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If you missed CDI's '09 Career Empowerment Summit in Orlando earlier this month, than we've gathered together tips, snips, and highlights for your education and enjoyment!
11-second Summit Welcome video:
Plan to join us in 2010!
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Link to Twitter Speaker Tips
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Friday Summit Speaker Session Tweets & Video Tips
Getting the Most Out of Web 2.0 - Business Tools with Jason Alba of JibberJobber.com
Tips (as posted on Twitter):
@barbarasafani: email signature part of your brand; copy & paste sig into LinkedIn msgs & blog comments
@barbarasafani: during some downtime write out multiple LinkedIn questions and then post a question a month.
@LauraLabovich: posts blog content frequently - 5 days a wk; each post can be as short as 2 paragraphs.
@Resume_Writer: Newsletter equals business. LI answers can bring business / exposure if used appropriately.
@Resume_Writer: Make sure u set up your google alerts. Lots of seo stuff is fuzzy. Blogging is integral for seo.
@barbarasafani: blogging is the best think you can do for SEO; beats paying for SEO expert
@barbarasafani: Google loves new content new blog posts help Google remember you are there
Getting the Most Out of Web 2.0 - Career Tools with Barbara Safani of Career Solvers / FTT Research
Tips (as posted on Twitter):
@LauraLabovich: zoom info, google profile, ziggs, claim id, reputation defender = all good online identity tools
@robinresumes: select your social media plaform based differences in culture (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)
@LauraLabovich: When branding clients, be knowledgeable about culture of social media tools, & their differences.
@LauraLabovich: clients looking for international work; include Eacademy in online strategy
@LauraLabovich: Zoom Info aggregates info on ppl & companies across the Internet; be deliberate in building the content u want there.
Powerful Social Networking Profiles for Profit & Client Success with Louise Kursmark of Best Impression Career Service, Inc.Tips (as posted on Twitter):
@Resume_Writer: cool things VCV, Q&A sample, letters of ref, news clippings, addendums. VCV not replace resume
@LauraLabovich: grad students: go ahead & put link to your masters thesis on Visual CV! Great conversation starter
@barbarasafani: Visual CV allows you to upload documents, audio, video, book covers, photo
@barbarasafani: LinkedIn profiles -give reader little bit of sizzle, a little bit of steak, but not whole meal.
@barbarasafani: LinkedIn profiles are not cut & paste from resume; message needs to be tweaked for your audience.
@barbarasafani: LinkedIn profile: Write 1-3 sentences highlighting "wow" experience.
Career Client Conundrums: Taming the Biggest Challenges Your Clients Can Give You with Laura DeCarlo of CDI
Tips (as posted on Twitter):
NOTE: Workshops had minimal to no tweets due to hands-on program. Session was on a simple problem solving methodology to apply to challenging coaching and resume issues.
@barbarasafani: If employer learns of major mistake, be honest about it, explain what you learned, & talk about your future plans
@barbarasafani: job seeker conundrum-damaged network-audit online presence, circle back to network with authentic message, blog to build relevance
@barbarasafani: job seeker conundrum: trying to make a career change-show transferable skills/relationships, focus on competencies over job titles
@barbarasafani: job seeker conundrum-left last job after disagreement with boss-get strong references from others in that company.
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Tropical Summit Reception
Everyone arrived dressed for the occasion for CDI's Tropical reception! The steel drums were the perfect backdrop complemented by the tropical drinks, leis, margarita jelly bellys, and other festive touches.
Watch 14 seconds of live steel drums
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Saturday Summit Speaker Session Tweets & Video Tips
Where the Jobs Are: Exploring the Federal Landscape with Barbara Adams of CareerPro Global Inc.
Tips (as posted on Twitter):
@barbarasafani: Fed jobs open largest # jobs by city -Washington, Arlington, San Antonio, Charleston ck USA jobs site 4 your city
@barbarasafani: departments of defense, veterans, homeland security, justice, and treasury-fastest growing fed agencies
@barbarasafani: there are 1,000 IT positions & 3,000 admin jobs opening in dept of def; admins include secretary, HR generalist
@barbarasafani: Obama admin is expanding FDIC, SEC, NIST, DOE, EPA, NSF, DOT agencies and more!
@barbarasafani: more than 40% of the 1.5M fed employees will retire w/in the next 5 years-govt needs new blood!
@barbarasafani: federal jobs-fed govt is only national employer that will continue to fill jobs regardless of economic conditions
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New Trends in Employment Compensation: Beyond Salary to Work-Life Balance Benefits with Laura Drew of Carolina Career Coach, CDI Director of Education & Expert Trends Research Committee member
Tips (as posted on Twitter):
@barbarasafani: work at home option can help reduce rent costs, improve retention, and eliminate parking costs for employees
@barbarasafani: more and more companies are offering telecommuting as a way to attract international candidates
@barbarasafani: examples: paid time off not just vacation & sick time-can include paid sabbaticals & paid hours for volunteer work
@barbarasafani: around the world employees want more opps for paid time off, telecommunting, 4 day work week and flexible hours.
@ResumeWriter: Making higher salary still #1 issue for emps
@barbarasafani: women earn 57% of the Bachelor's degrees in the US; during a recession women lose fewer jobs
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Move Your Website to Social Web 2.0 With Free Tools with Laura DeCarlo of CDI
Tips (as posted on Twitter):
@barbarasafani: Want to add audio to your site? Try Audacity, Freeconferencecall.com, or Audioacrobat.com -you can add video too
@barbarasafani: want others to tell you how much they like something on your blog? Try Add This http://bit.ly/nf0zM
Change Your Business in Two Hours: Five Key Steps with Pat Schuler of The Gemini Resources Group
NOTE: This intensive, hands-on workshop kept everyone too busy to Tweet.
