for Seeing and Speaking
to the Heart of Another
Presenter: Michael
Skye
Business success in the 21st century requires organizational cultures that
encourage and experience increasing levels of trust, transparency and
authenticity. Because work is, at its core, a fundamental human endeavor,
leaders need to master tools that empower and sustain high-powered
relationships.
Yet, most of us live in cultures, both at home and at work, that are full
of criticism and judgment. We perceive criticism, we anticipate judgment and
we beat ourselves up before others can make us wrong. We all naturally and
reflexively create walls of judgment when faced with the negativity of
criticism.
Come join us as
Michael Skye,
founder of VisionForce walks us through "The Judgment Window", a tool that
brings down our walls of judgment and defense so that people can feel truly
seen and honored.
As Michael demonstrates this simple yet powerful relationship tool, you
can learn how to:
- Breakdown the walls that create distance between you and your co-
workers, your family and other important relationships.
- Shift from judgment to extreme compassion with anyone, instantly.
- Transform a good relationship into a powerful alliance.
- Turn your critics into allies.
Please join us for this stimulating and transformational experience.
Michael Skye, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer for Austin's own
VisionForce, works with a new breed of impassioned change agents,
entrepreneurs and visionary leaders from around the world who are giving
their lives to stand for all of humanity. His visionary leadership training,
VisionForce Boot Camp, is part of the
One Million Visionaries Campaign. Boot Camp and the on-line course,
Visionary Mind Shifts, are powerful wake-up calls for those who are ready to
move from taking positions to making a stand. It is being applauded by many
local leaders, such as Richard Halpin of American Youthworks, Jeannette
Peaten of Big Austin, Brandy Clark of Austin Eco Network and Nogie King of
Wisdom at Work.
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Location:
Marie Callender's
Restaurant
9503 Research Blvd
# 400, Austin, TX 78759
(Corner of Hwy. 183 and MOPAC)
Click for Map of 9503 Research Blvd Austin, TX 78759-5690, US
Restaurant Tel:
(512) 349-7151
Cost: $20 cash or check at the door
Click here to Register |
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LOCATION / COST / CONTACT |
| Wed., Jan.
16, 2008 |
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Register by Phone: (877) 944-3003.
Location: The
Crossings, Austin, TX
Program Fee: $550 (A 20%
discount is available for Wisdom At Work members) |
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Ongoing |
Austin ASTD
(American Society for
Training & Development)
For more
information about Austin ASTD, visit their website at:
www.austin-astd.org.
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For more
information about Austin ASTD, visit their website at:
www.austin-astd.org.
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Ongoing |
The
Crossings
is a progressive learning center, meeting place, and wellness spa in Austin,
Texas offering workshops with world-renowned teachers, state-of-the-art
meeting and event facilities, and a full menu of wellness and spa services
in a retreat setting that promotes growth, balance, and sanctuary.
The Crossings offers selected programs at
reduced prices for WAW members.
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For more information and registration,
Tel: (877) 944-3003
or go to:
www.thecrossingsaustin.com
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Ongoing |
 The
Austin Leadership Forum is located in Austin, Texas. They have
breakfast programs on the third Friday of the month.
"Our
mission is to elevate the role of leadership in the lives of the citizens of
Central Texas; to focus on the vitality and necessity of regional leadership
capital; and to serve others through the process of encouraging individuals
to grow, prosper and make a significant difference through the practice of
leadership skills."
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For
more information and program registration, go to:
www.theaustinleadershipforum.com |
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Ongoing |
 Spirit
Systems is located in Houston, Texas.
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For more information and registration,
Tel: (281) 682-0127
Email:
admin@spirit-systems.org
or go to:
http://www.spirit-systems.org |
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