PPB August 2016

Held in Atlanta, Georgia,

June 27-29, the conference

began with opening activities and

a welcome dinner. Attendees

then participated in two full days

of education with four general

sessions teaching innovation,

leadership and communication

and a choice of breakout sessions

each day on topics ranging from

personal strategic planning and

emerging technology trends to

executive decision making and

coaching employee performance.

Sixteen early arrivals spent

half a day on Monday packing

meals for clients of a local non-

profit organization, Open Hand.

Since it was founded in 1988,

Open Hand has been preparing

and delivering freshly prepared

meals to meet the daily nutri-

tional needs of low-income men,

women and children who are

dealing with a critical, chronic or

terminal disease; and home-

bound seniors. In three hours,

the group packed 1,700 meals

and prepared food for 1,300

more meals for the clients of

Open Hand.

This was the first year that

WLC included an opportunity for

attendees to leave a positive

INSIDE

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PPB

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CONNECT

AFTER TWO AND A HALF DAYS

of learning, listening, conversing, connecting and sharing

their experience, ideas and knowledge, the nearly 160 attendees at this year’s PPAI

Women’s Leadership Conference parted ways following the event’s closing dinner.

They took with them new friendships, fresh resources and a renewed spirit to succeed.

PPAI WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE FINISHES ANOTHER POWERFUL RUN

By Tina Berres Filipski

An Experience To Remember