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ANNUAL CONVENTION

REGISTRATION AND

SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

SEPTEMBER 15-17, 2019 NEW ORLEANS

MARRIOTT

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Sunday, September 15, 2019 Sunday meetings and events limited to Executive Members and Sponsors ONLY 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. LSAE Board of Directors Meeting, Sponsored by Coastal Mississippi

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Convention Registration & Welcome Refreshments, Charging Station Sponsored by Northshore Harbor Center, Registration Bags Sponsored by Marriott International, Lanyards sponsored by IP Casino, Registration Packets Sponsored Perdido Beach Resort, Registration Badges sponsored by Randolph Riverfront Center

1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Executive Track: Leadership—Empower Your Team, Part 1, presented by Jeff McManus, Director of Landscape Services, University of Mississippi, Audio Visual Sponsored by Visit Baton Rouge

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Refreshment Break, Sponsored by Visit Jefferson Parish and Embassy Suites Baton Rouge

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Executive Track: Leadership—Empower Your Team, Part 2, presented by Jeff McManus, Director of Landscape Services, University of Mississippi

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Marriott Welcome Reception, Sponsored by New Orleans Marriott

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Executive and Sponsor Dinner, Palace Café, Sponsored by New Orleans & Company

Monday, September 16, 2019—OPEN to ALL Registrants 8:00 a.m. Registration Opens

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. New Member Orientation

9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast Buffet Welcome by Mayor LaToya Cantrell, City of New Orleans; Stephanie Turner, VP of Sales, New Orleans & Company

9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. General Session: Being a MARVELOUS Leader, presented by Jeff McManus, Director of Landscape Services, University of Mississippi, Sponsored by Lake Charles Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Bloody Mary & Mimosa Break, Sponsored by Natchitoches Events Center/Chateau St. Denis

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. General Session: Politics and More, presented by Clancy Dubos, Chairman/Co-Owner, Gambit Communications

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon with 2020 Board of Directors Installation Luncheon Sponsored by Caesars’ Entertainment, Centerpieces Sponsored by Hilton Capitol Center

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. General Session: Meeting Trends, panel discussion facilitated by Tico Soto, CDME, President, Tourism Tactics by Tico

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions Executive Track: Labor Law Update, presented by Brook Duncan, III, Partner, Adams and Reese, LLP, Sponsored by Embassy Suites Baton Rouge

Industry Partner Track: Apps, Apps, and More Apps, presented by Barry Brantley, CAE, CMP, CHE, Director, Global Accounts, HelmsBriscoe

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Refreshment Break, Sponsored by Doubletree by Hilton Lafayette

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions Executive Track: Review your AMS, presented by Teri Carden, Founder, Reviewmyams.com

Industry Partner Track: Professional Development for Suppliers

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. All the Heroes Gather for BOWLING! LSAE’s First Ever Networking Bowling Tournament Sponsored by Beau Rivage

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Progressive Dinner and Closing Party Closing Sponsored by Paragon Casino & Resort (door prizes!)

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Deluxe Breakfast Buffet, Sponsored by Hilton Sandestin General Session: How to Get People to Care About Technology, Heidi Weber, MBA, CAE, Executive Director, Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity Door Prizes and Flash Drive Distribution GRAND DOOR PRIZE DRAWING Sponsored by Paragon Casino & Resort, Flash Drives sponsored by Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourism Bureau

LSAE Annual Convention Tentative Meeting Agenda

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MEET OUR MARVELOUS SPEAKERS

Barry Brantley , CAE, CMP, CHE Senior Director, Global Accounts HelmsBriscoe

Barry Brantley is a long-term member of the association industry with over 40 years of experience including both the supplier and planner positions. As a supplier, Brantley led the

sales and services teams with brands including Ritz-Carlton, Omni, Wyndham and Starwood. His team consistently achieved annual revenue goals exceeding $33 million and maintained a customer satisfaction score average of 96%.

As a planner with HelmsBriscoe and Executive Director of three associations, Brantley has been recognized as the “Meeting Planner of the Year” for the MPI Gulf States Chapter, “Meeting Professional to Watch”, by ConventionSouth and received the “Award of Excellence”, from ASAE’s Associations Advance America program.

Brantley serves as a Professor and Chair of the Hospitality Management at Delgado Community College. He led Delgado to the accreditation of the state’s first two-year Hospitality Management program with the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA).

