Wednesday, September 10, 2008

• 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. #101 General Session
  Leading a Volunteer Organization (2.0 CNE/CCM)
  Don Bollmer, MBA
  Ann Daeke, MBA

Develop and refine the leadership skills necessary for building a strong, progressive volunteer association.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

• 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. General Session
  Welcome & Opening Remarks
  
  
• 8:15 – 10:15 a.m. #201 General Session
  Maximizing Your Influence  (2.0 CNE/CCM)
  Jean Houston Shore, MBA, CPA, CSP

You have influence! The real question is how well and how wisely you use the influence you already have. This fast-paced session examines the importance of influence in today’s environment and the skills needed to accomplish your business goals and objectives.

• 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
  
  
• 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. #202 General Session
  Communicating Persuasively (1.75 CNE/CCM)
  Marilyn Ringo, MA

Great communicators have the ability to inspire others to take action. Learn how to organize and structure a message persuasively and create your own personal communication style that will build positive business relationships and gets the results you need.

• 12:15 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
  
  
• 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. #203 General Session
  Win-Win Negotiations (1.5 CNE/CCM)
  Merle Strangway, EdD

In this global marketplace of the 21st century, negotiation skills are critical for career advancement and professional development. This session will focus on skill building and specific negotiating strategies carefully designed to produce results beneficial to everyone at the negotiation table.  

• 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break
  

• 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. #203 General Session
  Win-Win Negotiations (cont’d)
  Merle Strangway, EdD

• 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Reception/Networking Event
  

Friday, September 12, 2008

• 8:00 – 8:10 a.m. General Session
  Welcome & Opening Remarks
  
• 8:10 – 10:10 a.m. #301 General Session
  Econo-Savvy (2.0 CNE/CCM)
  Jean Houston Shore, MBA, CPA, CSP 

• Are you concerned about the ups and downs in the economy? In easy-to-understand language, grasp how economic forces affect you and your business or industry. Changes at the national and regional levels will be addressed as well as the tremendous impact that healthcare plays in the US economy.

• 10:10 – 10:30 p.m. Refreshment Break

• 10:30 – 12:30 p.m. #302 General Session
  Relationship Economics® - the art & science of relationships  (2.0 CNE/CCM)
  David Nour, MBA

Your personal and professional success depends on the quality of your relationships. This session will take you beyond the basics of networking into the economic realm of building and nurturing a portfolio of relationships and investing in people for an extraordinary return.

• 12:30 – 12:35 p.m. Closing Remarks

AAOHN is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education (CNE) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

AAOHN is additionally approved as a CNE provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283) and the Louisiana State Board of Nursing (#LSBN3).