ASID CLC in calgary
August 17, 2008
the last weekend of july i headed north to calgary to attend ASID’s chapter leadership conference (CLC). it’s an opportunity for our entire incoming and seated chapter board to get the foundation they need for their upcoming positions on the board. national ASID provides educational workshops targeted to each board position, leadership skills, and overall team building for each chapter board. it was held at the calgary hyatt with over 400+ people attending from chapters across the country and the ASID headquarters staff.
i was getting training on my upcoming President-Elect role that will begin in Oct. of this year. i’ve been on past boards (with ASID & IDCW) and very involved over the last few years with our chapter, but it’s always such a boost of energy to get all the board members together for a weekend of team building. the networking with other chapters was incredible, i ran into the group from Nebraska the first night and recognized 3 of them from the classes at the Univ. of NE.
a few highlights:
- dinner with our incoming President and Pres-Elect who are from WA State: Bruce Bringham and Sari Graven
- session: the Disney approach to Brand Loyalty, how to integrate the “experience” into everything you do
- aimlessly walking around downtown Calgary with Ernie & Ron, wandering into an event in the park with kareoke (where Ernie got up and sang his heart out), free popcorn, “green drinks”, and a movie in the park
- session: crucial confrontations, by Cricket Buchler of VitalSmarts
- networking & brainstorming with people across the country
- dancing + the after party to end the conference
this was my frist trip to calgary and have to say it wasn’t quite as urban as i thought it would be. if mark’s family hadn’t been on vacation in seattle, i would have taken an extra day to go up to banff and lake louise.
more pics from the weekend.
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