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Current Events

Sharon likes to keep you informed as to where and when she presents. 

Some of the events are open to the public, others might give you an idea for your next corporate training session. Feel free to contact us to learn more about any event here.

Dining Etiquette for Students

March 30, 2010
For: Duke University ROTC
Speaker and Trainer

Closed session. Will start with discussion of dining etiquette at 4:00 p.m. followed by actual dining experience and training.

Managing Conflict in the Workplace

March 18, 2010
For: Open to all
Speaker

It is all about conflict, a normal and natural part of our workplace and personal lives. Conflict can be helpful in making necessary changes within the work environment. However, unresolved conflict can result in feelings of dissatisfaction, unhappiness, hopelessness, depression, and other emotions. It can result in behaviors such as physical or emotional withdrawal, resignation from jobs, dissolution of personal relations, aggression, and even violence. $15.00 registration fee.

Dining Etiquette for Students - Fayetteville State University

March 16, 2010
For: Fayetteville State Students
Speaker and Trainer

Open only to students at Fayetteville State University

Pump Up Your Professionalism

For: Chapel Hill Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Network
Speaker and Trainer

Hints and Tips for Effective Job Interviewing

January 29, 2010
For: North Carolina State University Post Doc Students
Speaker and Trainer

Closed Event for Melissa Bostrom students only.

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda

November 21, 2009
For: FBLA Students
Breakout Sessions Facilitator

Attendance by FBLA invitation only

Dining Etiquette for Students

January 29, 2010
For: Fayetteville State Students
Speaker

Fayetteville St. students only who receive an invitation from Marquetta Smith, Career Center.

The Kansas City Women’s Conference, hosted by Clemson University,

October 28, 2009
For: All Professional Women
Speaker

Dining Etiquette for Students

October 26, 2009
For: Fayetteville State Students
Workshop Leader

By invitation only from Ms. Marquetta Smith, Fayetteville St. Career Center

2009 Changing Faces: Achieving Workplace Diversity in a Challenging Economic Environment

October 26, 2009
For: Raleigh-Wake Human Resources Management Association members and guests
Workshop Leader

Day long event with speakers, panels, and workshops

Pump Up Your Professionalism

September 25, 2009
For: Duke University Doctoral Students
Workshop Leader

Duke University doctoral students only. This session is a repeat of 9/23 session, but at a different time/location.

Pump Up Your Professionalism

September 23, 2009
For: Duke University Doctoral Students
Workshop Leader

For Duke University Doctoral students only

Keynote Speaker

September 24, 2009
For: Assistance League of Raleigh
Keynote Speaker. Speech Title: A Better, More Meaningful Life

Might be a closed event.

Dining Etiquette for Students

January 28, 2010
For: Fayetteville State Students
Speaker and Trainer

Pump Up Your Professionalism

December 2, 2009
For: Chapel Hill Chamber of Commerce members
Speaker and Trainer

Capital Jazz Super Cruise 2009

October 10, 2009
For: Open to all
Card room tournament coordinator

Join Sharon and Elmer Hill as we cruise to three ports of call on Royal Caribbean.  Sharon and Elmer are in charge of the card room tournaments.

What? Men and Women Communicate Differently?

July 20, 2009
For: Open to all
Speaker

Free for Morrisville Chamber employees of member firms • $15 for non-members

Bring your lunch, or reserve a box lunch in advance for $10.

Speed Networking

July 15, 2009
For: Durham Young Professionals
Keynote Speaker

$10.00 per person.  Refreshments served. 75 person maximum for event.
Learn some tips on meeting people and maintaining small talk. Objective: Be at your professional best by creating and using effective relationship marketing.

Pump Up Your Professionalism

June 23, 2009
For: Open to all women
Speaker

No registration required.  At 8 a.m., Tuesday, June 23, Sharon A. Hill, a certified business etiquette trainer of Sharon Hill International, will share exciting tips and techniques to pump up your professionalism, including Winning Handshakes, Power of Eye Contact, Secrets of Small Talk and Giving and Receiving Business Cards.  Free for chamber members.

