Connecticut Society of Association Executives

2009 Annual Conference - Attendee Registration

Date	Start	End	Location		Event Registration
09 Nov 2009	08:00 AM	5:00 PM	Mystic Marriot Hotel & Spa 625 North Road Groton, CT 06340-3212		Registration has ended.

Rev Your Engines for The Association 500

The Connecticut Society of Association Executives invites you to our 2009 Annual Conference, Rev Your Engines for The Association 500. This exciting, education-packed event will have two keynotes, eight educational breakouts, awards, lunch, our Exhibitor Superspeedway and more. Register before the early registration deadline of October 12, 2009.

8:00-8:25 a.m. - Registration and Continental

8:30-9:15 a.m. - Opening Keynote

Be the Hero – Discover the Power to Fly Through Any Obstacle and Overcome Any Challenge with Noah Blumenthal, named one of the “World’s Top 100 Minds in Personal Development” by Leadership Excellence Magazine. He delivers profound lessons and practical tools that participants use on a daily basis to build a winning attitude, perform at their best and overcome any challenge. Gain tools that enable you to become the heroes you want to be.

9:20-10:15 a.m. - Concurrent Session 1

1A – The How-To Manual for Personal Change and Professional Development – You’re Addicted to You! Noah Blumenthal

1B – Privacy Laws and Compliance. . . How Does Your Organization Stack Up? Catherine F. Intravia

10:20-11:15 a.m. - Concurrent Session 2

2A – Finding New Ways to Achieve Your Goals, Noah Blumenthal

2B – Membership Retention & Recruitment in a Tough Economy, Erica Fearn, CAE

11:20 a.m.- 12:40 p.m. – Lunch, Awards, Business Meeting

12:45-1:40 p.m. – Concurrent Session 3

3A – How to Cut Through the Media Clutter to Get Your Story Covered, Ann Baldwin and Marianne O’Hare

3B – Your Board’s Fiduciary Responsibilities and the Mega-Trends that Should Shape Your Organization’s Decisions,

Russell Lowry, CFP, CRPC and Elvin Turner, JD, MBA

1:45-2:40 p.m. - Educational Session 4

4A – Get Them to See It Your Way, Right Away: How to Persuade Anyone of Anything, Ruth Sherman

4B – Nuts and Bolts – Effectively Engaging Boards Doug Marsh

2:45-4:00 p.m. – Exhibit Speedway and Innovate! Booths

Expect no less than 40 business-2-association exhibitors and association-2-association Innovate! booths. Connect with the people and businesses that can help you stretch your budget dollars, establish new products and services, provide additional sources of revenue through new affiliate relationships, and give you ideas on how you can add the WOW factor to your organization’s offerings.

4:05 p.m. - Closing Keynote
How Fast Can You Get Fast – How to Remove the Speed Bumps to Success with Derek Daly who competed as a professional race car driver for 17 years before becoming a television motorsports personality and businessman. Derek raced in Formula One, Indy Car and World Sports Cars. From laborer in the iron ore mines of Australia in 1973 to winning the Irish Formula Ford Championship in 1975, Derek won the British Formula Three Championship in 1977. Catapulted into the Formula One World Championship, his Formula One career spanned 49 Grand Prix starts, was ranked 10th in the World Championship in 1980 and he made his first of six starts at the Indianapolis 500 in 1983. There is much more information about Derek Daly, once homeless now television and speaker personality at www.derekdaly.com/career.html.

5:00 p.m. - Adjourn

Attendee Registration Fee: $99 (includes both keynote addressess, all breaks, lunch, educational sessions, and exhibits)

Exhibitor Registration

Need a guest room Sunday, November 8? The Mystic Marriott is offering a great rate: $59. Go to www.mysticmarriott.com and enter code CSACSAA or call 866-449-7390 and use same code.