One of the projects I have been busy with for the past sev­eral months is serv­ing on the plan­ning com­mit­tee of THE Con­fer­ence. I want to share it with you because it is has to be the most com­pre­hen­sive and low­est price über-quality event this year any­where.

THE Con­fer­ence is the multi-track busi­ness con­fer­ence of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Cham­ber of Com­merce and will bring pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment and net­work­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to north­east­ern PA on Tues­day, April 27 at The Wood­lands.

The day long, com­pre­hen­sive pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment and busi­ness con­fer­ence will begin at 8 a.m. with Myra Golden, nation­ally renown keynote speaker and author of Beyond Wow. Myra con­sults for orga­ni­za­tions that rep­re­sent the brands and ser­vices you know and love to help them dif­fer­en­ti­ate their ser­vice expe­ri­ence from that of their competitors.

Mul­ti­ple tracks in busi­ness and non­profit dis­ci­plines will con­tinue through­out the day for C-level, mar­ket­ing, fund-raising, human resources, entre­pre­neur­ship and man­age­ment. Par­tic­i­pants will enjoy inter­ac­tive ses­sions on social media, media rela­tions, brand­ing, green mar­ket­ing, eth­i­cal fund-raising, grants, board gov­er­nance, employ­ment law, recruit­ing and reten­tion, diver­sity, busi­ness financ­ing, busi­ness start ups, eco­nom­ics of tech­nol­ogy, dig­i­tal time man­age­ment, global trends, capac­ity build­ing, C-suite chal­lenges and more.

I’ll be con­duct­ing a ses­sion on how to attract qual­ity can­di­dates and retain top per­form­ing employ­ees through employer brand­ing and employee engage­ment. There will be sev­eral panel dis­cus­sions and a num­ber of “Toolkit” ses­sions from which par­tic­i­pants will walk away with ideas and strate­gies that can imple­mented in their busi­ness or non­profit right away.

THE Con­fer­ence con­cludes with Cock­tails & Con­nec­tions, a busi­ness mixer at 5 p.m hosted by POWER! Wilkes-Barre. What other way would you end an event like this?

If you’re in north­east PA you can’t miss this pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment and busi­ness net­work­ing event. If you are not in the imme­di­ate area but are look­ing for a mega qual­ity event at a price that can’t be beat then by all means join us! Reg­is­tra­tion is $99 ($79 for Cham­ber mem­bers and non­profit employ­ees) and includes con­ti­nen­tal break­fast, lunch, con­fer­ence mate­ri­als and entrance to the Cock­tails & Con­nec­tions net­work­ing mixer.

For 6 tracks and 30+ speak­ers and events for only $99 it’s worth dri­ving from NYC, Philly, Har­ris­burg and even fly­ing in from Texas or Tim­buktu… «—- Go back and read that sen­tence!

If you’re inter­ested in a great way to show­case your busi­ness why not rent an exhibitor booth for $150?

Tip for Stu­dents: Take advan­tage of the very spe­cial deeply dis­counted stu­dent rate of $49 to come for pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment and to net­work with poten­tial future employers.

I can’t wait to see you there!