2009 IASB Convention
April 23 - 25, 2009
The Fairmont
Washington, DC
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Agenda
WEDNESDAY, April 22
5:00PM – 7:00PM
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by: VitalSmarts
THURSDAY, April 23
9:30AM – 11:30AM — Pre Conference Sessions
- Staff Session
- Owners Session
2:00PM – 2:15PM — Convention Kick-Off
- President’s Welcome
- Opening Remarks
2:15PM – 3:30PM
Joseph Grenny, Crucial Conversation and Confrontations
Why do so many challenges turn into chronic problems? What is the difference between individuals and organizations that seem to make steady progress and those that get stuck? In this compelling presentation, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Grenny describes the surprising answer to this important question, based on research with more than 25,000 people. The way people habitually handle a crucial confrontation is the best predictor of whether individuals and organizations prosper, plateau, or decline in effectiveness. This session is not only about communication, it's about results. Learn to make dramatic improvements in performance and relationships by improving how you handle your crucial confrontations.
3:30PM – 3:45PM
Break
3:45PM – 5:00PM
David Nour, Relationship Economics® and Social Networking Best Practices
In an unprecedented fashion, web-based social networking technologies are changing the very essence of many industries. Blogs and forums are being used to create awareness while social networking applications can be leveraged to create dialogue with customers, suppliers, investors, media and the like. These enabling technologies can create enduring and highly differentiated strategic success.
Social networking is enhancing the basic tenets of business-to-business interactions. Many of the processes and technologies you need to embrace as a leader are not only the future of delivering exceptional experiences tomorrow, but also best practices in how to engage a very diverse group of constituents today; diversity in mindset, toolset and roadmap! Social networking tools are helping clients such as Disney, Siemens, and KPMG to name a few, facilitate strong and meaningful collaboration, communication and relationships within and external to their teams and organizations.
5:00PM
Adjourn
Dinner and Entertainment at Lucky Strike Lanes
Sponsored by: Carrot Culture Group & The Kaplan Thaler Group
FRIDAY, April 24
7:30AM – 8:30AM
Continental Breakfast
8:15AM – 8:30AM
Opening and Announcements
8:30AM – 10:00AM
The Carrot Guys, Using Recognition to Engage People and Improve the Bottom Line
Based on the New York Times bestseller, The 24-Carrot Manager, this presentation cites powerful case studies and includes humorous examples that illustrate how recognition can help engage people and improve the bottom line. Adrian and Chester will offer valuable tips and techniques to positively impact engagement, productivity and retention.
10:00AM – 10:30AM
Break
10:30AM – 11:00AM
Don Walker & Wolf Blitzer, Reflections and Projections
11:00AM – 12:15PM
Jeffrey Garten, What Are They Thinking? A Closer Look at Clients' Top-of-Mind Issues in the New Economy
The most successful bureau professionals act as thinking partners for their clients. As agents, we're tasked with recommending presenters with content that aligns seamlessly with our buyers' most pressing needs. But what are the issues that keep executives awake at night? What's really happening in the current environment, and what are leaders contemplating as they prepare for the next chapter? In this session, Jeffrey Garten will offer a "Top 5" list of the most prevalent cross-industry and cross-cultural issues facing today's organizations. With a deeper understanding of these themes, attendees will walk away with an ability to more effectively "match" client demands with relevant subject matter experts. Few are better suited than Jeffrey to help us prepare; he has written several books about the world economy and about business leadership, including The Mind of the CEO, based on interviews with 50 CEOs from around the world. Currently, he is the Juan Trippe Professor in the Practice of International Trade, Finance, and Business at the Yale School of Management, where he previously served as dean.
12:15AM – 1:30PM
Lunch
Sponsored by: cmi speaker management
1:30PM – 3:00PM
Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and How to Build a Strong Culture of Engagement
According to Pat Lencioni, a wise executive team will take the opportunity during slow times to build greater trust and behavioral cohesiveness. This, he says, will benefit the organization by minimizing politics and confusion that are common during difficult times, and it will allow the organization to emerge stronger than ever when the economy turns around, and with a meaningful advantage over competitors. Based on his runaway best-seller, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Pat will uncover the natural human tendencies that often derail teams in so many organizations. Audience members will walk away with specific advice and practical tools for overcoming the dysfunctions and making their teams more functional and cohesive.
Expanding on the notion that leaders should focus their attention on building a strong culture of engagement, Pat will also address the topic in latest business book, The Three Signs of a Miserable Job. Using a mix of humor and poignancy, he dismantles the root causes of frustration and anguish at work: anonymity, irrelevance, and immeasurement. In doing so, he provides us with actionable wisdom and advice about how leaders can bring fulfillment and meaning to any job in any industry.
3:00PM – 3:30PM
Break
3:30PM – 4:00PM
IASB Business Meeting & Committee Updates
4:00PM – 5:30PM
Steve Levitt & Stephen Dubner, SUPERFREAKONOMICS
5:30PM
Adjourn
6:30PM – 7:00PM
Reception
7:00PM – 10:30PM
Awards Banquet featuring The Water Coolers
Sponsored by: SpeakersOffice
People like to talk about themselves. They also love to hear stories about experiences familiar to them. The famous theme song from Cheers said it best, "Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name." The Water Coolers take that concept, add hilarious comedy, original music and parodies of familiar songs, and use NYC comics and singers to celebrate the crazy, funny, maddening and yet somehow universally comforting insanity of every day life.
SATURDAY, April 25
8:30AM – 12:15PM
Speakers Showcase
12:30PM – 2:00PM
Lunch
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