May 3rd, 2006 Post-Event Summary

Michigan Survives Develops THE PLAN
“Michigan Super Brains to the Rescue”

The evening was a great success. We had almost 60 attendees including volunteers even though we were competing against several major sporting events and gorgeous weather, and it was a very focused group. There were many new faces, and the positive feedback was tremendous.

Many great industry plan concepts were developed and shared, How to Develop Your Elevator Pitch was a big success for the new attendees, and the planning comments were that the material presented was very useful.

KEYNOTE: Eudora Adolph, Founder of Michigan Survives, Principal of AverTrust Advisors LLC, and Professional Speaker and Trainer on Business Strategic Growth. Ms. Adolph shared part of her workshop on Career Strategic Growth developed for Fortune 100 executives. A guide book and notes were provided to all participants.

This presentation focused on how to develop the ideal career strategic plan for you to stay competitive in your industry. For those of you who attended, have you completed your plan?

Bring your ideas on what works and has not worked to the next meeting to share and learn from everyone else.

View the presentation and work sheets.

KEYNOTE: Lisa Kujawa, Assistant for Provost for Enrollment Management, Lawrence Technological University presented many great tips on how to be most effective in executing your career plan.

View the presentation.

Focused Industry Professional Networking
Part 2 Goal: Develop a workable, focused plan for your career transition and your career search specific to your industry.

There were 5 industry forums for the following areas:
1. Engineering and manufacturing
2. Life sciences
3. Sales and marketing
4. IT
5. HR, finance and legal
6. New attendees: Your 60 second elevator speech

Ideas from the forum include many great suggestions which were shared after the small group sessions. Catch up on some of the ideas if you could not attend here. We only received notes from the Sales and Marketing Group.
Download the notes here in pdf.

Many thanks to all our sponsors and especially LTU for hosting this event! We really appreciated the space and the cooperation of you and your staff.

We announced our 2nd Survivor of the Month recognition and personal mentor program to showcase and help one key searcher each month. Our 2nd survivor is Donna Tikkanen-Davis. Guess what: she’s already accepted a new position! Meet Donna and catch her suggestions…

Going forward…June 7 at Lawrence Technological University…and many more events. Check out our expanding event calendar!

Part 3 Goal: Identify needed skill refinements for your career transition and your career search specific to your industry and then provide help in small groups led by knowledgable experts.

Bring your colleagues and friends. Each participant will benefit from this workshop by the expert speakers, handouts, detailed plan guide, and industry plan.

We look forward to seeing you in June! PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN LAID OFF, IS WORRIED ABOUT IT, WANTS TO AVOID IT, OR WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED. Don’t miss this critical event where we focus on workable solutions!

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Sincerely,

Eudora Adolph
Founder of Michigan Survives