SPIN: The Senior Planners Industry Network

What's the deal with the weird agenda times? It's to remind everyone throughout the conference that this is NOT business as usual! 

What are these SPED sessions mentioned below? SPED stands for Senior Planner EDucation - but also connotes SPEED, because these sessions are all less than 20 minutes long, like the original TED sessions in the business world.

Thursday, June 2
11:59 am  Registration Opens
  1:02 pm  Hosted Buyer Appointments
  3:34 pm  Message Welcome Message from SPIN Founder, Shawna Suckow
  4:04 pm  There's an App for That! (Bob Vaez, Denny Mayer, & Rick Perry)
  4:36 pm  Get it Together with GrowthWorks
  5:06 pm  Break
  5:30 pm  Depart for the Floating Trade Show
  6:00 pm  Floating Trade Show and CSR Project aboard a paddle boat on the Mississippi!
                Boothless, paperless exhibits, networking using new electronic business cards                   
                CSR Project - School "Shopping" for the United Way Click Here for more information
  8:00 pm  Return to Hotel

Friday, June 3
  8:01 am  Morning Session
                Make the Right Choice: Communicate with Passion, Creativity, and Energy (Joel Zeff)
  9:02 am  Educational “INCUbator” Sessions (Innovative, Next-Level, Collaborative & Unique)
                Innovative Workshop: 5 Wishes for the Meetings Industry (Samuel Smith) OR
                From Tactical to Strategic - And Into the C-Suite (Michael Vennerstrom)
10:03 am  Break
10:23 am  Educational "INCU" Sessions
                Feed the Brain: Transforming the Meeting Experience One Meal at a Time (Andrea Sullivan) OR
                AV Girl's Gadgets for Meetings: A Hands-on Experience (Midori Connolly)
11:40 am  Luncheon with SPED: Thoughtful Foods: One Chef's Mission for Meaningful Menus (Chef Virgil)
  1:05 pm  Afternoon Session
                The Cheater's Guide to Awesome Hybrid Events (Erica St. Angel & Samuel Smith)
  2:05 pm  Break
  2:25 pm  Educational "INCU" Sessions
                Brain-based Events: Making Your Message Stick (Dan Yaman) OR
                AV Girl's Gadgets for Meetings: A Hands-on Experience (Midori Connolly)
  4:00 pm  Break
  4:30 pm  Depart for the Greatest Baby Shower Ever
  4:45 pm  Greatest Baby Shower Ever at the Mall of America!
                (A private event hosted by the Bloomington, MN CVB just for SPINCon Attendees)
                CSR Project - Collecting baby items for area women's shelters  Click Here for more info
  7:30 pm  Explore and dine at the Mall of America, or transfer back to the hotel
  9:30 pm  Final transfer back to the hotel

Saturday, June 4
  8:02 am  Educational “INCU” Sessions 
                The Peer Conferencing Experiment (Tracey Smith) OR
                SPIN 2.0 (Shawna Suckow)
  9:12 am  SPED: Crystal-Clear Decision-Making (Jill Johnson)
  9:32 am  SPED: The Extinction of Meeting Planners? (Michael Vennerstrom)
  9:52 am  Break
10:12 am  Get it Together with GrowthWorks
11:00 am  Adjourn

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Make the Right Choice: Communicate with Passion, Creativity and Energy

Author and speaker Joel Zeff makes audiences laugh, but he also makes them think. You will have fun and be motivated, inspired and energized. Communication is the most important tool in business. Every type of business relationship - customer, vendor or colleague - rises and falls on the skill of communication.  Joel delivers a combination of inspiration, essential business knowledge, and significant ideas to help audience members reconnect with their own passion, creativity, and success. 

AV Girl's Gadgets for Meetings - A Hands-on Experience
The AVGirl is to Meeting Professionals what "Q" is to James Bond. In this interactive session, Midori, the Chief AVGirl, will show you the latest technology gadgets for meetings and networking. You get to try them out, see how they work and then develop critical evaluation skills to determine how to pull the most value from the technology. Midori is a Platinum Speaker for MPI, AVGirl advice columnist for PlanYourMeetings.com, Director on the Green Meetings Industry Council International Board of Directors and served on InfoComm International's first-ever Green AV Task Force. She's an expert at hybrid meeting production for clients such as PCMA and BMW and is devoted to making AV technology more human, approachable and sustainable.