Chamber Focus: Developing Your Executive Presence and Expanding Your Career

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In this interactive and multimedia-driven session, participants will discover how to present themselves in a manner that inspires confidence. Specifically, those in attendance will learn how to maintain composure, project confidence, communicate more effectively, and build trust.

Presenter: Michael Allisoin, MPA
Mike Allison is a professor and Bloch Executive Education instructor within the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at UMKC.  In that capacity, he teaches EMBA courses on international business, influence and persuasion, and advanced presentation skills.  He also instructs business leaders on diverse topics such as change management, emotional intelligence, holding difficult conversations, presentation techniques, building trust, and executive presence.
 
Prior to his current academic focus, Mike accrued nearly 20 years of healthcare IT leadership experience working at Cerner Corporation.  While at Cerner, he held executive responsibilities within both the client and associate learning organizations.  His award-winning learning teams, many of which were internationally based, provided practical and effective end-to-end learning solutions to Cerner clients and associates around the world. 
Mike also spent a year as the Vice President of Learning & Development at AMC Theatres.  There, he led a team of learning professionals who focused on building, supporting, and retaining talent across multiple guest-facing brands.
 
Mike is a graduate of Brigham Young University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a master’s degree in Public Administration.