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Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  James "Bird" Guess The Financially Fit College Student James "Bird" Guess School of Money & Wealth LLC (972) 443-9888 • speak@jamesbirdguess.com Level: Basic Audiance: All Real-Life Lessons on Money, Climbing the Corporate Ladder, & Success!
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Kedrick Nicholas Bringing Conferences Home: Cost Effective Networking Kedrick Nicholas • McNeese State University • knicholas@mcneese.edu Kirk Lee • Northwestern State University• leeki@nsula.edu Level: Intermediate Audience: Graduate Students Do you gain so much from APCA conferences you wish you could take some of the experience home? Kedrick Nicholas and Kirk Lee, Advisors of programming boards at McNeese State University and Northwestern State University will share with you the model for forming a mini network with your neighboring colleges and universities. The combo will foster steps for creating, implementing, and evaluating a low cost, low production retreat conference amongst institutions within your small network. Each of their program boards recently participated in such a retreat conference and will share their experiences of this valuable supplement to attending APCA.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Archie Asar "The Negotiator" Archie Asar Broward College easar@broward.edu Level: Basic Audience: All What do you think is the good quality of a Good Negotiator, well it is personality. If you have "it" and would like to learn more about to negotiating skills, than this is a session for you. Come learn from a seasoned Negotiator about the steps of Contracting, the first phone call and the follow up. This session is guaranteed to make you understand Negotiations process before you even get into the Market Place and start talking with Agents and artist.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Arel Moodie Exceptional Student Leaders Arel Moodie Arel Moodie International (877) 803-4221 • arel@arelmoodie.com Level: Basic Audience: Graduate Students Being a student leader is tough but it doesn’t have to be. Students will learn the skills they need to break precedent and overcome any challenge that is thrown at them in this dynamic and fast paced experience. Students leave knowing: • How to turn “dead weight” members into productive motivated members • The secret psychology of great leaders that make people want to follow you • How to effectively and easily raise money for events Even with a shoestring budget, students learn how to use advanced techniques that Fortune 500 companies use to run successful businesses.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Chuck Collins Cash Cows and Dogs: Building a Strong Committee Chuck Collins Sam Houston State University (936) 294-3077 • chuckcollins@shsu.edu Level: Intermediate Audience: Students The committee for your campus activities board is their strongest asset. However, retention of members is key to the longevity of the committee. Through the reapplication of a marketing BCG Matrix to retention strategies, we will show you how to maintain a regularly attending and active committee. We will exhibit our strategies that have proven successful in our pursuit of a strong committee.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Corey Ellis Planning Major Concerts? Corey Ellis • Auburn Moon Agency (877) 566-6656 corey@auburnmoonagency.com Level: Advanced Audience: Students If you are a freshman dreaming of having your 1st major concert at your school or you are a 9th year advisor who has seen your major concerts go through some rough times, this session is for you. I will provide you with downloadable samples, checklist and templates that will help you with your work and by the end of this session you will all be major concert experts.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Del Suggs Forget Advertising-- Try Guerrilla Marketing! Del Suggs (800) 323-1976 • Del@DelSuggs.com Level: Basic Audience: All Advertising is the easiest thing in the world-- you just buy some big ads. But what if you don't have the budget? Are you destined to have poor attendance at your shows? Absolutely not! Consider “Guerrilla Marketing”— promoting your events for next to nothing! Here are some proven techniques to promote your programs and events without going broke.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Del Suggs Bigger Crowds and Better Shows! Del Suggs (800) 323-1976 • Del@DelSuggs.com Level: Intermediate Audience: All It takes more than just booking Jack Johnson or Dave Matthews to have a great concert. Okay, bad example. But what if you can't afford major acts? Are your programs destined to fail? Absolutely not! This session is a potpourri of promotion, production, scheduling, and planning ideas to help lift your programs out of the doldrums. Relevant to any type of program from major concert to coffeehouse to comedy club.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Del Suggs Cafeteria Shows: Making The Best Of It Del Suggs (800) 323-1976 • Del@DelSuggs.com Level: Basic Audience: All The Cafeteria is both the best place and the worst place to present a program. It’s the best because you’ve already got a crowd; it’s the worst because a performer needs more than just a crowd to be successful. This session covers the elements involved in presenting a performance and targets those which specifically apply to cafeterias.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Del Suggs 60 Ideas in 50 Minutes Del Suggs (800) 323-1976 • Del@DelSuggs.com Level: Basic Audience: All Need some new ideas for your programs? Got some great ideas you want to share? Then this session is just for you! We’ll churn up sixty great program ideas during programs. This is brainstorming at its best! Come and get some new program ideas, perfect for your campus. ….
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Jason Leader Off the Wall Promotions RoundTABLE! Jason Leader Southeastern Louisiana University jleader@selu.edu Level: Basic Audience: All Share creative ways to promote your event DURING this ROUNDTABLE discussion. Come ready to share and take home cool ideas.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  KD Hardy Freshman Orientation: Stay In School! KD Hardy KD Hardy Unlimited (678)743-1402 • sandy@kdhardy.com Level: Basic Audience: All 30 percent of freshman drop out of college during their year! Ex felon tells why dropping out of college as a freshman led him to prison for six years. Through his personal story, Kerry tells how acquiring an education helped him to become a person of significance. If you want to know why staying in school is your passport to a promising future this program is for you!
