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Saturday, August 2 Break 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Sponsored by Greater Raleigh (NC) Chamber of Commerce Boosting Financial Support and Community Engagement for Economic Development Activities Convention Center: Room 310/311 Chambers involved in economic development need to plan well, or key corporate supporters in the community will look elsewhere for leadership and ideas. What can chambers do to engage the corporate and community sectors around important economic development initiatives? How do you raise the capital—ﬁnancial and civic—to truly advance community prosperity? Moderator: William Couper, President, Mid-Atlantic Region Bank of America Speakers: Jim Fram, CCE, CEcD, President and CEO, Bartlesville (OK) Regional Chamber of Commerce; Robert Radcliff, Principal, Resource Development Group; J. Mac Holladay, CCE, Chief Executive Ofﬁcer, Market Street Services, Inc. WORKSHOPS 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Program-Based Budgeting Convention Center: Room 307 Program-based budgeting is the new paradigm for chambers trying to determine resource allocation among their activities. Learn to evaluate existing expense information to ensure that it represents full cost for activities as you determine which programs to expand, renew or discard. Discover ways to improve your performance reporting systems and impact the costeffectiveness of your chamber. Speakers: Dina Unrath, CPA, SPHR and Mary Phan-Gruber, MSN, ACSN, McCrory and McDowell, LLC Putting Leadership Back into Community Leadership Programming Convention Center: Room 315/316 How can you re-focus your community leadership to provide more depth, more personal leadership development and more purpose that ﬁts the chamber’s mission? Learn how to incorporate fresh ideas to energize and enhance your community leadership programs. Speaker: Kristin Bakke, President and CEO, Lead Brevard, Inc. Empowering Your PAC Convention Center: Room 306 So you’ve decided to set up a political action committee. Now, how do you make it relevant and effective? Learn how to ﬁnd and support business-friendly candidates and how your PAC can make a difference, even if it can’t outspend the opposition. Explore how to avoid legal and compliance problems while successfully building your PAC. Speakers: Terri Ricketts, IOM, President, and Lisa Ferrell, Communications and Public Policy Director, McKinney (TX) Chamber of Commerce Selling to High Level Investors Convention Center: Room 301/302/303 Before you make your membership sales pitch to that large corporation, do your homework. There are dramatic differences in the reasons why large investors consider joining, as well as how they prefer to be treated and what they want. Learn the secrets to selling memberships to large investors as well as how to nurture these relationships. Speakers: Chris Wallace, President and CEO, and Beth Bowman, Vice President of Investor and Business, Greater Irving-Las Colinas (TX) Chamber of Commerce IT/High Tech Programs Convention Center: Room 318 What can your chamber offer small to medium tech companies that their trade association can’t? Explore your options for providing innovative resources like regional procurement, access to capital (for example, microlenders and venture capitalists), local networking and stafﬁng support. These are the beneﬁts high tech companies need and want—learn how you can give them the tools they need to earn their loyalty. Your Relationship with Elected Leaders Convention Center: Room 304 As the roles of the professional community leader (you) and volunteer leadership evolve, the relationships and expectations on both sides change as well. For personal security and organizational success, it pays to establish new performance measures and parameters of authority for both sides. This session will focus on empowerment, goal setting and governance structures to maximize results and minimize stress. Speakers: Joseph W. Cozart, Sr., CAM and Joan R. Cozart, M.Ed, Ed.S., Principals/CO-Founders, OpX Group, Inc ACCE Convention 2008: INNOVATE! 39

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ACCE Convention Notebook 2008 - DEMO Contents Schedule at a Glance Westin and Convention Center Maps On-Site Convention Information Keynote Speakers Issue Forums: Speakers Regional Strategies Forum 2008: Schedule Convention Schedule/Session Detail Destination Innovation Map Destination Innovation Workshops Notes ACCE Year in Review Official Corporate Sponsors Convention Sponsors & Exhibitors Exhibitor Index Exhibit Hall Map 2008–2009 ACCE Board of Directors ARS Board of Directors CGEF Board of Directors FBI Board of Directors Benefit Trustees CCE Commission ACCE Division Chairs ECD Supporters List CPG Chairs 2008 CCE Class ACCE Staff Top 10 Member Benefits

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