2016 SALES AND MARKETING LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Gender diversity makes good business sense. This is the only conference that encourages the ™ employment of women in the industry and helps to minimize obstacles they face.
60+ Educational Sessions Operations, Safety & Compliance HR/Talent Management Leadership Sales & Marketing Professional Development Peer-to-Peer Networking Comprehensive Expo Truck/Technology Tour
Nov. 12-14, 2018 • Dallas, TX • WomenInTrucking.org WELCOME TO ACCELERATE! SAMPLE LIST OF ATTENDEES
This conference attracts professionals from all levels and all types of companies. Here’s Join your transportation, logistics and supply chain peers at a sampling of titles and companies of 2017 attendees (along with professional drivers!): the fourth annual Accelerate! Conference & Expo, hosted by the Women In Trucking Association. Learn about critical Safety Representative, Great West Casualty Co. Director of Sales, C.L. Services transportation issues and trends, along with perspectives and the Design Engineer, Volvo Trucks North America Vice President, TrucBrush Corp, Marketing Communications Specialist, Cummins President & CEO, J. J. Keller & Associates positive impact women have on the industry. Build business in this Aftermarket Supply Chain Manager, Daimler Trucks Director - Program Management, PACCAR integrated conference and exhibition setting. Attach your company Operations Manager, Gulick Logistics VP, Fleet Sales, BMO Transportation Finance and brand to our mission: To generate dialogue and action around National Account Manager, Kottke Trucking Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Michelin NA the importance of gender diversity in transportation and logistics. President & CEO, Sawgrass Logistics Recruiting Manager, Maverick Transportation Recruiter, R&R Trucking Safety Supervisor, Artur Express, Inc Ellen Voie, President and CEO S&OP Manager, Michelin North America Vice President Sales & Marketing, Craftsmen Utility Trailer Women In Trucking Finance Manager, Arrow Truck Sales Transportation Manager, Metal Sales Manufacturing Terminal Manager, Hub Group Trucking Corporate Marketing Director, Kenworth Chief Operating Officer, R&R Trucking VP - Technology Services, YRC Freight CEO, Craig Safety Technologies Training Specialist / Female Driver Liaison, Prime, Inc. Safety Manager, Compliance, CFI VP Transportation, Walmart Transportation Partnerships, UBER Recruitment Specialist, FedEx Freight Director of Marketing, PITT OHIO President & CEO, Reddaway Women Make A POSITIVE Recruiter, Giltner Logistic Services Operations Analytics Manager, Maverick Transportation Impact On Transportation Senior Manager, Echo Global Logistics Operations Manager, C.H. Robinson VP Driver Services, Bolt Express Director Logistics HR, Walmart Transportation President, Trailiner Corporation Director HR, Ruan Transportation Management Women Make 700+ Expected Brokerage Manager, Red Classic Transportation Recruiting and Onboarding, Prime, Inc. Exceptional Leaders to Attend Driver Recruiting Program Manager, NFI Senior Engineer, Volvo Trucks North America Chief Financial Officer, YRC Freight SVP Sales & Strategic Partnerships, Citadel Fleet Safety Field Claim Manager, ACUITY VP of Human Resources, Saia Inc. HR Supervisor, Estes Express Lines President, GNR Enterprises Director Business Development, McLeod Software HR/Marketing Manager, C.L. Services, Inc. HR Project Specialist, Saia LTL Engineering Manager, Peterbilt Motors Leverage a diverse workforce, develop Common strengths include intuitive/logical women leaders, strategize to engage Branch Manager, Dupre’ Logistics Director of Administration, Dupré Logistics thinking, team-building, communication. more female drivers. Business Improvement Leader, Volvo Trucks NA Driver Recruiting Manager, J.B. Hunt Transport Vice President Safety, Ruan Transportation Management Regional HR Manager, Southeastern Freight Lines Business Process Manager, CEVA Logistics Marketing Campaign Manager, Hub Group 60+ Educational 100+ Brands As Talent Acquisition Operations Manager, Holland Inc. Director of Marketing, Freightquote Sessions Part of Expo Recruiting Leader, Averitt Express Director of Recruiting, Ryder System, Inc. Senior Manager, Recruiting, Walmart Transportation Director of Operations, CWRV Transport Vice President HR, FedEx Freight Owner/Operator, Simmers Trucking Agent Recruiting Manager, Landstar HR Generalist, Waste Management OSHA Consultant, Craig Safety Technologies President, Total Transportation of MS Content focused on Operations, Safety, Network with peers, top executives, Director Product Management, Zonar Systems Vice President of Operations, Expediter Services Compliance, HR/Talent Management, providers of logistics services Manager Communication Relations, Waste Management National Account Manager, Craftsmen Utility Trailer Leadership, Sales & Marketing. and products. Director of Talent Acquisition, Holland, Inc. Corporate Account Executive, Roadrunner Freight Director, GNR Enterprises Terminal Manager, Holland, Inc. ACCELERATE! CONFERENCE & EXPO - 2018
