Conference and Meeting Production Subcommittee
Our Goal
To facilitate the personal and professional development of Washington state-employed women through providing affordable leadership training and Washington women's networking events.
The Subcommittee aims to foster a collaborative environment in which ICSEW members come together to create impactful and affordable professional development opportunities for fellow state-employed women.
Through our work, we strive to earn statewide recognition as the premier group for networking and professional growth and support for state-employed women.
What We Do
The Subcommittee is responsible for planning all logistical aspects of the Professional Development Conference, an annual event that focuses on the personal and professional development of Washington state-employed women.
The Subcommittee handles all components related to event-planning, such as securing a venue, negotiating and finalizing vendor contracts, scheduling speaking sessions and more. The Subcommittee works to ensure each session is scheduled at the optimal place and time.
We organize professional development workshops and training as well as networking opportunities for our membership meetings and events. Past educational sessions include resume writing and interviewing, leadership seminars, diversity training and more. Subcommittee members contribute up to three hours monthly.
Activities include:
- Working with the to plan ICSEW’s Professional Development Conference, an annual event dedicated to personal and professional development.
- Recruiting and screening speakers for our general membership meetings as well as our Professional Development Conference. Speakers are experts in their fields.
- Facilitating networking sessions at each general membership meeting.
- Collaborating with the other subcommittees to provide additional training for our members outside of the state system.
Our Leadership
Conference and Meeting Production Subcommittee Contacts
Office of Administrative Hearings
connie.becker@oah.wa.gov
Connie Becker has been a Legal Administrative Manager at the Office of Administrative Hearings since August 2019 and an ICSEW member since 2021. Prior to state service, she worked as an HR director at Taholah School District and as a Legal Administrator and Paralegal in private legal practices in Seattle and Fort Lauderdale, Fl. Connie earned a Bachelor of Arts in German from Western Washington University, a Paralegal Certificate from Highline Community College, and an MBA and Master’s Certificate in HR Management from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Learn More About Our Professional Development Conference!
Bettering the lives of Washington state-employed women includes expanding access to resources for career growth. That is why each year ICSEW welcomes 400 to 500 participants to our Professional Development Conference, an educational event offering affordable professional development opportunities.
To learn more about this event and how you can get involved (as a sponsor or a speaker), please visit our Professional Development Conference page.
Speak at an ICSEW Event!
We are always looking for dynamic speakers to present at our general membership meetings as well as our Professional Development Conference. Through our speakers we want to equip and empower our members with important tools for career advancement. It also gives state employees and members of the public the opportunity to engage with ICSEW.
We welcome all experts in personal and professional development to apply, regardless of where you work. ICSEW’s values: leadership, integrity, fostering growth, empowerment, wellbeing and advocacy.
We are looking for speakers who can present on topics related to current and historical social inequities, their intersectionalities and action steps we can all take to remove barriers. We have particular interest in speakers who can bring:
- Lived experiences with intersectionality (race, age, gender, disability, veterans, immigrants, learning diversities, sexual orientation, +).
- Historical context/perspective on the women’s movement and rights.
- Experience in their associations with Washington State Business Resource Groups.
- Knowledge of what it means to be an ally
- Awareness of what privilege means, how impacts all sectors of society and how to move forward with dismantling systemic inequities
Please email us at icsew@ofm.wa.gov if you are interested in speaking or if you would like to recommend a speaker.
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