Conference Agenda

Faculty Meeting

Faculty Lunch

Registration Opens

Expectations and Outcomes for the First Cohort of the Women’s Leadership Institute

• Founder, Kay Chopard

Keynote Speaker – The Call to Leadership

• TBD

Leadership Challenge

• Peg Dorer, Executive Director and Kimberly Overton Spahos, Chief Resource Prosecutor, North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys

Homework Assignments

• Team Activity
  

Adjourn \ Dinner on your own

Optional Session – Spiritual Moments to Start the Day

Registration Open – Coffee and Snacks

Homework Review and the Day Ahead

Finding the “Sweet Spot” in Communication for Women Leaders

• Judge Linda Chezem (retired Indiana Court of Appeals)
• Linda Henderson, Former Indiana State Legislator
  

Succeeding in the State and Federal Judicial Appointment Process

• Judge Amy Hanley, Kansas District Court
• Judge Irma Gonzalez, Federal District Court (retired)

Roundtable discussions and coffee break

Organizing an Election Campaign

• Sherri Bevan Walsh, Summit County Prosecutor
• Paula Calhoon, South Carolina State Legislator

Breakout Session – Begin to Harness Your Power to Lead

• Effectiveness Grid
• Environmental Scan
• Sponsor and Stakeholder Identification

Lunch on Your Own

Running for Office in a Rural Area and Running for Office When You Are a Woman of Color

• Judge Alma Hinton, Senior Resident Superior Court Judge, Halifax County, North Carolina

“Dark Money” – How to Recognize and Avoid It

• Judge Linda Chezem (retired Indiana Court of Appeals)

Break – coffee and refreshments

Success and Failure – Balancing Public Pressure and Perception with the Role and Discretion of Your Office

• Panel Discussion – Faculty

Homework Assignments and Debrief

Dinner on Your Own

Optional Session – Spiritual Moments

Registration Desk Open – Coffee and refreshments

Review of Homework – Plans for the Day

Ethics Specific to Running for Elected Prosecutor or Judge or Judicial Appointments

• Judge Linda Chezem (retired Indiana Court of Appeals)
  

Strategic Action Planning – Write Your Future

• Kay Chopard

Break

Finding Balance: Personal and Professional

• Panel Discussion – Faculty

Breakout Session

• Strategic Action Planning
• SWOT Analysis
• Effectiveness Grid Application
• Checklist and Playbook for Your Campaign

Lunch on Your Own

Keynote: Overcoming Bias

• TBD

Report Outs from Breakout Session

Closing Commitments

Go Out and Serve with Confidence and Courage

• Follow-up Quarterly Zoom Calls To Be Scheduled in October 2020, January 2021 and April 2021. Watch for the emails!