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
The Expo Hundreds of products and services are featured in this comprehensive, integrated exhibition. Find valuable resources and potential partners with companies that range from technology innovators, OEMs, motor carriers and third-party logistics providers to business consultants, professional services, recruiting, and more. Accelerated Speed Networking Connect with other professionals in this fun, fast round-robin networking format before the conference begins. Maximize your connections throughout the conference and make your networking more relevant. Increase your professional network or find that perfect service partner. Each “round” possibly could be the best 3-minute meeting you’ll ever have! Networking Receptions (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) Build meaningful, relevant dialogue and relationships with others who support the mission of the Women In Trucking Association. There also will be a post-conference reception on Wednesday evening. Access to all receptions are included in your conference registration fee. “Where’s Clare?” Reception (Monday) Have you met Clare yet? She’s the new doll created by the Women In Trucking Association to help young girls at an early age envision a career in transportation. Attend this reception to meet Clare and for incredible peer-to-peer networking! #WheresClare Sponsored by:
“I Heart Trucking” Reception (Tuesday) New this year, winners and finalists of WIT’s annual photo contest will be featured during this networking reception. View the photos that feature this year’s theme: “Clare’s First Road Trip,” which will highlight WIT’s new truck driver doll. Sponsored by:
Choose From 5 Educational Areas: HR/Talent Management: practical information that will help you to use strategic human resource planning in improving business value and productivity. Operations, Safety & Compliance: sessions in this track will help you to turn your transportation and logistics operations into a competitive advantage. Leadership: providing practical content for leaders of companies or divisions – or individuals who are aspiring to become leaders within their organization. Sales & Marketing: ideas and tips on how to be more effective in your marketing, branding, sales and business development efforts to drive business results. Professional Development: Make your strategies more effective, productive, and profitable in a competitive marketplace. 3 ACCERATE! CONFERENCE - 2017 GENERAL SESSIONS SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12
9:00a Registration Opens Opening Keynote: 9:00 - 10:45a Pre-conference Workshops (details on next page) Putting Your Sparkle in High Gear, and Creating 11:00a - 12:00p WIT Speed Mentoring a Life that Lights Up 1:15 - 1:30p Opening Session: Welcome! This high-energy and interactive keynote will focus on the power of 1:30 - 2:30p Keynote: “Putting Your Sparkle in High Gear & Creating a Life that Lights Up” showing up to your work (and life!) with your unique presence and gifts, 2:45 - 3:30p Breakout Sessions cultivating your skills and making a difference for other women in your profession. Hear humorous and heartfelt lessons, and practical, powerful exercises 3:30 - 5:00p Networking at the Expo on how to let go of the inner critic, be more productive, and be of service to others. 5:30 - 6:30p Accelerated Speed Networking Presenter: Lois Barth, Lois Barth Coaching. 6:30 - 8:30p “Where’s Clare?” Reception Sponsored by:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Closing Keynote: 7:45 - 8:30a Networking Breakfast (On Expo Floor) Charting the Course through Demographic Change 8:30 - 8:45a Opening Session Learn about dramatically shifting demography in the marketplace, and 8:45 - 10:00a “Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women” related opportunities and challenges for you and your organization. 