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2. hardware
3. computer
4. portable computer
5. laptop

Conference Agenda
FRIDAY - MAY 1
Start
End
Event
Conference Registration
1:00 PM
5:00 PM
1:00 PM
5:00 PM
1:00 PM
5:00 PM
1:00 PM
3:30 PM
1:00 PM
12:00 AM
1:00 PM
5:00 PM
1:00 PM
4:30 PM
1:00 PM
11:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:20 PM
3:30 PM
4:20 PM
Information Desk
Facilitators & Presenters Check-in
Volunteer Check in
Door Prizes / Give-aways / Tickets to Connect
Conference Credentials Check-In
Credentials Check-in
First Timers’ and New DTM Honorees Check In
Corporate Sponsor Room
Place for the Corporate Sponsors to Check in and relax
Room
Registration Booth
(Banquet Level)
Pre Function East
Credentials Desk
Pre-Function South
Hartsfield
Candidate Showcase / DTM Display
Pick up information about candidates running for all offices
Come see the display of our new DTM's
Banner Parade Check in and Storage
Come show your club pride and sign up for the banner parade!
Resource Center/Bookstore
Books and more at the bookstore!
Corporate Sponsors' Tables
Pick up information from our corporate sponsors
First Timers' Orientation
First time attendees meet district leaders and learn how to get
the most from their conference experience
Pre-Function South
Narita (Banquet Level)
Templehof
(Banquet Level)
Pre-Function South
Lambert
(Atrium Level)
Road to DTM
All attendees are invited to learn the requirements needed to
earn the highest award a Toastmaster can achieve.
Lambert
Educational Session - Track One
3:30 PM
4:20 PM
4:20 PM
4:30 PM
Janice Andrews, DTM, IPDG - Recharge Membership: Connecting
Leaders Interpersonal Skills to Improve Club Results
Jen Riley – Are You Google-able?
Da Vinci I
Da Vinci II
Intermission
Educational Session - Track Two
4:30 PM
5:20 PM
David Hollingshead, DTM, PID, RA - Evaluations: The Most Critical
Component
Donnie Cochran - Up We Go! Overcome Fear and Lead with
Courage
Da Vinci I
Da Vinci II
Banner Stand set up
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Come show your club pride and set up your Banner stand in the
assigned hallway or ballroom space before the parade.
Ballroom
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4:30 PM
5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
Table Topics Contest - Judges' Briefing
(Judges Only - Table Topics Contest)
Dorval (Banquet Level)
Table Topics Contestants' Briefing and Sound Check
(Singer, invocation, Announcers, Keynote Speaker, Contestants,
Sergeant at Arms, Timers, and Contest Master only)
Concourse Ballroom
Club Banner Parade Line-Up
Club Representatives Assemble and Prepare for the Opening
Ceremony Parade of Clubs and Club Banners
District 44 Spring Conference Opening Ceremony *
Club Banner Parade
Narita
Concourse Ballroom
Dinner
6:30 PM
8:30 PM
8:10 PM
8:30 PM
Candidate Interviews - Kene Iloenyosi, PDG, Nomination Chair
Toastmaster of the Year Award
Keynote Speaker – David Hollingshead, Regional Advisor, PID
Concourse Ballroom
Registration and Seating of Contest-Only Attendees
Registration Booth
District Table Topics Contest
8:30 PM
10:00 PM
8:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
11:00 PM
10:30 PM
1:00 AM
10:30 PM
1:00 AM
11:00 PM
1:00 AM
Interview Table Topics Contestants
Gift Basket give-away
Announce contest winners
Break before evening entertainment
Sequester Room
Ballot Counting
Candidate Corner
Come meet the candidates for 2015 - 2016
Connectivity Lounge
Card Game Tournaments (prizes given to winners)
Concourse Ballroom
Narita
Outside the Ballroom
De Gaulle
Entertainment – Karaoke
Concourse Ballroom
Hospitality Suite
Concierge Lounge
on 11th Floor
Visit the Hospitality Suite for a late night snack and networking
* Seats unassigned. Arrive early to secure group seating.
Vacant seats forfeited just before start.
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SATURDAY
MAY 2
Start
End
6:00 AM
7:00 AM
Event
Room
CONNECT with Zumba
Greet the day with Zumba Fitness instructor Chyna. This sunrise
fitness program involves dance and aerobic elements.
