Upcoming Events at Louisville Water Tower Park
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Building a strong team, keeping them engaged, and giving them opportunities to grow can be your biggest advantage--or your biggest challenge! Join us as Kelley Dearing-Smith, V.P. of Marketing and Communications for Louisville Water Company facilitates a dialogue aroun
Event Details
Building a strong team, keeping them engaged, and giving them opportunities to grow can be your biggest advantage--or your biggest challenge! Join us as Kelley Dearing-Smith, V.P. of Marketing and Communications for Louisville Water Company facilitates a dialogue around quality team building and professional development. We'll talk best tactics for hiring top talent and maximizing your team’s abilities. Ask+Give session to follow. This meetup is geared toward women who manage a team or have direct reports but all career levels are welcome!
Bring a friend and double the fun. We will have appetizers and beverages to go around! xoxo - Louisville WID
About Our Speaker: Kelley Dearing Smith
Kelley Dearing Smith’s career revolves around out-of-the-box thinking and storytelling.
Kelley is Louisville Water Company’s Vice President of Communications, and Marketing. In her nearly 20-year career at Louisville Water, Kelley has developed strategic partnerships and communication efforts that focus on water’srole in a community. She directs the company’s media, marketing, education,government relations and economic development activities. In 2010, she authored a book to highlight the company’s 150th anniversary and in 2013 she oversaw the development of the “WaterWorks Museum” at the company’s 1860 original pumping station.
Prior to Louisville Water, Kelley worked in television news. Kelley is vice-chair of the American Water Works Association’s Public Affairs Council and a member of the Kentucky-Tennessee Section’s Public Affairs committee. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Communications’ degree from Eastern Kentucky University.
Kelley is also a wife, a mom and a person who is always curious. When not atwork, you’ll most likely find her by a pool, on a beach or shopping local.
Agenda6:00pm - 6:30pm: Check-in. Mix + Mingle6:30pm - 6:45pm: News + Updates from City Champion and Board6:45pm - 7:15pm: Guest Speaker: Kelley Dearing-Smith7:15pm - 8:00pm: Ask + Give Exchange. Members trade their power by asking for, and giving, support, advice, and favors.
Who should attend?Female professionals in digital + tech industries. Our members have a digital focus within the creative, marketing, advertising, or communications
Bring a friend and double the fun. We will have appetizers and beverages to go around! xoxo - Louisville WID
About Our Speaker: Kelley Dearing Smith
Kelley Dearing Smith’s career revolves around out-of-the-box thinking and storytelling.
Kelley is Louisville Water Company’s Vice President of Communications, and Marketing. In her nearly 20-year career at Louisville Water, Kelley has developed strategic partnerships and communication efforts that focus on water’srole in a community. She directs the company’s media, marketing, education,government relations and economic development activities. In 2010, she authored a book to highlight the company’s 150th anniversary and in 2013 she oversaw the development of the “WaterWorks Museum” at the company’s 1860 original pumping station.
Prior to Louisville Water, Kelley worked in television news. Kelley is vice-chair of the American Water Works Association’s Public Affairs Council and a member of the Kentucky-Tennessee Section’s Public Affairs committee. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Communications’ degree from Eastern Kentucky University.
Kelley is also a wife, a mom and a person who is always curious. When not atwork, you’ll most likely find her by a pool, on a beach or shopping local.
Agenda6:00pm - 6:30pm: Check-in. Mix + Mingle6:30pm - 6:45pm: News + Updates from City Champion and Board6:45pm - 7:15pm: Guest Speaker: Kelley Dearing-Smith7:15pm - 8:00pm: Ask + Give Exchange. Members trade their power by asking for, and giving, support, advice, and favors.
Who should attend?Female professionals in digital + tech industries. Our members have a digital focus within the creative, marketing, advertising, or communications