2018 WIT Influential omenW In Trucking Awards You’ll walk away with a different perspective about your company, 10:00 - 11:00a Networking at the Expo country, and world. This provocative session will provide the infor- mation and insight required to think more strategically at work. John 11:00 - 11:45a Breakout Sessions Maketa will share real-life examples that make demography relevant 12:00 - 1:15p Lunch & Interactive Roundtable Discussions to today’s culture, business climate, and economy. Presenter: John 1:30 - 3:30p Breakout Sessions Maketa, Chief Revenue Officer, Caliper Management. 3:30 - 4:30p Networking at the Expo Sponsored by: 3:45 - 5:30p Accelerate! Truck/Technology Tour 6:00 - 7:00p “I Heart Trucking” Reception Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Women in Transportation Although everyone takes a different career path, there’s usually 8:00 - 8:45a Networking Breakfast (On Expo Floor) common strategies that make careers successful. Joann Lublin, a 9:00 - 10:00a Opening Session: “Unleash Your Inner Wonder Woman” Pulitzer-prize winner and news editor for The Wall Street Journal, is 10:00 - 11:00a Networking at the Expo author of the best-selling book Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Businessworld. She will share tips 11:00 - 11:45a Breakout Sessions gleaned from interviews with 52 elite businesswomen, mostly current 12:00 - 1:15p Lunch & Interactive Roundtable Discussions or former CEOs. She’ll then explore how these lessons apply to the 1:30 - 2:30p Keynote: “Charting the Course through Demographic Change” success of nominees of the 2018 Influential Woman in Trucking award during a provocative executive panel discussion. At the conclusion of 2:30 - 2:45p Game Card Grand Prize Give-Away & Conference Wrap-Up this session, the winner of this prestigious award will be announced. 2:45p Conference Adjourns Sponsored by: 5:30 - 6:30p Post-Conference Networking Reception
* Conference Schedule subject to change. ACCELERATE! CONFERENCE & EXPO - 2018 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (Choose to attend one – included in your registration!)
Unleash Your Inner Wonder Woman Monday, Nov. 12, 9:00-10:45a You may not have golden lassos or magic bracelets, but you do have super powers. Driver Self-Defense: Let No One Like Wonder Woman, you’re strong, smart and capable. You have the power to lead, teach, and mentor. During this session, you’ll learn how to: Confuse Kindness as Weakness They’re back by popular demand by WIT members! Former police • Create an individual action plan of how to improve relationships, work habits and officers Debbie and Mike Gardner are two respected experts when it productivity comes to teaching self-defense to “nice people in high-risk careers” • Zap the negative voices in your head and give power to positivity through affirmative such as trucking. Beyond self-defense, you’ll use fear-control strate- self-talk and objective thinking gies in every area of life when you are faced with stress and fear (i.e., • Grow a tribe of women who raise your standards and challenge you to become the crisis driving, medical emergencies, public speaking, customer service conflicts, athletic best version of yourself performance, etc.). You’ll learn how to transform self-doubt and fear into courage and adren- alin-laced strength on command. You’ll also see how to understand and outsmart 4 distinct Presenter: Kelly Radi, Motivational Speaker and Award-Winning Author. personalities and their common crime set-ups to prevent crime seconds before it starts.
HR/TALENT MANAGEMENT: Self-Management: Keys to Peak Performance How Popular Culture Shapes Young People’s Image of Trucking Learn how to become more effective communicators, enhance your productivity, and elevate your performance. Presented by Dr. Jessica Learn how pop culture’s portrayal of the trucking industry and truckers affects the deci- McSheck Houston, Author/Trainer/Consultant, this workshop will teach sions of young people (particularly women) to enter the industry. Quantitative research you a proactive approach to becoming a more effective leader. You’ll presented in this session will provide the ability to: learn effective self-management strategies, practical ways to increase • Identify how pop culture’s portrayal of trucking helps and/or hurts recruitment productivity for you and those on your team, and how to effectively • Learn the thought processes of the young people who did join the industry manage stress. • Learn what messages resonate most with that audience and/or do the best job of countering the negative portrayals in popular culture Presenters: Hallie Fisher, Vice President of Transportation; Craig Martin, Partner, The Adcom Group.
