Deadline approaching for Oct. 28
event at Embassy Suites
MURFREESBORO,
Tenn. — MTSU’s Jones College of Business is again offering the community an
opportunity for personal and professional development through an upcoming
half-day conference.
The
registration deadline is Monday, Oct. 24, for the “21st Century:
Work That Matters” conference, which is set 8:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Friday, Oct.
28, at Embassy Suites Murfreesboro-Hotel and Conference Center off Medical
Center Parkway.
The cost
is $30 for the general public and free to MTSU students, faculty and staff.
Seating will be limited, so all attendees must register before the Oct. 24
deadline. Registration and full conference details are available at http://bit.ly/2emLgXF.
According
to Jones College Dean David Urban, the conference will help participants
discover the kinds of leaders that spur innovation, entrepreneurship and
growth, learn how to inspire others and gain insights on how leaders will shape
business and culture over the next decade.
“This
dynamic event features down-to-earth, practical principles about leadership as
it is practiced by top business professionals,” Urban said. “Anyone attending
this event will take away some excellent lessons on leadership and its effect
on performance that can be applied right now.”
Keynote
speakers will be Wes Moore, a Rhodes Scholar, Army combat veteran, business
leader and author; and Jessica Turner, an entrepreneur, best-selling author and
award- winning marketing professional.
Turner,
a writer for The Huffington Post, will speak on “Discovering Your Passions.”
Through a series of introspective exercises, she will help participants
understand life’s obstacles and motivate them to overcome those obstacles to
pursue their passions, organizers said.
Turner
has a monthly column in The Tennessean and is a regular guest on WSMV-TV’s
“Talk of the Town.”
Moore,
who has been featured by such media outlets as People Magazine, The New
York Times, The Washington Post, CSPAN and MSNBC, among others, will speak
on “Transformational Leadership: Evolve, Adapt, Inspire.”
He will
share his personal story — how he overcame adversity and went on to become a
highly successful leader — and will relate it to leadership principles
applicable to all walks of life. A White House Fellow from 2006–07, Moore
served as a special assistant to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Turner
and Moore will also participate in a panel discussion with Jones College
business award winners.
The
conference is being hosted by the Jones College, the Jennings. A. Jones Chair
of Excellence in Private Enterprise, First Tennessee Bank, and the Rutherford
County Chamber of Commerce.
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