Come join us for our monthly dinner meetings in St. Louis! These meeting are usually held the 4th Thursday of each month at the Crown Plaza in Clayton. These meetings features a social hour to network with our fellow IT professionals, dinner, and a speaker who presents a topic relevant to information technology.

Life Lessons from the Marathon

Typically, any endeavor in life worth doing involves an “uphill climb.” And some running against the wind, and maybe even a few blisters. When these obstacles to success are perceived as opportunities for learning, they can provide valuable life-long lessons for living well. Lessons from the Marathon looks at the path an average runner took to accomplish one of the biggest challenges any runner undertakes, the 26.2 mile marathon. Through stories of the training process, the big event, and post recovery, you’ll be inspired to adjust your mental perspective and learn how to face any challenge life may through at you, head on.

Speaker:
Lisa Kenney - Southwestern Illinois College

Lisa Kenney has facilitated training seminars on leadership and employee development for 22 years. Her work focuses on leadership development, front-line supervisory skills, communication styles, business writing, and trainer development.
Lisa is currently employed as a Performance Improvement Consultant for Selsius™, the business consulting arm of Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL. She is the front-line contact for her organization, meeting with companies and organizations in the region to analyze workplace problems and determine performance-based solutions. In addition, Ms. Kenney frequently serves Selsius™ in the field as a facilitator.

Ms. Kenney started her training and development career as an instructional designer and facilitator at the Corporate headquarters of State Farm Insurance Companies in Bloomington, IL. Her professional history includes work as a training manager for a Fortune 500 retail corporation in St. Louis, MO, and at the Casino in Alton, Il. She’s has worked independently as a designer, facilitator, and presenter. Ms. Kenney has spent the last ten years in the community college system as a performance consultant. Lisa holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stephens College in Columbia, MO. She is a certified Master Trainer through DDI, and holds certifications with AchieveGlobal, the Predictive Index, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

Meeting Details

When:	Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Where:	Crown Plaza Clayton
Agenda:	Board Meeting		5 - 5:45 p.m.
	Social Hour		5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
	Dinner		6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
	Presentation:		7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Meal:	Garden Salad ~ Baked Lasagna ~ Chef's Selection of Potato or Rice ~ Vegetable ~ Garlic Bread ~ Dessert ~ Coffee, Decafe and Herbal Teas.
Prices:	Presentation and Dinner	Pre Graduate Student	$25.00
		Member/Guest/Non Member	$30.00
	Presentation only	Pre Graduate Student	$10.00
		Member/Guest/Non Member	$15.00

PAYMENT at the door by cash or check.

Reservations required on or before Monday, November 16th.

Please Include:
Name, Company or affiliation, Daytime phone, whether you are a student, member, guest of a member or a non member.

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NO SHOWS AND LATE CANCELLATIONS WILL BE BILLED
Cancellations and reservations will be taken until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24th

Please leave a voice mail at 1-866-208-2226
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E-mail to aitp-dultz01a@swbell.net

Students and guests welcome. RSVP required.