MEETINGS
Meet the Productive Communicator: You!
Do you need an extra couple of hours at the end of the day? Do you like to keep stacks of paper on top of your desk so you won't forget them? Are you a fan of Post-it Notes?
"Productive communicator" is not an oxymoron. It can happen. An IABC panel -- Mark Cook, founder and president of Compass Partners; Dr. Alicia Lupinacci, chair of the Department of Management at Tarrant County College Northwest Campus and author of "Women Business Ownership"; Danelle Ellis, who founded her own organizing business, Clutter Busters, and now teaches internet and research skills as a librarian at Tarrant County College NW; and Kent Dean, a corporate trainer for the True Colors personality communications curriculum -- will show you how at a half-day seminar combined with this month's luncheon.
The experts will teach tips and tricks for organizing yourself, speaking more effectively to different personality types, and improving your listening skills and time management.
Time & date: 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28
Place: Petroleum Club, Carter-Burgess Plaza, 777 Main St., 39th floor
Parking: $2.50 in parking garage at Seventh and Commerce streets
Cost: seminar and lunch, $75 members, $95 nonmembers; lunch only, $20 members, $25 nonmembers (online sign-up add $1)
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Lead Your Organization Through
Strategic Planning, Thinking and Measurement
It's a doubleheader this month, with participants in a morning workshop exploring how to create a workable strategic plan and then in the early afternoon perfecting the leadership skills needed to make people follow it. At 9 a.m., Dr. John Bassler, a recently retired marketing professor at UTA, will share his wisdom gleaned from 20-plus years of teaching strategic planning.
At lunch, Dr. David Mack, assistant dean of the UTA College of Business Administration and director of UTA's Goolsby Leadership Academy, will discuss "Strength-Based Leadership: Learning How to be a Better Leader." Mack teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at UTA. He also teaches in the college's Executive M.B.A. Program both on the campus and in China.
Time & date: seminar 9-11:45 a.m., lunch noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8
Place: Petroleum Club, Carter-Burgess Plaza, 777 Main St., 39th floor
Parking: free valet in parking garage at Seventh and Commerce streets
Cost: seminar and lunch, members $55, nonmembers $65, students $30; seminar only, members $35, nonmembers $45, students $15; lunch only, members $25, nonmembers $30, students $20
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What Were They Thinking?
Ever enjoyed a movie, a play or a concert and then read the next day that critics thought the event was terrible? You may have wondered if the critics were at the same performance.
Here's your chance to ask the opinionated rascals.
Christopher Kelly of the Star-Telegram, Kristian Lin at Fort Worth Weekly and Ed Bark, online TV critic at unclebarky.com and formerly of The Dallas Morning News, will discuss their work and answer questions on their thought processes, their background in the arts and their pedigree as a critic at the November SPJ meeting.
Time & date: mingling 5:30 p.m., eats around 6, then the program Wednesday, Nov. 15
Place: Joe T. Garcia's Mexican Restaurant, 2201 N. Commerce St.
Cost: $15 members, $20 nonmembers, $5 students
Menu: Joe T.'s famous family-style enchilada dinner
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STRAIGHT STUFF
A full day of training and lunch, too, awaits aspiring journalists Saturday, Nov. 11, at the annual journalism workshop sponsored by the Dallas/Fort Worth Network of Hispanic Communicators and the UTA Department of Communication. Registration deadline is noon Nov. 10. More here. ...
Want to immerse yourself in the world of theater criticism, playwriting, directing and acting? The School of Journalism at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and the National Endowment for the Arts are offering their 3rd annual NEA Institute in Theater and Musical Theater, Jan. 30-Feb. 9 in Los Angeles. Most costs are covered by the NEA, including travel to and from Los Angeles, hotel (The Bonaventure), performances, internet use for work and most meals. To request an application, send an e-mail to neainst@usc.edu. Applications are due Nov. 20. Questions? Call Sasha Anawalt at (213) 437-4414.
