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8:00 AM
9:00 AM
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'Ideas in the Round' Roundtable SessionsRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: 'CFEE' - Gaining Your Professional CertificationRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Adding an Educational Component to Your Year-Round ProgrammingRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Creating Event-Venue PartnershipsRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Event Anniversarys - Making Them SpecialRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Growing a 'Green' Program at Your EventRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: IFEA's Cost-Effective Tools for Your Event & OrganizationRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Making More Money for Your Fund-RaiserRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Maximizing Event Technology in Event ManagementRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: May the 'Source' be With You...Turning Risk into RealityRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Protecting Your Event from Media 'Spin-Off' CompetitionRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Securing and Hosting Marching Bands for Your ParadeRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Sponsor Activation: What Works, What Doesn'tRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Stepping Up Your Parade Floats Cost EffectivelyRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Tapping into Mobile Devices for Maximizing Sponsorship Revenues, Pre-Promotions, & Increasing Event AttendanceRoom - Marriott 7-9
Roundtable: Using Events to Promote Community InstitutionsRoom - Marriott 7-9
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
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10:30 PM
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
Focus on Festivals & The Arts: Defining Hidden DNA Ties and New OpportunitiesRoom - Lincoln
Focus on Safety: Proper Reaction - Preparing, Protecting and Responding to Health Scares and Security ConcernsRoom - Marriott 9
Focus on Social Media Marketing: Understanding the Landscape, Benefits and ChallengesRoom - Marriott 8
Focus on Sponsorship: Power Tools - Audience Research Surveys and Post-Event ReportsRoom - Marriott 7
Focus on the Environment: What Does it Mean to Be Green?Room - Marriott 10
12:15 PM
1:45 PM
2:00 PM
Affinity Group 'Common Ground' Discussions
Affinity Group: Arts EventsRoom - Marriott 1
Affinity Group: CEO'sRoom - Lincoln
Affinity Group: Event EducationRoom - Marriott 4
Affinity Group: Flower & Garden EventsRoom - Marriott 2
Affinity Group: Municipalities / Tourism AgenciesRoom - Marriott 8
Affinity Group: OperationsRoom - Marriott 9
Affinity Group: ParadesRoom - Marriott 10
Affinity Group: SponsorshipRoom - Marriott 3
Affinity Group:Volunteer ProgramsRoom - Marriott 7
4:00 PM
5:30 PM
10:30 PM
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
Edutainment in Festival ProgrammingRoom - Marriott 2
How to Turn Volunteers into Your Fan ClubRoom - Marriott 3
Keeping Your Staff Motivated During Challenging TimesRoom - Marriott 4
Shopping for Successful Grocery PartnershipsRoom - Marriott 1
The Power of Events to Promote DestinationsRoom - Lincoln
9:15 AM
Choreographing a Spectacle: The Art of Crafting a Press Release WORKSHOPRoom - Lincoln
Keeping Your Fans Happy Over the Long HaulRoom - Marriott 2
Mobile Marketing Partnerships: Best Practices to Maximize Revenue and Deliver the GoodsRoom - Marriott 1
Risk Management: Knowing What to Insure AgainstRoom - Marriott 3
The Return of Corporate Social Responsibility to SponsorshipRoom - Marriott 4
10:30 AM
Bailouts & Politics: The Effect on Sponsorship and What It Means to YouMarriott 1
Choreographing a Spectacle: The Art of Crafting a Press Release WORKSHOP (con't)Room - Lincoln
Don't Rain on My Parade: The New Challenges and Opportunities Facing Parade ProducersRoom - Marriott 2
Protecting Tourism in the New WorldRoom - Marriott 3
Trust and Communications: The Best Economic Stimulus ToolsRoom - Marriott 4
12:00 PM
4:00 PM
7:00 PM
10:30 PM
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
How to Improve Sponsor Service Through Your Web SiteRoom - Florida - Illinois
Industry Compass: A Discussion of Global Trends, Issues and Opportunities Impacting the World of Festivals & EventsRoom - Michigan - Texas
Leveraging the Internet to Market Your Event: An Event-Centric Focus on Search EnginesRoom - Indiana G
Making Less into MoreRoom - Lincoln
The Case for Investing in Sponsorship ActivationRoom - Indiana F
9:15 AM
Deposit or Withdrawal: The State of Banking SponsorshipsRoom - Indiana F
Developing or Improving an On-Site Revenue Tracking SystemRoom - Florida - Illinois
Industry Compass: A Discussion of Global Trends, Issues and Opportunities Impacting the World of Festivals & Events (con't)Room - Michigan - Texas
Inside the Shambhala Music Festival - A Case Study in Social Media SuccessRoom - Indiana G
Leveraging College and University Students for a Win-Win OutcomeRoom - Lincoln
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
Ensuring Community Value during Turbulent TimesRoom - Indiana G
Festival Design Studio WorkshopRoom - Lincoln
Keeping Your Event a Success: 10 Tips You Should Know before Working with the CopsRoom - Michigan - Texas
The Future of Newspapers and the Impact on Event SponsorshipsRoom - Indiana F
Trends & Forecasts on the Entertainment FrontRoom - Florida - Illinois
2:15 PM
Festival Design Studio Workshop (con't)Room - Lincoln
Inside Perspective: The (Indianapolis) 500 FestivalRoom - Indiana F
Maximizing Merchandise ProgramsRoom - Indiana G
New World Advice for Events from Inside City HallRoom - Michigan -Texas
What You Need to Know about Grant Funding vs. SponsorshipRoom - Florida - Illinois
3:30 PM
Bringing the World's Youth Together through SportsRoom - Florida - Illinois
IRS Form 990: Red Tape and Bureaucracy. What's not to Love?!Room - Michigan - Texas
Powering Your Sponsorship at Signature EventsRoom - Indiana F
Re-Configuring the NormRoom - Indiana G
Viral Involvement: Offering Audiences New Planning Options Through TechnologyRoom - Lincoln
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