2008 Meetings
Exploration Conference
Cobb Galleria Centre
Two Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339
Schedule at a Glance
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
| 7:30 am – 6:00 pm | REGISTRATION | |||
| 7:30 am – 8:15 am | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | |||
| 8:00 am – 9:30 am | CONCURRENT EDUCATION SESSIONS | |||
| Professional Develop. Beginner/Intermediate |
Marketing / Communication Intermediate |
Meeting Management Beginner |
Technology Beginner/Intermediate |
Business Owner / Entrepreneur |
| Professional Brand: Six Steps to Distinguishing and Branding Yourself in the Meeting Industry Karla Brandau |
I Think I Know What I Think You Said – Power MAXIMUM Communication Tools for Business and for Life Paul Endress |
Meeting Management 101 Industry Leaders to Share Best Meeting Practices Panel: Jeff Whitney Christina Whitehead, CMP Katja Morgenstern Kit McClung, CMP |
Computer Lab I Basic to Intermediate Applications on Microsoft Office Suite Peggy Duncan (laptops encouraged) |
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| 9:30 am – 9:50 am | ENERGY BREAK + iPOD PRESENTATION DOWNLOAD | |||
| 9:50 am – 11:20 am | CONCURRENT EDUCATION SESSIONS | |||
| Professional Develop. Intermediate |
Marketing / Communications Intermediate | Meeting Management Beginner/Intermediate |
Technology Advanced | Business Owner / Entrepreneur |
| What Time is the Noon Lunch? Maintaining Your Sanity in Our Wonderful World of Meetings. Todd Hunt The Hunt Company |
Word of Mouth: A Powerful Marketing Strategy Michele Wierzgac, MS, CMM MPI Platinum Speaker |
Latest Tradeshow Trends: DeMystify the General Services Contractor Karen Klett Paul Albert Freeman Co. |
Computer Lab II Intermediate to Advance Applications on Microsoft Office Suite Peggy Duncan |
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| 11:20 am – 1:00 pm | GENERAL SESSION – Sponsored by Fontainebleau Miami KEYNOTE Angie Morgan & Courtney Lynch “Leading from the Front” |
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| 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | LUNCHEON + EXHIBITION / TRADESHOW – Sponsored by Marriott & Renaissance Hotels | |||
| 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm | NON-EXHIBITORS LUNCHEON & BREAKOUT EDUCATION SESSION | |||
| 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | CONCURRENT EDUCATION SESSIONS | |||
| Professional Develop. Intermediate |
Leadership Development Intermediate |
Meeting Management Advanced |
Business Owner / Entrepreneur | |
| Legal IQ: Compliance to Meeting Laws in Today’s World Jonathan Howe, Esq. MPI Platinum Speakers |
Portrait of a True Leader: What it Takes to Lead Michele Wierzgac, MS, CMM MPI Platinum Speaker |
Strategic Meetings Management Program Panel: Kate Lastinger, CMM Bob Kelley, CEM, CMM Rich Giuliani Mark Hubrich |
Trends in Today’s Incentive Market: Bob Vitaligano |
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| 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm | THE GATHERING – COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE – Sponsored by the Cobb Galleria Centre | |||
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
| 7:30 am – 12:00 pm | REGISTRATION | |||
| 7:30 am – 8:15 am | FULL BREAKFAST | |||
| 8:00 am – 9:30 am | CONCURRENT EDUCATION SESSIONS | |||
| Professional Develop. Beginner/Intermediate |
Leadership Development Beginner/Intermediate | Meeting Management Intermediate |
Business Owner / Entrepreneur | |
| Work/Life Balance: Do You Work in a Professional Prison or a Professional Paradise? Vicki Hess |
Creating a Culture of Leadership Tom Schulte |
Meeting Management 102 Proven Steps to Take Your Meeting to the Next Level Panel: Jeff Whitney Christina Whitehead, CMP Katja Morgenstern Kit McClung, CMP |
EVOLUTIONS Total Wellness: Get Physically Fit or Get Fiscally Flat: 3 Keys to Corporate Fitness Success Brian Johnston |
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| 9:30 am – 9:50 am | BREAK + iPOD PRESENTATION DOWNLOAD | |||
| 9:50 am – 11:30 am | CLOSING GENERAL SESSION – Sponsored by Barbados Tourism Authority KEYNOTE Linda Armstrong Kelly “No Mountain High Enough – Raising Lance, Raising Me” sponsored by Doubletree Hotels of Atlanta |
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| 11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Georgia Society of Association Executives (GSAE) - NETWORKING RECEPTION and LUNCHEON Located at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel - *Separate registration required |
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