CBEA Conference 2008

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EventsNovember 6-9

• Keynote Speakers

• Networking

• Sessions

• Exhibitors

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LaDonna Gatlin--Keynote SpeakerDo, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti

• Do the Right Thing– 1 decision can change

your life

• Realize Your Potential & Potential of Others– “Believe in…”– “I’m so proud of you…”

• Mind Your Manners– Respect others

• Failures into Fertilizer– Learn from Mistakes

• Solutions Begin Right Here

• Laugh– Humor needed

• Time is Valuable• Begin at the Beginning

Again…

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In California?

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Soft SkillsTheme of several sessions

• Advisory committees for years feel needed

• Tools lacking to teach skills

• Ways to integrate into curriculum

• Suggested text: Soft Skills at Work by Beverly Amer; Course Technology, Cengage Learning; includes CD with simulations

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Session #4, Essential Communication Skills for Student Excellence

• Connie Petlack, presenter• Chair, Business Computer

Information Systems Dept. at Butte College

• Developed several short soft skill classes @ Butte

• Contact: petlackco@butte.edu for more information

Bridge & MoatWhere?

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Microsoft Office 2007Tips and Key Features

Session #6, MS Office 2007• Audrey Rutkosky

Roggenkamp, Paradigm Publishing, speaker & textbook author

• Main Change = ability to share information

• Word = grouped in Ribbons, not menus

• Excel = many ways to create formulas

• Access = new look, begins with table

• PowerPoint = new themes

• New features include:– Smart Art– Cover pages– More colors– Quick Styles– References with citations for

MLA, APA, and more– More charts– Quick parts

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Professionalism

Session #9, Professionalism: Real Skills for Workplace Success

• Lydia Anderson & Sandra Bolt, speakers; Business Instructors and authors

• Keys to workplace survival:– Attitude– Communication– Human relations

• Resources are business advisory boards

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Professionalism cont.

• Model appropriate behavior– Accountability– Reliability– Respect– Participation (attendance)

• Establish trust and credibility

• Each student is a winner

• Workplace Rules– People are selfish– You need to be a mature

adult– Don’t get emotional– You need to treat all

professionally and with respect

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Professionalism cont.

• Business Students Need to Learn– Good attitude– Good ethics– Stability

• Business Students Must Be– Marketable– Valuable– Accountable

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Exhibitors & Networking

• Time set aside between sessions

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Business English

Session #13 Strategies for Teaching Business English

• Susan Jaderstrom, Speaker, Santa Rosa Jr. College

• Proper grammar essential with e-mail • How to prevent erosion of skills• Motivate students –relevant, meaningful

activities that occur in workplace

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Business English cont.• Tip: Go to

http://online.santarosa.edu/section/?1620 for example of online course

• Tip for final exam letter: How would you advise a student to be successful in this class?

• View http://www.respondus.com

To view an software that can protect document integrity.

• Academic Integrity is Key for course

• Tip: “Make this a no excuses class. You are all adults.”

• Tip: daily quiz with same questions on two different colored papers. One is turned in and students keep the other for their records after you go over correct answers. No make-up unless written medical.

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How were taxes paid?

• See the bricked in windows?!

• Taxes paid based on number of “open” windows

• Bricks did not count

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Attitude is Everything

Session #20 If fat, furry worms can fly!

• Sharon Fisher Larson NBEA president, speaker

• Visit www.satbfl.com for fun PowerPoints;

mapping guides to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; and much more

• Shared methods for instilling a positive attitude in self as well as students

• Next is from one of Sharon Fisher Larson’s PPT presentations

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Attitude Plus Aptitude

Equals Altitude!

Rick Altman—Keynote speaker

• Better PowerPoint presentations• Standing to right or left depends on what

saying and what showing on slide(s)• Use natural hand and body gestures• Author of “Why Most PowerPoint

Presentations Suck”• Go to www.betterppt.com for more details

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Policy IssuesSession #22 Policy Issues that

Will Impact Our Discipline…and What You Can Do about Them

• Fred Jones, CBEA Advocate, speaker

• Are we getting a fair return on dollar investment in education?

• Build alliances with Industry/Business partners to make a change

• Soft skills needed

• Skilled work shortage, approx. 6.5 million

• Real-world education is necessary

• Need to change cultural mentality

• Education coalition is not demanding equal respect for Career Technical Education (CTE)

• Go to fredjones@jps.net for other policy information and can ask for PowerPoint presentation information

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Answer: Castello di Amorosa in Calistoga (Napa Valley) A trip to 13th Century living. Great Room; knights room; dungeon with “tools”; chapel; caves; narrow hallways; courtyard

History in the making—so new to its surroundings that the main tower is not quite finished.

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Soft Skills

Session #29 We Know They Need Them, But How to Teach Them?

• Trish Bobst, South-Western Cengage Learning, Speaker

• Whose role is it to prepare students with oral and written communications, interview skills, team work, etc.? Discussion

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Download conference presenter handouts. These handouts will be updated as they come in, so please check back frequently to see if more presenters have shared their session handouts. Sharon Fisher Larson’s handouts can be downloaded from her website at http://www.satbfl.com/. And please remember that these handouts are provided for you, the conference attendee, not the entire world!

Contact for Details of Interest

• Judith Andrews• Administrative Office Management• Feather River College• 570 Golden Eagle Avenue• Quincy, CA 95971• 530-283-0202 ext. 245• jandrews@frc.edu

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