Ride Share, anyone?

by Beth S, 2009 Conference Chair

We’ve received a number of inquiries about getting conference attendees together to share rides from the Denver International Airport and other surrounding locations.

I’ll get the ball rolling here….

I am arriving at Denver International on April 28 and have room for 2 people in my rental car.  If you’re interested in sharing a ride to Aspen, please comment here and I’ll contact you!

2009 Conference Program – FRI, MAY 1

7:45 – 8:30 am Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30 am A Look at the World through a Global Reporter’s Eyes
Greg Dobbs – The Emmy®-winning journalist and former producer/correspondent for ABC News comments on the effects of global issues.

9:30 – 10:30 am Global Talent & the Skills Gap
David Arkless – President, Corporate & Government Affairs, Manpower Inc.

10:30 – 11:00 am Break

11:00 am– 12:30 pm Panel: Leading Communications for Global Stakeholders (Discussion and Q&A)
• Tom Scott – Communications Director, GE Transportation Europe, Middle East, Africa, & CIS Regions
• Ron Fuchs – Strategic Business Partner, Communications, F. Hoffman-LaRoche Ltd.
• Paul Thomas – Sr. Director, UBS USA & UBS Wealth Management Globally
• Nigel Webb – Global Head of Corp. Communications & Strategic Marketing, Allianz Global Investors
• Christian Lawrence – Head of Group Communications, Munich Re Group

12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch at the St. Regis
Choose a table topic and discuss best practices in leadership with colleagues.

1:30 – 2:30 pm Building Your Personal Brand
John Daly – Liddlell Carter Professor, College of Communication, Univ. of Texas-Austin

2:30 – 3:30 pm Using Communication to Lead in Difficult Times
Keyra Lynn Johnson – Director, Corp. Communications/Internal Communications, Delta Air Lines, Inc.

6:00 pm Farewell Event

10:00 pm Hospitality: Lobby Bar

2009 Conference Program – THUR, APRIL 30

7:45 – 8:30 am Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30 am The New Public Relations Agenda & Becoming An Architect of Change
Maril MacDonald – President Arthur W. Page Society and Founder/CEO of Gagen MacDonald

9:30 – 10:30 am Lessons Learned: Advancing from Communications Professional to the C-Suite
Burl Stamp, FACHE – Founder/President of Stamp & Chase Inc., a health care consulting firm, and former CEO of Phoenix Children’s Hospital

10:30 – 11:00 am Break

11:00 – 12:00 pm Proactive Leadership Communication: Essential in Good Times, Critical in Tough Times
Arati Randolph – Senior Vice President & Head of Internal Communications, Wachovia Corporation

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
Enjoy Aspen’s restaurants while you network with colleagues
…Or…
Panel Discussion: Recruiters’ Outlook for 2009
Boxed lunches provided. Sign up in March.

1:30 – 2:00 pm CCM Annual Business Meeting
Led by Mark Sullivan – CCM President

2:00 – 3:00 pm Innovating the Basics: Earning your Employees’ Attention in a World of Info Overload & Popular Culture  Soundbites
Nancy Voith – Global Director of Internal Communications, EDS

3:00 – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 – 4:15 pm Panel: Leaders Are Relationship Mavens
Jim Purvis – EVP of Human Resources, AIMCO
Wendy A. Kouba – Vice President, Organizational Communications & Corporate Social Responsibility, Wyeth

6:00 – 9:00 pm Dine-Arounds
Enjoy Aspen’s restaurants while you network with colleagues. Sign up in April.

9:00 pm Hospitality: Lobby Bar

2009 Conference Program – WED, APRIL 29

12:00-6:00 pm – Registration: Meeting Center, Lower Level

5:30 pm Keynote Address
Anthony D. Williams, co-author of the book
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes
Everything and the ground-breaking study
Government 2.0: Wikinomics, Government &
Democracy.

7:00 pm Welcome Reception

9:00 pm Hospitality: Lobby Bar

Keep Cash in Your Wallet – Save $300 on Conference Registration before January 31

The economy is still recovering and that means we all want to save cash where we can.  Let us help….

You can save $300 USD off the regular price of a 2009 Conference registration if you register and pay before January 31, 2008.  This deal is good for both CCM members and non-members.

• CCM members will receive a rate of $1050 per person vs. the standard rate of $1350.
• Non-members will receive a rate of $1350 per person vs. the standard rate of $1650.*

It only takes a moment to register online with your credit card. Just go to: CCM 2009 Conference Registration

See CCMConnection.com for more information about CCM.

* Non-members, consider applying for membership now and get both your conference registration and a year of CCM member benefits for the same price as a non-member registration fee.  Membership qualifications apply; call 866-463-6226 for more information.

Dec 10 – Last day to take 2010 Conference survey

Please tell us what you think by taking the 2010 Conference survey.