Teri Carden Founder Reviewmyams.com

Teri Carden is an association junkie and self-proclaimed girl geek in normal girl’s clothing. She has been an association executive for 10 years. Along the way she has rubbed elbows

with the association industry’s finest professionals. With the support of mentors, colleagues, volunteer leaders, and bosses, she has always been able to fulfill her incessant desire to geek out at work. This meant testing and implementing new technologies such as online communities, stretching to new marketing heights with eye-catching campaigns, introducing new social media streams, and jumping headfirst into the mobile world. When she is not face-to-face with the computer screen, she loves to cook for her family, exercise, wrestle with the kids, explore craft cocktail bars, do nothing on the beach, travel to new places, and enjoy time with friends.

Brooke Duncan, III Partner Adams and Reese, LLP

Brooke Duncan joined Adams and Reese in 1992 and is a senior member of the Labor and Employment team. Hired to build the labor and employment practice of the

firm, Brooke helped it grow into the 30-plus lawyer team practicing in that area today. He also co-chairs the firm’s New Business Acceptance Committee and serves as one of the firm’s labor and employment lawyers for in-house matters.

Focusing his practice on labor and employment law, Duncan works exclusively on behalf of employers and has experience in union avoidance and union relations. He represents employers in many fields including universities, hospitals, trucking companies, shipyards, restaurants, convention and trade show contractors, manufacturers, insurance brokers, and nonprofit organizations.

Duncan recently authored and had published, “Best Practices for Dealing with Recent Employment Law Developments and Trends,” an employment law chapter in Aspatore: Inside the Minds, The Impact of Recent Regulatory Developments in Employment Law. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he gained practical business and management experience by running a factory that produced industrial fabric products. Brooke also served as a detective with the New Orleans Police Department, receiving several awards for outstanding duty.

Clancy DuBos Co-Owner Gambit Communications, Inc.

Clancy DuBos is the chairman and co-owner of Gambit Communications, Inc., and the political editor/columnist for Gambit weekly newspaper in New Orleans. He also is the on-

air political commentator for WWL-TV Channel 4's Eyewitness News, and a licensed attorney in Louisiana.

DuBos and his wife, Margo, have owned Gambit since 1991, and he has been an attorney since 1993. Prior to 1991, Clancy was the on-air political reporter and analyst for WDSU-TV (NBC) in New Orleans for nearly 10 years

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MEET OUR MARVELOUS SPEAKERS

(December 1981 - May 1991), then at WVUE-TV (Fox 8) through August 2007 before joining WWL-TV as the station's on-air political analyst.

DuBos now delivers his weekly "Clancy's Commentary" on WWL-TV every Tuesday during the station's 6 p.m. newscast. Clancy became Gambit's first and only political columnist in December 1981. He now works full-time at Gambit while maintaining a limited, part-time law practice. Gambit Communications Inc. publishes Gambit (circ. 40,000, Louisiana's largest weekly newspaper), the online "bestofneworleans.com" web site and the "Blog of New Orleans" news blog (www.blogofneworleans.com).

As a journalist, he has earned awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, the Louisiana Press Association, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies and the Associated Press Association of Louisiana and Mississippi. He also has appeared on numerous network radio and television talk shows, including "Washington Week in Review," NPR, "The Today Show," "Dateline NBC" and many appearances on local radio talk shows. Clancy and Margo were honored in 2008 with the "A.I. Botnick Torch of Liberty Award," the highest honor bestowed by the South-Central Region of the Anti-Defamation League. Clancy was named UNO's "Homer Hitt Distinguished Alumnus of the Year" in 2003. In 2012, he was named one of "Ten Outstanding Persons" by Family Services of New Orleans and "Alumnus of the Year" by Holy Cross School.

Jeff McManus Director of Landscape Services University of Mississippi

Jeff McManus grows things. As the Director of Landscape Services at the University of Mississippi, he grows plants….he grows people….he grows ideas. He is a problem-

solver, understanding that doing more with less is a 21st century mandate.

After coming to the University in 2000, McManus took on the challenge of managing a multi-million dollar landscaping beautification implementation project. Faced with a demand for excellence and high productivity, and a stagnant budget, Jeff knew that growing the people was critical to growing the plants. Through that experience, Jeff developed his approach to managing resources and developing personnel – his

GROW-theory; a management and professional development approach based in the belief that all humans either strive for or have within them the elements of Greatness, Resiliency, Opportunity and Wisdom – they just need a fertile environment to GROW.