Fleet Management is Human Resource Management LEARNING LABS
60 Timely and specific. These are the watch words from any handbook on effective evaluations. 50 70 40 80 Monday30 & Tuesday 90 How can fleets bring this guidance to bear to improve driver safety and performance, 20 100 reduce collisions and costs, and build their reputation? Attend this session to: New 10this 120year, conference attendees will have the opportunity to quickly learn practical tips and best practices during these 25-minute sessions in three categories: Health, Safety, and • Learn effective strategies to provide feedback that improve driver behavior and Sales & Marketing. performance • “Managing Diabetes on the Road” (Kay Pfeiffer, Tom Milam, TrueLifeCare) • Better understand how new technologies can improve loss control • “Tips to Keep Drivers Healthy and On The Road” (David Thorpe, Pass My Physical) • Get new insights on how to use data to manage insurance and other seemingly uncontrollable cost-centers • “Safe Driving is No Accident” (Representative from Cartasite) Panelists: Kady Pooler, Director of Business Development, Dendrive; Laura Maxwell, • “Dealing with Sleep Apnea” (Bob Stanton, Jill Glenn, Dedicated Sleep) Product Marketing, Fleetio; Carrie Donan, Chief Financial Officer, Metromile; Kayce Lopes, • “Digital Marketing for the Trucking Industry” (Korina Velasco, Right Weight Inc.) AVP, Chubb; Dori Newman, Senior Manager, Partnerships, Lemonade (Facilitator). • “How to Market Your Company – Without Spending a Dime” (Sara Gerardo,CMO, Bifrost Marketing)
SESSIONACCERATE! CONFERENCE DESCRIPTIONS - 2017
The 7 Health Plan Metrics Every Company Should Know OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE: Gain analytic insights into the cost drivers of company health plans. With an ever- How to Improve Fleet Operations and Study Gender Impact with competitive environment for talent, understanding how to best manage benefit Critical Event Data programs is critical. This session will help you to: Simple calculations and new analyses can lead to valuable discoveries. Learn how critical • Better understand benefit program components event data can help fleets proactively identify problem areas along routes, discover • Know how to calculate your current metrics safety hazards, and more. A data expert will reveal key findings from real fleets, including gender differences in critical event and dwell time blackspots. You will also discover how • Understand how to make adjustments in an effort to create benefit savings non-binary gender identity impacts data reporting in fleets. Attend this session to: or efficiencies • Understand how data can help fleets gain valuable insights about their operations Presenter: Jamie Bishop, Vice President, Employee Benefits, Cottingham & Butler • Learn about gender differences in critical events and dwell time scenarios Building an Inclusive Workplace: • Gain new information about how non-binary gender identity will impact these findings Tips from the Best Fleets to Drive For • Learn ways to identify safety hazards and problem areas along routes Now in its 11th year, Best Fleets to Drive For recognizes North American trucking com- Presenter: Emilie Worsham, Senior Business Systems Analyst, Omnitracs panies that provide the best workplace experiences for drivers and owner-operators. The winning fleets – each year’s Top 20 Best Fleets – continue to push the industry forward with their creative ideas and innovative programs. This session will look at how the best Discover Benefits of Video Intelligence fleets create diverse and inclusive workplace cultures. Learn from successful programs Curious about adding a video intelligence system to your fleet? Learn more about the and emerging trends across fleets of different sizes, providing best practices that you can solutions and how fleets are using the system and how it is helping to not only protect adopt within your own companies. them in the case of an accident but helping to prevent accidents from happening in the first place. Attend this session to learn about: Presenters: Jane Jazrawy, CEO; and Mark Murrell, President of CarriersEdge • Driver exoneration, security/protection and retention The Importance of Orientation and Training • Built-in safety coaching and review process One of the keys to a successful, safe, rewarding career is getting