Our Twitter team, led by Barbara Safani and Deb Dib, will be tweeting highlights, insights, and other “ah ha” moments live from the event. You don’t have to have a Twitter account to read the updates. Just visit http://search.twitter.com, enter #careers09 and click Search. The results will give you everything that’s being said from the conference

With all the recent attention Twitter has been getting, it’s hard to miss, but if you aren’t familiar with it you might want to read Deb Dib’s article from last summer, “What Is Twitter? Why Should You Care?” http://tinyurl.com/DibTwitter.

For more information, email Barbara Safani at info@careersolvers.com.

Listening to the presenters talk about their sessions makes me even more excited about the event.

I’m amazed and delighted to announce that ALL BUT THREE SESSIONS will be represented at the Free Conference Preview, Friday, March 20^th from 3:00 to 4:30 pm Eastern Time.

18 of 22 speakers will be joining the call to give you a taste of the 2009 Annual Conference. Each presenter will give you one important reason to attend his or her session, then we’ll save time for questions at the end. So grab your conference brochure or check out http://conference.careermanagementalliance.com to follow along.

Here’s who has agreed to attend:

Day One

-Peter Weddle - Work Strong: Career Fitness

-Kathryn Troutman - Federal Jobs in the New Administration

-Lauryn Franzoni & Robyn Greenspan - Who Moved My Job? Where Professional Growth Opportunities Will Develop

-Jay Forrest, Futurist - Looking Forward, A Futurist’s View

-Bill True & Dean Hyers - Putting Job Hunters in the Limelight

Day Two

-Ted Daywalt - Challenges Facing Transitioning Military, Guard and Reserve in the Job Market

-Carol McClelland - Plug Into The Green Economy

-Chandlee Bryan - Face it! Using Social Networking Sites with Intention

-Evelyn Salvador - Techniques to Garner Critical Client Information

-Myriam Rose Kohn - International Assignments: Landing and Thriving in the Global Marketplace

-Ellen Sautter & Diane Crompton - Build a Better Brand With Online Networking

-Richard Knowdell - A User-Friendly Guide to Assessing Transferable Skills

-Steve Gallison - Business Enhancement With Outplacement Services

-Barbara Safani - Add Value to Client Packages - The Web 2.0 Way

-Kathy Sweeney - Affiliate Programs - How to Get Paid While You Sleep

To register for this free webinar click here: https://www.careermanagementalliance.com/s/reg-teleseminar.php

To register for the conference itself visit: https://secure2.kennedyinfo.com/cmaConfReg

Get ready to be an outplacement specialist, résumé writer, trainer and coach etc. as the current system is being challenged by the fact that those like myself have lost staff and are working hard to satisfy the demand. Adding lots of staff is probably not going to happen as far as training staff however contractual/temporary staff to help with the admin work is realistic. For example my staff of three total and I have provided two day outplacement services to over 200 customers since March 2nd and our books are full until May 1st. This is unprecedented demand. I have picked up a contractual worker and we are planning to hire another full time secretary to help with the demand on the administrative back side of the outplacement services. Some States are going to outsource the additional activities. Many States have the intention not to hire other workers but to refine systems and streamline their operations with tech options.

I sort of wished I could have met with everyone at the CMA conference in San Antonio and it was held before all this started, but Mr. Obama didn’t consult with me. But there is still time to create the connections and network to see how your State and local jurisdictions intend to actuate the hiring mechanisms with their allocations. I would urge you all to come to Texas late in April and discuss how this - as one DOL consultant put it - “The Last Gold Mine of My Career” can help Americans get back to work.

Speakers confirmed so far:
Kathryn Troutman
Ellen Sautter & Diane Crompton
Kathy Sweeney
Carol McClelland
Barbara Safani
Lauryn Franzoni & Robyn Greenspan
Chandlee Bryan

Keynote speaker Ted Daywalt is traveling that day but will try to call in.

Speakers confirmed so far:
Kathryn Troutman
Ellen Sautter
Kathy Sweeney
Carol McClelland
Barbara Safani

Links to their websites are listed in the sidebar.