34 past events with the seminars tag

Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., and Alpha Phi present the Women 2 Women Summit to empower women of different backgrounds through personal and professional development. 

Presented as part of Ball State's annual Women's Week.

The Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) is offering a free Ask the Experts Seminar to help those with retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinitis pigmentosa better understand these diseases and provide access to information and resources related to living with vision loss.  The seminar will address disease inheritance, other risk factors, advances in overcoming these diseases, and related topics.

Registration is free but seating is limited. RSVP to Lynda at 866-782-7330 or LShellist@FightBlindness.org

Living Lightly is a FREE resource fair offering practical ways to live more sustainably, saving money and resources for ourselves and future generations. The 10th annual event features speakers, kids' activities, live music, food demonstrations, a green marketplace of vendors, and expired medication drop-off. 

The 10th annual Living Lightly Fair is a FREE, family-friendly celebration of sustainable living. Learn from speakers, check out gifts and eco-conscious products from 40+ green marketplace vendors, drop off expired medication, tour the MLK Freedom Bus, add a piece to a community bottle cap mural, test-drive a hybrid car, and much more. Kids can read to a shelter pet, sculpt a clay bat or butterfly, create an upcycled herb planter, and add a piece to a community bottle cap mural. The music stage welcomes Jake Hendershot and The Vintage Reserves and Tim Grimm and The Family Band. See the full schedule at livinglightlyfair.org.

Muncie Young Professionals will be kicking off 2017 with their next ProLunch on Tuesday, January 17th. The focus of this ProLunch will be resumes and keeping them in tip-top shape.

 Shelia Spisak (SPHR), Director of People Development for Muncie Power Products, will draw on her experience to share tips and tricks that will make each resume shine. Attendees will learn the top 3-5 resume mistakes among young professionals and the top 3-5 ways to make a resume shine. They will also walk away with an understanding of why it’s important to keep a resume up-to-date even when not job-seeking. Finally, attendees will gain an HR expert’s perspective about why a resume alone isn’t enough to land a new job or advance a career.

 Space is limited for this ProLunch. Please RSVP by Tuesday, January 10th. The cost of this event is $15 and includes lunch. It will take place at the Ivy Tech Fisher Building Auditorium (345 S High Street). To make your reservation, visit the Muncie Young Professionals website at: muncieyoungprofessionals.com. Parking for this event is available on the street or in public lots in downtown Muncie.

ProLunches are held every other month from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm with a range of topics designed to help young professionals develop new personal and professional skills, become better informed about key community issues and how they can make an impact, and develop new contacts. ProLunch events begin with soft networking followed by speaker presentations and Q & A. For more information about this event, or if you are interested in being a member of Muncie Young Professionals, please contact the Muncie Young Professionals steering committee at muncieypg@gmail.com.

Muncie Young Professionals will be continuing its 2017 professional development schedule with its next ProLunch on Tuesday, February 21st. This ProLunch will focus on efficient communication in the workplace.

 In today’s world of constant communications, it can be easy for information to get lost in the shuffle. Kelly Shrock, President of The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, will be providing attendees with practical tips to ensure that emails, voicemails, letters and more are clear, concise and action oriented.  After this presentation, attendees should have an understanding of why writing and speaking clearly matters for young professionals who want to succeed in the workplace and advance their careers. They will also be exposed to practical ways to use business communication tools to move people to action and produce results. Finally, attendees will be given examples of how they can clean up their communications for maximum impact.

 Space is limited for this ProLunch. Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 14th. The cost of this event is $15 and includes lunch. It will take place at the Ivy Tech Fisher Building Auditorium (345 S High Street). To make your reservation, visit the Muncie Young Professionals website at: muncieyoungprofessionals.com. Parking for this event is available on the street or in public lots in downtown Muncie. This ProLunch is sponsored by Accutech Systems.

  ProLunches are held every other month from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm with a range of topics designed to help young professionals develop new personal and professional skills, become better informed about key community issues, how they can make an impact, and develop new contacts. ProLunch events begin with soft networking followed by speaker presentations and Q & A. For more information about this event, or if you are interested in being a member of Muncie Young Professionals, please contact the Muncie Young Professionals steering committee at muncieypg@gmail.com.