2025 Grow Your Worth Professional Development Day
August 16, 2025
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Main Library at Goodwood
7711 Goodwood Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
https://www.ebrpl.com/locations/main-library/
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Get ready for a day packed with:
- Professional development sessions
- Networking with local Project Managers
- An incredible lineup of speakers
- Earn 6 PDUs to boost your professional credentials!
Dima Ghawi
Breaking Limitations & Building Leaders
In today’s workplace, four generations work side-by-side, each bringing unique values, expectations, and communication styles. Effectively engaging and leading these diverse teams is an opportunity to drive innovation, collaboration, and long-term success.
This interactive presentation equips participants with the tools to understand and embrace generational differences, motivate employees of all ages, and foster inclusive communication. Participants will explore actionable strategies to lead multi-generational teams in a way that maximizes individual strengths, boosts engagement, and future-proofs their organization.
Whether you’re managing Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, or Gen Z, this workshop provides the insights and techniques needed to create a cohesive, high-performing team that’s prepared for the future.
Founder & CEO, DistruptREADY | Keynote Speaker on AI & Disruption
AI isn’t coming to project management - it’s already here. In this provocative session, Henry Hays will break down how generative AI and intelligent automation are fundamentally altering the DNA of project leadership. You’ll see live demos, real-world applications, and a roadmap where humans still have an edge (for now).
Whether you’re ChatGPT-curious or building LLM-powered workflows, this keynote will give you the strategic lens and practical tools to not just survive disruption – but to lead it.
Please note: This is a 2-hour extended session that includes both facilitated discussion and hands-on demonstrations. For the best experience and full participation, please bring your laptop, charger, and cell phone with you to this session.
Anna Dearmon Kornick
Time Management Coach
Be the Visionary: How to Unlock More Time in Your Genius Zone
When your day is filled with meetings, messages, and to-dos, it’s easy to lose sight of the work that really moves the needle. Whether you’re leading a business or working on a team, you likely spend more time reacting than focusing on what you do best.
In this energizing session, Time Management Coach Anna Dearmon Kornick shares a simple framework to help participants identify their Genius Zone—the work where passion and proficiency meet—and spend more time there. By exploring the three roles we all play at work and learning how to streamline the rest, participants will walk away with practical strategies to protect their focus, free up their time, and do more of what matters most.
Mary Stein
Assistant Library Director: Programs, Outreach, & Collections
Discover the incredible—and completely free—Project Management resources available to you through the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. In this quick and informative session, Mary Stein will highlight tools, study materials, databases, and other valuable support for current and aspiring project managers. Whether you're preparing for the PMP exam or looking to sharpen your skills, the library has something for you!
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Please Note: All Tickets are Non-Refundable
