Employee Services Management
Association’s
66th
Annual Conference & Exhibit
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Schedule Updates Are
In BLUE
Saturday, May 5,
2007
3:00
p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Registration
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Sunday, May 6, 2007
7:30
a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Registration
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8:00
a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Chapter Relations Forum
Facilitated by the ESM Association Chapter Relations
Committee Chair Kim Colopy, activities coordinator and
employee store, Grange Insurance,
Columbus, OH
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10:00
a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session
Smart Buying Techniques to Boost
Revenue (Employee Store)
Connie Beasley,
Encore Sales, San Antonio, TX
Concurrent Session
Association
and Board Leadership Workshop
Randy Schools, CESP, President-CEO, NIH & NOAA
Recreation and Welfare Assn., Bethesda, MD
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12:00
p.m.-1:15 p.m.
Lunch on Your Own
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1:15
p.m.-1:45 p.m.
Session Chair Orientation
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1:15
p.m.-2:15 p.m.
General Session
Power
of Polish in Conference Networking
Diane Gottsman, director, The Protocol School of Texas,
San Antonio, TX
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3:00
p.m.
Buses Leave For Fiesta Texas
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4:00
p.m.-5:30 p.m.
All-Attendee
Icebreaker at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Laughter: An Island of Sanity in the
Sea of Stress
Linda
Henley-Smith, professional speaker, “For the Good
Times” Programs, Phoenix, AZ
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5:30
p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Food, fun and networking at Fiesta
Texas!
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Sponsored by:
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Monday, May 7, 2007
7:30
a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Registration
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8:00
a.m.-9:30 a.m.
General
Session
Workforce 2010: Preparing for the
Workforce Challenges of Tomorrow TM
Bob
Losyk, M.Ed., M.B.A., C.S.P, speaker, author, trainer,
and facilitator, Greensboro, NC
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10:00
a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Exhibitors Move Into Exhibit Hall
(Setup)
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9:45
a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Concurrent
Session
Increase Participation and Awareness Through Online
Communication
Stephanie
Gieseke, employee club coordinator, General Mills, Inc.,
Golden Valley, MN
Concurrent Session
How
to Keep Employee Services Alive in Today’s Corporate
World
Deborah A. Conder, exchange operations manager,
NASA—Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
Concurrent Session
Work/Family
Balance—How Does It Work at Work?
Amy Augenblick, executive director, Foundations for
Families, Alexandria, VA
Concurrent Session
Engaging
Managers in Your Recognition Programs
Kathy Lang, senior employee programs representative, M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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11:00
a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Concurrent
Session
Run/Walk
Programs—Using Wellness Programs to Help Offset High
Healthcare Costs
Paul Carrozza, RunTex, Austin, TX
Concurrent Session
Designing
WOW! Events on a Budget
Gary Jones, executive director of fun, Gary Jones
Presents, San Antonio, TX
Concurrent Session
Art of Service: Recognizing Employees As Your Best
Customers
Shelly
Green, business manager, Employee Services, and Lorri
Allison, director, Employee Services, UNC Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC
Concurrent Session
Strategic Planning For Selling Value to
Leadership—Employee Services' ROI
Richard Federico, managing partner, Workplace Innovation,
Trumbull, CT
Sponsored By:
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12:00
p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Lunch on Your Own
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12:00
p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Certification/Awards of Excellence
Participation Luncheon
(Award Winners and Participants Only)
Sponsored By:
Hear testimonials from past award winners on how to
maximize the publicity of earning an ESM Association
Award of Excellence
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1:30
p.m.-2:30 p.m.
View From The Top
ESM Association’s Employer of the Year, Awards
of Excellence and Certification Presentations
Mike Nordstrom, vice president of Corporate Services,
will accept the Employer of the Year Award on behalf of
Stephen W. Sanger, chairman of the board & CEO,
General Mills, Inc., Golden Valley, MN.
Employee services staff members will discuss their
partnership with upper management to encourage
participation in General Mills’ employee services.
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2:45
p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Strategic Networking Forum
(Topics
discussed during two formal time slots)
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5:00
p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening
(Contest
w/prizes)
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7:00
p.m.
Night
on Your Own
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
8:00
a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Registration
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8:30
a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Exhibit Hall
(Breakfast served)
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10:15
a.m.-11:30 a.m.
General
Session
Legal Issues Affecting the Employee
Services Profession: Identifying Areas of Exposure and
Proactive Strategies to Prevent Lawsuits
Durga Bharam, attorney,
and Jennifer J. Johnson, attorney, Tressler, Soderstrom,
Maloney & Priess, LLP, Chicago, IL
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11:45
a.m.-1:45 p.m.
Exhibit Hall
(Lunch served)
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1:45
p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Exhibitors Move Out of Exhibit Hall
(Tear Down)
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2:00
p.m.-4:00 p.m.
General Session
Problem-Solving Workshop
Facilitated by Mary Lou Panzano Bujalski, CESP, senior
manager, Global Communications, Pfizer, Inc., Peapack, NJ
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5:45
p.m.
Trolleys Leave For Party on the
Riverwalk Event
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6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Food, entertainment and fun on the
Riverwalk!
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Wednesday, May 9,
2007
8:00
a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Registration
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8:00
a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Corporate Benchmarking
Topics customized by conference attendees prior to the
event. Topics may include:
Healthcare
Multi-Location
24/7 Operation
Global Companies
Employee Club/Association
Volunteer
Multi-Hatter
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9:15
a.m.-10:15 a.m.
General
Session
Your
Corporate Culture Begins With You
Sonny Melendrez, TV host, radio personality and comedian,
San Antonio, TX
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10:15
a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Closing Brunch/Live Auction
Wednesday
events sponsored by:
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