Program – District 59 Spring 2008 Conference – Prague, Czech Republic
Program
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| Friday, May 16, 2008 | |||||
| 14:00–17:00 | easy-Speak User's Drop-In Forum [Meeting room 6] | ||||
| 15:00–20:00 | Register at Conference Registration Desk | ||||
| 18:00–20:00 | Collect voting cards for District Council Meeting [Credentials Desk] | ||||
| 17:00–19:00 | City Tour – Meet in lobby | ||||
| 19:00–19:45 | First-Timers Orientation Meeting [Meeting room 6] | ||||
| 20:00–22:00 | District Board Meeting (District Executive Committee members) [Meeting room 6] | ||||
| Saturday, May 17, 2008 | |||||
| 08:00–09:00 | Register at Conference Registration Desk | ||||
| 08:00–10:30 | Register and collect voting cards for District Council Meeting [Credentials Desk] | ||||
| 08:30–09:00 | All contests (English, German and French) – judges and contestant briefing | ||||
| 09:00–09:10 | » | Conference opens | |||
| 09:10–09:20 | » | Keynote Address – Lesley Nardini | |||
| 09:25–10:35 | » | English Evaluation Contest | |||
| 10:35–10:45 | Coffee break | ||||
| 10:45–12:30 | District Council Meeting Voting members and proxy holders required to attend. Everyone else is invited to attend but cannot vote. | ||||
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00–16:00 | » | English International Speech Contest | |||
| 16:00–16:30 | » | Social time, coffee break | |||
| 16:30–17:10 | » | Stefan Börlin Being a Personal Guide [Meeting room 3] |
Ellen Hermens Conference Technique [Meeting room 6] |
German Workshops Speech Contest Evaluation Workshop [Meeting room 1] |
French Contest [Meeting room 2] |
| 17:15–18:00 | » | Juwana Jenkins Persuasive Leadership [Meeting room 3] |
Barbara Hofmeister Achieving Your Goals [Meeting room 6] |
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| 20:00–01:00 | » | Gala dinner, awards ceremony and after-dinner dancing | |||
| Sunday, May 18, 2008 | |||||
| 09:30–10:15 | English Ingo Fechner Discover the Four Temperaments [Congress Hall] |
German Martin Schuler Robert's Rules of Order leichtgemacht [Meeting room 6] |
French Robert Cockburn Comment juger un concours de discours [Meeting room 2] |
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| 10:15–10:45 | Social time, coffee break | ||||
| 10:50–11:20 | English Bill Monsour I easy-Speak You? [Congress Hall] |
German Martin Schuler Robert's Rules of Order leichtgemacht [Meeting room 6] |
French Joanne Telser Comprendre au-dela des mots [Meeting room 2] |
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| 11:30–12:00 | Conference closes | ||||
| 13:00–15:00 | City Tour – Meet in lobby | ||||
| 13:00–17:00 | District Officer Training [Meeting room 6] | ||||