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CBEA Conference 2008

CBEA Conference 2008. Events November 6-9. Keynote Speakers Networking Sessions Exhibitors. LaDonna Gatlin-- Keynote Speaker Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti. Do the Right Thing 1 decision can change your life Re alize Your Potential & Potential of Others “Believe in…” “I’m so proud of you…”

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CBEA Conference 2008

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  1. CBEA Conference 2008 CBEA 11-2008

  2. EventsNovember 6-9 • Keynote Speakers • Networking • Sessions • Exhibitors CBEA 11-2008

  3. LaDonna Gatlin--Keynote SpeakerDo, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti • Do the Right Thing • 1 decision can change your life • Realize Your Potential & Potential of Others • “Believe in…” • “I’m so proud of you…” • Mind Your Manners • Respect others • Failures into Fertilizer • Learn from Mistakes • Solutions Begin Right Here • Laugh • Humor needed • Time is Valuable • Begin at the Beginning Again… CBEA 11-2008

  4. In California? CBEA 11-2008

  5. Soft SkillsTheme of several sessions • Advisory committees for years feel needed • Tools lacking to teach skills • Ways to integrate into curriculum • Suggested text: Soft Skills at Work by Beverly Amer; Course Technology, Cengage Learning; includes CD with simulations Session #4, Essential Communication Skills for Student Excellence • Connie Petlack, presenter • Chair, Business Computer Information Systems Dept. at Butte College • Developed several short soft skill classes @ Butte • Contact: petlackco@butte.edu for more information CBEA 11-2008

  6. Bridge & MoatWhere? CBEA 11-2008

  7. Microsoft Office 2007Tips and Key Features Session #6, MS Office 2007 • Audrey RutkoskyRoggenkamp, Paradigm Publishing, speaker & textbook author • Main Change = ability to share information • Word = grouped in Ribbons, not menus • Excel = many ways to create formulas • Access = new look, begins with table • PowerPoint = new themes • New features include: • Smart Art • Cover pages • More colors • Quick Styles • References with citations for MLA, APA, and more • More charts • Quick parts CBEA 11-2008

  8. Professionalism Session #9, Professionalism: Real Skills for Workplace Success • Lydia Anderson & Sandra Bolt, speakers; Business Instructors and authors • Keys to workplace survival: • Attitude • Communication • Human relations • Resources are business advisory boards CBEA 11-2008

  9. Professionalism cont. • Model appropriate behavior • Accountability • Reliability • Respect • Participation (attendance) • Establish trust and credibility • Each student is a winner • Workplace Rules • People are selfish • You need to be a mature adult • Don’t get emotional • You need to treat all professionally and with respect CBEA 11-2008

  10. Professionalism cont. • Business Students Need to Learn • Good attitude • Good ethics • Stability • Business Students Must Be • Marketable • Valuable • Accountable CBEA 11-2008

  11. Exhibitors & Networking • Time set aside between sessions CBEA 11-2008

  12. Business English Session #13 Strategies for Teaching Business English • Susan Jaderstrom, Speaker, Santa Rosa Jr. College • Proper grammar essential with e-mail • How to prevent erosion of skills • Motivate students –relevant, meaningful activities that occur in workplace CBEA 11-2008

  13. Business English cont. • Tip: Go to http://online.santarosa.edu/section/?1620 for example of online course • Tip for final exam letter: How would you advise a student to be successful in this class? • View http://www.respondus.com To view an software that can protect document integrity. • Academic Integrity is Key for course • Tip: “Make this a no excuses class. You are all adults.” • Tip: daily quiz with same questions on two different colored papers. One is turned in and students keep the other for their records after you go over correct answers. No make-up unless written medical. CBEA 11-2008

  14. How were taxes paid? • See the bricked in windows?! • Taxes paid based on number of “open” windows • Bricks did not count CBEA 11-2008

  15. Attitude is Everything Session #20 If fat, furry worms can fly! • Sharon Fisher Larson NBEA president, speaker • Visit www.satbfl.com for fun PowerPoints; mapping guides to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; and much more • Shared methods for instilling a positive attitude in self as well as students • Next is from one of Sharon Fisher Larson’s PPT presentations CBEA 11-2008

  16. Attitude Plus Aptitude Equals Altitude!

  17. Rick Altman—Keynote speaker • Better PowerPoint presentations • Standing to right or left depends on what saying and what showing on slide(s) • Use natural hand and body gestures • Author of “Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck” • Go to www.betterppt.com for more details CBEA 11-2008

  18. Policy Issues Session #22 Policy Issues that Will Impact Our Discipline…and What You Can Do about Them • Fred Jones, CBEA Advocate, speaker • Are we getting a fair return on dollar investment in education? • Build alliances with Industry/Business partners to make a change • Soft skills needed • Skilled work shortage, approx. 6.5 million • Real-world education is necessary • Need to change cultural mentality • Education coalition is not demanding equal respect for Career Technical Education (CTE) • Go to fredjones@jps.net for other policy information and can ask for PowerPoint presentation information CBEA 11-2008

  19. Answer: CastellodiAmorosa in Calistoga (Napa Valley) A trip to 13th Century living. Great Room; knights room; dungeon with “tools”; chapel; caves; narrow hallways; courtyard History in the making—so new to its surroundings that the main tower is not quite finished. CBEA 11-2008

  20. Soft Skills Session #29 We Know They Need Them, But How to Teach Them? • Trish Bobst, South-Western Cengage Learning, Speaker • Whose role is it to prepare students with oral and written communications, interview skills, team work, etc.? Discussion CBEA 11-2008

  21. Download conference presenter handouts. These handouts will be updated as they come in, so please check back frequently to see if more presenters have shared their session handouts. Sharon Fisher Larson’s handouts can be downloaded from her website at http://www.satbfl.com/. And please remember that these handouts are provided for you, the conference attendee, not the entire world! CBEA 11-2008

  22. Contact for Details of Interest • Judith Andrews • Administrative Office Management • Feather River College • 570 Golden Eagle Avenue • Quincy, CA 95971 • 530-283-0202 ext. 245 • jandrews@frc.edu CBEA 11-2008

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