Executive Leadership Forum Schedule

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Thursday, February 14

7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Registration
Grand Ballroom, Salon 1 Foyer

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception and Tabletop Exhibits*
Network with your colleagues and visit the tabletop exhibits.
*Open to all registered attendees and registered guests with a conference badge.  

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Friday, February 15

7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration
Grand Ballroom, Salon 1 Foyer

7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Grand Ballroom, Salons 1-2 Foyer

8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
General Session: It's All About Leadership
Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center
Grand Ballroom

CPEs: 1.5
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Communications/ Personal Development
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None

Having the right leadership in place is a critical tenet of Ritz-Carlton’s success. Employees want to be led by authentic leaders who are dynamic, transparent, competent, and fair. Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center faculty will help you take your skills to the next level. Begin with a leader’s self-assessment, then explore Ritz-Carlton’s 12 principles of leadership, consider their approach to driving the employee promise for worldclass performance, and learn the significance of what they call “life’s board of directors.”

Learning Objectives: 1. Oultine the 12 Ritz-Carton leadership principles and discuss how they relate to your role as a leader in education. 2. Describe the Ritz-Carlton leadership self-assessment and its value to advancing your leadership skills. 3. Explain what the Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center means by "life's board of directors" and how adapting the concept to your life and work can enhance your effectiveness as a leader.

Presenter: Alexandra Valentin, CHT, Corporate Director, Culture Transformation The Ritz- Carlton Leadership Center

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Break
Grand Ballroom, Salons 1-2 Foyer

10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
General Session: Adding Value Through Social Responsibilty and Community Engagement
Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center
Grand Ballroom

CPEs: 1.5
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Communications/ Personal Development
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None

Ritz-Carlton demonstrates an award-winning commitment to social responsibility through its Community Footprints program, which successfully engages customers, employees, and the community. Learn the role of leadership in making social responsibility and community engagement a core operating principle. Explore the rewards, benefits, and challenges of a social responsibility commitment and consider how to leverage core competencies of employees and the community in making a positive impact.

Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the role of leadership in making an authentic social responsibility and community engagement strategy a core operating principle of your district. 2. Identify the rewards, benefits, and challenges of developing and deploying a social responsibilty strategy. 3. Explain how an effective social responsibility platform engages employees, students, and the community. 4. Describe how to leverage core competencies in making a positive impact.

Presenter: Sue O. Stephenson, Vice President, Community Footprints, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC.

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Pick Up Boxed Lunch and Board the Buses
Grand Ballroom, Salons 1-2 Foyer

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch on the Bus While En Route to Luling, Louisiana

1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Building a High-Tech Professional Learning Center: A Collaborative Vision
Applied Leadership (Field Experience) 

CPEs: 3
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Communications/ Personal Development
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None

Born out of what was once a K-Mart, the high-tech Professional Learning Center (PLC) in Luling, Louisiana, is a stellar example of how visionary school and community leadership can build a state-of-the-art facility for fostering educational excellence at great savings to the community. ASBO member Jim Melohn, CFO with the St. Charles Parish Public Schools, has assembled a team of school and community leaders, the architect, a public relations expert, and others involved in the PLC to take you on a tour of the facility. Participants will also tour the nearby Satellite Center for insight including health care, engineering, interactive media and the hospitality industry. The tour will highlight the collaborative efforts behind these innovative educational educational facilities. 

Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the potential benefits to students, education empolyees, and the community of developing a central facility for professional learning and a career-focused satellite high school. 2. Outline the key partnerships involved in designing, funding and engaging stakeholder commitment to innovative educational facilites of this kind. 3. Discuss how the concepts of centralized professional learning and career-focused satellite facilities for students might be adapted to and implemented in your district.

Presenters: James Melohn, CPA, SFO- Chief Financial Officer, St. Charles Parish Schools; Michael Tabb, Partner with Murray Architects, Inc; and members of the St. Charles Parish Public Schools collaborative team.

5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Board Buses 

6:30 p.m.
Dinner On Your Own--Explore New Orleans!

Download a list of restaurant recommendations here (pdf 84K).

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Saturday, February 16

7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Registration
Grand Ballroom, Salon 1 Foyer

7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Grand Ballroom, Salons 1-2 Foyer

8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
General Session: Smart Trust
Grand Ballroom

CPEs: 3
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Communications/ Personal Development
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None

How can individuals learn to operate with high trust in today's low-trust world? Based on the new book, Smart Trust, by Stephen M. R. Covey and Greg Link, this workshop will help you understand how trust is deeply connected to every situation in life and why trusted people are more likely to be hired or promoted, advance in their careers, and enjoy greater job security and better personal relationships. You will learn the five trust actions that will help you minimize risk while maximizing possibilities and enjoy greater prosperity, energy, and joy - both personally and professionally.

Learning Objectives: 1. Outline the five actions that are common in all who practice smart trust. 2. Explain how the principles of smart trust can play a pivotal role in your everyday personal and professional life. 3. Discuss three ways to create trust and influence people. 4. Identify three states of trust in your life and explain how to balance them.

Presenter: LeRoy Maughan, professional mentor and keynote speaker for the Global Speed of Trust Practice at Franklin Covey.

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Break
Grand Ballroom, Salons 1-2 Foyer

11:15 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau Presentation Luncheon
Grand Ballroom

CPEs: 2
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Communications/ Personal Development
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None

When Hurricane Katrina devastated their city, the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau (NOLA CVB) had the formidable responsibilities of implementing an emergency communication plan during the storm and rebuilding tourism in its aftermath. Explore principles of crisis management from a convention/visitors bureau and communications/media perspective that can strengthen preparedness planning in your district.

Learning Objectives: 1. Compare the challenges faced by the NOLA CVB with those that might be encountered by a school district experiencing a disaster. 2. Outline the primary actions that should be taken and the communication tools needed to manage a crisis and restore order and confidence in its aftermath. 3. Describe methods for assessing negative perceptions following a crisis and public relations strategies for developing positive perceptions.

Presenter: Kelly Schultz, Vice President of Communications and Public Relations, New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau

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Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credits

ASBO International (ASBO) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.

Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the:
National Registry of CPE Sponsors
150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700
Nashville, TN  37219-2471
www.nasba.org

The instructional delivery method for educational sessions is Group - Live, and no prerequisites or advance preparations are necessary for participation, unless otherwise indicated. ASBO staff monitors attendance at educational sessions offering CPE credit. Individuals who have not signed in or have not stayed for the requisite amount of time are not offered the opportunity to earn credit. To receive CPE credit for an educational session, attendees must complete the session evaluation.  Note: Session evaluations will be offered online.

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Reston, VA  20190
866/ 682-2729, x7080

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