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MEDC Summer Conference lineup
Forging Ahead
Wednesday – July 21, 2010
11:30 AM - Luncheon - “PACCAR - Forging Ahead in Mississippi”
Speaker: James G. Cardillo, President, PACCAR, Inc., Bellevue, WA
Remarks: The Honorable J. Walter Michel, Chairman, Economic Development Committee, Mississippi Senate, Jackson, MS
Sponsor: Mississippi Development Authority
1:30 PM – Option I – “Renewable Energy – Key Steps to Evaluating the Potential of a Good Deal”
Speaker: Tony Jeff, President/CEO, and Sumesh Arora, Director of Strategic Biomass Solution, Mississippi Technology Alliance, Ridgeland, MS
1:30 PM – Option II – “Using Creativity in Building Membership and Non-Dues Income”
Speaker: Patrick H. McGaughey, IOM, ActivatingPeople.com, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2:45 PM – Ice Cream Break
Sponsor: AT&T
3:15 PM – Option I – “Creativity Counts – Structuring Effective Proposals for a Good Deal”
Speaker – Jeanette Goldsmith, Principal, McCallum Sweeney Consulting, Greenville, SC
3:15 PM – Option II – “Hair on Fire!” Presentation Skills”
Speaker – Mandi Stanley, CSP, Mandi Stanley Seminars LLC, Madison, MS
Thursday – July 22, 2010
7:00 – 8:00 AM – Breakfast
Sponsor: Balch & Bingham
8:15 AM – Option I – “Keys to Effective Economic Development Marketing”
Speaker – Jeanette Goldsmith, Principal, McCallum Sweeney Consulting, Greenville, SC
8:15 AM – Option II – “The Essential Orientation Program for Leadership & Membership”
Speaker: Patrick H. McGaughey, IOM, ChamberMentor.com and ActivatingPeople.com, Coeur d’Alene, ID
9:15 AM – Networking Break
Sponsor: Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC
9:45 AM Option I: “Are We There Yet?”
Speaker: Larry L. “Butch” Brown, Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Transportation, Jackson, MS
9:45 AM – Option II –“ 7 ½ Ways to Wake Up Your Business Writing”
Speaker – Mandi Stanley, CSP, Mandi Stanley Seminars LLC, Madison, MS
10:45 AM – Lunch tickets provided to all attendees not involved in activities
(Please pick up tickets at Registration Desk before 11:15 AM)
Governor’s Cup and Community Economic Development Awards (CEDA)
6:30 - Reception
7:30 –Banquet
Emcee – Phil Hardwick, Stennis Institute, Mississippi State University, MS
Friday – July 23, 2010
7:15 – 8:15 AM – Breakfast
8:30 AM - “Manufacturing: Bedrock of the Economy”
Speaker: Jay C. Moon, CEcD, FM, President and CEO, Mississippi Manufacturers Association, Jackson, MS
9:00 AM - “Accelerating Into the New Economy”
Speaker: Patrick H. McGaughey, IOM, ActivatingPeople.com, Coeur d’Alene, ID
9:45 AM – MEDC Business Meeting
10:15 AM – MEDC Door Prizes
Activities:
Golf at The Oaks Golf Club, Pass Christian, MS
Home to the 1999 Nike Tour and 2000 Buy.com Tour; 2008-09 Golf Digest Best Places to Play; and home of the Hooters Girl Beverage Carts
(11:30 lunch; 12:30 shotgun start – directions at registration desk)
Sponsor: Mississippi Power Company
Lunch and Shopping in Unique Ocean Springs
(3 ½ hours; bus leaves hotel at 11:30; includes lunch in Ocean Springs)
Sponsor: Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District
Ship Island Excursion – Take the boat to Ship Island where you can tour Fort Massachusetts and enjoy the island.
Sponsor: East Central Mississippi Economic Council
(5 hours, 11:15 bus leaves hotel and returns at 4:15; 1 hour boat ride out to the Island and one hour back; includes lunch)
Hotel info:
Room Reservations should be made directly with the Hotel:
Beau Rivage
875 Beach Boulevard
Biloxi, MS
888-383-7037
Call before June 20 and mention Mississippi Economic Development Council to receive the special rate of $149 per night, single or double occupancy.
Online reservations
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