SD EMPLOYMENT & CAREER COUNSELORS ASSOCIATION
A Year in Review
By Brenda Hansen-Mayer,
President
It was a busy year for this small group of career professionals. We kicked off the year by co-sponsoring a Career Development workshop with the Department of Labor and re-writing our by-laws that initially appeared to be very old. In addition, we updated our webpage on the South Dakota Counseling Association website as well as our brochure.
During the SDCA 2006 conference we hosted a successful pre-conference workshop called "Rekindle the Flame." Presenter Denise Bissonnette did an excellent job as many participants commented. We had over 30 people attend the pre-conference and added two new members during the conference. If you would like to learn more about Denise Bissonnette, log onto her website at www.diversityworld.com. She has a monthly e-newsletter called "True Livelihood" you can sign up for. Her newsletters are very informative and free. Plus, they are not too long and you can choose to sign up for her husband's e-newsletter as well for free. Denise's April 2006 newsletter is about "Nine Essential Work Motives" and her husbands April newsletter is about "Small Business Boundless Opportunities." Check them out.
Finally, during our year end SDECCA meeting we selected new officers for the next fiscal year. Below you see the 2006/2007 SDECCA officers. Congratulations to the new officers and on behalf of all the SDECCA members and I, we wish everyone a pleasant summer.
2006-2007 SDECCA Officers:
President: Kevin Blum
President-Elect: Annette Hulm
Recording Secretary/Treasurer: Margie Neugebauer
Past President: Brenda Hansen-Mayer