CCM’s Conference each April is the organization’s premier event where experienced communications professionals gather.
The Conference is three days of open discussion, best practices and learning with some of the most senior and influential communicators around.   And it’s here where members network with each other and dialogue about the professional challenges of career and work issues that we all face–more than ever in today’s uncertain marketplace.

We need your input to ensure future Conferences are everything you want them to be–from location to speakers.

Please take 5 minutes to share your thoughts

Click here for the online survey.

Update – New 2009 Conference Rates

by Beth Swanson, 2009 Conference Chair

Don’t forget to use that leftover cash in your 2008 budget and save $400 by taking advantage of CCM’s “Use It or Lose It” Conference promotion. Register for the 2009 Conference in Aspen by Dec 31 and you’ll attend for only $950 ($1250 non-members)!

We’ve also extended the January deadline for our 2009 Early Bird Offer to January 31. So if you have to wait ’til that fiscal year turns over, you can still save $300 off the cost of regular registration rates.

Here’s a handy reference to our 2009 Conference rates:

CCM Members
Use It or Lose It Promotion: Register before December 31, 2008: $950 USD
Early Bird Offer: Register before January 31, 2009: $1050 USD
$200 Discount: Register before March 16, 2009: $1150 USD
Register after March 16: $1350 USD

Non-Members
Use It or Lose It Promotion: Register before December 31, 2008: $1250 USD
Early Bird Offer: Register before January 31, 2009: $1350 USD
$200 Discount: Register before March 16, 2009: $1450 USD
Register after March 16: $1650 USD

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

“Use It or Lose It” promotion runs Oct 20 thru Dec 31

by Beth S., Conference Chair

The 2009 CCM Conference Team is pleased to announce a superb new promotion that will save you up to $400 on your 2009 Conference Registration.

Paying homage to the end of year budget season, the “Use It or Lose It” promotion gives you $400 off the regular price of a 2009 Conference registration if you register and pay between October 20 and December 31, 2008.

This deal is good for both CCM members and non-members.  CCM members who register between October 20 and December 31 will receive a rate of $950 per person. Non-members will receive a rate of $1250 per person.

See www.ccmconnection.com for more information and registration.

Take a Look! Preview of Conference 2009

Take a quick tour of Aspen and get a sneak peak of Conference 2009 with CCM’s President Mark Sullivan.  The Board of Directors met in Aspen for our Strategic Planning meeting in September and we checked out the Conference facilities.  We were very pleased and look forward to seeing you next April! Sign up today.

Thanks to John Jensen and Mark Sullivan

Meet our 2009 CCM Conference Keynote Speaker, Anthony Williams

Mass Collaboration is Here. Are Your Leaders Ready?

by Teryl Taglieri, 2009 CCM Conference Committee

At our 2009 Conference (April 29 – May 1), join Anthony D. Williams co author of the groundbreaking book “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything” to hear how smart companies are capturing the collective wisdom of their employees, consumers and the public to innovate and grow.
In the last few years, traditional collaboration (you remember… face to face meetings, conference calls, e-mail strings) has been surpassed by mass collaborations on an unprecedented scale. Collaborative tools are changing companies and our leadership.
Imagine:

• Wikipedia, a collaboratively created encyclopedia owned by no one, authored by thousands of global enthusiasts, is ten times larger than Encyclopedia Britannica with roughly the same level of accuracy.
• Rather than hiring more researchers, the CEO of P&G told his leaders to find 50% of their new product ideas from outside the company. Ugh? Log on to InnoCentive where you’ll find over 90,000 scientists around the world that help solve tough R&D problems (and receive cash rewards).
• To better protect its citizens, the U.S. intelligence community uses Intellipedia, an online tool for collaborative data sharing, allowing over 37,000 officials (with appropriate clearances) from the 16 US Intelligence agencies to share information.
• T-shirt manufacturer threadless.com uses their community of fans to vote on designs submitted by amateur designers, then produces the shirts that win. New designers get exposure, the company saves on their design costs and the consumer buys into the product before they spend a dime.

It’s all true. Blogs, wikis, chat rooms, search engines, online auctions, and personal broadcasting represent new ways to entertain, communicate and transact. And they are changing our economy, the way we work and the way we, as leaders, need to lead.
A Senior Fellow at nGenera Insight, Williams has been researching and writing about these trends in technology and society for over a decade. As we look in the face of mass collaboration across borders, disciplines and cultures, Williams will explore case studies of how some leaders fear the exploding growth of these massive online communities, while others embrace these changes and are thriving because of it. You’ll hear more about his current research on the impact of web 2.0 and wikinomics on government and democracy.
Wikinomics was named one of the best business books of 2007 by The Financial Times, The Economist, The Miami Herald, CIO Insight, The Huffington Post, Amazon.com, Hudson Bestsellers and Business Week’s innovative reporter.
You don’t want to miss this. Register today!
Stay tuned for the program line-up of Conference 2009 coming soon.
Read more about Anthony Williams. Visit the Wikinomics website. Read Anthony’s blog.