Sustaining Partners

      ChamberExpress

      ChamberMaster

      Ohio CoC

Master Sponsors

      Hampton Publishing

Partner Sponsors

      CompManagement, a Sedgwick CSM Co.

Program Sponsors

      Novo Print USA, Inc

      Village Profile

Reception Sponsors

       Hampton Publishing

       Columbus Airport Marriott

Annual Dinner Sponsor

      Resource Development Group

Speaker & Hospitality Room Sponsor

      Brian Bourgraf, Board Mbr., Wilmington-Clinton County Chamber

Exhibit Sponsors

      Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield/Shawan-Marquis Agency

      Compensation Consultants, Inc.

      reMEMBER by CompuSol, Inc.

      CertifiChecks, Inc.

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thu. Feb. 21
7:45 AM     Registration & Check-In starts
8:15 AM     1st Timers' Breakfast Reception
8:15 AM     Vendors' sales seminar to maximize ROI w. Kordell Norton.
9:15 AM     Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:30 AM     "Designing Your Chamber of the Future" - Part I
                  A panel presentation by some of Ohio's most successful entrepreneurs:
                   Lois Rosenberry, President of Childrens' Discovery Center - Toledo
                   Tom Brady, CEO, Plastics Technologies - Holland
                   Linda Hondros, President, Hondros College - Columbus
                   Janis Mitchell, President & CEO, Precise Resource - Columbus
10:45 AM     Refreshment Break
11:00 AM     "Speed Sponsor" Session   
12:00          Lunch
1:00 PM       "Designing Your Chamber of the Future" - Part II
                   Facilitator: Kordell Norton
                   Graphic Artist: Mark Pinto
4:00 PM       Break:  Hotel Check-in ... Visit w. Sponsors/Exhibitors ... Network.
5:15 PM       Pre-Dinner Reception
6:00 PM       Banquet
                     Annual Meeting 
                     "Deathbed Confessions" - Mick Fleming, CEO of ACCE, Alexandria, VA
                     Recognitions & Awards:
                          CCEO-AP presentations
                          CCEO 2007 Professional of the Year presentation.
8:30 PM       Hospitality Room Fellowship & Networking

Fri. Feb. 22
7:30 AM     Breakfast & Networking
8:15 AM     "Strategic Initiatives for Ohio's Economic Recovery"
                  Mark Barbash, Chief Economic Development Officer, Ohio Dept. of Dev.
9:00 AM     "The New Age of Advocacy" and Where Do They Get Those
                    'Hair-Brained' Ideas?"
                  Linda Woggon, Vice President, Governmental Affairs, Ohio Chamber
9:30 AM     "Healthy Families"- A Prescription For A Sick Economy
                 Tony Fiore, Director, Labor & Human Resources Policy, Ohio Chamber
9:50 AM   Refreshment Break
10:05 AM     "The Antidote" through Effective Advocacy
                 Keith Lake, Director, Political & Candidate Education, Ohio Chamber
11:00 AM    U.S. Congress & Ohio's Business Environment:  Look Out!!
                 Ben Taylor, Manager, Great Lakes Region, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
11:40 AM    Hotel Room Check-Out Break
12:00          Lunch
                  "Laugh...Just For The Health of It"
                    Kay Frances, MBA, Athena Warrior Productions - Wilmington, OH
1:10 PM       "40 Great Ideas in 40 Minutes" - 60-second Peer Presentations on
                   successful programs and innovations.
2:00 PM       Prize Drawings & Wrap-Up
2:29 PM       Adjournment