Registration & Breakfast

CEO Address & Panel Discussion

• CEO Address, Rich Finstein
• Leaders in Learning Panel
  Association Education Professionals: Casandra Blassingame – AGMA , Josh Yavelberg-NRPA, Theresa Eyet – AHCA, Kat Shamapande – NASBP
  Education may not have significant weight within an organization, so how can you ensure your voice gets heard? As leaders in learning, it is imperative that you show the value of learning to the organization from a community engagement and revenue standpoint. Hear first-hand from your peers who have experienced and excelled with these challenges and gain insights and strategies to apply to your day-to-day role.

Breakout Sessions

• Online Event Trends: Virtual Conferences, Livestreaming, Webinars & Webcasts
  CommPartners Team & Client Panel
  Online events continue to evolve and it can feel overwhelming trying to keep up with the latest trends. Explore how to bring unique and meaningful learning experiences to your community to extend your reach, engagement, and revenue. Understand best practices and hear directly from peers who have taken the leap into livestreams, hybrids, and virtual conferences.
• The Art of Social Learning
  Bobby Kaighn, Higher Logic & Sam Hirsch, CommPartners
  Peer to peer learning is the pinnacle of effective educational experiences online but most organizations keep those conversations separate from where the formal learning happens. Learn how you can bridge the gap between community and your LMS to drive participation using tactics from our clients who are leaders in the social learning industry.

Lunch & Networking

Breakout Sessions

• Repurposing with a Purpose
  Tracy King, MA, CAE, InspirED
  Your annual conference is a flagship event featuring content that you’d love to endure throughout the year. While this is a good instinct, the lure of repurposing recorded content as eLearning is resulting in digital libraries full of under-utilized content. Instead of repurposing, let’s talk about Purposing and how to leverage conference content for professionally produced eLearning.
• Monetizing Your Education: Strategies & What’s Possible
  Rich Finstein, CommPartners & Client Panel
  You’ve invested countless time and effort into building your learning portfolio, but now it’s time to see the return. Explore strategic and creative ways to maximize your revenues and return on your online education investment.

Breakout Sessions

• Everything You Want to Know About Credentialing & Where to Begin
  Adrienne Segundo & Keith Segundo CAE, Limitless ASR, Dan Kasprow, ACGI Software
  Certification, Certificates, Micro-Credentialing – Credentialing all seem to be the buzz word in the association education space, but what all does it mean? What is the value to my members? Let’s be real – how much is this going to cost my association? Where to begin?
• More Than Just a Catalog: How to Build a Dynamic LMS
  CommPartners Team & Client Panel
  Gone are the days where an LMS as just a simple catalog is enough to engage your learners. In this session, hear from peers that have successfully transformed their LMS into a robust platform that provides learners with much more than just a catalog in innovative and attractive ways.

Keynote

• Turbo Charge Your Brain To Maximize Education Programming Gains
  Jeff Hurt, Velvet Chainsaw
  Neuroscience has proven that your innovative thinking is pivotal to your success. Even small incremental improvements to your innovative thinking can contribute to your education endeavors and your bottom line. Ultimately, your professional success depends on your ability to effectively use your complex frontal lobe networks—the creative epicenters and the command centers of your brain. During this presentation, you’ll explore specific strategies grounded in neuroscience on how to tap your innovative potential, break new ground, and embrace ingenious transformative thinking practices, regardless of your age!

Happy Hour at the District Chophouse