Cerebral Harvest is Here

Just a short drive from any District 6 club, this year’s Fall Conference is in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. If you missed the 2009 National AAF Conference in June, you don’t want to miss this event! You are sure to reap the benefits of fruitful speakers and topics, notably the main speaker, Vera Bradley’s Marketing Director Monica Edwards. Join your fellow District 6 club members and leaders at Parkview Field in beautiful downtown Ft. Wayne to harvest ideas for your clubs’ future growth and prosperity, be part of some high yielding networking, and get full crops of quality professional development to better your timing and return for your clients.

Friday

9:00 am

Registration Begins

10:00-11:30 am

Discussion Panel - Marketing in a Down Economy

Tom Antisdel, Local Sales Manager, WANE-TV
Tom Borne, President, Asher Agency
Lisa Goodman, Fort Wayne Newspapers
Trois Hart, Senior VP, Marketing and Strategic Planning, STAR Financial Bank
Barry LaBov, President, LaBov and Beyond
J. Bohn Popp, VP of Marketing, Aunt Millie’s Bakeries
Nancy Wright, President, Ferguson Advertising

11:30 am

Lunch

12:00-1:30 pm

Opening session:
The Vera Bradley Story, from Basement to Branding

Monica Edwards, Senior Marketing Creative Director, Vera Bradley

1:30-2:00 pm

Break/Networking

2:00-3:00 pm

Putting Social Media to Work for Your Business: How Connecting with Customers Online Can Help you Grow

Anthony Juliano, Marketing Strategist, Asher Agency

3:15-4:15 pm

AAF 101/The Value Proposition

Joanne Schecter, Executive VP, AAF Club Services


The Truth About Paper and it's Environmental Impact

Charles McArthur, Sustainable Business Representative, Domtar Corporation

4:30 pm

Cocktail reception

At Columbia Street West

7:00 pm

Dinner at Club Soda

$40 fixed price meal, trolly transportation provided

9:00-Midnight

Jazz at Club Soda

Saturday

8:00-8:45 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:45 am

District and Nationals Talk

Ally Robbins, District 6 Lt. Governor

10:00-10:45 am

Club Management Roundtable: Programs-Programming for the New Year

Emily Ferrel and Anne Condran


Club Management Roundtable: Board development – Something about Finances

Chris Kelly and Andy Herbertz

11:00-11:45 am

Club Management Roundtable: ADDYs – Ideas from the Field

Ally Robbins and Chris McDonald


Club Management Roundtable: Club Achievement – How to move your club to the National Podium

Allison Meadows and Greg Branch

12:00-1:15 pm

Club Management: Association Leadership Development

Joanne Schecter, Executive Vice President, AAF Club Services

1:30 pm

District 6 Meeting

Questions?

Andie Golden

(260)-483-8146

John Hogan

(734)-780-8113

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