Hold
the Date
SPIM 2009 Conference
Feb 4 - 7, 2009
Hilton San Diego Resort
SPIM 2009 will be our 25th Anniversary
Special Programming to Celebrate 25 years of SPIM
Note: We will hold SPIM 2009 immediately before the Division 13 Society for Consulting Psychology Mid-Winter Meeting which will be held in the same location.
Past
Conference:
SPIM
2008 - Managing
and Leading: The role of the setting and organizational situation.
Are you a psychologist
manager for whom leadership is key to your success and/or do you help others
enhance their leadership skills? If so, the 2008 SPIM Conference and Institutes
are for you. Watch your mail and e-mail for conference registration materials
that will include the full program. For now, here is some of what we plan to
offer:
We expect to offer about 15 continuing education units (CEUs) at the main conference
with an opportunity for up to 14 additional CEUs if you attend the maximum number
of institutes.
Dick Kilburg will kick off the main conference the evening of Thursday, 28 February
with a session focused on setting the stage for the rest of the conference by
learning about our new attendees and new members as well as touching base with
our returning SPIM members. Many of us who work find this to be a highlight
of the meeting because it lets us each put aside our various professional roles
and be ourselves - at least for a few days. In addition to this kick off session,
there will be many opportunities for interaction with colleagues throughout
the conference to include our annual banquet with an auction led by our Foundation
board.
The formal conference sessions begin Friday morning, 29 February. The focus
of the main conference will revolve around two main themes associated with leadership
and management. The first aspect/theme of the main conference will provide examples
of excellent leadership during different times in an organization's life cycle.
Our current President, John Bruckman, will kick this off in his presidential
address which will focus on managing through times of organizational change.
The Clifton Strengths Award Winner, Shelley Taylor, will talk about Fostering
a Supportive Environment. Roger Cooper, who will serve as her discussant, will
link Shelley's lessons to Ericksonian developmental stages. Also related to
this theme will be talks by COL Carroll Green about creating a corporate culture
and by Charlie Klunder who will discuss one of the biggest organizational endings
in recent San Antonio history - the closure of Kelly Air Force Base. Charlie
will focus on the valuable role that psychology played in leading through the
ending of the organization.
The second aspect/theme will focus on examples of excellent leadership manifested
in different settings. Arthur Freedman introduced us to Ernesto Nieto who is
developing young leaders into future community leaders. Ernesto is the CEO of
the Hispanic Leadership Institute. He and Arthur will set the stage for our
discussion of leadership in different settings by providing insight into the
Institute's success in this area. Mark Ginsburg will lead a session that will
highlight examples of leadership success in several additional areas including:
professional associations, health care, academia, and consulting practices.
There will also be short sessions on emerging and evolving contexts for leadership
to include: Netcentric leadership, technical leadership, and leveraging the
media.
In addition to the main conference, as usual, our institutes will offer attendees
not only the opportunity to earn additional CEUs, but they will also offer the
opportunity to explore topics related to the conference theme in greater depth.
On Thursday, 28 February, we plan to offer two full day institutes. The first,
on Finding Your Leadership Voice, will be led by a dynamic trio of individuals
who have been very active in SPIM and who have each shown us their superb leadership
voices: Billie Blair, John Langhorne, and Dee Ramsel. The second, Executive
Assessment, will be led by three individuals who are not only leaders in the
field of executive assessment and development, but they also have different
but complementary approaches to assessment: Les Krieger, Connie Rath, and Connie
Schroyer.
Also on 28 February, a late afternoon institute will be offered during the time
between the end of the full day institutes and the kick off session. This institute,
on Maintaining your Professional Edge, will be led by two CEOs who both have
exciting professional approaches: Dale Thompson and Vicki Vandaveer. Wondering
when you will find time to eat? Not to worry - we plan to eat well throughout
the conference. We plan to offer a light buffet at the kick off session.
On Sunday, 2 March, in the morning we will again offer one of our most popular
institutes focused on ethics in organizations. Dick Kilburg and Rodney Lowman
will again lead this institute.
SPIM is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing
education for psychologists. SPIM maintains responsibility for this program
and its content.
SPIM 2008 SPONSORS
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Past
Conference:
SPIM
2007 - FACING NEW REALITIES FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL
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Major program presentations were
given in the following topics:
Past
Conference: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, second from left, with Dale Thompson, Judith Albino, and John Bruckman at the 2006 SPIM Conference. |
