It is hard to believe it is now a year since the NhN's first anniversary which we held in Ridgewood Library Auditorium.
Last year we had 200+ people attend our first ever group meeting which we organized for our First Anniversary which we named One Year and Counting... at that time we had 320 members and 37 success stories...

Now here in January 2013 we have over 1150+ members and 235 success stories...
We have put together a powerful list of speakers and will be holding our meeting this year on:

                                                                       Friday  Jan 25th 2013

                                   10:00 am - 2:00 pm with a networking break to program form 12-1pm

Eventbrite Invitation will be required to be admitted as seating is limited to 500 and please do not order a seat unless you know you will come, as we have a large number of members and friends of NhN who want to attend this event.

HILTON HASBROUCK HEIGHTS - MEADOWLANDS

650 Terrace Avenue  I  Hasbrouck Heights NJ 07604  I  USA

hasbrouckheights.hilton.com 

Ben Seigel is Deputy Director of the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Labor. In this role, Mr. Seigel coordinates the Department's Job Clubs Initiative in close partnership with the White House and builds partnerships between the Department of Labor and community-based organizations, primarily in the area of workforce development. Prior to joining the Department of Labor in 2010, he was Senior Vice President for External Affairs at Seedco, a national nonprofit intermediary headquartered in New York City that creates economic opportunities for low-wage workers through workforce development, asset building, and community development programs in partnership with faith-based and community organizations. Mr. Seigel holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Swarthmore College and a Master of Public Administration from the Robert F. Wagner School at New York University. 

DOL  Newsletter     www.linkedin.com/pub/ben-seigel/41/b8/957

The President and CEO of Transitioning to Green. She is also is co-founder and Senior Advisor, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE) in the Silberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and president of Jeana Wirtenberg & Associates, LLC. Her work at the Institute focuses on bringing people together to learn how to develop and lead thriving, sustainable enterprises that are "in and for the world."

Jeana is lead editor of The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook, When It All Comes Together, published in summer 2008 by Greenleaf Publishing and AMACOM. She is a designer and lead author on the worldwide study Creating a Sustainable Future: A Global Study of Current Trends and Possibilities 2007–2017 sponsored by the American Management Association (AMA, 2007). She is editor of "Transitioning to the Green Economy" a Special Issue of People & Strategy Journal published by the Human Resource Planning Society (HRPS) 1Q 2010.

Jeana’s consulting firm focuses on building sustainable enterprises through leadership, culture change, collaboration, and learning. Formerly, she was HR director at Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), where she headed Leadership and Management Development, Quality and Organization Effectiveness for nine years. While at PSEG, she was responsible for a variety of functions to transform the firm and build organizational capacity.

Previously Jeana held positions in marketing and human resources at AT&T for 13 years, including leading the HR Professional Development function, as well as leading Management Recruiting and College Relations. While at AT&T, she was responsible for hiring 4000 management people per year. Prior to that, Jeana led programs for the U.S. federal government at the National Institute of Education and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights where she focused on fostering greater equity in education for women and minorities.

Jeana serves as articles editor for the organization effectiveness knowledge area for People and Strategy (HR Planning Society’s Journal). Jeana received her Masters and Ph.D. with honors in Psychology at The University of California at Los Angeles.  Her dissertation "Expanding Girl’s Occupational Potential" won the Social Issues Dissertation Award from the American Psychological Association.

Bio      Presentation Outline        www.linkedin.com/pub/jeana-wirtenberg/0/732/104

A great friend of NhN addressed our group at our annual meeting.

Career Quest Coaching is a career coaching boutique dedicated to executive and career coaching. In addition to executive coaching, Career Quest Coaching provides support to in-transition individuals, with a focus on resume design, job search, interview preparation, and on-boarding techniques for professionals contemplating or in the process of transition.

www.linkedin.com/pub/cynthia-p-clark/5/9ba/640

Tom has 29 years of experience working for local United Ways in Bergen, Burlington and Hudson counties in New Jersey.

He serves as Chairman of the NJ 2-1-1 Partnership, driving implementation of the
2-1-1 helpline on behalf of New Jersey’s local United Ways and New Jersey State Government.

Tom is a Board member of the Bergen County’s Homeless Trust Fund Advisory Board, Bergen County’s Board of Social Services, Bergen County’s Workforce Investment Board, Bergen Community College Institute for Non-Profit Leadership Advisory Board and the Bergen LEADS Advisory Board.

Organizations that Tom is a member of include the Partnership for New Jersey; he is graduate fellow of that organization’s Leadership New Jersey program, and the Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey. 

Also active in his local community, Tom served on the Leonia governing body, is past treasurer of the Leonia Library Board of Trustees and was chairman of the town’s Planning Board.

Tom received his B.A. degree from Montclair State University and an M.A. from Columbia University.


www.linkedin.com/pub/tom-toronto/5/44/271

Abby Kohut, a brave Human Resources professional, has stepped forward to share the secrets of her industry and to help the unemployed fill the 3.7 million jobs. Aside from teaching job search skills, Abby also inspires those that are out of work to not lose faith that they will find a job. Abby, who is known as “Absolutely Abby” because she tells job seekers the absolute truth, has held positions from corporate recruiter to Senior Director of Recruiting over the past 16 years. In 2009, Abby shifted her focus to concentrate on helping candidates land their dream jobs and has spoken to over 200 job search groups. Now in 2012-2013, Abby is determined to educate 1 million job seekers and help America get back to work by launching a 38 city cross country speaking tour, a project which is currently self-funded. Abby and her husband Ken have left their home in NJ and are traveling across country in an RV in order to fulfill Abby’s goal to help one million job seekers. You can learn more about Abby at www.AbsolutelyAbby.com.   

abbyacrossamerica.com       www.linkedin.com/in/abbykohut

Abby Gilbert Kohut Today my friend John Fugazzie and I were touched by an angel.

John, the founder of Neighbors-helping-Neighbors, invited me to speak at his 2nd anniversary celebration. The last half of my speech was about paying it forward and helping your neighbors who are in need. I decided to set an example for the audience by donating a portion of the proceeds of my book sales to NhN so that John could buy himself a cell phone. He has been without one since he lost his job.

After I finished my speech, someone ran after me and told me that they would buy all of the books so that none of the job seekers would have to pay for them. After we both shed a tear or two, I made the announcement to the group of happy job seekers.

This person has chosen to remain anonymous so I will respect their wishes. This angel taught us the meaning of paying it forward, in a big way and I will never forget them.