Communications CoP: Appreciating Diversity in the Workplace

Cisco Campus | Building 3, First Floor, The Vault Conference Room

This is a NCPMI Communication & Public Speaking CoP- NCPL Toastmasters Club Meeting.
The Meeting includes prepared speeches, table topics, networking, evaluations, jokes and multiple meeting operations roles.
5:30 pm -8:00 pm (5.30-6.00 Registration, Snack & Pre-meeting Networking)

Cisco Campus - Building 3, First Floor, The Vault Conference Room

Abstract

By having so many different types of thinking – stemming from different upbringings, mindsets, or backgrounds – project managers and their teams need to be aware of how not to offend unintentionally. Both in the workplace and in life we need to avoid generalizations and be sensitive to other cultures.

Diversity in the workplace adds a special richness, but also special challenges.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session you will know:

1. How to develop effective working relationships with diverse people at work
2. How to start with similarities, not differences, among people when you build relationships.
3. How regardless of position in the organization, relationships are critical for your success.

About the Speaker

Sharon A. Hill, author, speaker and MBA spent more than 20 years as a development and marketing manager at Fortune 500 giant IBM.

She is the president of Sharon Hill International which is her motivational and educational speaking business. Sharon is a certified etiquette trainer, trained by the American Business Etiquette Trainers Association.

Combining her passion for business etiquette, diversity in the workplace and her MBA research on Organizational Behavior, Sharon is recognized as an authority on American business etiquette for companies, universities, groups, associations and individuals.

Sharon has served on several Boards of Directors including:

• 2013-2015 Board of Directors President for Big Brothers Big Sisters – Raleigh Chapter
• 2013-2014 Past President for the National Association of Women Business Owners- Raleigh Chapter.
• 2013-2015 Toastmasters International Director
• 2017 – Present – Goodwill Community Foundation Member

She was recently appointed as a member of the Orange County Economic Development Advisory Board.

Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce named Sharon Hill as the 2016 Woman Business Owner of the Year.

Sharon is the author of five books that focus on etiquette, succeeding in college and corporate America. She has been heard on numerous radio programs throughout the country.

She is married to her husband and soul mate, Elmer Hill, and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Agile COP: Solution Focused Agile and Tools

MetLife | 101 MetLife Way | Cary, North Carolina 27513 - Lovelace Room Building 1

Learning Objective: Learn a unique approach to Agile known as Solution-Focused Agile. Innovation often emerges from the big bang at the intersection of ideas and disciplines--the Medici Effect. And Solution-Focused Agile is such a mashup of techniques from multiple disciplines, primarily Agile and Solution-Focused Management.

5:30pm – 6:00pm: Networking/ Snacks/ Refreshments

6:00pm – 7:00pm: Topic

 

You must register for this event and bring ID to be allowed in MetLife Building.