The West Texas A&M University Enterprise Center welcomes one of the leading experts in the field of employee productivity and workplace issues to Amarillo for the first annual Enterprising Ideas on February 4, 2009. Laura Stack, personal productivity expert and nationally featured professional speaker will be presenting two productivity focused training sessions that should not be missed. Stack’s training sessions, lunch with “Martha Marie” and a book signing will be held at the Ambassador Hotel at 3100 I-40 West, Amarillo, Texas.

"We created Enterprising Ideas to fan the flames of the Panhandle's entrepreneurial spirit. Laura's timely topics will strike a nerve for every entrepreneur, inspiring and encouraging them to maximize their productivity and their success", says Cori Burns, Marketing Director of the WTAMU Enterprise Center.

The morning will consist of an interactive workshop with Laura, followed by an entertaining Lunch with local comedienne Rita Morrow in her character “Martha Marie”. After lunch, Laura will reenergize entrepreneurs with tools and tips on how to do more in less time. This unique event offers creativity, energy and laughter leading to more fulfilling and productive lives.

The day’s detailed agenda is as follows:

9:00: Sign-in and registration
9:30 to 12:00: An interactive workshop, "How to Fit Your Life into Your Time"12:00 to 12:45: Lunch with “Martha Marie”
1:00 to 1:45: "Organize & Energize...Do More in Less Time & Feel Great About It!"1:45 to 2:30: Book signing and meet Laura, with on-site book sales provided by Hastings

Thanks to our sponsors, we are able to offer this workshop which usually costs $199 for only $49 per person. Advanced registration and payment are required. Sponsors of Enterprising Ideas include Happy State Bank, Hastings, Amarillo Globe News, Amarillo Uptown, the Ambassador, and Norris Audio Video Systems.

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, is a personal productivity expert, author, and professional speaker who helps busy workers Leave the Office Earlier® with Maximum Results in Minimum Time™. She is the president of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., a time management training firm specializing in productivity improvement in high-stress organizations. A high-energy, high-content speaker, Laura educates, entertains, and motivates professionals to improve workplace productivity.
Laura is the author or co-author of five books, including Find More Time (Broadway Books, 2006), two of the popular Chicken Soup for the Soul books, and the best-selling book Leave the Office Earlier (Broadway Books, 2004), which was hailed as “the best of the bunch” by the New York Times and listed on the June 2004 Book Sense Business & Economics Bestseller list.
Widely regarded as one of the leading experts in the field of employee productivity and workplace issues, she has been featured nationally on the CBS Early Show, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, NBC TV, WB News, the New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, the WashingtonPost.com, the Chicago Tribune, SELF, Me, Working Mother magazine, Bottom Line Personal, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, Entrepreneur magazine, Readers Digest, Cosmopolitan, Woman’s Day, and Parents magazine.

Laura draws from her background as a corporate manager, a University of Colorado instructor, Career Track speaker, radio talk show host, newspaper columnist, and small business owner. Her client list includes top Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, IBM, GM, Coors, the Denver Broncos, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Wells Fargo, Mobil, Time Warner, and VISA, plus a multitude of associations and governmental agencies.

Laura holds an MBA in Organizational Management (University of Colorado, 1991), integrating the importance of productivity in business with employee retention and satisfaction. She is the Treasurer of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and is the recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, NSA’s highest earned designation, held by less than 10% of professional speakers worldwide. Laura is a spokesperson for 3M, Microsoft®, and Day-Timers®, Inc. She is a Certified Specialist in Microsoft® Office Outlook.
For more information and registration for this event and other WTAMU Enterprise Center events visit http://www.incubationworks.com/ .

The mission of the WTAMU Enterprise Center is to grow and diversify the economic base of Amarillo and selected regional communities by utilizing the tools of business incubation, entrepreneurial development and entrepreneurial education.