Spring Conference

Thursday

All Tracks

12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Registration, Networking with Exhibitors

5:15 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. Networking Social

Track 1

1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Microsoft Bootcamp: Outlook and Excel

2:00 P.M. - 2:15 P.M. Networking Break with Exhibitors

3:30 P.M. - 3:45 P.M. Networking Break with Exhibitors

Track 2

1:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. Helping Hands: AENC FUEL Young Professionals Edition (FUEL Young Professionals Only, pre-registration required, limited to 20) | Sponsored by Visit Raleigh

3:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Networking Break with Exhibitors

4:00 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. Experience EDUTAINMENT

Track 3

1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Breakout Session

• Option 1: Communications Workshop

2:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M. Networking Break with Exhibitors

2:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. General Session 1

3:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Networking Break with Exhibitors

4:00 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. Experience EDUTAINMENT

Friday

8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M. Breakfast with Exhibitors

9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. General Session 3

10:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. Networking Break with Exhibitors

10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. General Session 4

11:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Networking Break with Exhibitors

12:00 P.M. - 12:15 P.M. AENC President Updates

12:15 P.M. - 1:45 P.M. Lunch Live Interviews - Innovative Ideas for Meeting

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Thursday

1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Communications Workshop

2:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. General Session 1

Friday

9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. General Session 3

10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. General Session 4

12:00 P.M. - 12:15 P.M. AENC President Updates

12:15 P.M. - 1:45 P.M. Lunch Live Interviews

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Education

3.5 - 7.25 CEUs possible depending on your track selection!

Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Virtual
3.5 CAE & CMP	7.25 CAE & 7.0 CMP	6.75 CAE &  6.5 CMP	5.5 CAE & CMP

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TRACKS: (Choose 1 of 3)

General Sessions 

General Session 1 - Connecting Communications to Strategy

Available to Track 3 only

Speaker: Frank Williams, Pioneer Strategies

Every communication activity should be designed to help achieve your overall organizational strategy. Frank Williams will discuss practical ways to ensure that your communication program is aligned with your overall strategic plan. 

 

 

General Session 2 -  Experience EDUTAINMENT: Pairing Education with The Wine Detective

Available to Tracks 2 & 3 only

Instructor: Danielle Galmore, Touchpoint Wines

Join us for a unique experience showcasing how we pair education with a reinforcing wine experience. After an abbreviated education portion around collaboration and decision making, you will play Wine Detective. Wine Detective Experience: YOU are the detectives! Using a blind wine tasting format, you will work in small groups to solve the case, putting into practice what you learned around collaboration and decision making.

General Session 3 – The Ultimate Tech Stack; Thinking like 2023 and Beyond

Speaker: Aubie Knight, CIC, CRM, CEO, IIANC

Learn how one leading association is incorporating cutting-edge technology to improve efficiencies and enhance the member experience.

 

 

General Session 4 – Understanding of the Ease and Effectiveness of Grassroots Legislative Advocacy

Speaker: Patrick Haggerty, Keynote Speaker, patrickhaggerty.com

Motivate your members to be SUCCESSFUL and ENTHUSIASTIC grassroots legislative advocates in both Raleigh and Washington, DC.

 

 

General Session 5 – Lunch Live Interviews – Innovative Ideas for Meetings

Talk show style interviews where two industry experts will join Jennifer on stage to discuss innovative ideas for meetings within their respective roles.

With Jennifer Johnson, The Johnson Meetings Group

Featuring: Keri Epps-Rashad, NC REALTORS®; Lisa Prince, NC Egg Association; Molly Johnson, CMP Fellow, Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau;  Rebecca Bolton, Durham Convention Center, Oak View Group; Melissa Klingberg, CAE, THM, Your Association Management Professionals; Jill Santa Lucia, Catering Works

 

 

Tabletop Exhibits

Exhibitors will receive:

• One tabletop exhibit during the entire conference, recognition on mobile app, on signage and on screen.
• Complimentary registration for one representative to attend the entire conference and $50 for each additional representative.
• Static Ad or Logo on our large registration desk TV Screen.

Click here to reserve your tabletop today (pg.2 of form)!

Email madi@aencnet.org if you have questions.

Sponsorships

Two sponsorships remain:

Thursday Session Sponsor will receive:

• Three minutes on the podium prior to Thursday General Session
• One tabletop exhibit during the entire conference
• Complimentary registration for one representative to attend the entire conference and special rate of $50 for each additional representative.
• One static ad or Logo on large registration desk TV Screen.
• Your representative(s) will have sponsor ribbons on badges provided by AENC.
• Significant publicity:
  1. Recognition on signage and on screen during the event
  2. Your website link on the AENC event webpage
  3. Your organization name in AENC’s weekly emails relating to event
  4. Your sponsorship noted in AENC’s Mobile App

Closing Sponsor will receive:

• Three minutes on the podium near the end of the conference.
• One tabletop exhibit during the entire conference
• Complimentary registration for one representative to attend the entire conference and special rate of $50 for each additional representative.
• Your representatives will have sponsor badges provided by AENC.
• Significant publicity:
  1. Recognition on signage and on screen during the event 
  2. Your website link on the AENC event webpage 
  3. Your organization name in AENC weekly emails relating to event 
  4. Your sponsorship noted on AENC Mobile App
  5. Your sponsorship listed on large registration desk TV Screen

Click here to reserve your sponsorship today!

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Location

Hilton Raleigh North Hills | 3415 Wake Forest Road Raleigh, North Carolina, 27609