International Speaker, Storyteller, Humorist, Writer
Kemetia MK Foley is a humorist, storyteller, writer, and trainer. She is fierce, funny and phenomenal – energetically delivering outstanding professional development courses since 2007. Kemetia has written, developed, and taught several sections of the Administrative Assistant certificate course for Northern Virginia Community College Workforce Development Division, presented more than 100 training sessions, and traveled internationally providing thoughtful perspectives and approaches to customer service, storytelling, and marketing. Students and delegates frequently comment how much they love her genuine and humorous teaching approach, sharing stories from her own experiences in the workplace.
Kemetia earned her Bachelor of Science, Business Administration from the University of Mary Washington, and holds the Certified Administrative Professional® designation from the International Association of Administrative Professionals. She will gladly profess to anyone her love of coffee, sports, marching bands, and Twitter. Kemetia and her husband Brian relocated in 2019 from the DC Metro region to reside in a small village on the southern Maine seacoast, and are superbly proud parents of their brilliant daughter, Kateri – a 2020 graduate of the College of Science at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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Amplify Your Voice Through the Power and Potential of Storytelling
Amplify Your Voice Through the Power and Potential of Storytelling
Come on a journey to learn more about the power and potential of storytelling.
• Insights to the history of storytelling
• A bit about my storytelling process
• Why storytelling, speaking to a group, telling jokes, and stories with a moral are not the same thing
• The process for getting to the story you want to tell
Social Media Fundamentals for Savvy Administrative Professionals
Keys to Establishing Your Credentials as a Workplace Leader
Keys to Establishing Your Credentials as a Workplace Leader
Develop the brand reputation you want in the workplace
• Understand how your workplace defines ‘Leader’
• Demonstrate and document cost-savings and contributions
• Expand and showcase your external business network
The State of the Administrative Profession and What is Next
The State of the Administrative Profession and What is Next
• Comprehend the current state of the administrative career field in the U.S.
• Researching and refining job titles
• Document business relevance
7 Skills You Need to Keep Your Career Moving Forward
7 Skills You Need to Keep Your Career Moving Forward
• How to take the pulse of your industry
• Tools to research skill demand in your region and industry
• Implement professional development priorities to address gaps
Step Out Into the Spotlight—Shine Bright in Your Annual Review
Step Out Into the Spotlight—Shine Bright in Your Annual Review
Step up and out to showcase your contributions to your company’s success
• How to capture all that you do!
• Successfully assess your company’s review culture
• Strategically address challenges and victories during your 1-on-1
First-time in the Workforce— A Guide to the Starting Off Right
First-time in the Workforce— A Guide to the Starting Off Right
• Learn five best practices for your first 30 days
• How to establish a clear communication channel
• Demonstrate professional recovery from workplace missteps
It's How You Say It! Knowing the Right Communications Tools for the Job
Being a Better Mentor—Building Successes
Being a Better Mentor—Building Successes
Leadership with purpose
• Define what the word ‘Mentor’ means to you
• Comprehend formal vs. informal mentoring vs. coaching
• Steps to establish your mentor/mentee relationship
Free Tools to Utilize to Harness Social Media for Professional Development
Best Practices for Working with Boards and Committees
Best Practices for Working with Boards and Committees
The program focus is directed at Executive Assistants and Administrative Assistants that are, or want to be, in roles that involve providing administrative support to organizations with a Board of Directors and/or committees.
Providing administrative support for Board of Director meetings and/or committee meetings can be a complex project that includes meetings set up, travel arrangements, clear and frequent communications with all involved parties, minute-taking and action item follow-up. This one-hour session will review the best practices that help these meetings run smoothly.
Learner Outcomes:
- – Establish communications that detail event responsibilities
- – Design and implement a routine communications schedule for attendees utilizing email, outlook and any other meetings software that provide this tool.
- – Create a template that can be adopted by any staff needing to cover this event
- – Understand various electronic options for providing documents for these meetings such as Diligent, Adobe, SharePoint.
- – Create meeting minutes and action follow-up documents
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