Forum - July 2008

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The 2008 ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership Annual Meeting and Exposition will help you think big by connecting you with the best and brightest in your profession! Throughout four exciting days in San Diego, you’ll trade ideas with your peers and learn from today’s foremost leaders and thinkers. You’ll also have plenty of time for networking, visiting the Expo Hall and building powerful communities of colleagues, business partners and friends.

NEW THIS YEAR!

In addition to inspiring presentations by the nation’s premier thought leaders, hundreds of education sessions designed to give you skills that will pay off immediately back at the office, and fabulous evening events and networking opportunities, we’ve added new features and enhanced some of the classics.

ASSOCIATIONS NEXT SESSIONS

Since we don’t have a crystal ball that allows us to adequately predict what will unfold in the future, the Associations Next sessions will look at future trends and potential forecasts to help association executives plan for the years ahead.

Some topics will include:

• How to Create Local Business Strategy and Infrastructure to Grow Business Globally

• Governing Simply: Enabling Innovation Through Responsible Stewardship

• Using Open Business Models to Create New Value

• How Online Gaming Will Affect the Future of Association Leadership and Adult Education

BOOK DISCUSSIONS To give you a break from the traditional learning format in a meeting room, we will offer a chance to discuss four books written by thought leaders and general session speakers during learning lab time frames. Join your colleagues in ASAE & The Center’s bookstore prepared to discuss one (or more!) of the books.

SOCIAL MEDIA LAB

Keeping up with the many advances in technology and social media tools can be overwhelming. In this hands-on media lab, facilitators will show you how to do the following while demonstrating why it is worth the effort:

• Create a Facebook^®page and a profile in LinkedIn^®;

• Contribute to wikis and blogs;

• Take advantage of YouTube^®as a new medium of communication and engagement;

• Using Second Life^®to create new association platforms; and more!

THE PECHA KUCHA EXPERIENCE Using a unique presentation method called Pecha Kucha, which summarizes conference take-aways in less than seven minutes, the session facilitators will present their key learnings from this annual meeting. For more information on Pecha Kucha, visit www.pecha-kucha.org.

CEO-ONLY SESSIONS CEO-level members can connect with their peers to learn from one another and share their challenges in an open and safe environment. To help create a

forum for these activities, we’ve created CEO-Only sessions that will cover the following:

• Brick by Brick: Removing the Barriers to Director Service

• Reflective Governance: Does Your Current Model Meet the Leadership Needs of Your Organization?

• The 10 Biggest Legal Traps Association CEOs Should Avoid

• Your President’s First 100 Days: How To Give Your Leader a Head Start

• A Discussion on Human Resources

• A Discussion on Your Governance Issues.

THE GREAT OUTDOORS!

Enjoy the beautiful San Diego weather by participating in informal sessions, including “Meet the Association Blog-gers,” taking place in the outdoor amphitheatre.