started with an effective • Telematic details that gives you the FULL picture, not just a small window of a orientation and training program – particularly as we shepherd in the new millennial camera view generation. Learn practical tips and best practices from panelist experts such as Mike Presenter: Tiffany Angel, Video Intelligence Solutions, PeopleNet Coble, Vice President of Recruiting, Robert Heath Trucking; and Dr. Gina Anderson, CEO of Luma. Does Your Truck Get 10 MPG? Operating commercial vehicles is complex and specifying them for maximum profitability is not a simple task. In the fall of 2017, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency worked with seven fleets to demonstrate what great drivers with the latest in production tractors and trailers could accomplish. Doing their norm routes, this group was able to average 10.1 MPG over the course of 17 days! Many disruptive technologies are entering the market such as platooning and electric trucks. Attend this session and learn how: • Production options can deliver 10 MPG now • Selecting the right combination of options takes work Presenter: David Schaller, Industry Engagement Director, North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)
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Interactive Roundtable Discussions Creating a Carrier-Friendly Warehouse Share ideas and experiences with other professionals who have a common interest in The relationship between shipper/warehousing operations and carriers are two links in the a specific topic of your choice. These discussions take place over lunch both Tuesday supply chain that are co-dependent. So why isn’t the relationship professional, efficient and Wednesday. Choose from 40+ specific topics, including: and courteous? This session will explore how to successfully bridge the gap through: • Finding Balance in Family, Parenting, Work and Beyond • Practical ideas and tips to build a better relationship • How to Effectively Recruit and Retain Female Drivers • What both parties can do to improve this relationship • Hiring, Training, Managing a Diversified Workforce • Exploring how communication and collaboration is essential, and ways to encourage business results • Aligning Your Career Vision and Skill Sets with Your Company’s Goals This panel of professionals will be facilitated by Jacquelene Brotherton, Transport Manager, • Health & Wellness Challenges and Solutions for Female Drivers Oxford Cold Storage. • Building Customer Relationships while Negotiating Contracts • Safety and Risk Management on the Road: Helping Female Drivers Stay Safe LEADERSHIP: • Legal Issues Impacting Transportation Operations, Employee Rights, etc. Rock ‘n Roll Leadership: • Aligning Sales, Marketing & Operations for Business Growth How to Succeed in Managing Your Team Some of rock’s most famous musicians were also great leaders. Keeping a band on • Bridging the Gender Gap: How to Thrive in a Male-Dominated Industry the road and navigating the treacherous terrain of the music industry requires vision and smart management. Successful rock ‘n’ rollers treat their act as a business, and Dialogue with Peers in Similar Roles businesses can learn from them as well. In researching her new book, Rock ‘n’ Roll You can also choose to participate in more general discussions with peers who are in Woman: The 50 Fiercest Female Rockers, author, journalist, and NPR commentator similar roles (Leadership, Operations, HR/Talent Management or Sales & Marketing). Meredith Ochs found that many artists who’ve outlived, outsold, and outlasted their peers Experience facilitated dialogue around these key questions: developed leadership skills that lead them to success in highly competitive fields. This fun presentation explores the leadership styles of famous women musicians, how they • What are your biggest challenges — and what are solutions to those challenges? met challenges, how they managed creative people, and how their experience is relevant • What are your biggest opportunities? (Include best practices and practical tips) to you and your business. Examine Rock ‘n’ Roll Leadership archetypes and ask then questions: Which one sounds like you? Is there one that might work better for you? Then learn how to get the most from creative employees, remain relevant, and tap into your inner rock star in the process.
