The 16th Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence was one of our best ever thanks to our fabulous speakers, energetic attendees, and the fantastic customer service from Red Rock Resort and Spa. From our opening reception at Cherry nightclub to our closing motivational speaker, Judi Moreo, attendees were engaged and inspired.
The biggest hit was the announcement of Adminology™ -- a new culture and approach to the future administrative profession being created by Joan Burge and Office Dynamics. After providing our attendees with insight into Adminology, the Office Dynamics team handed special gift bags to everyone containing stylish Adminology mouse pads, coffee mugs and post-it cubes. (Coming to our shopping cart soon!)
Vibrant and insightful speakers covered topics ranging from Staying Rational with Today's Workplace Demands to The Visible Assistant, The Techno-Savvy Assistant to Managing My Career. Joan Burge will be blogging about each topic this week so be sure to check out the blogs and learn some notable tips.
Jasmine Freeman (Office Dynamics) and Will Paccione (WSI) opened our eyes and generated conversation from the audience on social networking. With Joan as the interviewer for this segment, they kept attendees wide awake at 5:00 in the afternoon. This was so well received, that we are inviting Will Paccione back for our 2010 conference.
Valerie Murzl, VP of Human Resources for Station Casinos, kicked off our Friday morning in a spectacular way leading to a standing ovation. We have also asked Valerie to come back in 2010.
Our attendees were speechless when our surprise guest, Jennifer Joseph, appeared at noon on Friday in our meeting room and gave a fantastic singing performance starting out with Feeling Good. (Jennifer was Miss Nevada and received the talent award at Miss America.)
Thanks to all our attendees who came from across the country and Canada representing 46 different organizations from various industries. With many first-time attendees, the group started to gel with the opening day teambuilding activity (an Office Dynamics tradition) facilitated by Joan Burge.
The 2 days went so fast that the attendees voted to extend the conference to 2 1/2 days -- and they want to stay in Las Vegas at the fabulous Red Rock Resort.
Stay tuned for details on our 2010 conference. We promise to make it even bigger!
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"I thoroughly enjoyed the conference and hope I can attend next year.
I came back excited and reenergized to be a better assistant to my manager.
You did a fantastic job, and I look forward to learning more."
--Dorothy L.
"Thank you for a great conference. I had so many "take-aways" from this event.
I loved Joan's enthusiasm and direction she is taking us as
administrators. You all made my experience very memorable!
The excitement, the passion and the networking are things I won't forget.
I got excited about my career all over again.
What a way to get pluggin in and excited again."
--Sandra W.
"The conference was very energizing and entertaining.
I had a great time meeting people from other organizations.
My manager was pleased with all the feedback about the conference
and all Office Dynamics is doing for our profession.
The Red Rock Resort is fabulous and I highly recommend everybody
try to make the next annual conference."
--Debra K.
"I thoroughly enjoyed the conference and the speakers were great.
The hotel was great. I was inspired by Jennifer and Valerie was so
sincere and down to earth, she told us just like it is."
--Virginia G.
"I enjoyed the conference. The speakers were incredibly powerful
and gave me such a renewed sense of purpose and commitment.
The Red Rock Resort was splendid, the staff were attentive and
so customer-oriented.
The entire event was so well-planned and organized."
--Vivian C.
"The conference was wonderful, I'm so glad I attended.
I hope to do so again."
--Michelle J.
"I came back newly re-inspired and passionate about our field once again."
--Crystal M.
"Please accept my thanks for the conference that you put on at
Red Rock Resort. It was full of excellent speakers and great information.
I'm so glad I was able to attend. Thanks for all the extras...the
entire conference helped us feel that as administrators,
we are impactful people that can drive change at our
respective organizations."
--Denise B.
"My team loved the conference! They had many wonderful things
to say and overall had a great experience.
Thanks for all your time and effort to put on an outstanding conference!"
--Peggy V.
"The conference was truly a great experience. I thoroughly enjoyed the speakers and
definitely learned much to share with my Execs. Thank you for a great program. The
conference was no small feat and it was really GREAT. The presenters were interesting
and high energy, and Jennifer Joseph was outstanding. The resort was
M-A-R-V-E-L-O-U-S - THANK YOU. There was no need to leave the hotel except for a
tour of the strip! I am looking forward to next year."
-Penny B.
"I want to thank you for another amazing conference! I can just imagine the hours that you
put into making this conference another triumph! I don't know how you do it, but each year
gets better and better!"
-Sue V.