CONFERENCE

MEETING THEME FOR 2011 CONFERENCE
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: Retreat & Renew in the Napa Valley

2011 SPIM Conference and Institutes February 24th – 27th

COME AND SEE IT ALL!
- Friends and colleagues
- Napa Wine Country
- Terrific presentations by SPIM professionals
- Management insider’s view of wineries
- Walking/tasting tour at Beringer Vineyards
- Rest, relax, restore

Registration Opens September 15th, 2010 I To Register Click Here

SPIM is meeting in the beautiful Napa Valley of California at the Meritage Resort Hotel at a splendid rate of $129. for the room; $15. Resort. The hotel is in Napa, proper, with easy shuttle access from the Oakland Airport.
Session presenters at the Napa conference will be drawn from SPIM’s membership. All presentations will be scheduled for one hour next year, thereby increasing the number of presenters and range of interesting topics. The 30-minute breaks will be continued so that SPIM members have ample time to interact.

In addition we will be spending Friday afternoon on-site at a winery where a full SPIM program will continue after we hear a presentation from the vineyard’s manager on the challenges of managing the grape. Plans are currently being finalized for a Friday evening dinner in Wine Country. We'll also have the traditional SPIM dinner on Saturday night - and, announcing a new career in stand-up comedy for George Watts - we'll be enjoying both the annual dinner as well as George's after-dinner SPIM Roast.

Billie and John are completing final arrangements for an all SPIM member program. Some of the institute topics will be: an executive coaching half day session; an institute for emerging leaders; a tech session focused on social media networking, as well as ethics and many other sessions relevant to psychologists in management.
Program session topics range from: challenges of vineyard and winery management (experienced while in the midst of wine country); management learning and training in India; reflections on a career's lessons with Ken Ball; results from the Gallup Education Study research with Connie Rath; Journals of University Management with Lisa Tedesco and Judith Albino; AARP's striking research findings with Al Hollenbeck; as well as a look at management in the nuclear power industry - and, that's just a preview - there are many, many more great sessions in the line-up!

An e-copy of the program will be available on the website this summer and registration will begin on October 1, 2010.

Come join your SPIM colleagues retreating and renewing in the beautiful Napa valley.