Presenter: Meredith Ochs, author, journalist, NPR commentator, and longtime talk show host on Sirius XM’s Road Dog Trucking channel
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Communicate Like a Boss - Without Being Bossy Dare to Be a Rebel, Maverick, Misfit: Guide for Leadership Effective communication starts with confidence, and confident communicators The era of the heroic, all-knowing, all-powerful leader is over. Leadership is B.S. From the protest- have a toolbox full of tools to pull from to get the job done right with less conflict ers of Occupy Wall Street to the emergence of Pirate Parties across Europe and the increasingly and less stress. Take charge of your future by learning which communication tools vocal disgruntled airline passengers, the message is clear. The established way of leading, ruling, other top leaders use that will have the biggest impact on you and the people governing, and managing is no longer working. Yet, many question if the leader isn’t in charge, around you. Learn how to: what is the role of today’s leader? During this session, you’ll: • Use assertiveness and be seen as confident, not a doormat or bossy • Experience how leadership begins with self-leadership • Shift your perspective on how to deal with difficult people • Learn how to be the leader who breaks down bureaucratic barriers • Enlist the help of others to get more done in less time • Design systems that maximize engagement and get people to want to do more • Understand what motivates others to want to work with you • Learn how to ban conventional practice and welcome rebels, mavericks, and misfits Presenter: Liz Uram, Owner, The Coach & Mentor Group Presenter: Connie Pheiff, Chair, Pheiff Group
Lead from Where You Are PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Discover how a diverse group of Daimler’s women leaders are building teams, Being Taken Seriously: Women in Trucking leading innovation, connecting with customers, and developing products in the Being taken seriously in a male-dominated industry means taking actions to identify and address midst of dynamic industry change. Attend this dynamic presentation to learn: the barriers that have disproportionately held women from leadership positions, created income • How to lead from where you are, no matter your level disparities, and gender stereotypes. Two women who have 20+ years experience will provide • Strategies and tactics for leading in a dynamic environment (industry disrupters, practical tips on: IOT, big data, new generations) • How to maintain focus while in the workplace • Intelligence about innovative new technologies in the transportation industry • Ways to ensure equality in the workplace Panelists: Kelly Gedert, Director, Product Marketing; Tracy Royal, Director of • How to identify when to speak up when necessary and how not to lose yourself in the process Aftermarket Supply Chain; Lori Heino-Royer, Director, Connected Business Presenter: Kristiana Tobey, Driver Qualifications Manager; and Ashlye Jones, Business Development Development; and Kari Schaefer, General Manager, Freightliner. Manager, DISA Global Solutions
Protecting Women from Workplace Sexual Harassment Plan and Prepare to Win with the 11 Ps A work environment that shows even a hint of sexual harassment factors can “Poor planning and preparation promotes poor performance. Poor performance promotes perpet- interfere with employees’ work performance and overall business results. In ual pain.” This session’s presenter has carried this poem from the halls of higher education to every addition, the financial risk to such an environment can be tremendous for a organization she has worked with, and it has served her well by making sure she is thoroughly business. This panel discussion, led by Martha Payne of Benesch Law Firm, prepared and planful in her approach, especially when launching new talent initiatives. In particular, will explore best practices and practical ideas on how to encourage a work she has found that the critical component in planning and preparation is to be keenly aware of and environment that reduces the likelihood of sexual harassment of women in connected to the organization’s goals. During this session, she’ll share ways to assess an organiza- the workplace. tion’s needs, how to earn credibility, and how to be prepared for the plan to succeed.
