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Economic Development Summit set for March 13
Lucas DuRall
Issue date: 3/6/07 Section: Campus News
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The West Tennessee Economic Development Summit is back at UTM for the sixth year.
The summit is taking place March 13 in the UC from 9:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Phillip Van Hooser, leadership expert and author of the best-selling book, "Willie's Way: 6 Secrets for Wooing, Wowing and Winning Customers and Their Loyalty."
Van Hooser is currently the director for a locally owned community bank and is the national director for the National Speakers Association. He has experience in managing Fortune 500 companies and founding a company that provides transformational internal training programs on leadership and customer service to businesses.
His background in customer service and leadership has aided him in challenging business owners and employees to evaluate their customer service efforts from a customer's standpoint.
Through this program, Van Hooser works toward establishing trust through leadership, equipping leaders to empower their people, managing change and maximizing the opportunities change brings and handling conflict and confrontation while building high-performance teams.
Also speaking at the Summit is Vanderbilt University Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Services and Associate Chief Information Architect for Enterprise Infrastructure, Matthew Jett Hall. Hall will be speaking on "Technology 101."
Jay Garner, president and founder of the Competitive Strategies Group in Atlanta, Ga., will provide the opening remarks. Garner will also give a presentation on, "Preparing to Compete in the Global Economy."
Registration will be from 8:30 a.m.-9:15 a.m. and will be $50 per person and is non-refundable. The registration fee includes a signed hardback copy of Van Hooser's book.
Registration deadline is March 6. Checks should be made payable to West Tennessee Economic Summit. Remit to West Tennessee Industrial Association, 26 Conrad Dr., Jackson, TN 38305.
For more information, contact Virginia Grimes at 881-7298 or email vgrimes@utm.edu.
The summit is taking place March 13 in the UC from 9:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Phillip Van Hooser, leadership expert and author of the best-selling book, "Willie's Way: 6 Secrets for Wooing, Wowing and Winning Customers and Their Loyalty."
Van Hooser is currently the director for a locally owned community bank and is the national director for the National Speakers Association. He has experience in managing Fortune 500 companies and founding a company that provides transformational internal training programs on leadership and customer service to businesses.
His background in customer service and leadership has aided him in challenging business owners and employees to evaluate their customer service efforts from a customer's standpoint.
Through this program, Van Hooser works toward establishing trust through leadership, equipping leaders to empower their people, managing change and maximizing the opportunities change brings and handling conflict and confrontation while building high-performance teams.
Also speaking at the Summit is Vanderbilt University Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Services and Associate Chief Information Architect for Enterprise Infrastructure, Matthew Jett Hall. Hall will be speaking on "Technology 101."
Jay Garner, president and founder of the Competitive Strategies Group in Atlanta, Ga., will provide the opening remarks. Garner will also give a presentation on, "Preparing to Compete in the Global Economy."
Registration will be from 8:30 a.m.-9:15 a.m. and will be $50 per person and is non-refundable. The registration fee includes a signed hardback copy of Van Hooser's book.
Registration deadline is March 6. Checks should be made payable to West Tennessee Economic Summit. Remit to West Tennessee Industrial Association, 26 Conrad Dr., Jackson, TN 38305.
For more information, contact Virginia Grimes at 881-7298 or email vgrimes@utm.edu.
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