Plans for the Greater Omaha Young Professionals 2012 Young Professionals Summit are well underway. It's time for you to get it on your calendar: Wednesday, Feb. 29 at CenturyLink Center Omaha from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
On the agenda is time to discuss, with your peers and local business leaders, community issues that affect young professionals. Be enlightened by interesting speakers presenting topics YOU care about. Get involved in the community — breakout sessions and interactive discovery activities will get you thinking and engaged. Those from all walks of life are encouraged to attend. Come as you are, in jeans, business casual or anything in between.
Connect online and join the conversation: @omahayp, facebook.com/omahayp
Attend the entire Summit
$99 through Jan. 13
$125 from Jan. 14 - Feb. 22
Attend the lunch only
$50 through Jan. 13
$75 from Jan. 14 - Feb. 22
AGENDA
8 - 8:45 a.m. Registration, networking and Non-Profit Fair
8:45 - 10 a.m. Opening General Session with Talent Anarchy
Social Gravity: Building Influence, Attracting Opportunity and Changing the World
Opening keynote presentation by Talent Anarchy - Joe Gerstandt and Jason Lauritsen
10:15 - 11 a.m. Breakout Sessions I
Option A: What do Executive Leaders Really Think About YPs?
Elwin Larson, HDR; Shannon Hite, Mutual of Omaha; Tim Burke, OPPD; Kevin Finn, TD Ameritrade; and
Karen Krabbe, Union Pacific Railroad
Option B: 20x20 Talks
Ali Schwanke, Leadership Resources; David Nelson, Bloustein School at Rutgers University; TBD
A series of 6-7, concise and fast-paced presentations on anything from urban development to taking a sabbatical from your job.
Option C: Inclusive Leadership: The Leader's Responsibilities in the age of Connectivity
Ran Kuttner, Associate Professor, Creighton University - Werner Institute
Option D: Becoming an Ally - It Starts With a Conversation
Jessica Gall, Anti-Defamation League
11 - 11:30 a.m. Networking and Non-Profit Fair, sponsored by the Peter Kiewit Foundation)
11:30 - 1 p.m. Keynote Lunch by Bruce Mau
Author and world-renowned designer who continues to show the power and possibility of design while pursuing life's big question: "Now that we can do anything, what will we do."
Presentation of the Young Professionals Choice Award, sponsored by UMB Bank
1 - 1:30 p.m. Community Activities
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions II
Option A: Think You're Ready to be a CEO?: Solving Ethical Dilemmas
Beverly Kracher, Ph.D., Executive Director, Business Ethics Alliance, Creighton University College of
Business
Option B: Health of a Community
Christopher Fisher, Ph.D, UNMC; Jay Irwin, Ph.D, UNO, Jason Coleman, Ph.D., UNO
Option C: Twerminated: When Social Media Backfires
Kelli Lieurance, Baird Holm; Grayson Derrick, Baird Holm
Option D: Popping the YP Pop: How you can grow Omaha
Danny Schreiber, Silicon Prairie News; Tom Chapman, Nebraska Global; Amanda Styron, Seed Here
2:30 - 3:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions III
Option A: Think You're Ready to be a CEO?: Ethics in Action
Beverly Kracher, Ph.D., Executive Director, Business Ethics Alliance, Creighton University College of
Business
Option B: Seven Principles of Leadership: The Cultural Foundation for Omaha's 4-Time Best Place to Work
Kim Hoogeveen, Ph. D., Founding President & CEO, QLI and creator of MindSet LLC
Option C: Building and Sustaining Your Personal Brand
Wendy Townley, author, Nerdy Thirty
Option D: Tools for the Citizen Designer
Alan Tipp, Eyeking; Dave Nelson, Secret Penguin, Steve Gordon, RDQLUS Creative
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Closing Session with Peter Kageyama
"For the Love of Cities"
Closing General Session with Peter Kageyama, author of For the Love of Cities
4:30 p.m. Summit concludes