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  KD Hardy Drug and Alcohol Awareness KD Hardy KD Hardy Unlimited (678)743-1402 • sandy@kdhardy.com Level: Basic Audience: All As a former drug dealer, K.D. Hardy witnessed firsthand the harmful effects alcohol and drugs have on innocent lives. From the streets to the stage, today, K.D. Hardy speaks out against the destructive consequences of drug use and alcohol abuse.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Kim Brown Programming Under $300 for Colleges Kim Brown • (940) 668-3330 North Central TX College kbrown@nctc.edu Level: Basic Audience: All Kim Brown, the author of the column “Programming Under $300” in the APCA Student Activities Journal will give an information pack session on the eight-spokes of the wellness-wheel and how colleges can apply inexpensive but results-driven programming on their campus. The goal of higher education is to help develop our students to become well-rounded individuals and the wellness-wheel supports this mission.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Odell Bizzell Use College to Achieve Financial Success Odell Bizzell (336) 932-3970 • contact@odellbizzell.com Level: Basic Audience: All Why is it that someone can graduate magna cum laude but be broke most of their lives? Why doesn't academic success translate to financial success? Let the college cash instructor show all college students how to turn academic success into financial success.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Skip Chisum MAY I BE EXCUSED? MY BRAIN IS FULL: Making the Most of Your Memory Skip Chisum SOULFUEL • skip.chisum@me.com Level: Basic Level: All Did you ever wish that you had your own custom-made memory system that fit your style of learning? This session will give you 20 memory techniques guaranteed to turn you into a bomb-diggity BRAINIAC. Whether it’s committing information to your memory in the classroom, or simply getting better at remembering names, Skip will show you the complete awesomeness of that gray stuff between your ears!
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Skip Chisum FLIP-FLOPS AND FACEBOOK: Managing Generational Differences in the Workplace Skip Chisum, SOULFUEL skip.chisum@gmail.com Level: Advanced Audience: Advisors It’s no secret that the emergence of Generation Me has brought about a change in social norms, viewpoints and career expectations. As student activities/student affairs professionals, we all have a duty to serve and prepare this generation the best we can. This session will help participants understand the mindset of our future leaders, as well as provide techniques for bridging the gap between expectations and reality.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Skip Chisum Pardon Me, But Aren’t You a Model?: Promoting Student Engagement Through Role Modeling Skip Chisum, SOULFUEL skip.chisum@gmail.com Level: Basic Audience: All The new buzzword is “student engagement,” but what does it really mean? If your campus programming board is struggling with student engagement and campus involvement, this session is for you! We’ll discuss the Top Ten Ways to Get Involved on Campus, as well as ways you can model student engagement to others on your campus.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Skip Chisum GREAT GROUPTHINK: Applying Ethical Decision Making to Student Activities Skip Chisum, SOULFUEL skip.chisum@gmail.com Level: Basic Audience: All We all know that involvement in student activities can be one of the most rewarding experiences you’ll ever have in college, but it only takes one bad ethical decision to bring it to a screeching halt. Come discover ways you can avoid costly mistakes as a student programmer by giving yourself an Ethical Reality Check.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Stan Pearson II Just Because I am, Doesn't Mean... Stan Pearson II Breathe Diversity (888) 498-7826 • stan@stanpearson.com Level: Intermediate Audience: All This is an interactive engaging workshop about diversity and cross-cultural communication. Just because doesn't mean will open your mind and every participant will leave a different person. If you've ever had a thought that you weren't sure about or thought someone had thoughts about you then this is the program for you. If you were looking for real dialogue, then here it is.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Tamra Nashman Put Your Best Foot Forward- Dress for Success! Tamra Nashman (239) 877-1345 • tamranashman@yahoo.com Level: Basic Audience: All I will teach students how to dress in a way that brings out their very best assets. I will give them direction on posture, presentation, speaking skills- and how to walk with confidence. I will help them determine what type of clothing fits their body type and that confidence comes from the inside!
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Tamra Nashman Enhance Your Interview Skills, Get the Job of your Dreams Tamra Nashman (239) 877-1345 • tamranashman@yahoo.com Level: Basic Audience: All I will teach students how to prepare for an interview, how to successfully present themselves, how to research the company, and the questions they will likely be asked. As well, I'll provide resources for that research and resources for writing a killer resume'.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Tom Krieglstein Dance Floor Theory: How to Solve Apathy on Your Campus Tom Krieglstein Swift Kick (877) 479-4385 • sk@swiftkickonline.com Level: Intermediate Audience: All You can learn a lot from a dance floor. If you can build a great dance, you can build a great campus. As a student leader, how do you bring your campus from apathy to engagement? Play with leverage, momentum, and successful social management, then blend it together to forever change your campus marketing and programming.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Tom Krieglstein Using Social Networking to Increase Involvement During Orientation and Beyond Tom Krieglstein Swift Kick (877) 479-4385 • sk@swiftkickonline.com Level: Advanced Audience: Advisors Facebook is changing the orientation game by allowing incoming students to keep their old friends. APCA's surveys of student affairs professionals found that understanding and using technology was the number one priority for professionals over the next three years. We will cover learnings from the Red Rover pilot program as well as the new developments with Facebook, texting and other emerging technologies. Technological literacy is a leadership skill. Come get your questions answered and learn about the new, ever changing tricks and power tools to meet your students where they are at.
Date: Not yet announced  Room: Not yet announced  Time: 12:00 AM  Tyrone White How to Avoid Becoming a Victim Tyrone White (216) 650-6594 • info@coachtyronewhite.com Level: Basic Audience: Graduate Students This session helps you identify the criminal's victim selection process and strategies to avoid identity theft, sexual assaults, intimate partner abuse, and crime in the neighboring community of the college campus.
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