The Lost Art of Being Human

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Thursday, June 20, 2013
12-1PM PT (3-4PM ET)  |  FREE for WITI Members ($50 Nonmembers)

Presenter: Kim Castle

Technology impacts virtually every aspect of our lives today. It's made our lives better, richer and more productive. It's given us greater access to the world, to knowledge and to each other, especially with the advent of social media. Or has it?

With over 2 billion people on the planet connected through the web and media-rich devices like smartphones and tablets, we should feel more connected. But we don't. In fact, studies now suggest that we have never been lonelier. This growing loneliness is cutting us off from each other with every tweet, text, and update.

In this illuminating and entertaining webinar, award-winning brand expert Kim Castle will take us on an eye-opening ride and she will share a simple yet powerful solution for fostering a real and lasting connection with your customers - without the need to get rid of the devices that feed our growing addiction. It all starts with fostering something you were born with and born for. If you sense a subtle growing gap in your role in technology, even if you can't put a name to it, you don't want to miss this thought-provoking powerful session.

During the webinar, Kim will discuss:

- Identifying the human gap in technology
- How to effectively steer a highly captive social media & device savvy audience
- The real power of brand in today's wired age
- How to capitalize on the tech created phobia that now affects 66% of people on the planet
- How to apply brand strategy at the corporate and entrepreneurial level
- Why women have the advantage and the responsibility to steer technology for human good
- What you can do immediately to affect your role in technology and its impact

Kim Castle is an award winning Creative Director and co-creator of BrandU, a foundational business development system for entrepreneurs. Having worked with such Fortune 500 companies as IBM, General Motors, Disney and many others, she now guides 1,000's of small business owners to turn their ideas into million dollar brands. She's been nominated for the Los Angeles Business Journal's Women Making a Difference Award, has an international magazine column, and has been featured in Yahoo Small Business, CNN, Fox, NBC; and countless books and magazines. You can follow Kim on Twitter @KimCastle, on Facebook at /KimCastle.TingleTribe, and on Google+ +KimCastle.

Intuition: The Make-It-or-Break-It Skill for Leaders

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
12-1PM PT (3-4PM ET)  |  FREE for WITI Members ($50 Nonmembers)

Presenter: Shelley Row, P.E

Do you consider yourself a thinker, an intellectual? If so, you are in good company. Our culture values thinking. Our educational achievements and career success seem to favor those who are thinkers and yet, you can't think your way to top leadership positions. Being a successful leader requires integrating both intellect and intuition.

In this illuminating webinar, award-winning engineer and executive Shelley Row will share the results of her research on the role that intuition plays in leadership and decision-making. After interviewing more than 60 leaders from the public, private, academic, nonprofit and political sectors - many of whom are from technical professions such as engineering - Shelley can clearly state that intuition is a "must-have" but rarely discussed skill for leaders. These leaders affirm that intuition is essential for good decision-making.

Leaders make dozens of decisions every day and many decisions must be made with limited data. The intuition of a well-informed leader fills the gap. This webinar will give you practical, proven steps to demystify decision-making and to effectively incorporate intuition into your leadership (without getting laughed out of the room). You will:

- Discover the three areas that combine to create intuition.
- Learn to see the bigger context surrounding each decision.
- Deepen your ability to work with and sense people who influence and inform decisions.
- Develop self-awareness by clarifying your values and triggers.
- Learn techniques to turn down the noise and turn up your insight.

You will leave knowing how to confidently talk about intuition in the workplace.

Shelley Row, P.E. is an award-winning engineer and executive. In her 30-year career as a transportation engineer, the last ten years were as a senior executive for the U.S. Department of Transportation where she ran a technology research program. She is a sought-after and highly regarded speaker and writer. Recently, Shelley founded Shelley Row Associates LLC to develop future leaders with the wisdom to use both their intellect and intuition. Shelley works with organizations, associations and individuals through speaking (keynotes, workshops and seminars) and coaching. You can follow her on Twitter @ShelleyRow, on Facebook at Shelley Row, and on Google+ +ShelleyRow. You can sign up for her newsletter at www.shelleyrow.com, and you will receive the latest information on her research results.