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Summit Vendor Fair
In addition to breaks, CDI's Summit also hosted a 1.5 hour vendor fair on Saturday afternoon. It was a big success, allowing everyone to network further and learn about great new products and services.
Plus, over 75 door prizes were given out ranging from books to $2000 training courses.
Laura DeCarlo with Debbi O'Reilly sporting her new CDI cap.
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2010 Summit Plans
Where:
Requests for proposals have been sent out to four cities in the Western United States. Most likely we will still end up in Las Vegas, but we wanted to take advantage of the economy to see if we might get a fantastic deal. We should have specifics before the end of the year.
Plan to go West in October 2010 (either the weekend of 10/15 or 10/22)!
What:
CDI is giving YOU, the career professional, the ultimate opportunity to create the conference that YOU want to attend.
Watch for our request for speaker / topic proposals and the opportunity to VOTE for which sessions will be hosted at the 2010 Summit! This event will truly be all about what YOU WANT TO LEARN!
The CDI Conference Committee is already hard at work to create another exceptional event for you!
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Summit Attendee Testimonials
If you think it looked good, you have to read (and listen) to what attendees had to say.
Here are just a few of the many video (more posted soon) and the written testimonials we received. View more now.
"THE CONFERENCE WAS FABULOUS ... Incredible doesn't do it justice. Every speaker was terrific and every topic was relevant. I learned and learned and learned. I've got so many notes I don't even know where to begin. Saw dear old friends and made some wonderful new ones.
How much better can it get?"
- Marty Weitzman, Gilbert Resumes
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"My first CDI conference was remarkable, restorative, and 100% useful!
As a long-time career industry veteran, conferences have always been a highly awaited chance for me to catch up with old friends, meet new colleagues, and learn some new things. As a "learning junkie" I always hope to come away with a lot of great info, but after 20 years in the industry, I am pretty satisfied if I takeaway 3 or 4 new concepts I can adapt to my practice.
After many years of trying to fit CDI into my schedule, I decided this year would finally be the time...location was convenient, property looked fabulous (and really reasonable$$!), and the program and speakers - focused much on social media - was enticing. I expected a good conference, good takeaways, and great colleagues (many of whom I'd never met but always wanted to).
What I got so far exceeded my expectations that I'm still on a people- and info-high.
I'm rarely at a conference where EVERY session is completely valuable. That was really surprising to me. Even the few sessions I thought were not for me, were so full of unexpectedly new and useful information that I quickly reminded myself to never pre-judge!
One of the best parts of the two-day "knowledge festival!" was meeting such great people. I have made a number of new friends who will, I hope, be valued life-long kindred spirits - if they like me as much as I like them!
I'm already eagerly awaiting next year!
Laura and team, thank you, thank you, thank you!"
- Deb Dib, ExecutivePowerBrand.com
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"As a new member I was thoroughly impressed and thrilled about the many takeaways and learning received. I know I will implement some of them very soon. I am Soooo glad I decided to take the plunge and join this fine organization and attend the stellar conference. I look forward to a long association with CDI and the new friends I met.
Laura, there is no need to worry about topping this one - just match it and I, for one, would be a very satisfied customer. Keep up the good work!"
- Eleanor G. Farmer, Be Ready Resumes
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"Economy- E-schonomy! I don't think there's anything else that I could do in the remaining months of 2009 that would top my choice to attend The Career Empowerment Summit! This was by far, the single most important investment I made in my professional growth this entire year! It is already paying dividends with new tools, new friends, and new ideas for growing and sustaining a successful business!"
- Cheryl Milmoe, Career Management Solutions
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The Bad Things About the 2009 Summit
 August Cohen of GetHiredStayHired.com (pictured left with Kris Plantrich) kindly shared these warnings with our members following her attendance at the 2009 Summit.
We feel it's important to disclose the good with the bad -- so you can say we warned you
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"Now that everyone has heard the raves about the conference, I thought I should provide the negatives so you will have a balanced viewpoint.
If you are planning to go next year, be prepared for the following:
1. Increased workload: You will have so many new tools and ideas for additional revenue streams to put in place for your business, you will certainly make more money and sales when you get home. Are you prepared to give up your free time to work harder? Your relaxing days will be over.
2. Sleep depravation: If you like getting a full night's sleep, don't attend a CDI conference. You will feel compelled to stay up all hours of the night laughing, having fun, and learning about your colleagues.
And don't think you can sleep in to catch up, because you will be afraid you will miss out on more conversation and the hot bacon and eggs waiting for you. Did I mention food?
3. Weight gain: No matter how much will power you think you have, it will be hard to resist the giant cookies, brownies, great restaurants, and pina coladas with cheese and fruit. It is pure evil, but don't say I didn't warn you. Strawberry daiquiri anyone?
On top of the above, you will now have so many new friends that you will have to call, email, twitter about, follow on Facebook, and have as resources to help you out when you need a shoulder - I swear it will never end.
Now that you have been warned, if you are still brave enough to go to CDI 2010, I'll save you a seat at my table. You're on your own with the brownies:-)."
- August Cohen, GetHiredStayHred.com
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Thank you for helping us make the 2009 Career Empowerment Summit in Orlando, Florida such a tremendous success! 
Thank you,
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