Congress 2005

General Information - Congress 2005

Congress Update
September 11th – 14th 2005

Venue – Crowne Plaza & The Central Bank Auditorium

Single Occupancy USD 950.00
Double Occupancy USD 800.00
Live Out USD 550.00

Main Platform Speakers

Alvin Day - USA
Curtis B. Lauret - LIMRA, USA
Ravi Rambaran - Jamaica
Anna Maria Garcia-Brooks - T&T
Pastor Eliseus Joseph - Barbados
and more to come…….

Saturday, September 10, 2005

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Registration Open - Crowne Plaza

Sunday, September 11, 2005

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Registration Open - Crowne Plaza

7 p.m.
Welcome Reception / Cocktails & Hors d'oeuvres - Crowne Plaza Poolside
Dress - Formal

Monday, September 12, 2005

8 a.m.
Registration Open - Crowne Plaza

8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Main Platform - Central Bank Auditorium
Dress - Business

LUNCH

1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Workshop Sessions - Crowne Plaza - Various Rooms
Dress - Business

8 p.m.
Hospitality Night & "Toga Ting"
(Be Creative - Special Tapestry Event @ Poolside)
Crowne Plaza - Company's Suite
Dress - Casual

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

8 a.m.
Registration Open - Crowne Plaza

8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Workshop Sessions - Crowne Plaza - Various Rooms
Dress - Business

LUNCH

1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Main Platform / Closing Ceremony - Central Bank Auditorium
Dress - Business

8 p.m.
"Trini-Flava" / "Hawaiian Party" *
Golf Course - Chaguaramas
Dress - Hawaiian Style

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

9 a.m.
"Fellow-shop Lime" * - Maracas Bay
Dress - Sport / Leisure

LUNCH & DRINKS

* Registration Booth open for Transport information

TAPESTRY WORKSHOPS SEPTEMBER, 12TH & 13TH 2005

Topic	Type of Session
Spouses’ View	Panel with Psychologist to facilitate
Sexual Harassment	Talk Show / Panel Views of HR, IR, Mgt. Agent
Role of the Manager as Counselor	Lecture / Workshop
Retirement Planning	Workshop
Reiki	Workshop (Personal Dev)
How to go on. Coping with Trauma and those who have been affected by it.	Workshop (Include: Post-traumatic stress, divorce, Tsunami, kidnapping)
Transformation	Workshop
Motivational	Lecture
Dress / Comm. Protocol	Workshop
Speech – Tone, Pitch, Presentation Skills	Workshop
Financial Planning / Investment Portfolio	Workshop
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus	Talk Show – Promotion- “Be Prepared to Talk”
Mission Control (Time Management)	Workshop
Managing your Money (Rookies)	Workshop – “You are going to tell people how to manage money…. Do you know how to manage yours?”
Top Producers Reveal their Secrets	Talk Show (Panel)
Critical Illness on the Role (Not the final name)	A Role Play ‘skit’. The players freeze and a moderator reviews the actions taken previously.
Pre-Congress Workshop	Workshop / Lecture
and many more...

Workshop Introductions

(1) When is a joke not a joke? …. Is s/he crossing the line? Am I imagining this? Am I reading more into what was said? Anyway, what can I do? Jobs don’t fall from trees and, in any case, I like my job! I will be black listed if I say anything. Do you wonder if any of your staff might have cause to think this way? It’s time to come out of the dark.

Sexual Harassment
Monday 12th September, 2005 2:00 p.m.

Facilitator: Franklin Dolly

(2) Coping after a traumatic event can be a difficult and draining task. What was previously everyday routine now seems threatening and frightening. Many people may find it difficult to perform even the simplest of tasks. This situation affects not only the person directly exposed to the trauma but also those surrounding the survivor: family, friends and co-workers. How do I move on?

Going On –Coping With Trauma
Tuesday 13th September, 2005 10:15 a.m.

Facilitator: Maureen Bowen

(3) Wouldn’t you like to know how to get 10 times more done in a day than most people do in a week, with less work?

Have you ever had a hundred things on your to-do list, tried to do them all, only to meet roadblock after roadblock until you could only get through one or two?

Mission Control – Time Management
Monday 12th September, 2005 3:45 p.m.

Facilitator: Francis Wade

(4) Men say … women are baffling, Women say …. Men are idiotic. Are you looking for common ground? What did she really mean when she said she is fine? What does he mean when he says he is too busy? The time has come to hear what lies behind the words.

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
Monday 12th September, 2005 3:45 p.m.

Psychologist: Franklin Dolly

(5) We wake up every day to the ‘sameness’ of our life. How do we carry on, how do we make something out of this nothing existence? How do those who make it through the day with a smile do it? How can I be all that I can be? Well, it is time to find out! Register for this one first.

Touching Life, Touching Heart
Tuesday 13th September, 2005 8:30 a.m.

