2021 AENC SPRING CONFERENCE - HYBRID
(IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL, YOUR CHOICE)

REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE 

LOCATION: Pinehurst Resort OR VIRTUAL via Zoom, your choice!

ACCOMODATIONS: A room block is set up at Pinehurst Resort for $169/night. To book your room, please CLICK HERE CUTOFF: 4/20/21

SCHEDULE: THURSDAY, MAY 6th (**ONE DAY EVENT**)

*All in-person events will take place in the Grand Ballroom except the networking social.
Virtual attendees will be provided a zoom link with registration confirmation.*

  7:30am -   9:30am    Arrivals & Safety Check ins
10:00am - 11:00am    General Session 1: Conferences Reimagined: Hybrid Technology for Conferences Made Simple
11:00am - 11:15am    Break
11:20am - 12:20pm    General Session 2: What’s the right thing to do? Ethically, Morally, Legally
12:20pm -   1:00pm    Lunch served and updates from AENC President Jerel Noel
  1:10pm -   2:10pm    General Session 3: I Didn’t Sign On For This! Dealing With Constant Change In the Workplace
  2:10pm -   2:25pm    Break
  3:05pm -   4:05pm    General Session 4: Pandemic Response Interview with Lee Lilley
  4:30pm -   5:30pm    Networking Social   

A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS:

Host Sponsor  Pinehurst Resort	Opening Session Sponsor Visit Greenville	Midday Session Sponsor CVB Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area
Networking Social Welcome Sponsor Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort	Government Relations Sponsor HillStaffer	Signage Sponsor  Southport Graphics
Audio Visual & Technology Sponsor EZAV	PPE Sponsor Genuity Concepts	Badge Sponsor Visit Mooresville
Safety Ambassadors Sponsor To the Moon Rigging		Sanitizer Station Sponsor Pioneer Specialties

EDUCATION: 
CAE/CMP CE Credit:
Earn 1 point per content hour
CAE: 4 hour
CMP: 4 hour

HYBRID TECHNOLOGY FOR CONFERENCES MADE SIMPLE - 10:00am-11:00am
Presenter: Brian McArtan, Owner, EZAV

As a global pandemic burst on to the scene last year, it introduced new ways to facilitate meetings and events through virtual components. Even before the pandemic, AV for events can be complex and overwhelming so now, more than ever, we need clarity to overcome some of the challenges surrounding hybrid and virtual events. What’s possible? How does this technology change the way we plan for events? What does it cost? There are so many questions that we’ll focus on as a part of our session on Hybrid Technology for Conferences to make it just a little easier.

Brian McArtan is an experienced event professional, association executive and entrepreneur. Driven by the need to bring communities together, he takes pride in providing the best possible experience for attendees, planners, and administrators. As the CEO of Your Conference Connection and EZ Audio Visual, and the Executive Director of the International Db2 User Group, his unique experience in our industry brings a multidimensional approach to managing the complexities of the challenges we all face in 2021.

WHAT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO?  ETHICALLY, MORALLY, LEGALLY 11:20am-12:20pm
Presenter: Linda Stinson, Partner, RLS Focused Solutions

We have all struggled with this question in both our personal and professional interactions. This session will be very interactive and we encourage your full participation. We will explore real-life situations that you as leaders, managers, and staff members have experienced. The current pandemic has caused us all to think somewhat differently about the “right thing” and we will discuss that also. Bring your challenges, questions, opinions to this session and share with your colleagues and get different points of view so you can decide for yourself “What’s the Right Thing to Do”. 

Linda Stinson is a Business Coach, Facilitator, and Speaker and a partner in RLS Focused Solutions. She has helped businesses and organizations develop and implement an effective strategic plan; provided leadership development for executives and key managers; developed entrepreneurial leadership; improved communications among staff, boards of directors, and stakeholders; and achieved measurable improved results. She helps her clients better understand their current situation, define their future vision, develop a process for growth, and participate in that process. As a coach, she has partnered with individuals and organizations to help them achieve higher levels of success.

