CCSA Fall 2024 Conference

Monday, December 16th

CU Denver | Student Commons Building

Registration Fee: $60

Please note: your member institution must have paid membership fees for the 2024-2025 year for you to be able to register. If you have questions regarding your institution’s status, please contact the CCSA Board at ccsa.cowy@gmail.com.

Registration IS OPEN.

Choose the appropriate registration, here. Registration fee is per attendee. Please make sure to purchase the correct amount of registrations for the number of individuals from your organization that will be attending. Registration closes on Monday, December 2, 2024; if you would still like to register after this date, please contact the CCSA Board at ccsa.cowy@gmail.com.

If registering multiple attendees in one purchase, please be sure to include the name and email address for each person in the Additional Registrants Section.

Reminder: As approved by vote in 2023, each member institution/office receives one registrant for each conference at no additional cost. To claim this:

  1. If registering your entire office at one time, you will need to do the following:

    • When registering, select 1 less than the total registrants attending the conference.

    • As you Input registrations in the Additional Registrations section, indicate the individual you would like to receive this with the following format: NAME - EMAIL - MEMBERSHIP COMP

    • If your team is planning to register individually or in multiple groups, please work with your team to make sure to only utilize the membership comp once.

  2. If you are the only attendee coming from your member institution/office, please email your registration information to ccsa.cowy@gmail.com.

Schedule

8:30-9:30: Check-in & Networking

  • Light Breakfast with Coffee/Tea

8:45-9:30: Knowledge & Working Groups

  • Career Services Directors Meeting

  • Alumni Career Development Meeting

  • Career Advising Meeting

  • Employer Relations Meeting

9:45-10:30: Welcome, Introductions, & Host Activity

10:30-12:00: Keynote

  • Louisa Amott (see bio and topic below)

12:00-1:30: Lunch & Tours

1:30-2:00: Business Meeting

2:00-3:15: Breakout Sessions & Affinity Groups

  • TBA - Call for Programs: Opens 10/21/24 & Due 11/18/24

3:15-3:30: Closing

3:30-End: Hosted Happy Hour

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Keynote Speaker

Bio: Lousia Amott

Louisa Amott is an Executive, Entrepreneur and passionate advocate for building Authentic connections. Currently, she is the Chief HR Officer at Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, driving change at the forefront of one of Colorado’s most pressing issues.

She has been globally involved in HR for almost 25 years, driving change and improvement across People Operations in multiple companies and cultures. Closest to her heart is Talent Acquisition and Career-pathing. The organizations she has helped scale range in size from 100 employees to companies with over 60,000 people. 

Topic: Burnout and Authenticity in the Workplace

  • Burnout: Having built and exited staffing consultancies, and transformed entire workplace cultures while managing a busy life, she is well versed in the challenges of overcommitting, burnout and prioritization. This talk will address how easy it is to overload yourself and your team, and look at some ways to create balance.

  • Authenticity in the Workplace: Being openly LGBTQIA+, Louisa is also passionate in spreading the value of being authentic in the workplace, and the bonds that this can create which can lead to strong partnerships. You will hear about her journey, vulnerability in a business setting and how authenticity changed her entire philosophy on how to make an impact.