Taking his grounds staff, affectionately known as “weeders”, and developing them into “leaders” has been a joyous challenge that reaped acres of rewards in the form of national recognition by the Princeton Review, PGMS, Newsweek and every faculty, staff, student and visitor who has walked onto the Ole Miss Campus. Building on that momentum, Jeff has designed a professional development plan for his Weeders called Landscape University – a replicable training program that promotes the individual’s innate ability to GROW.

McManus holds a Bachelor of Science in Landscape and Ornamental Horticulture from Auburn University and is a PGMS Certified Grounds manager, and Certified Arborist. His message rings true for any industry leader or manager looking to GROW a high-performance and dedicated workforce. He has spoken at Caterpillar Inc, the Biltmore Estates, Leadercast, SRAPPA, Trent Lott Leadership Institute as well as the SEC Ole Miss Athletics. He has also worked with Memphis University, the University of Tennessee, the University of Georgia and private firms in developing their own training programs.

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In addition to the 2019 Annual Sponsorship Packages, LSAE is pleased to offer the following Annual Convention Sponsorships—offered A LA CARTE!

All sponsorships include exclusive Sunday night dinner with Executives, recognition in convention marketing pieces and during convention through signage and nametag ribbons, as well as the organization logo featured on LSAE’s website banner. All sponsorships are filled on a first come, first served basis. Only one available per sponsorship unless otherwise noted.

SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

The following information is applicable to annual sponsors, as well as convention sponsors. JOINT SPONSORSHIPS: Sponsors choosing to share a sponsorship will be limited to one advertisement (size determined by package selected), as well as one marketing piece per sponsorship, as applicable.

LOGO SUBMISSION: Sponsors are responsible for sending logo (JPEG format preferred) to the LSAE office no later than August 15, 2019 to guarantee inclusion in printed materials. Sponsors selecting to sponsor the charging station, tote bags, or lanyards, must submit company logos or desired artwork no later than August 1, 2019.

ADVERTISEMENTS: All advertisements should be submitted in print ready format (JPEG or PDF) no later than August 15, 2019. All advertisements will be printed in full color. Proofs of ads in the final publication will not be distributed prior to printing.

TOTE BAG STUFFERS: Any items to be included in the tote bags must be received at the LSAE office no later than September 6, 2019.

Deluxe Breakfast Buffet Sponsor $3,000

Bowling Tournament $3,000

Logo on Name Badges $2,500

Logo on Registration Packets $2,500

Executive Track Speaker Sponsor $2,500

Welcome Refreshment Sponsor $2,500

Audio Visual Sponsor (Signage in each room) $2,000

General Session Sponsor (2 available) $2,000

Logo on Flash Drives $2,000

Breakout Session Sponsor (4 available) $1,500

Luncheon Centerpieces Sponsor $1,500

Logo on Lanyards $1,500

Board of Directors Luncheon $ 750

Full Page Ad in Program $ 750

Registration Bag Insert $ 500

1/2 Page Ad in Program $ 375

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

LSAE’s First Ever NETWORKING BOWLING TOURNAMENT & SOCIAL

Monday, September 16, 2019 | 5:00—6:30 p.m.

Join our MARVELOUS LEADERS at Fulton Alley for a little friendly competition, pre-dinner drinks, appetizers, and the opportunity to network in this fun setting!

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NAME (include designation(s):____________________________________________________________________

ORGANIZATION:_______________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS:____________________________________________________________________________________

CITY: ________________________________________________________ STATE: _________ ZIP:_____________

EMAIL: _____________________________________________________________ PHONE:__________________

FIRST CONVENTION? □ YES □ NO DAYS ATTENDING: □ Sunday □ Monday □ Tuesday

Guest/Spouse Name (Please register them below): ___________________________________________________

ATTENDEE REGISTRATION FEES

Registration Type Before 8/15/19 After 8/15/19

□ Executive Full Registration (Member) $210 $235

□ Executive Full Registration (Non-Member)* $295 $320

□ 2nd Attendee - Executive Full Registration (Member) $185 $210

□ 2nd Attendee - Executive Full Registration (Non-Member)* $270 $295

□ Executive One Day Only Registration (Member) $145 $170

□ Executive One Day Only Registration (Member) $230 $255

□ Associate Full Registration (Member) $280 $305

(not sponsoring)

□ Associate Full Registration (Non-Member)* $365 $390

(not sponsoring)

□ 2nd Attendee - Associate Full Registration $235 $260

(Member) (not sponsoring)

□ 2nd Attendee - Associate Full Registration $320 $345

(Non-Member)* (not sponsoring)

□ Guest/Spouse Registration $150 $175

*Non-member pricing includes LSAE membership through December 31, 2019.