Independent Communicators Alliance

June 24, 2009
For: Open to all
Speaker and Trainer

$10 for ICA members and associates. $15 for non-members

Listen Up. Sharon Hill Will be on the Radio

May 13, 2009
For: The Galaxy
Fabulous Radio Personality

Log on to http://thebuzzbuilder.com/social-media-buzz-strategy-blog/ for all the details.

Get Connected

August 8, 2009
For: Open to all
Speaker

Register at www.trend-dee-events.com Session includes dinner. Review website to see how to get free tickets.

Pump Up Your Professionalism

May 1, 2009
For: Open to all
Speaker

Come join the fun at the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce First Friday event.

Radio Interview (Call-in)

May 13, 2009
For: Open to all
Guest Speaker

Call in to learn about Sharon Hill’s book Wild Woman’s Guide to Etiquette:  Saving the World One Handshake at a Time.  The more, the merrier.

Make a Positive Impression in 30 Seconds

April 22, 2009
For: NAWBO (Nationalism Assn of Women Business Owners) and their guests
Keynote Speaker

To rsvp go to www.nawbo-raleigh.org

Pump Up Your Professionalism

April 2, 2009
For: Vance-Granville Community College Minority Male Mentoring
Speaker and Trainer

Women’s Edge:  Women on the Rise

May 14, 2009
For: Open to all
Keynote Speaker

RTP Black Diversity Network Group of IBM General Meeting

February 24, 2009
For: Current IBM'ers and Retirees
Keynote Speaker

Note: This event is open to IBMer’s and IBM retirees ONLY.

Live Your Dream

April 14, 2009
For: Open to all
Keynote Speaker. Topic "Nothing to Lose - Everything to Gain"

Professional Development for Students

January 30, 2009
For: Clients of Marketing Professionals International
Speaker and Trainer

Please contact us for more information.

Keynote Speaker

January 22, 2009
For: Women Initiative Network

Women’s Professionalism

April 22, 2009
For: NAWBO (National Assn of Women Business Owners) and their guests
Speaker

NAWBO members $25.00, non-members $35.00.  Lunch is served. RSVP to help planning staff have proper meal count.

Effective Networking

January 21, 2009
For: KNOW (Knowledgeable Network of Women)
Speaker

Cost is $35 for Morrisville Chamber member firms & $50 for non-members. 

Dining Etiquette for Students

March 25, 2009
For: Fort Hays State University
Speaker and Trainer

Dining Etiquette for Students

March 5, 2009
For: Colorado State University
Speaker

Nothing to Lose:  Everything to Gain

November 6, 2008
For: National Association of Women in Construction, Raleigh Chapter
Keynote Speaker

Sharon Hill will speak for 20 minutes on how she changed her life from humble beginnings to a successful and fulfilling life, including incredible mistakes she made along the way.

Business of Women - Cary Chamber of Commerce

September 18, 2008
For: Professional Women
Keynote Speaker

RSVP to Cary Chamber of Commerce

Communicating in the Workplace

September 23, 2008
For: Women of Dress for Success

Professional Development for Women

December 8, 2008
For: All Professional Women
Sharon is one of 10 professional speakers for Clemson University's 770th Conference on Professional Development for Women

Registration fee is $225 per person; $195 for four or more from the same organization. Hotel is separate with reduced conference rate.

Virtual Mentoring Presented by International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)

September 17, 2008
For: Open to all, especially business coaches, managers, and mentors. Pre-registration strongly recommended at ISPI web site below.

International Society for Performance Improvement, Carolinas Chapter: September 2008 Meeting





September announcement:



When: September 17, 2008 at 5:30 PM

Who: Pam Bauer, Executive VP of EQmentor, Inc.

Where: Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center. 4700 Emperor
Blvd., Durham, NC 27703, Sandhills room Directions

Presentation: Virtual Mentoring





Looking for a new way to grow and develop new employees,
people needing performance improvement and high potentials? style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Consider virtual
mentoring! In this lively interactive discussion/demonstration, Pam Bauer
creates a business case for virtual mentoring and demonstrates how it
is done.



