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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Pre-Conference Activities
8:00 - 9:00 am
Pre-Conference Seminar Registration

(Conference registration begins at 10:00 am)
9:00 am - 3:00 pm ** Pre-Conference Seminar:
Your One-Year Marketing Plan with Greg Marsello
Create a more effective marketing plan. Learn the best timetable, and improve your results.
Advance registration required.
Fee: $125
9:00 am - 3:00 pm ** Pre-Conference Seminar:
Successful Email Marketing with Ralph Eliott
One of the nation’s top email marketing experts shares his latest tips.
Advance registration required.
Fee: $145
9:00 am - 3:00 pm ** Pre-Conference Seminar:
Designing Brochures for Results with Paul Franklin
LERN’s famous seminar with the latest and most advanced tips.
Advance registration required.
Fee: $125.
9:00 am - 3:00 pm ** Pre-Conference Seminar:
Negotiating to Get More and Give More with Julia King Tamang
Learn a simple, yet complete method for organizing a successful negotiation from start to finish. Advance registration required.
Fee: $125
9:00 am - 3:00 pm ** Pre-Conference Seminar:
Association Education Symposium moderators June Piry, Cheryl Green and Thom Lowther
For association executives. Sessions on marketing, webinars and more in association education. Complete description available on request. Advance registration required.
Fee: $125
9:00 am - Noon ** Pre-Conference Seminar:
Marketing to Baby Boomers With Kassia Dellabough
Recapture the Baby Boom market. What courses to offer, creating a brochure, pricing, and marketing to boomers. Advance registration required.
Fee: $95
New 9:00 am - 3:00 pm ** Pre-Conference Seminar:
Summer Camps and Kids’ Programming moderators Laura Guentner and Mike Zuziak
For recreation professionals. Practitioners lead sessions and share their best practices.
Advance registration required.
Fee: $95
New 9:00 am - 3:00 pm ** Pre-Conference Seminar:
Kids’ Colleges and Youth Programming moderator Leanne Doyle, University of Wisconsin – Fond du Lac.
For continuing educators. Practitioners lead sessions and share their best practices. Advance registration required.
Fee: $95
Third annual! Augusoft Lumens User Summit
The Lumens User Summit gathers Lumens users for a day of training and networking.
For more info, go to www.lern.org/ annual_convention or email cem.erdem@augusoft.com.
10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Conference Registration
3:00 - 5:00 pm
LERN Leader Meeting
For current LERN leaders and members. Email Tammy at TammyP@lern.org if you wish to attend.
3:30 - 4:00 pm
Everything You Wanted to Know About LERN
Come and find out about all your membership benefits, plus get a tour of our web site and LERN Club. Ask any questions you want, from why people join to the future plans for your organization.
4:00 - 4:30 pm
Get to Know San Francisco
Let our local hosts give you a verbal tour of San Francisco. Find out about attractions just outside the door of your hotel, including tantalizing restaurants, shopping, Fisherman’s Wharf, Chinatown, trolley and more.
4:30 - 5:00 pm
How to Attend this Conference
Attending LERN’s practical, how-to conference is a different experience than most other conferences. We’ll give you some tips on how to take advantage of the many opportunities the conference offers.
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Constituency Receptions
Join your colleagues from the same institutional setting. Choose from: Associations; Recreation; Public Schools; Community Colleges; Universities and Four-Year Colleges. Cash bar is available.
Presenters
Reason number 1 to attend this conference
6:00 – 7:00 pm
President’s Reception
Our welcome to you and to the conference.
6:00 pm
Dinner Groups Depart
Sign up for one of the area’s restaurant experiences and enjoy meeting others from the conference— a favorite tradition at LERN conference.
** Pre-Registration Required. Additional fees apply
 
 
Conference Information
Hotel:
Hyatt Regency
San Francisco

Pre-conferences on Saturday, November 15.

Conference starts Sunday morning,
Nov 16, and ends at 11:00 am Tuesday, Nov. 18.

Updates on
conference program are posted here.
Award Nominations

Now accepting nominations for the 2009 International LERN Awards.

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