Young Professionals Webinars
“Listening Between the Lines: Effective Communication Skills” • 28 February 2024 A Young Professionals soft skills webinar was hosted on Wednesday, 28 February 2024. The professional speaker, Jeff Tobe, presented his keynote titled, “Listening Between the Lines: Effective Communication Skills.” Sixty-nine attendees tuned in to learn techniques to being a better, more effective listener, how to deal with difficult “customers,” looking at communication as a tool to achieve success, and much more. Tobe engaged the audience via Zoom’s Chat feature, which made for a very interactive presentation. The post-webinar survey responses have been very positive (32% response rate):
►Webinar Recording on YouTube |
“Strength-Based Leadership: The 10-80-10 Principle” • 14 March 2023 Professional speaker Sunjay Nath presented a framework designed to increase performance and results by focusing energy on highest-yielding activities. The principles shared have a direct application to employee management and proclaim to help to reduce stress and increase job fulfillment. Attendees learned how to save time by focusing on the right activities, how to improve team cohesion by increasing output with fewer resources, and how to create a healthier organizational culture by training toward team member’s strengths. The webinar attracted 152 total registrants and drew 98 total unique viewers. The session lasted 90 minutes, and attendee engagement and feedback was very positive. Nath took questions up until the very end. According to the post-webinar event survey:
►Webinar Recording on YouTube |
“SteelGoNomics: Connecting the Dots” • 2 February 2022 The Young Professionals’ webinar “SteelGoNomics: Connecting the Dots” was held on Wednesday, 2 February 2022. Becky E. Hites, president of Steel-Insights LLC, presented an overview of the global and U.S. steel markets as well as an introduction to the economic drivers of the steel industry. The goal of this presentation was to leave AIST’s Young Professional audience with a greater understanding of the big picture of the steel industry and how market changes affect our business so that they may feel more confident when discussing these developments with colleagues and peers. The webinar received excellent attendance and engagement. There were 181 registrants and 124 actual attendees. The post-webinar event survey received a 36% response rate:
The attendees seemed to appreciate the topic, so this is something AIST may consider building on in the future. ►Webinar recording on YouTube |
“Young Professionals: Leading Change – Contributing and Helping to Lead a Culture of Engaged Teams” • 12 May 2021 On 12 May 2021, AIST hosted a Young Professionals webinar titled, “Leading Change — Contributing and Helping to Lead a Culture of Engaged Teams.” Neil Thornton, business development strategist, executive coach and president of the Thornton Group, delivered an engaging virtual keynote. He shared proven resources that our attendees could apply quickly and effectively within their organization in order to help drive change; develop engaged teams; strengthen communication, presentation and leadership skills; understand the fundamentals of body language; and surround themselves with other strong leaders. There were 68 attendees. The feedback from the session has been overwhelmingly positive — the post-event survey had a 35% response rate and 92% of respondents shared that the presentation and workshop was valuable and relevant to their career. ►Webinar Recording on YouTube |
“Advice for the Steel Industry’s Young Professionals on Navigating the Current Marketplace” • 21 July 2020 In the midst of the downturn brought on by the global pandemic, the AIST Young Professionals Steering Committee recognized that this may be the first time some Young Professionals have experienced a setback in the steel industry. The group saw an opportunity to host its first virtual event: they invited four experienced steel industry professionals that happened to be starting their careers when the recession hit in 2008–2009. The four panelists each shared their respective experiences, talked about the hard lessons they learned during the recession and explained how Young Professionals today may be able to leverage this seemingly unfortunate downtime in their favor. Although we are all working through an unprecedented time, you may apply the same principles they share to help navigate through this period. With their insight, we hope to ensure the next generation of steel professionals comes out of this experience much stronger than before it started. The event was a success, with 151 Young Professional attendees. ►Watch Recording on YouTube |