& nbsp;This day-long symposium is something you won’t want to miss. Women emp loyees and business owners need inspiration, ideas, information, and other women to network with. The theme for this year’s event is “Achieve – Inspir e – Embrace Excellence” and will feature several dynamic speakers, networki ng opportunities, continental breakfast, lunch, and a dessert reception. Fo llowing lunch, our speakers will participate in a panel Q&A.
Melinda Miles, acting president of Film at Eleven and founder of Manif est, a consulting firm, will present “Faith and Tattoos ― Living on Purpose .” At the beginning of 2010, Melinda made a resolution to fully commit hers elf to graduate school and broadening her horizons. After a dozen years of singular focus on Haiti, it was easier to count the times she had failed – in work and her personal life – than to point out the successes. But when a massive earthquake hit Haiti on January 12th, Melinda was faced with choos ing between the path she had worked so hard to carve out and the country th at captured her being and would never let go. It turned out that there wasn ’t even a decision to make. Despite the advice of many, she packed up her t hree-year old son and moved into a tent in Port-au-Prince.
H ow do you keep going in the face of failure? Self-doubt is powerful and can even be paralyzing, however, being grounded in purpose can keep you moving forward no matter what obstacles you face. Let her share with you the stor y of a white girl from Massachusetts who found her true place in Haiti and came to realize that sometimes passion and faith are one and the same.
< p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bot tom: 0px;">Again this year, headshots will be offered by Dayger Photography , with no sitting fee. Free hair and make-up touch-ups will also be availab le.Also returning this year is Bee-Hive Networking, a busin ess building activity that allows you to find exactly what you are looking for in a very short period of time. There are no elevator speeches, no sell ing, and no fears or discomforts. Each attendee could walk away with an ave rage of 12-20 cards of QUALIFIED prospects who want to meet them. Come "cat ch the buzz" with Bee-Hive Networking. Please be sure to come armed with 10 0 business cards.
Sponsors to date include SUNY Oswego’s Off ice of Business and Community Relations, Women’s Network for Entrepreneuria l Training (WNET), Operation Oswego County, and Mitchell’s Speedway Press.< /p>
Registration and tickets for Connections are available throu gh Operation Oswego County at www.oswegocounty.org/Connections/tickets.html .
For more information, contact Evelyn LiVoti, Connections’ co-chair, at 343.1545 or eli voti@oswegocounty.org or visit the Connections’ webpage www.oswego .edu/about/centers/obcr/connections. Please visit and like our Facebook pag e http://www .facebook.com/ConnectionsWomensConference.
