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Here's a casual networking opportunity that's will be held at the Acapulco Mexican Restaurant, Stillwater from 4:00 to 6:00. Thank you Acapulco for providing us with the location and Caravela for providing us with their presentation "Growing Leadership.  How to Identify and Develop Our Future Leaders". About the Mini Workshop Look at any poll of corporate or non-profit boards and executive teams and the future leadership of the organization always ranks as one of their top concerns. People turned out in record numbers to vote in the recent presidential election. We’re more concerned about leadership than ever. So, what is effective leadership? Where do effective leaders come from? How do we grow the next generation of leaders for our organizations and for our country? Does leadership require some kind of natural charisma or can anyone be an effective leader? This presentation attempts to answer some of these questions with historical and practical examples of effective leadership. It takes the mountain of theories and mythology about leadership and boils them down to a few basic principles and practices we can use to grow our future leaders. In the second part of the program, participants will engage in a mini workshop to generate ideas for their own leadership development. These late afternoon/early evening events are ideal for meeting fellow professionals and establishing long-lasting business relationships. Meet our Staff and Account Executives. Our Expo Meetup events take place once a month in a location designated by a sponsor company. This event is free and does require a RSVP. If you or your company would like to  sponsor one of our Expo's, please contact us direct at 612-432-0057 with any questions you might have. Click here to register.

When:  March 25th Topic:  Growing Leadership. How to Identify and Develop Our Future Leaders Where:  Acapulco Mexican Restaurante 240 West Frontage Road Stillwater, WI Time:  Thursday / 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Cost:  FREE Seminar Agenda: · 4:00  Introductions · 4:30  Workshop · 5:30  Networking · 6:00  Adjourn About the Speaker Tom Laughlin is the President of Caravela Inc, a leadership consulting firm. He has held leadership positions in domestic and international organizations for almost three decades. For the last ten years he has been helping corporate and non-profit leaders and their teams improve their effectiveness. Tom is a professor of Leadership and Business at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and a faculty member of the Minneapolis Rotary Leadership Academy. In addition to his hands-on experience, he derives his perspectives on leadership from a broad educational background that includes an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA and a Masters in International Leadership and Organizational Development with Post Graduate studies in Psychology from Saint Mary’s University. Sponsors Caravela Inc. Acapulco Mexican Restaurante

Speaker Bio – Ann Bares Ann is the Managing Partner of Altura Consulting Group, LLC. She has over 20 years of experience consulting in the areas of compensation and performance management. Through her consulting practice, Ann works with a wide range of client organizations, big and small, in auditing, designing and implementing executive compensation plans, base salary structures, incentive compensation programs, sales compensation plans, and performance management systems. Ann received her B.A. from The College of St. Catherine and her M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Ann is a frequent speaker to industry and professional groups, and writes two highly recognized compensation blogs on the web – Compensation Force and the Compensation Café.  She was recently recognized as one of the Top 25 Digital HR Influencers for 2009.  She serves on the Board of Directors of the Twin Cities Compensation Network and is an active member of WorldatWork.  She has also served as an instructor for the University of Minnesota and has adjunct faculty at Concordia University.

When: Thursday, March 4, 2010 Where: Hudson House, Best Western 1616 Crestview Drive Hudson, WI Check in: 7:45 am (Continental Breakfast) Time: 8:00 am - 10:00 am Cost: $15.00 SCVEA Members $25.00 Non-SCVEA Members Seminar Agenda · Setting the Stage: Looking at Compensation in the Wake of the Recession · Basic Elements of a Cash Compensation Program · Compensation Philosophy · Base Salary Program · Variable Pay · Pulling it All Together Register and submit payment at www.scvea.com or by mail to SCVEA, PO Box 186, New Richmond, WI 54017 by February 25, 2010 *Registration fee is non-refundable