PAYMENT

$________ Total Registration Amount __ Check (make payable to LSAE) __ Credit Card (AX DISC MC VS)

Name on Card: ______________________________________________________________________________

Credit Card #: _______________________________________________________________________________

V Code: ________ Exp. Date: _____________ Signature: ____________________________________________

SUBMIT ORDER FORM Forms may be submitted by email at info@lsae.org, fax at 225.344.1132, or mail at 620 Florida St., Suite 210, Baton Rouge, LA 70801

ATTENDEE REGISTRATION FORM

Please use the following form to place your order as an attendee. Each attendee should complete their own form. Sponsors should use the sponsor order form to register.

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Please use the following form to reserve your sponsorship. Items are served on a first come, first served basis, so register as soon as possible!

NAME: ______________________________________________________________________________________

ORGANIZATION:_______________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS:____________________________________________________________________________________

CITY: ________________________________________________________ STATE: _________ ZIP:_____________

EMAIL: _____________________________________________________________ PHONE:__________________

FIRST CONVENTION? □ YES □ NO DAYS ATTENDING: □ Sunday □ Monday □ Tuesday

Guest/Spouse Name (Please register them below): ___________________________________________________

REGISTRATION SELECTION (discounted) Before 8/15/19_____ After 8/15/19

□ Associate Full Registration (Member) $200 $225

□ Associate Full Registration (Non-Member)* $275 $300

□ Guest/Spouse Registration $150 $175

*Non-member pricing includes LSAE membership through December 31, 2019.

SPONSOR SELECTION (check all that you wish to reserve)

□ Deluxe Breakfast Buffet Sponsor $3,000

□ Bowling Tournament Sponsor $3,000

□ Logo on Name Badges $2,500

□ Logo on Registration Packets $2,500

□ Executive Track Speaker Sponsor $2,500

□ Welcome Refreshment Sponsor $2,500

□ Audio Visual Sponsor (Signage in each room) $2,000

□ General Session Sponsor (2 available) $2,000

□ Logo on Flash Drives $2,000

□ Breakout Session Sponsor (4 available) $1,500

□ Luncheon Centerpieces Sponsor $1,500

□ Logo on Lanyards $1,500

□ Board of Directors Luncheon $ 750

□ Full Page Ad in Program $ 750

□ Registration Bag Insert $ 500

□ 1/2 Page Ad in Program $ 375

PAYMENT

$________ Total Registration Amount __ Check (make payable to LSAE) __ Credit Card (AX DISC MC VS)

Name on Card: ______________________________________________________________________________

Credit Card #: _______________________________________________________________________________

V Code: ________ Exp. Date: _____________ Signature: ____________________________________________

SUBMIT ORDER FORM Forms may be submitted by email at info@lsae.org, fax at 225.344.1132, or mail at 620 Florida St., Suite 210, Baton Rouge, LA 70801

SPONSOR REGISTRATION FORM

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ACCOMMODATIONS All LSAE Convention functions, unless otherwise noted on the agenda, will be held at the New Orleans Marriott (555 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70130).

Hotel accommodations for the following block rates may be made by calling 504-581-1000. These rates are effective for Sunday, September 15, 2019 and Monday, September 16, 2019.

• Executive and Supplier Rate: $139/night plus taxes and occupancy fee

Room reservations must be made by August 12, 2019 (5:00 PM). Hotel check-in time is 4:00 p.m. Check-out time is 11:00 a.m. The hotel will make every effort to accommodate requests for early check-in or late departure, based upon availability. Parking Valet Parking is available at the LSAE discount offering a 25% discount off of overnight parking, as well as daily parking of $18.00.

ATTIRE Unless otherwise noted on the agenda, the attire for the convention is VERY CASUAL—JEANS ARE WELCOME!

CANCELLATIONS All convention registration cancellations received by August 15, 2019 may receive a 75% refund. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after this date.

ANNUAL CONVENTION

SEPTEMBER 15-17, 2019 NEW ORLEANS MARRIOTT

CONTACTING LSAE Any questions or comments may be submitted to Julie Fuselier, CAE, LSAE Executive Director, or Crystal Carter

at info@lsae.org or 225.343.2776.

GENERAL CONVENTION INFORMATION