Presenter: Veronica Hawkins, Director of Talent Management, NFI Industries
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The Triple D Method to Decision-Making Truck/Technology Tour Are you trying to be all things to all people? This method takes you out of the passenger seat of “yes to others” and “no to you” and into the driver seat of “Hell Yes!” using a 3-step Innovative hardware and software features can be plugged into today’s trucks that offer process. Attend this session to: advantages in fleet and trucking operations. Features range from microturbine-electric hybrid drive systems, trailers made of lightweight carbon fiber, and platooning trucks to • Learn the Triple D Method and how to create a strategy for decision-making dynamic routing, 360-degree vehicle video technology, collision mitigation, electronic • Identify signs and areas of burnout and overload in your business role and career logging devices and equipment tracking. Attend this year’s Accelerate! Truck/Technology • Learn strategies of saying “No” without saying the word Tour to see some of the latest technologies, including: Presenter: Lauren LeMunyan, Strategic Business Coach, The SpitFire Coach Freightliner Truck’s commitment to innovation helps the new Cascadia maximize productivity and profitability by advancing quality focused design. With the sleek and Discovering Your Professional Marketable Strengths stylish new body, the Cascadia’s unique look and newly designed interior demands a After hearing about career paths and career strengths from three successful professionals, second glance. you will work in small teams with a career development partner to develop a path to apply Autobon Co-Pilot product is an advanced driver assistance system comprised of those strengths in your workplace. During this session you’ll: various state-of-the-art sensors and hardware that assists new drivers in more sophis- • Understand how your career can bring you down many different paths (intentionally and ticated and realistic ways, and provides them feedback and training. Co-Pilot also will unintentionally) allow drivers to be able to deliver twice as many loads in the span of a year through the • Set yourself up for continued success by self-assessing and realizing your marketable use of autopilot. professional strengths The Peterbilt Model 579 UltraLoft delivers numerous interior driver-centric • Learn how to promote your strengths to succeed in your workplace features, improved PACCAR MX-13 performance and an enhanced transmission in a fuel-efficient combination of performance and technology. Peterbilt’s combination of Panelists: Janet Foster-Whitley, Sales Operations, Michelin; Mary Clark Brown, General Manag- aerodynamics and fuel-efficient power provides a lower total cost of ownership for any er, C.H. Robinson; Kate Coleman, OEM Sales, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems) fleet. With fuel economy optimization software, Peterbilt’s technological advancements provide the optimal balance of fuel efficiency and fleet performance. How to Be More Powerful, Remove Self-Doubt, and Own Your Skills and Voice Have you considered the high cost to your life and business when you suffer from feeling like a fraud, worry “they” are going to find out the truth and how the Impostor Syndrome may be keeping you from having everything you want in life and in business? Many high-achieving, brilliant and educated women seek validation or permission from others instead of giving it to themselves. During this session, learn: • How to eliminate self-doubt and recognize you belong because of who you are not because of luck • The secret thoughts men do not have • How to embrace your multiple personalities • The three overused words that destroy your authority and what to say instead as a leader Presenter: Mary Bicknell, CEO, MaryBicknell.comtips and best practices in three categories: Health, Safety, and Sales & Marketing.
Get Details & Register at WomenInTrucking.org INTEGRATED EXPO 2018 EXPO FLOOR PLAN Nov. 12-14 • Embassy Suites Dallas Frisco • Frisco Grand Ballroom
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60 50 70 40 80 Register Online at 1. Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Frisco Hotel 30 90 20 100 Convention Center & Spa – stay right on property! U.S. 10 120 WomenInTrucking.org $182 (Single and Double) or $192 (Triple) or $202 (Quad). Make your reservations by calling 972-712-7200. Reservations must be made by Oct. 6 or room rate and availability cannot be guaranteed. CONFERENCE FEES: 2. Drury Inn & Suites Dallas Frisco - just a block away from the Convention Center! U.S. $154 (Single or Double) or $164 (Triple) Business Professionals Member Non-Member or $174 (Quad). Make your reservations by calling 1-800-325-0720 Full Conference (now-Sept. 14) $595 $695 (Refer to Group Number: 2326878). Full Conference (after Sept. 14) $645 $745 Make your room reservations as soon as possible, as room rate and availability One-Day Registration $345 $445 cannot be guaranteed! Visit WomenInTrucking.org for full details.
Professional Drivers Member Non-Member Full Conference (now- Sept. 14) $350 $450 DIAMOND SPONSORS: Full Conference (after Sept. 14) $395 $495 One-Day Registration $250 $350 (All prices in U.S. dollars)
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Special discounted rate of $299 is available to any student attending a qualified college, university, vocational school, or professional driving school. Current Student
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(in the office or on the road) ™ • 60+ Educational Sessions 60 9382 Oak Ave. 50 70 40 80 • Peer-to-Peer Networking Waconia, MN 55387 USA 30 90 20 100 • Wide Range of Topics 120 10 • Comprehensive Expo • Truck/Technology Tour
Accelerate! Conference & Expo | Nov. 12-14, 2018 | Dallas, TX