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Tuesday March 20, 2012

Release Date: 03.20.12 | Location: All Metro Atlanta | Organization: Possible Woman Conference

Get Top Tips on Business and Life April 26 at Possible Woman Conference

Photos: Sally Williamson (first position), Valerie Pelan, Jeffery Tobias Halter

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Three leading specialists will head up the Career Advancement track at the 16^th Annual Possible Woman Conference Thursday April 26 at Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

• Session 1 features Jeffery Tobias Halter on Selling to Men, Selling to Women; The Significant Role of Gender in the Sales Process
• Session 2 features Sally Williamson on Executive Presence – Turning Initial Impressions into Lasting Impacts
• Session 3 features Valerie Pelan on How to Effectively Manage, Communicate, and Give Feedback in the Four Generational Workplace

Other tracks for IMAGINE! Possible Woman 2012 will include Corporate Leadership, Leadership Power, Building a Business, Reinvention and Optimizing Wellness. Presenters include: Dr. Marj Barlow, Toby Bloomberg, Dorothea Bozicolona-Volpe, Teresa Caro, Martha Forlines, Jane Gentry, Dr. Jane Goldner, Barbara Hemphill, Celeste Jonson, Diane Kaufman, Dr. Landon McLain, Tricia Molloy, Annette Saldana, Dr. Tom Schneider and John Stupka.

Luncheon keynote speaker will be global expert on women’s leadership Connie Glaser, recently nominated for 50 Women to Watch by the Wall Street Journal. Her Winning at Work column appears in the Atlanta Business Chronicle and business journals around the country. Author of best-seller Swim with the Dolphins, she will speak on More Power to You! The Voice of Women’s Leadership.

Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Carol Hunstein will open the conference with a welcome to attendees. Writer, speaker, advocate Marsha Sampson Johnson, retired Southern Company executive, will give an opening keynote: Free Your Mind. Transition keynote is the dynamic Celeste Jonson on Dare to Imagine! And Jeffery Tobias Halter, president of YWomen and former director of diversity at The Coca-Cola Company, will offer a special closing keynote on Executive Success - What Men Aren't Telling Women!

The always-popular Women of Power and Vision panel after lunch will feature Karstin Bodell, Vice President of General Business Marketing for IBM; Georgia Representative Carolyn Hugley of District 133; Amy Medendorp, Executive Vice President, Diversified Commercial Banking for SunTrust Banks; Moanica Caston, Vice President of Diversity for Georgia Power; and Jennifer Van Buskirk, Senior Vice President of Senior Vice President of New Distribution for AT&T. This “power panel” will be moderated by Maria Sutej, Regional Vice President of Sales at Avon Products Inc.

From an 8 a.m. continental breakfast to a 5 p.m. Connection Reception, this 16th Annual Possible Woman Leadership Conference is a day packed with dynamic speakers, interactive question-and-answer sessions, well-qualified panels, informative exhibits and exciting networking opportunities. For more information and to register, go to www.possiblewoman.com. Use the promo code WEDAYBOOK12 to activate a discount for Atlanta Daybook followers.

“All these speakers bring an excellent perspective on the issues facing business women today,” said Linda Wind, CEO of Wind Enterprises, organizer of the annual regional leadership conference.

This the 16^th year Linda Wind, CEO of Wind Enterprises, has presented the Possible Woman Leadership Conference to promote educational opportunities for women. A portion of the profits from the conference will benefit the Possible Woman Foundation International, a 501c3 which provides scholarships for the women leaders of tomorrow, who pursue non-traditional roles and occupations, and connects them with women mentors and trailblazers in these challenging and diverse careers. Scholarships will be presented the evening before the conference at a Starry Night Fundraising Dinner at the Ansley Golf Club with Karyn Greer of WXIA-TV as mistress of ceremonies.

For more information on these premier events, please contact Linda Wind at 770-856-4767 or [email protected].

Sponsors for 2012 Possible Woman

Leading sponsors for IMAGINE! Possible Woman 2012 are American Airlines, Southern Company, AT&T, IBM, SunTrust and The Home Depot. Other sponsors include: Belief System Institute, Atlanta Magazine, Kroger, BLUE MedSpa, Avon Products Inc., WE USA, Atlanta Daybook, Aloette, ExactTarget, ProWIN, Koehn Financial Group and BlackBox Technologies.

Media contact: Gay Watson, 678-596-2889, [email protected]