Facilitator: Margaret Sampson-Brown

(6) Presentation is everything. Those first few seconds, those first few words determine if this client will want to listen to all this important information we have to deliver. If you want to look and sound your best then you will definitely be in attendance.

Be Your Best - Protocol, Dress & Communication for Today
Tuesday 13th September, 2005 8:30 a.m.

Facilitator: Dawn Richards

(7) It’s natural and there is no need for an external energy source. If you are interested in taking healing outside the body then ‘Reiki’ is a must. You are guaranteed a personal session…Are you ready?

Reiki (Ray-Key)
Monday 12th September, 2005 2:00 p.m.

Facilitator: Lynette Sealy-Atwell

(8) If you feel that your salary is never enough and you find yourself in a constant struggle to meet regular monthly bills. Do you struggle with analyzing the needs of your clients? Then the time has come to take control of your money and your ability to manage money. Forget ‘Do as I say, not as I do’. Step up and map out your financial future.

Managing your money
Monday 12th September, 2005 2:00 p.m.

Facilitator: Susan Romano-Davis

(9) We all plan TO retire but we don’t always plan FOR retirement. You don’t have to be fifty or even forty to think about retiring, so why wait until then to start the plan? Learn for yourself, for your parents, for your clients. Learn from the best!

Planning FOR Retirement
Monday 12th September, 2005 3:45 p.m.

Facilitator: Kelvin Regisford

(10) Let’s Dance! This can’t be exercise because it’s just too much fun! Reward yourself and soothe your soul Sign up with a partner and get ready to take off!

Inside the Lyrics
Monday 12th September, 2005 2:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Facilitator: Carol Boissere

Main Platform Speaker - ALVIN DAY

Alvin Day is President of Mountain Movers LLC, (A human development company) and Managing Partner of the Partnering Goup. As management consultant, author and inspirational speaker, Day operates in the U.S.A., Canada, Europe, Mexico, South American and the Caribbean. His clients have included Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clorox, S.C. Johnson, Gillette, Unilever, Campbell’s, Valvoline, Esso, castrol, Nestle, Ralston Purina, Nabisco, Kodak and others.

Born in Jamaica, Day was brought up with the wit and wisdom of his valiant grandmother. After graduating for the University of Wisconsin with degrees in language and business, he spent fifteen years in management with Procter & gamble and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He and his family reside in Cincinnati, Ohio. Author of “If Caterpillars can Fly So Can I”.

Quote:-

If you have ever felt the weight of life pressing down and squeezing your dreams, I understand, I have been there and back.

I’m living proof that you can conquer adversities and move toward the accomplishment of your greatest dreams and desires. With the right approach, you can become unstoppable.

In this human race, I was born far behind the starting line. I was barefoot and penniless for my first twenty years – without electricity, running water or social status. Yet, today I live in great abundance, with purpose and passion – sheer contrast to my yesterday!

Let me show you how you too, can attract triumphant living toward you like metal to a magnet.

T A P E S T R Y ( by Garth Thomas)

The poetry ………. The music…………the dance of energy and information skillfully choreographs the fabric of life. ‘If a butterfly flaps its wings in Tokyo, will it affect a tornado in California?’ What is the connection? How does the one event relate to the other? What is the nature of the relationship between these seemingly disparate events? The answer … ‘simply they occur in the same universe’. A universe that is constructed out of energy and information in myriad formats and forms where everything is connected at the most profound level of its existence or being. Universe… ‘One song’ this reality enables the weaving of the whole kaleidoscope of experiences into a tapestry of unmatched splendor.

The pivot of all human experience is relationships. At every turn life links us to people and things. Beneath the ‘Maya’ ….. The illusion ….. of chaos and confusion ‘The Great Weaver’ is quietly orchestrating the fabric of life, each experience a vibration, a line of a stanza, a step on the dance floor of the universe. Joy and sorrow, agony and ecstasy, success and failure, wealth and poverty every experience is a thread woven into the fabric that is life. ‘No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent a part of the main …….’ ( John Donne). TTAIFA (The Trinidad and Tobago Association of Insurance and Financial Advisers) invites you to join with us as we explore the interconnectedness of life. This sales congress entitled ‘TAPESTRY’ will explore the importance of relationships, teamwork, leadership and communication and how they facilitate and impact our personal and corporate success. Together we will probe the dynamic of how the diverse vibrations of life can be woven together to create a fabric that is a beautiful and strong legacy of immense worth.

Come; join with us to explore The rhythm …..The dance ……The poetry ……multi-faceted threads woven together to create the dreams that ‘stuff’ is made of…….. the ‘TAPESTRY’ of life.

General Information - Congress 2005

Congress Update September 11th – 14th 2005

TAPESTRY WORKSHOPS SEPTEMBER, 12TH & 13TH 2005

Workshop Introductions

T A P E S T R Y ( by Garth Thomas)

Congress Update
September 11th – 14th 2005