The goal to accomplish my doctorate started with the quest to understand what motivates us as adults to pursue a goal. Appropriately, the learning objectives for our discussion will involve:

• Understanding and identifying personal motivations
• Acting on personal motivations for career
• Focusing on career goals

About the Speaker

Dr. Charles Harvey has considerable experience as an educational consultant, having worked in the corporate sector for two major organizations, including Blue Cross Blue Shield. His work in corporate and currently as an independent consultant helped many adults reach their educational goals and achieve success in chosen profession or career.

Dr. Harvey holds a Doctor of Education degree from Nova Southeastern University in Higher Education, a Master of Science in Teaching/Education from Pace University and is a graduate of Harvard University Executive Education Program (Kennedy School). He graduated Phi Kappa Phi and is a member of Kappa Delta Pi International Education Honor Society, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and Toastmasters International with designations: Distinguished Toastmaster, Learning Master, Past District Governor, leading District 37 to a top 10 ranking in the world..

He is a member of Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA).

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this presentation participants will understand:

• The one thing you must have in your playbook
• Ways for making your presentation sparkle
• What does a court case and a date have in common
• The best technique for moving your audience to action
• How to make the audience love you 

About the Speaker

Many companies today have drastically improved workforce diversity compared to 10 or 20 years ago, however most are not as inclusive as they should be.

Jim will walk us through the difference between Diversity, Inclusion, and Compliance and show us how these three concepts mix and mingle in the modern US workplace.

We’ll define terms, walk through scenarios and examine common errors and misconceptions. Together we’ll explore some of the best practices and learn how weaving diversity and inclusion into employee onboarding can help us all move forward.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how properly implemented D&I initiatives impact business results
• Understand what many companies do wrong
• Explore current best practice

About the Speaker

Jim Brown, Jr., DTM, a 1997 graduate of North Carolina A&T State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He currently works as a Product Safety engineer for John Deere commercial mowing. For most of the last 15 years Jim has been directly engaged in workplace inclusiveness, including recruiting and mentoring of minority engineers. Jim recently completed his MBA at East Carolina University and is looking forward to pursing Doctoral studies in business. In his free time Jim enjoys photography, motorsports, STEM outreach, non-profit governance, the occasional round of golf and a properly prepared steak.

• Use tools for mappping ideas, setting goals and establishing plans
• Develop a vision for our professional life, personal life or organization
• Establish actionable steps that will transform our vision into reality

About the Speaker

Ramona Baylor, DTM, retired from the United States Army after serving for 21 years and is a veteran of two combat operations. She currently works at Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, NC., in Civilian Human Resources as Supervisor for the Employee Services Branch.

Ramona and her team serve over 3000 Federal employees where communication and leadership are keys to their success. She is happily married to Ben and they have a 26-year-old daughter--Brianna. Toastmasters continue to be integral to her career development and advancement. 

Ramona’s life changed when she joined Toastmasters in August 2013!  Throughout her Toastmasters experience she has held several club officer roles, served as a District leader, competed at District Speech Contests and received the highest education award in 2018: Distinguished Toastmaster. 

Ramona currently serves as District 37 Program Quality Director East where she manages Speech Contests, Officer Training, District leader training, and the Annual Conference for 4400 members. She continues to give back to the members by mentoring 5 Toastmasters. 

Ramona has found personal and professional success by following the motto “it takes a village."