Facilitating Meaningful Strategic Meetings 6/18 HR

FACILITATING MEANINGFUL STRATEGIC MEETINGS with JAMIE VANEK
Wednesday, June 18, 2025  |  11:30AM – 1:00PM
What exactly are strategic meetings and why do they matter? If you’ve ever left a meeting feeling frustrated, bored, or like it was a waste of time, you’re not alone. Facilitating meetings isn’t just a dull requirement of managers, it’s a necessity to move the organization, team or project forward. The problem is that many people don’t know how to make these meetings more meaningful, engaging, and results driven.

In this session we’ll cover the definition and benefits of strategic meetings as well as the playbook for leading effective meetings.

In this session you will learn:
• What is strategy and why does it matter?
• Keys to successful meetings
• Facilitation techniques
• The three most important questions to ask before having a meeting

This session is for anyone who has to lead meetings for organizations, teams or projects, Supervisors, Project Managers, Office Managers, Executives

SPEAKER
Jamie Vanek, President, Etolin Strait Development Group – Jamie Vanek made the unexpected career leap from teaching to construction in 2007 and discovered a passion for project management and team leadership. After diving deep into the federal contracting industry through construction, Jamie has led projects and teams across the country in support of many federal agencies including NAVFAC, USACE, FBI, NIWC, Coast Guard. Department of Veteran Affairs, and Air Force. Jamie is currently President of Etolin Strait Development Group, an Alaska Native 8(a) Company, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, and executing contracts from Washington DC to Georgia.

As a female leader in the construction industry, author, TEDx speaker, and facilitator, Jamie has been featured in Construction Business Owner, Construction Executive, ThriveGlobal, and other digital publications about leading in the construction industry. Visit Jamie’s website to learn more  |  Watch Jamie’s TEDx Talk!

LOCATION
ABC-VA Hampton Roads Training Facility
530 Independence Parkway, Suite 500, Chesapeake, VA 23320

COST 
Members – $67
Non-Members – $97
Lunch provided

Questions?
Contact Jamie Carrow