De Gaulle
Continental Breakfast – Hospitality Suite
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
7:00 AM
12:00 PM
Light complimentary breakfast served in the Concierge Lounge
on 16th Floor
(Breakfast can also be purchased in hotel restaurant)
Conference Credentials Check-In
Credentials Check-in
Concierge Lounge
on 11th Floor
Credentials Desk
Hall of Fame and DTM Luncheon Sound Check
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
(Invocation, Announcers,
Sergeant at Arms and Timers only)
Conference Registration
7:00 AM
11:00 AM
Information Desk
Facilitators & Presenters Check-in
Volunteer Check in
Corporate Sponsor Check-in (7:30-11:00)
Door Prizes / Tickets to Connect
Concourse Ballroom
Registration Booth
(Banquet Level)
Pre Function East
Candidate Showcase / DTM Display
Pick up information about candidates running for all offices
Come see the display of our new DTM's
7:00 AM
3:00 PM
7:00 AM
10:00 AM
8:00 AM
9:30 AM
Morning Inspiration Speaker - Anne Taylor
Triple Crown and Club Awards
9:30 AM
9:40 AM
9:30 AM
11:00 AM
Intermission
Conference Credentials Check-In
9:30 AM
11:45 AM
Resource Center/Bookstore
Books and more at the bookstore!
Pre-Function South
Templehof
Opening and Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony
Credentials Check-in
Concourse Ballroom
Credentials Desk
Speakers' Corner
Purchase books, CD's and other goodies by the speakers you have
just heard. Even get their autograph!!
Pre-Function East
Educational Session - Track Three
09:50 AM
10:40 AM
Darren LaCroix - How to Write a Speech
Theresa Spralling, DTM, PDG – Guiding Leadership Principles:
Engage, Empower & Transform!
Scott Lehmann – Connection, Not Rejection
Alejandro Jorge Tornato – How to Create a Magical Experience
And Change Lives
De Galle
Narita
Da Vinci I
Da Vinci II
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Hall of Fame Lunch *
11:00 AM
12:50 PM
DTM Recognition
Community Communication & Leadership Award Presentation
Concourse Ballroom
Business Meeting
1:00 PM
3:30 PM
1:00 PM
3:00 PM
Toastmasters International Board Updates
All voting delegates should attend the District 44 Business Council
Meeting. All other members are encouraged to attend.
Concourse Ballroom
Speakers' Corner
Purchase books, CD's and other goodies by the speakers you have
just heard. Even get their autograph!
Pre-Function East
Conference Registration
1:00 PM
5:00 PM
1:00 PM
4:30 PM
1:50 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
5:30 PM
3:30 PM
6:30 PM
Information Desk
Volunteer Check in
Door Prizes / Give-aways
Display of New DTM's
Toastmasters' Marketing Information
Registration Booth
Resource Center/Bookstore
Templehof
Books and more at the bookstore!
Afternoon Break – Connectivity Lounge (free time)
Scavenger Hunt (prizes to winners)
Sponsor Room
Place for the Corporate Sponsors to Check in and Relax
Professional Photographer
Have your picture taken before the Red, White and Black Ball
Educational Session - Track Four
3:40 PM
4:30 PM
Pre Function East
Anne Taylor – Connecting to Your Audience on Your Runway to
Success
Joe Sasso & David Ryback – ConnectAbility: Emotional
Intelligence Applications for Speakers and Marketers
Richard Hardon - Using the Persuasion Power Equation to Win in
Every Situation
Kathleen Pope-Bingaman, DTM - Contest In a Box!
De Gaulle
Hartsfield
Hallway outside Ballroom
Narita
Lambert
Da Vinci I
Da Vinci II
Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) Reception
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:30 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
DTMs join District Governor Parren Shannon to welcome new
DTM honorees (DTM's only by invitation)
De Gaulle
Evening Break (free time)
Concierge Lounge –
On 11th Floor
Lobby
Relax, Network, Prepare for Closing Session
and Red, White & Black Ball
International Contest - Judges' Briefing
(Judges Only - International Contest)
Dorval
International Contestants' Briefing and Sound Check
(Singer, invocation, Announcers, Keynote Speaker, Contestants,
Sergeant at Arms, Timers, and Contest Master only)
Ballroom
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5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:15 PM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
6:45 PM
7:00 PM
Dignitary Parade Line-Up
Dignitaries assembly area prior to parade
Dignitary Parade *
Kick-off for the evening's events
Banquet *
Keynote Speaker – Darren LaCroix
Registration and Seating of Contest-Only attendees
De Gaulle
Ballroom
Ballroom
Registration Booth
District International Speech Contest
7:00 PM
9:30 PM
7:00 PM
9:30 PM
Interview Contestants
Gift Basket give-away
Announce contest winners
Break before evening entertainment
Sequester Room
Ballroom
Dorval
Ballot Counting
9:30 PM
2:00 AM
10:00 PM
1:00 AM
Red, White and Black Ball – Dress Attire Semi-Formal
Entertainment and Dancing
Hospitality Suite
Visit the Hospitality Suite for a late night snack and networking
* Seats unassigned. Arrive early to secure group seating.
Vacant seats forfeited just before start.
Ballroom
Concierge Lounge
on 11th Floor