Agenda August 23 District Meeting.
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Friday Evening |
August 22, 2008 |
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6:30pm – 11:00 |
Fellowship and Networking with
Hospitality
Light refreshments will be provided |
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7:00 – 8:00 |
Family and Guest Hospitality – Meet
other Guests and learn about the local
area to plan for a fun-filled Saturday
in the Burlington Area
Facilitator: Champlain Valley Chapter |
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7:30 – 9:00 |
Presidents’ Meeting
Facilitator: Bob Kennedy, Northeast
District Staff, Presidents’ Liaison |
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Saturday |
August 23, 2008 |
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7:00am – 8:00 |
Breakfast buffet and networking
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8:00 8:30 |
Opening Activities :
Pledge to the Flag – Quinn Golden,
District Director
Roll Call & Wake-up Call - Tony
Zampello, District Staff |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Opening Greetings
Virginia Vogel-Polizzi, District Manager |
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9:00 – 10:00
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Society Update
Presenter: Quinn Golden, District
Director |
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10:00 – 10:15 |
Break |
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10:15 – 11:15 |
“Ask
Robert” - Robert Vokurka, Ph.D.,
CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP, C.P.M. APICS Chair
At the request of your District Staff,
Robert’s presentation will be based upon
questions submitted by you, the
Northeast District volunteer leadership
as well as follow-ups to the “State of
the Union”. |
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11:15 – Noon |
Elections – District Manager and
District Director |
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Noon – 1:00 |
Lunch (All attendees and guests are
invited)
Please advise Donna Gioffre in advance
of any guests who will be joining us for
lunch to ensure we have an accurate
count. |
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1:00 – 2:00 |
General Session – “How to Stay
Positive in a Tough Work Environment”
Presenter and Facilitator: Tom
Schulte
Tom Schulte has delivered
hundreds of motivating, interesting,
content-rich presentations to
associations, corporations, conferences
and civic organizations throughout the
U.S., Canada, South Africa and
Australia. He has been an invited
speaker at many of the APICS
International Conferences the past 14
years and was the highest rated speaker
at the Conference many times including
2002, 2003 & 2004.
Tom’s ability to weave his years of
corporate experience, life experiences
and sense of humor into common sense
presentations, combined with his
enthusiasm and energy make his
presentations and workshops dynamic,
meaningful, motivating and fun to
attend.
Tom currently is President and Principle
of TS Consulting and as a private
consultant utilizes his knowledge and
skills to help businesses “reawaken” the
involvement, leadership, teamwork and
spirits of their Managers and
Associates. His belief in the power of
each person to contribute combined with
his respect for workers at every level
make him credible and effective in
bringing change and positive results to
the workplace.
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2:00– 3:00 Breakout #1 |
Breakout Session #1: Tools and Tips
for Teaching CSCP Review Course”
Presenter and Facilitator: Jack Cook,
Ph.D., CFPIM, CSQE, District Staff –
Instructors and Research |
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2:00 – 3:00
Breakout #2 |
Breakout Session #2: Best Practices
Presenter and Facilitator: Virginia
Vogel-Polizzi, CFPIM |
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3:00 - 3:15 |
Break |
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3:15 – 4:15
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Lean Cuisine – Hot Recipes for
Launching Lean Workshops Successfully
Presenter and Facilitator: Maryanne
Ross, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP
We’re cooking up a full menu of hot
dishes specially formulated to help your
chapter officers and instructors serve
up the Lean Workshops to your local
markets.
We’ll share ideas on how and who to
market to, how to structure the
workshops, and we’ll offer ideas on
pricing strategies. Then, we’ll discuss
the instructor tools and offer ideas on
how to customize the course for your
local market sector.
For dessert, we’ll ask you to share your
ideas for making the Lean Workshops the
hottest dish on your chapter’s menu!!! |
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4:15 – 4:30
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Brainstorming of Ideas for Future
District Meeting & Closing Remarks |
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4:30 – 4:45 |
Follow-up Session for District Staff |
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