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GBTA NORTH CENTRAL CHAPTER
2022 EDUCATION SUMMIT

 Join Us!
Thursday, May 12, 2022
7:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Where:
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel 
5601 West 78^th Street,  Bloomington, MN 55439 

Lodging:
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
Group room rates available = 20% discount, promo rate code LB1
Must make reservations no later than 5/11/2022 

Elevate your Travel Experience!

Agenda:

8:00a – 9:00a              Registration, Breakfast, and Networking 

9:00a – 9:15a              Opening Remarks
                                    Jan Shoemaker, Chapter President

9:15a – 10:15a            Change The Game! 
                                    Keynote:  Tim Gard, CSP, CPAE, Hall of Fame Speaker and Author

Life is a game; business is a game; travel is a game. Well, literally everything is a game that usually involves winners, losers, and spectators. This “Change the Game” keynote helps you discover how to change any game to your advantage when encountering situational stressors, toxic people, and various challenges inherent to life. 

The pressure to accomplish more with less, meet tight deliverable expectations, and respond with professional promptness can create stress, cause team dysfunction, and even decrease morale. The attitude that “everything seems so serious, heavy, and intense” is more than unproductive; it’s a truly unhealthy way to work and live! 

Participants learn how one person can “change the game” for all players by applying easy-to-understand and hard-to-forget concepts—ones that champions have been using for centuries in sports, business, and life in general. Providing a shift in perspective and approach can influence the playing experience for everyone in a multitude of tangible and valuable ways. Learn how to reduce stress in this hilarious keynote! Using the game of marbles as a metaphor, Tim proves that overly complicated tasks can become surprisingly uncomplicated—FAST! 

10:15a – 10:30a            Morning Break

10:30a – 11:30a            Fireside chat
                                      Speaker:  Annette Cummings of the GBTA Technology Committee

                                      The Importance of Mentors and Sponsors - Women in Leadership

Once women enter the workforce and climb the ladder in leadership, it can be a responsibility to be accessible for other women and help them permeate the leadership realm. It’s also important to know there is not just one seat at the table for one woman – there are multiple seats at the table. We will discuss the differences between mentors and sponsors and how to find the right person to support you on your career journey and what does it mean to continue to have other women’s backs as they make their way into senior roles.

11:30A to 12:30p         Airport Foundation MSP
                                    Speaker:  David Rivard, Director Marketing and Communications

Over the past 2 years, so much change has occurred for our business travelers. The Minneapolis Airport Foundation will share how their programs benefit the travelers though Travelers Assistance, Animal Ambassadors, world class arts installations, rotating art exhibits and performing arts.

12:30p – 1:30p            Lunch and Networking
                                    Announce New Board Members, Award Scholarships and President’s Awards

1:30p – 2:30p            Private Aviation 101
                                  Speaker:  Tim Fredrick, Sr Account Executive, Wheels Up

Learn more on how private aviation is soaring in popularity and how this has become a corporate solution.  Understanding the Private Aviation Landscape, how does it work, what are the benefits and how can this fit for companies of all sizes.

2:30p – 3:00p              Closing Remarks
                                   Jan Shoemaker, Chapter President