Center for Executive Education Hosts Spring Leadership Breakfast with Author Dan Heath

The Center for Executive Education at Belmont University will host Dan Heath as the keynote speaker during its Spring Leadership Breakfast on Wednesday, May 16 at 7 a.m. in the Curb Event Center arena. Presented in partnership with the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, the event will explore the patterns executives should follow to make important changes, whether it’s changing the world, a business or a personal goal.

Heath is a noted speaker/author/business columnist and co-author of Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard and Made to Stick. He also serves as a senior fellow at Duke University’s CASE Center for Social Entrepreneurs.

“The Chamber is delighted to partner with Belmont’s Center for Executive Education to present the Spring Leadership Breakfast. We are excited to have such a dynamic, nationally recognized speaker addressing a topic that is so timely and important for Nashville’s business community, and we look forward to future opportunities to collaborate with the Center for Executive Education on programming,” said Ralph Schulz, president and chief executive officer of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Spring Leadership Breakfast is open to the general public for $45 per ticket, which covers breakfast, the program, the talk back session and a complimentary copy of Heath’s Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard. Attendees may register online here.

Event Schedule
6:30 a.m.      Registration Opens
7 a.m.            Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.      Welcome & Keynote Address: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
9:15 a.m.      Talk back session with local executives

About the Center for Executive Education
The Center for Executive Education at Belmont University has been a premier provider of leadership education for more than 25 years, existing to provide world-class learning to meet the needs of the Nashville community and beyond. The Center provides a full range of executive learning opportunities including its Executive Learning Networks, Executive Leadership Experience, certificate programs and customized solutions. ELN membership consists of senior leaders from over 50 Middle Tennessee companies who seek to learn from one another and national leaders through ongoing networking, speakers’ series and small group discussions. 

About the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce is Middle Tennessee’s largest business federation, representing more than 2,000 member companies. “Business Is Good” embodies the Chamber’s focus on facilitating community leadership to create economic prosperity for Middle Tennessee. The work of the Nashville Area Chamber is supported by membership and sponsors; the Chamber’s Pivotal Partners (a partnership at the highest level for all Chamber programs and events) are BlueCross/BlueShield of Tennessee, Community Health Systems and Delek US Holdings. Together with its affiliates, the Nashville Chamber works to strengthen the region’s business climate and enhance Nashville’s position as a desirable place to live, work and visit. For more information, visit www.nashvillechamber.com.


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Ranked No. 7 in the Regional Universities South category and named for the fifth consecutive year as one of the top “Up-and-Comer” universities by U.S. News & World Report, Belmont University consists of approximately 6,650 students who come from every state and 25 countries. Committed to being a leader among teaching universities, Belmont brings together the best of liberal arts and professional education in a Christian community of learning and service. The university’s purpose is to help students explore their passions and develop their talents to meet the world’s needs, a fact made evident in the University’s hometown, Nashville, where students served more than 60,000 hours of community service (valued at $450,000) during the last academic year. Belmont is also home to the World Cup champion Enactus team, a group of 42 student leaders committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a better, more sustainable world. With more than 80 areas of study, 23 master’s programs and five doctoral degrees, there is no limit to the ways Belmont University can expand an individual's horizon. For more information visit www.belmont.edu