Schedule

Setting the Stage: Tuning-In for a Transformative Conference

Opening session Wednesday, September 17 - Dr. Christine E. Kiesinger, owner of CEK Communication, Coaching, Consulting

This interactive session is designed to help you arrive fully and get the most out of the conference. Together, we’ll explore a powerful strategy for cultivating optimal presence so you can absorb, integrate, and apply what you learn. You’ll gain insights into listening to help you deepen your engagement with conference content, and you’ll learn effective communication practices to connect with others respectfully and mindfully. By the end of our session, you’ll be primed to listen, learn, and meaningfully connect with others.

Unleashing the Brilliance of Building Brighter Teams

Wednesday, September 17 - Keynote Speakers Katie Desiderio AND Mike Frino

On our opening day, we'll really dive deep into the C's of Trust

1. Communication and care. Let's ensure that we're enacting the platinum role and there's alignment of intention and impact in how we're communicating with others. 

2. Commitment. Let's ensure that we are enacting a commitment.  Very simply, that we do what we say we will do.

3. Confidence-building. This doesn't just mean that we're just subject matter experts in our space, but there we are also curious in learning about the people that we are working with.

4. Consistent. Finally, we enact consistency. We want to ensure that both in our words and actions that there's consistency in how we communicate and how we work with and through other people.

This session will help you reflect on your leadership style and team dynamics. You will also work through the hands-on COMPASS framework, built on principles of trust, growth,and interconnectedness, that will change the way you see yourself and your team. Use these skills to foster a strong team!

Breaking New Ground

Thursday, September 18 - Keynote Speaker Dr Tiffany Manuel

A dynamic presentation by Dr Tiffany Manuel  on “Breaking New Ground” that shows the audience’s shared aspirations, urgency and opportunities for deep collaborative change in Northeast Pennsylvania. 

Interactive afternoon workshop to continue the conversation 

• Why now is a critical moment to sharpen your persuasion skills
• How to think strategically about calling people to action
• Some of the first skills you should consider enhancing 
• How to use the foundational CaseMaking principles outline in DrT’s book

The Speed of Trust

Friday, September 19- Keynote Speaker Michael Swenson, Franklin Covey 

In the Speed of Trust® Foundations work session, individuals become competent in using the framework, language, and behaviors that lead to high-trust teams and organizations.

Individuals identify and address “trust gaps” in their personal credibility and relationships at work. Using “real work” situations in the work session, participants:



• Practice the 13 Behaviors of High Trust to develop, restore, and extend trust.
• Create a Trust Action Plan to increase personal credibility and influence.
• Practice communicating transparently, respectfully, and directly.
• Identify how to extend appropriate levels of trust with co-workers.
• Improve their track record of keeping commitments through a Peer Accountability Process.