| Program: "Rethinking
Meetings: Taking Your Meeting to the Next Level" |
Click on the presentation titles to see workshop descriptions
and speaker bios.
| TIME |
EVENT |
| 7:45 – 8:15 am |
Registration & Breakfast |
| 8:15– 8:30 am |
Welcome & Introductions |
| 8:30 - 9:30am |
"Keynote
Address "
Opening Address by Corey Perlman
President, eBoot
Camp Inc. |
| 9:30 – 9:45 am |
Break |
| 9:45– 10:30 am |
Workshop 1A "Turning
Nightmares into Dreams"
Proctor Carol Williams |
Workshop 1B "Contracts:
Prepare for the Unexpected"
by Thomas J. Blessing, Assistant General Counsel,
University of Michigan, Office of the Vice President
and General Counsel |
Workshop 1C "Oh
No I have to Plan an Event!"
by Lynne Shivers, Program Manager for Special Events,
University of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School
of Graduate Studies |
Workshop 1D Interactive
Session: “Are you Green Enough"
Facilitator Russ Collins, Executive Director, Michigan
Theatre |
| 10:30– 10:45 am |
Break |
| 10:45– 11:30 am |
Workshop 2A "Turning
Nightmares into Dreams"
Proctored by Carol Williams |
Workshop 2B "Contracts:
Prepare for the Unexpected"
by Thomas J. Blessing, Assistant General Counsel,
University of Michigan, Office of the Vice President
and General Counsel |
Workshop 2C "Oh
No I have to Plan an Event!"
by Lynne Shivers, Program Manager for Special Events,
University of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School
of Graduate Studies |
Workshop 2D Interactive
Session: “Are you Green Enough?"
Facilitator Russ Collins, Executive Director, Michigan
Theatre |
| 11:30– 12:45 pm |
Lunch, Networking, Announcements, and Elke Ferris
Award Presentation |
| 12:45– 1:30 pm |
Workshop 3A “We
are in this Together”
Panelists: Jessica Bassett, Director of Sales and
Marketing, Meditarrano and Carlisle Grille
Sean Duval, President, Golden Limousine International
Kelly Parkinson, Senior, Account Manager, Allegra
Print and Imaging
Facilator Carol Williams
|
| Workshop 3B "Creativity
On a Limited Budget”
by Katherine Hilboldt Farrell, President and Founder,
Katherine's Catering
Rula Kort Bawardi, Director of Sales and Events,
Katherine's Catering |
| Workshop 3C "Before
Burnout how to Love your Job Again"
by Karen Dickinson, Relationship Manager, University
of Michigan, IT Central Services |
| Workshop 3D “International
Business: Event Planning for Different Cultures”
by Athena Trentin, International Student & Scholar
Advisor, University of Michigan, International Center
Courtney Poles, Immigration Assistant, University
of Michigan, International Center |
| 1:30– 1:45 pm |
Break |
| 1:45 -2:30 pm |
Workshop 4A “We
are in this Together”
Panelists: Jessica Bassett, Director of Sales and
Marketing, Meditarrano and Carlisle Grille
Sean Duval, President, Golden Limousine International
Kelly Parkinson, Senior, Account Manager, Allegra
Print and Imaging
Facilator Carol Williams
|
|
Workshop 4B "Creativity
On a Limited Budget”
by Katherine Hilboldt Farrell, President and Founder,
Katherine's Catering
Rula Kort Bawardi, Director of Sales and Events,
Katherine's Catering |
| Workshop 4C "Before
Burnout how to Love your Job Again"
by Karen Dickinson, Relationship Manager, University
of Michigan, IT Central Services |
| Workshop 4D “International
Business: Event Planning for Different Cultures”
by Athena Trentin, International Student & Scholar
Advisor, University of Michigan, International Center
Courtney Poles, Immigration Assistant, University
of Michigan, International Center
|
| 2:30–2:40 pm |
Break |
| 2:40– 3:30 pm |
Closing
Address "Wine 101 – Paring Food with
Wine"
Closing Address by Bob Bonga, Owner, Operator and
Wine Expert, Cascade
Winery, Grand Rapids
|
| 3:30– 4:30 pm |
Reception & Networking
Use what you just learned from the closing address
at this closing reception and networking session. |
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