EQmentor believes that concepts and theories can be learned in a classroom
or training environment, but learning that results in lasting change is
the result of a committed learner over a committed period of time. Furthermore,
it is the mistakes we make and the challenges we face that help us learn.
These challenges unveil a series of emotions that if not recognized, labeled,
processed, and responded to, can derail even the most talented and intellectually
gifted people



Online mentoring is a unique and innovative approach
to increasing the emotional intelligence of working professionals through
a non-traditional mentoring process and a self-building community of professional
peer collaboration.



Pam Bauer is Executive Vice President at EQmentor, bringing with her
over 28 years of experience in training and education. Pam’s accumulated
experience stems from a number of key positions she has held during her
career, having started as an instructional designer and having most recently
run her own performance improvement company for fifteen years. Pam’s vast
corporate experience prepared her to understand and address the challenges
many corporations encounter. Pam has a BA in Education, and a MA in Writing.
She has also completed the entire Instructional Design curricula of both
Bob Mager and Joe Harless.

BizTalk:  “Saving the World One Handshake at a Time”

September 17, 2008
For: Morrisville Chamber of Commerce

Free for Morrisville Chamber members.  $20 for non-members, $10 for optional box lunch (must pre-order: no shows will be billed)

Effective Mingling

September 11, 2008
For: Triangle BPW (Business and Professional Women)

Open to all.

Pump Up Your Professionalism

August 27, 2008
For: Apex Chamber of Commerce Women's Event

Appreciating Generational Differences

August 1, 2008
For: Rowan Vocational Employees (Open to all)

Pump Up Your Professionalism

July 24, 2008
For: Professionals who Focus on Eldercare and Senior Specific Healthcare Issues

Appreciating Cultural and Generational Differences

August 11, 2008
For: Bayer Crop Science Employees

Pump Up Your Professionalism

July 10, 2008
For: Professionals Under 40
Presentation

Minority NC Contractors

January 1, 2008
For: Contractors & Engineers
Presentation

Colorado State University

February 28, 2008
For: Colorado State Students
Presentation

Georgetown University

April 7, 2008
For: Georgetown University Students
Workshop

Helms Briscoe Corporate Event

March 12, 2008
For: Employees of Helms Briscoe
Keynote Speaker

National Science Foundation

March 5, 2008
For: Members of the Foundation
Facilitator

Future Business Leaders of America

April 25, 2008
For: Teenagers
Presentation

Sharon uses style and humor to give teens insider tips from her book, 24 Tips for Students for Students to Succeed in College , including shredding credit card offers, focusing on GPA and advice on how to study.

Future Business Leaders of America

April 25, 2008
For: Pre-teens
Presentation

Sharon will help young adolescents understand the importance of making eye contact, properly executing handshakes and knowing how to make small talk. This high-energy, informative presentation keeps children engaged from start to finish.

Train the Trainers Workshop

May 8, 2008
For: Soroptimist and Dress for Success of Raleigh
Trainer

This workshop will address how to make small talk, selling yourself during an interview, making a positive first impression and the importance of eye contact. It is specially geared toward job counselors, case workers, members and volunteers of the organizations.

Women’s Executive Education Leadership Series

May 20, 2008
For: Women Business Owners
Featured Speaker

The Women’s Executive Education Leadership Series is a five-day executive training and business development program sponsored by the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development. More than 30 women business owners from a variety of industries will participate in the Women’s Executive Education Leadership Series.

Triangle United Way

August 20, 2008
For: Triangle United Way
Presentation

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

April 10, 2008
For: UNC-Chapel Hill Students

Sharon Hill International presents dining etiquette to college students, preparing them for the professional world.

Corporate Training Workshop

May 1, 2008
For: IBM Executive Women
Corporate Trainer

Sharon provides executive women with new tools to communicate effectively and professionally in a variety of situations. This event is closed to the public.

TiE Carolinas Workshop

June 5, 2008
For: TiE Carolinas
Workshop

Those who attend Hill’s interactive presentation will be advised on how to execute winning handshakes, the power of eye contact, the secrets of small talk and how to give and receive business cards. This event is open to the public.


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