Get Your Tickets For Business Women’s Forum and Nominate For Business Woman of the Year!
Business Women’s Forum (BWF) is will be back on Wednesday, May 17th at Messiah University in the High Center celebrating 29 years of the region’s largest one-day professional development conference for women! This event is hosted by the Carlisle Area and West Shore Chambers of Commerce. Our mission is to provide opportunities for business women of all professional levels to network, create business contacts, and develop additional leadership skills in a motivational and supportive environment.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Laurie Guest! A Midwest farmer’s daughter, Laurie learned to master the art of customer engagement at just 9 years old, selling more sweet corn than her competition. Today, her sought-after keynote programs on delivering exceptional customer service experiences —as informative as they are entertaining —have helped thousands of leaders and teams across a variety of industries. Laurie’s programs reveal the customer service essentials that everyone on the team, from CEOs to front-line staff, must know to stand out in the marketplace. Delivered in her signature relatable style, a keynote program from Laurie is certain to be a valuable, memorable experience for everyone. In her Keynote for us, Laurie teaches us about “The 10 Cent Decision: How Small Change Pays Off Big”!
Attendees of BWF can network with other individuals from a variety of backgrounds and organizations. They get a chance to develop their professional skills by attending any of the offered breakout sessions. Because the event allows the attendees to rejuvenate and reinvent themselves professionally, socially, and personally; everyone who attends considers this event a “must” and return year after year. This year’s Breakout Speakers are:
SESSION 1 – 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Room for EVERY Woman in EVERY Workplace – Marissa Bankert, Executive Director of the Independent Electrical Contractors PA and Kristen Pucci, Owner and Founder of KRAE Consulting
Owning Your Power with the Bossy Girl – Kristal Markle, President and Founder of Bossy Girl Leadership
How to Stop “Guess-Marketing” and Build a Strategy That Works – Heather Hockenberry, Business Consultant & Coach, Hockenberry Management Consulting
SESSION 2 – 1:30 -2:30 PM
Women in the Workplace: Overcoming Challenges While Striving for Work-Life Integration – Linda Fedrizzi-Williams, President of Central Penn College
Women & Wealth: Finding the Balance – Catherine Azeles, Investment Consultant at Conrad Siegel
Poker & My Pop-Pop: What They Both Taught Me About Running a Business – Dr. Ivy R. Buchan, President and Founder of Helix Strategies, LLC
SESSION 3 – 2:40 – 3:40 PM
Engage! Empower! Retain! – Five Practices of Leadership – Kelli Gift, Owner of Striving 2 Thrive
Planning for the Aging Journey – Panel of Speakers: Leigh Twiford, Former Owner of FirstLight Home Care, Allyson O’Neal, Director of Bayada Hospice, and Jacqueline A. Kelly, Esq., Of Counsel at Halbruner, Hatch & Guise, LLP
The Business Women’s Forum will honor one inspirational woman from our region based on the criteria of professional leadership, community leadership, and personal leadership. Is this year’s Business Woman of the Year YOU or someone you know? We need YOU to help by nominating an inspiring woman you know or nominate YOURSELF! (Nominator can be male or female.) All nominee finalists must be available to attend the Business Women’s Forum on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. The BWF Business Woman of the Year 2023 Award will be presented by a BWF representative immediately following the keynote speaker presentation. The judges’ decision will be final and the winner will not be announced until the day of the event. All nominee finalists will be recognized and promoted on our social media pages, website, and event program. ALL nominations must be received by 8PM on Sunday, April 9, 2023.
NOMINATE SOMEONE HERE TODAY or REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE!
Thank you to our main event sponsor UPMC/ UPMC Health Plan for helping make this event possible!