IAPD Women in Plastics Educational Workshop

Would you like to be recognized as confident, poised, and powerful? 
Do you need to persuade others for part of your job?
Do you need to command the room?

As a professional, when it comes to advancing your career or business, doing a good job and mastering the craft are just not enough. 

You need a plan that helps to highlight your value, contribution, and expertise. Your personal brand and presence have a massive impact on how you are seen and respected by others. The ability to influence and get your ideas heard can make or break your career. 

This interactive, high-energy, hands-on, session, pulls back the curtain on how to create an image that speaks to the level of professionalism you need to power up your presence. 

• Create a professional persona that conveys confidence and competence
• Develop ways to adapt your personality style to successfully engage with others at all levels 
• Develop your own personal presence action plan.
• Learn how to stand out, gain recognition and enhance your professional credibility
• Discover how certain actions, words choices and even clothing selections adds or detracts on how others form their perceptions about you
• Understand your preferred communication style and its impact on others
• Network with confidence, anywhere and with anyone
• Negotiate with more, poise, power, and comfort  

The ability to deliver effective presentations is an essential skill for salespeople, managers, people working in technical roles, and senior leaders.  This interactive workshop includes techniques for creating and delivering engaging presentations.  

• Structure presentations for maximum impact
• How to avoid appearing nervous or uncomfortable when presenting
• Techniques for using voice and body language
• Methods to generate and maintain a high level of audience engagement

About Dr. Keith Hechtel
Dr. Keith Hechtel is Senior Director of Business Development for Curbell Plastics, Inc., located in Orchard Park, NY.  He has a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Saint Ambrose University, a Master of Science degree in Industrial Technology from Illinois State University, and over 30 years of plastics industry experience. His doctoral research involved studying how social capital contributes to the career success of salespeople working in the plastics industry.