Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Business Dating: Six Ways to Become an Expert Networker
Young Professionals Education Session - 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.
(Bonus session to Springtime UnPlugged registrants)
Networking done right is all about the deliberate development of relationships. Just as a date is a chance for a new relationship with long-term potential, each networking opportunity is a chance to forge a new business relationship—and these opportunities are everywhere. Join us for a lively and interactive session, where Ira will share six proven ways to help you maximize your networking opportunities. Engage in fun and insightful business exercises that will energize and prepare you for the evening reception. Leave with practical tools and tips to grow your membership, increase referrals, develop volunteer champions, and build stronger internal networks.
Ira Koretsky, president & CEO, The Chief Storyteller
Springtime UnPlugged
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
A community tailgate party you won’t want to miss! Springtime UnPlugged has been designed with you in mind:
• It’s priced right and 50% of the ticket price is tax deductible and supports ASAE & The Center’s Leadership Academy for Association Young Professionals, a new program funded in part through a grant from American Express.
• It’s casual, much like a tailgate party. It’s the last great American neighborhood—the tailgating neighborhood. Where no one locks their doors, everyone is happy to see you and all are together sharing fun, food, camaraderie and the love for entertainment. Springtime UnPlugged is a “Community Social” for those in the association community!
• It features LIVE entertainment. And…you’ll get to know a lot of new faces in the industry! This is ASAE & The Center’s first event for “Young Professionals”—those individuals 30 and younger or in the industry three years or less. Not a young professional? You’re a “mentor” and need to come so you can show them the ropes! Who better to engage the future of the association industry but their colleagues who paved their way?
• It’s a great location! The West Lawn of…no, not the White House…The Historical Society of Washington DC building located directly across from the Convention Center. Springtime UnPlugged will be held from 5–7pm with a special education program just prior. Don’t miss out on this great mix of learning and networking for all industry professionals!
Ticket prices are: $35 for young professionals, $55 for mentors or young professional industry partners, and $75 for mentor industry partners. Ticket blocks are also available. Don’t forget 50% of the ticket sales is tax deductible and will directly support the development of our next generation of association leaders.
Just attending Springtime Unplugged? Then click here to purchase your ticket and mark your calendar!
Why let the networking and learning end there … Register for the Springtime Expo on Thursday, April 16, 2009!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Springtime Expo
Spend one day with us and head back to the office with tangible takeaways that will jump-start your meeting planning in the year ahead!
Network with new and familiar colleagues, elevate your knowledge through idea-awakening education sessions, explore products and services on the expo floor, and visit hundreds of fabulous destinations and venues that will get your site selection process started. Springtime Expo 2009 will have you jumping for joy! A full day registration is only $95 for members! Register before April 1, 2009 for this great rate!
Elevate your knowledge in one of our 8 education sessions including:
Old is the NEW Young: How One of the Oldest Professions in the World has Received a Complete Makeover!
8:30 – 9:45 a.m.
Session geared toward young professionals and CMPs. In the last ten years we have seen almost a total makeover in the meetings industry. Young meeting professionals are assuming strategic leadership positions within their associations and literally transforming everything from technology to marketing and sales. Look at where these young professionals are today, tomorrow’s CMP, and the leadership skills that will be required of both in years to come. Join us for a provocative session designed for CMP’s and young professionals to engage in discussion about topics ranging from ethics, vendor relations, career advancement and just about everything in between. And even if you’re not a young professional or CMP, you’re still welcome to attend!
Daniel Sims, CMP, president, The Agency Speakers, LLC
Springtime Expo Brunch with Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Join us for a great networking opportunity with your colleagues while you dine. Then stick around for side-splitting entertainment that will have you laughing hysterically and leave you wanting more!
Following enormously successful solo tours, Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood, stars of the Emmy-nominated Whose Line Is It Anyway?, have teamed up to present a session bursting with extraordinary improvisational comedy. But beware, Springtime Expo Brunch with Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood is
a fully-improvised session of humor and mayhem that is all about audience participation. Everything in the show is based on audience suggestions and many attendees will be brought up on stage to be a part of the craziness… no meetings professional is safe! Come prepared for a lively show full of fun and excitement that will have you laughing right out of your seat and onto the tradeshow floor!
Colin & Brad are presented by Arnold Sand of Sports Marketing & Entertainment—Endless Possibilities for Entertainment, Keynote Speakers & Sports Personalities. Visit SME and Colin & Brad in booth 257 at the Springtime Expo.
And you can’t miss connecting with hundreds of business and hospitality partners in the Springtime Expo Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Springtime Expo will have you jumping for joy!