Annual Meeting and Conference – "Bee" the Change: Grow Your Leadership Resilience
September 19, 2022 – September 22, 2022 11:30 am – 7:30 pm
“Bee” the Change: Grow Your Leadership Resilience
This year, the conference will tackle leadership development, resilience, social and emotional learning, and sustainability. Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, Founder and CEO of Bee Downtown and the BDT Leadership Institute will be the keynote speaker. Leigh-Kathryn inspires, motivates, and moves audiences with her unique and captivating storytelling ability. A strong advocate for women, she strives to empower and transform leadership and environmental stewardship in an ever changing global economy.
Keynote Speaker: Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, Founder & CEO, Bee Downtown
Bee Downtown installs and maintains beehives on corporate campuses through our Corporate Hive Program and has a biomimicry leadership development institute where leaders and aspiring leaders from all over the world can come to learn about effective leadership through lessons learned by one of our most efficient and effective communities: Honeybees.
Bee Downtown currently maintains hives and facilitates employee engagement and leader development programming for many of the country’s largest and most influential corporations including Delta, MetLife, Invesco, Cisco, Georgia Power, AT&T, Chick-Fil-A, Cox Enterprises, and more.
Leigh-Kathryn has had the honor of being named a Southern Living Southerner of the Year, an Inc. Magazine 30 under 30 2018 Rising Star, and most recently to the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
As a fourth generation beekeeper, she and her “buzzing” startup are setting the standard for corporate sustainability and employee engagement by installing and maintaining beehives on the campuses of many of the United State’s largest and most well known companies. Leigh-Kathryn shares how the micro actions of bees point toward ways humans can interact with far sweeter outcomes in both a personal and business context.
Schedule of Events:
Monday, September 19, 2022
Luncheon with Keynote Speaker and Health Conference with panel/activities
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Mane Stage Conference Room, Royce Reynolds Family Student Life Center
Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC
Hosted by the Greensboro College Department of Kinesiology
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
VIP Reception and Poe Center Annual Meeting (Presentation of Awards)
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
The Poe Center for Health Education, Raleigh NC
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Breakfast with Keynote Address and Health Conference with panel/activities
7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Andrews Conference Center at WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, NC
Hosted by:
WakeMed Children’s
Greensboro College Department of Kinesiology
The Poe Center for Health Education
Event Sponsors
Host Sponsors
Greensboro College Department of Kinesiology
Poe Center for Health Education
WakeMed Children’s
Gold Sponsors
Greater Greensboro Society of Medicine Alliance
Silver Sponsors
Thomas J. Rollins, CPA
Friend Sponsors
Atlas Stark Holdings, LLC
Print Sponsor
Joseph C. Woodard Printing Company
Event Safety & Disclaimer Information
The health and safety of our community is of paramount importance to the Poe Center for Health Education. We comply with all safety precautions as required by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Human Services and the North Carolina Governor’s Office. In collaboration with our host venues, The Poe Center reserves the right to implement safety practices such as required mask wearing, increased social distancing, etc. for our in-person ticket holders. We will share any safety practices on our website and through email.
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Please note, the Poe Center plans to host these events in a hybrid or all virtually if needed due to COVID-19, other natural disasters, government restrictions, or other unforeseen circumstances. A purchased in-person ticket will automatically be transferred to the virtual event. No refunds will be provided. The Poe Center makes no guarantee that any person who attends will not become infected with COVID-19.
The Poe Center also reserves the right to postpone or cancel the event due to COVID-19, other natural disasters, government restrictions, or other unforeseen circumstances. If postponed, your ticket will be automatically applied to the future event. In the event of a cancellation, the ticket cost will be considered a fully tax-deductible donation to the Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education unless otherwise requested on a case by case basis.
Annual Meeting and Conference - "Bee" the Change: Grow Your Leadership Resilience
September 19, 2022 - September 22, 2022 11:30 am - 7:30 pm