ITINERARY
5:30-6:00 pm — REGULAR MEETING BEGINS: Registration & bar opens; social time
6:00 pm — Food buffet
6:15 pm — Presentation: Technical Skills Will Get You the Job, Human Skills Will Get You More Clients...
7:15 pm — More social time & networking (after talk)
8:00 pm — Meeting ends

Technical skills will get you the job, human skills will get more clients, increase your productivity and happiness!

We go to school and what do we learn? Technical skills. It’s all about the technical skills, and don’t get me wrong, we need them. But who cares how smart we are and how good we are at our job if we can’t communicate, struggle to manage ourselves under stress, and lack empathy? Would you rather work for a highly technical manager that has a big ego, and lacks self-control or work with an above-average technical manager that is trustworthy, patient, and motivating? 

Human Skills are not taught at school and are not the primary focus in the work environment. But I promise you that when you spend time developing your human skills, the results will start showing without even trying. In this presentation, Karine LeBlanc will focus on the strategies to improve your human skills to change the behavior that may be holding you back so you can be more productive, experience total freedom, and be happier. I will show you how to unleash the more human side of you.

Meet Karine Leblanc, engineer, bestselling author, and international speaker. She is the National Sales Manager at iAIRE, where she uses her engineering background, coaching, and relationship-building skills to motivate and develop a winning sales team. Karine has a mechanical engineering degree from Ecole de Technologie Superieure in Montreal, a University focused on applied engineering and technology. She is a certified John Maxwell coach, trainer, and speaker, a certified behavioral analysis consultant, and an eSpeakers certified virtual presenter. Karine LeBlanc is the published author of How to Be Human in a Technical World, available on Amazon. 

Karine served on the board of directors for ASHRAE from 2014 to 2017 and holds the distinction of becoming the first female Region X director and regional chair since 1959.  She is the Past-President of the National Speaker Association Los Angeles Chapter. She has received the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award, John F James International Award and was awarded an honorary medal as part of the 50th anniversary of the University of Quebec for her exceptional contribution to the university. She has recently been named Leadership Ambassador at her alma mater.

Prior to the meeting start, you are invited to join the Women in ASHRAE  for networking and drinks. Feel free to join them at Pazzo's at 4:00 p.m.

CANCELLATION POLICY:  As meeting venues normally require a minimum guarantee 48 hours or more before the event, we are unable to refund prepaid registrations that are cancelled after this time as well as after the event.