Speaker Lecture Series

Santa Rosa Junior College Lecture Series Fall 2011 & Spring 2012
All events, Wednesday, Noon - 1:00pm

Bertolini Student Center —East End 1st Floor

Aug 31, 2011 - Facilitation: How to improve participation in decision-making and make meetings more effective. Presented by Christina Allison
Sep 28, 2011 - Collaborative Problem Solving. Presented by Cate Griffiths
Oct 26, 2011 - Emotional Intelligence. Presented by Ruthe Browning
Nov 30, 2011 - The Art of Negotiation: Strategies to Create a Win Win Outcome. Presented by Michelle Martin
Jan 25, 2012 - How has life prepared you for leadership? Presented by Diana Ruiz
Feb 29, 2012 - The Voice of Manifestation: Knowing and fearlessly speaking your truth. Presented by Linda Lea
Mar 28, 2012 - Networking: Building a community of support. Presented by Michelle Martin
Apr 25, 2012 - Building a Passionate and Rewarding Career.Presented by Susan Cook
How to Collaborate with Difficult People
9 am- Noon University of San Francisco, Santa Rosa Campus

 

Thurs. Nov. 10, 2011   9 am- Noon University of San Francisco, Santa Rosa Campus

 Presented by: Cate Griffiths

Self-awareness: exercises that reveal your own conflict style, hot buttons and triggers, and how to listen to and understand people who press those hot buttons. Role-playing scenarios: common scenes with difficult people, with an emphasis on managing or leading difficult people. Intra-personal and inter-personal skills required to deal successfully with difficult people. Group debriefing and insights. Cate Griffiths has worked extensivley in Sonoma County’s courts and communities, taught mediation and conflict skills since 2005, and handled more than 500 disputes.  The workshop will provide methods and skill sets for how to overcome the fear of interacting with a difficult person and how to manage difficult people.

 

Nov 10, 2011 - How to Collaborate with Difficult People
Negotiations: Asking for What You Want
Wednesday November 30, 2011

Wed. Oct. 26, 2011 Noon-1pm |  

Center for Student Leadership | Bertolini Bldg., East End, 1st Floor  | 

Santa Rosa Junior College

 

• Know What You Want and Have Something to Offer: Goal Setting in Relation to Negotiations  Using Techniques and Strategies

• Deadlines and the art of Discretion

• Keep the Ball Bouncing- Directing Negotiations like a Tennis Match:  Offers, Counter Offers, Concessions, Alternative Outcomes and Flexibility

• Grace, Gratitude, and The Power of Influence- How to build common ground and develop a mutually beneficial outcome.

• Gathering Intelligence: Know Your Opposition: Understanding Driving factors for the Negotiation from the other side's perspective.

Presented by Michelle Martin

Michelle Martin is a highly motivated and successful entrepreneur in Sonoma County. She is a visionary, and often called “the compass” by the people in her life. Her goal in life is to provide exemplary leadership by blending innovation, creativity and integrity into every project she is a part of. She helps people find solutions to difficult challenges through negotiation, strategy, goal setting and diligent planning. Michelle has been working with Primerica Financial Services for 14 years and has built a successful financial brokerage in Petaluma and is currently expanding her business further into Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Solano counties, as well as Nevada and Texas.

Contact: Diana Ruiz, President (WGLI); dianaruiz@WGLI.org  (707) 481-4968

Sahara Chaldean, Coordinator (Center for Student Leadership); (707) 527-4460































 

Nov 30, 2011 - Negotiations: Asking for What You Want
The Voice of Manifestation: Knowing and Fearlessly Speaking Your Truth
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 12:00 noon--1:00PM
Feb 29, 2012 - Lecture
Building a Passionate and Rewarding Career
Wednesday Apr. 25, 2012 noon-1pm

 

 Presented by Susan Cook, Career Coach, Trainer, and Professional Speaker

 Wednesday Apr. 25, 2012 noon - 1pm

Center for Student Leadership

Bertolini Bldg., East  End, 1st Floor

Santa Rosa Junior College

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 

 

BUILDING A PASSIONATE & REWARDING CAREER

 

In this one-hour presentation, you will learn ...

 

.         New approach to finding fulfilling work in today's climate

.         How to discover your natural gifts and talents 

.         How to identify what you can offer others

.         Strategies to identify and deal with those pesky obstacles to change

 

 

Susan Cook

 

Susan Cook helps career professionals overcome career roadblocks and achieve their personal best.  As a career consultant and coach for the past 17 years, Susan's focus is teaching people how to become career resilient.  Prior to her work in the career development field, Susan held positions in corporate sales and management.   She holds a master's degree from John F. Kennedy University in Career Development.  

 

 

Apr 25, 2012 - Building a Passionate and Rewarding Career
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Thursday, September 11, 2012 7:00PM--9:30PM

Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley Street in downtown Sebastopol.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion inviting the audience to participate in the solution to the problems outlined in the screening.Speakers include: Diana Ruiz of Women’s Global Leadership Initiative, Michele Doyel from Verity, and a member of Sonoma County’s Commission on the Status of Women.

Sep 11, 2012 - Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Rapid Business Growth, presented by Christina Allison (free workshop)
Friday September 14, 2012 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Sally Tomatoes 1100 Valley House Drive Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (707) 665-9472
Send your RSVP by September 12th to info@bffenterprises.net

Sep 14, 2012 - Rapid Business Growth, presented by Christina Allison (free workshop)
Building a strong community of women: How to transform relationships among women
Wednesday October 24th, 2012 :7:00PM--8:00PM

Coffee Catz
6761 Sebastopol Avenue Sebastopol, CA 95472

Oct 24, 2012 - Building a strong community of women: How to transform relationships among women
Diana Ruiz
Women’s Wellness Lecture
Thursday Feb 28th 6:00-8:00pm

Santa Rosa Junior College,Petaluma Campus
Carole Ellis Auditorium
680 Sonoma Mountain Parkway
Petaluma, CA. 94954

Feb 28, 2013 - Women’s Wellness Lecture