Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students along with a large crowd of local businesses and community members from throughout eastern Kentucky gathered to share ideas on how to achieve professional success during the 18th Annual Big Sandy Women’s Business Symposium held at the Ramada Inn in Paintsville, KY .Students got to visits several vendors while at the event, and hear from the keynote speaker KY State treasure Allison Ball, she discussed her hard work and success, and ended with this statement.
“You need to take control of your life and work hard, persevere and never give up…and maintain that.”
During lunch, entertainment was provided by members of The Big Sandy Singers. They are an elite group of auditioned singers that receive scholarships to Big Sandy Community and Technical College.
The afternoon concluded with keynote speaker Kay Frances, a certified speaking professional. Frances is known as ‘America’s Funniest Stressbuster’ and has shared her message with businesses in 38 states for over 25 years. She educated the audience by showing how humor can help diffuse difficult situations with organizations, as well as in life.