I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS! DEALING WITH CONTSTANT CHANGE IN THE WORKPLACE 1:10pm-2:10pm
Presenter: Mike Collins, Owner, The Perfect Workday Company

Won’t it stop?! The past year has been a grind of constant change; before you can assimilate one change another comes along. The phenomenon has long been known as “Repetitive Change Syndrome (RCS)."
Moving through change, and especially leading in times of change, takes time and energy; it’s extremely stressful. In “I Didn’t Sign On For This! Dealing With Constant Change In the Workplace,” you will learn:
- How to recognize the change effects on you and the organization
- Why we resist change and how to lower resistance
- How to more easily embrace and work within the change
- How to use practical time and management strategies to better deal with the stress of change.
- How to move on to the new reality
Attendees often comment they had a lot of “Aha!” moments and frequently say, “I needed this right now in my life…and for more than just work.”
Change isn’t going to slow down; if anything, it’s going to speed up. Accepting and addressing change isn’t complicated, it’s just hard; this program makes it easier.

Mike Collins is president of The Perfect Workday Company, an information company based in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. He presents over 100 programs a year for organizations such as The American Academy of Family Physicians, American Express, Pepsi-Cola and The John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School and Center at Ft. Bragg. His programs are consistently rated Excellent. Collins is the author of five books including The Perfect Workday Book, The Best Small Business to Start Right Now! and Thoughts From a Life On the Run. He is the producer of the video, Care for the Caregiver, winner of a national Caregiver Friendly Award from Today's Caregiver magazine.

PANDEMIC RESPONSE INTERVIEW - 3:05pm-4:05pm

Are you wondering how our great state of North Carolina will recover from the pandemic and how our elected officials will aid in that recovery?  Wonder no more! Lee Lilley, newly appointed to the position of Governor Cooper’s Director of North Carolina Pandemic Recovery, will be a guest presenter on May 6th at the AENC Spring Conference.  Lee will share his insights and recovery plans for the coming months.  AENC is thrilled to have this support directly from the Governor’s office.  Please join us for this informative and interactive session.

Interviewer: AENC Board President, Jerel Noel Senior Account Executive FirstPoint Management Resources

Interviewee: Lee Lilley, NC Director of Pandemic Response Office of Governor Roy Cooper

Lee Lilley serves as the Governor’s Director of NC Pandemic Recovery for Governor Roy A. Cooper. In this role, he coordinates pandemic recovery efforts throughout the Administration from the Governor’s Office.
He joined the Cooper Administration in 2018 as the Director of Legislative Affairs, where he led all Gubernatorial and Executive Branch engagement with the North Carolina General Assembly and served as the principal advisor to the Governor on legislative strategy.
Lee was previously a senior vice president and deputy federal practice leader at McGuireWoods Consulting, LLC, where he represented a diverse group of clients including Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, trade associations and non-profits before Congress and the federal Executive Branch. He also worked with clients to create public affairs strategies to accompany international mergers and acquisitions, litigation, and trade disputes.
Prior to joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Lee served as legislative director for Congressman G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), a member of U.S. House Democratic leadership and the Energy & Commerce Committee, and the past Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. He served as the Member’s senior legislative strategist and policy advisor.
A native of Williamston, North Carolina, Lee is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate. He and his wife live in Raleigh with their cats and chickens.

REGISTRATION:

NOTE: due to current capacity restrictions & safety standards "in person" registration will be limited to 60 Association, Lifetime or Retired Members and 60 Affiliate, CVB or COVID Unemployed Members. April 27^th, any remaining slots will be open to all on a first come first serve basis. 

 Click the link below that is unique to your membership and attendance preference!

IN PERSON Association, Lifetime, Retired Members		IN PERSON Affiliate, CVB, COVID Unemployed Members		VIRTUAL

 Please email [email protected] if you have any trouble with registration and she will assist!

THANK YOU TO OUR EXHIBITORS!