Date/Time |
Program |
Thursday, February 15, 2007
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10.00
– 4.00pm |
Registration |
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Official Opening: 6.00 pm – 8.30 pm |
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Welcome Message
- Monica McNeil, Regional Coordinator
Congratulatory Remarks by
- Chonchanok Viravan, BPW International
President
- BPW Canada Federation(2 minutes)
- BPW New York Federation(2 minutes)
- BPW California Federation(2 minutes)
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Entertainment - |
Keynote speaker:
- "New Dimensions of Leadership"
The Honourable Syringa Marshall Burnett,
President of the Senate
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Cocktails
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Friday, February 16, 2007
" BPW Organization Review & Reform" |
8.00 – 3.00 pm
|
Registration |
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Business Session I:
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- "Taking the lead: Challenges in
Reforming BPW for the 21st Century"
Dr. Chonchanok Viravan
President, BPW International
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- "Membership Development"
Liz Benham, 2nd Vice President and Membership
Chair
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10:30
– 10:45 am |
Networking & Coffee Break |
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10:45 – Noon
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Organization Review Session I:
BPW NETWORK
|
(a) Preliminary Review of BPW Network |
(b) Discuss issues / Gather feed back on
proposed changes regarding
- BPW Membership types uphold which
should appear in the
- Partnership with other organizations
- Benefits for Members
- Communication
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(c) Subgroups presentations |
|
Noon
– 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
|
|
1:00 – 3.00 pm |
Organization Review
Session II:
BPW FINANCING STRATEGY |
(a) Preliminary review of BPW Financing
Strategy |
(b) Discuss issues / Gather feed back on
proposed changes regarding
- Financing Strategy
- Fund Raising
- International Dues
- Congress Management
|
|
| 3:00 –
3:15 pm |
Networking & Coffee
Break |
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Organization Review Session
III:
BPW MANAGEMENT
|
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(b) Discuss issues / give feed back on proposed
changes regarding
- Management Positions
- Organization Structure
- Office Arrangement
- Setting BPW Policy / procedure
- New style of BPW Constitution
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(c) Subgroups presentations |
| 4:30 pm |
Nomination Open for
- Regional Coordinators of North America
and Non-Spanish Speaking Countries of
the Caribbean
- Sub-regional coordinator of North America
and Non-Spanish Speaking Countries of
the Caribbean
|
6.00pm
|
Free Evening
|
Saturday, February 17, 2007
" New Dimensions of Leadership" |
|
Business Session II: |
| 9:00 – 9:45 am |
"New Dimensions
of Leadership"
- Dr. Antoinette Ruegg
Immediate Past President
Questions and Answer |
9:45 – 10:30 am |
- a) Regional Coordinator Report
- b) Country reports
|
|
10:30
– 10:45 am |
Networking & Coffee Break |
|
|
10:45 - noon
|
Panel Discussion Session I:
“New Dimensions of Leadership” |
Moderator:
Antoinette Ruegg; Immediate Past International
Presiden
- Women and Leadership
Dr. Jennifer Cadogan, Educator
- Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
Valerie Lewis-O’Bryan, Protocol
and Consular Representative, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
- Ethics in Leadership
Dr. Doris Channer Watson, Medical Doctor/
Politician
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Noon
– 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
|
|
1:00 – 2:30 pm
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Parallel Workshops |
- Workshop 1: "New
Dimensions of Leaders in Politics"
By Joan Browne, Director of
Jamaica Women’s Political Caucus
& Yvette Swan, Past International
President; Former Minister of Government,
Bermuda
|
- Workshop 2: "IDP
(Individual Development Programme) –
Developing Leadership Qualities"
by BPW New York
Are you the leader you want to be? Developing
leadership qualities that will help
you rise to the top! Participant’s
will utilize prior information on behavioral
styles, learn additional aspects of
behavioral style in leadership, discover
keys to effective leadership and learn
what others expect of them as leaders.
|
- Workshop 3:"Mentoring"
by BPW Canada
|
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2:45
– 3:00 pm |
Networking & Coffee Break |
|
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3:00 – 4:30 pm
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Business Session III: |
|
7:00 - 11:00 pm
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Gala Banquet & Awards: |
Key note speaker
- "Teamwork in Leadership"
Mr. William “Bill” Clarke
President and CEO, Bank of Nova Jamaica
Ltd.
|
Sunday, February 18, 2007
|
9:30 - 11:00 am
|
Panel Discussion Session II: |
|
"Violence against
Women- BPW leading the change and results"
Moderator Fran Donaldson, President of
BPW Canada
|
- BPW Barbados
- BPW New York
- BPW California
- BPW Bermuda
- BPW St. Kitts
|
| 11:00 – noon |
Business Session IV:
- "XXVI BPW International Congress
in Merida, Mexico 2008" Presentation
By Chonchanok Viravan,
BPW International President
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- "Young BPW International Conference,
Seoul, Korea"
By Young BPW for NA & NSSCC
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- Positions of BPW in NA & NSSCC regions
on Organization Review issues
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- Presentation of nominees of Regional
& Sub-Regional Coordinators
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Noon
– 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
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| |
Election of Candidate
for new NA & NSSCC Regional Coordinator
|
| 1:30 – 3:00 pm |
Business Session
IV:
Presentation RAPPORTUER GENERAL
Summary of Feedback on Organization Review
and Reform
Announcements:
Candidate elected to run for the position
of Regional coordinator
Candidate selected for sub-regional coordinator.
Any unfinished business
|
3:00 – 3:15 pm |
Closing Ceremony |
| 8.00 pm – 11:00
pm |
Farewell Bon Fire Beach
Party |
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