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On Thursday I had the opportunity to attend the 2015 Administrative Professionals Conference at WinMock in Bermuda Run, NC. WinMock is a beautiful old barn that has been renovated to hold conferences, weddings, etc. Our audience was made up of Administrative Professionals from WFU, WF-Health Sciences, WSSU, UNC School of the Arts and Forsyth Technical Community College. We had 226 attendees.
I have been on the Administrative Professionals Committee, which plans the conference, for 12 years. This year, each attendee at the conference was able to win a door prize!
We had 3 great speakers!
Speaker 1 was Denise Ryan
Program Description “How to Get Along with Everyone Who Is Not Me?”
Who are you?
Controller/Director
Celebrate their action leadership and honest
- Commander
- Values getting the job done
- Decisive risk taker
- Good at delegating work to others
- Results oriented
Promoter/Socializer
Celebrate their enthusiasm and joy
- Entertainer
- Values enjoyment and helping others with the same
- Full of ideas and impulsive in trying them
- Wants work to be fun for everyone
- Optimist; nothing is beyond hope
Supporter/Relater
Celebrate their gentleness and mediation qualities
- Harmonizer
- Values acceptance and stability in circumstances
- Slow with big decisions; dislikes change
- Builds networks of friends to help do work
- Easy-going; like slow, steady pace
Analyzer/Thinker
Celebrate their sensitivity and depth
- Assessor
- Values accuracy in details & being right
- Plans thoroughly before deciding to act
- Prefers to work alone
- Introverted; quick to think and slow to speak; closed about personal matters
Speaker 2 was Susanne Gaddis – The Communications Doctor!
Program Description: “All Stressed Up, and No Place to Go”
Definition of what stress is: what occurs when the demands that are placed upon you exceed your capability for meeting those demands
We took an interactive stress quiz for instant health risk results!
Short-term stress, such as difficult meetings, sporting or other performances, or confrontational situations. Here, the emphasis is on short-term management of adrenaline to maximize performance.
Long-term stress, where fatigue and high adrenaline levels over a long period can lead to degraded performances. Here optimizing stress concentrates on management of fatigue, health, energy and morale.
Speaker 3 was Lisa Withers
Program Description “Building YOUR Brand”
The attendees all did the Logo Game, where you name which logo goes with which brand.
We learned about having positive emotions at work:
- More productive
- More focused
- Higher satisfaction
- Higher engagement
Results Pyramid
- Results
- Actions
- Beliefs
- Experiences
We also learned about wells and drains!
Wells: positive, look for the good, energetic, actions, refreshing, encouraging
Drains: dishonest, they don’t follow through, negative, point out everything you do wrong
It was a great day of learning! It is also a pleasure to help provide a great conference to a wonderful group of people!
6 Comments on ‘2015 Administrative Professionals Conference’
I love the metaphor of wells and drains. Also, did the first speaker offer insight on how to get along with each of those types when they are different than you? I’d love to hear more about that if she did.
I’m so glad you had a chance to participate in this and help plan it. WinMock is such a beautiful location. It looks like some good information was exchanged.
I heard great things about this conference from others. You and the Committee did a great job!
Kristen, I like this distinction between short-term and long-term stress! It sounds like it was a great program!
Great reporting. I always say stress is the inverse of mind over matter.
Kristen, I so enjoyed presenting “All Stressed Up, And No Place To Go,” at this year’s conference. You and the committee did such an amazing job! Please know that I’d love to join you again at a future conference!