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2009 State Leadership Conference

Join us as we celebrate the
55th Annual NC PBL State Leadership Conference (SLC)
April 2-4
at the Hilton Charlotte University Place. 

April 2-4, 2009
Begins Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
Concludes Saturday approx. 10:00 p.m.

Location:
Hilton Charlotte University Place
8629 J. M. Keynes Drive
Charlotte, NC  28262
Telephone:  704-547-7444

Hotel Reservations:
Room Reservation Deadline:March 12
$99 plus tax Single/Double/Triple/Quad

Conference Registration:
$70 per person on or before March 4
$80 per person after March 4 or on-site registration
Registration Deadline: March 4

Dress:
Thursday - Saturday: PBL Dress Code
Friday Dance: Casual/Chapter T-shirts/Jeans
Saturday Banquet: PBL Dress Code or Formal Wear

Click here for Complete Conference Guide and Registration Forms

Terry Lowrance Leadership Form

Receipt Due Date: February 25, 2009

The TLLA in Section 08 is the official requirements for the Terry Lowrance Leadership Award. Items 1, 21, 29 & 30 on form emailed had typos. Below is a corrected version of the Fill-In Form. The State Awards Committee is aware of the discrepancies and has the information to verify these items. You do not have to fill out a new one and resend.
Click here for fill-in PDF form for Terry Lowrance Leadership Award

 

Tentative Conference Schedule

Thursday, April 2, 2009

3:00 p.m. 

Listed Hotel Check-in

4:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 

Conference Registration

5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m

State Officer Candidates Meeting and Materials Screening (Candidate, local chapter adviser, and campaign manager)

4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Event Substitutions
Submission of school-site tests
Submission of resume folders for interview events
Submission of synopsis for Business Ethics

5:45 p.m.

Doors open for Testing Session for “Team” Events
(All participants for the events being tested must be in the testing room at the beginning of the session.  Those testing in only one event will be able to leave after the first test.  Those testing for two events will not be allowed to leave the room between the tests.)

6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 

Back-to-Back Testing Session
(Business Decision Making, Network Design, Desktop Publishing,
Parliamentary Procedure, Financial Services, Hospitality Management, Human Resource Management, Management Analysis & Decision Making and Marketing Analysis & Decision Making)

6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR I

7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR II

8:45 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. 

NCPBL 55th SLC Opening Ceremonies and Regional Meetings
Nomination Speeches (Historian, Secretary-Treasurer, President)

(Regional Meetings will begin 10 minutes after general session)

Welcome and Roll Call
Presentation of Regional Awards
Regional Vice President Nomination Speeches

9:45 p.m. – 10:45 p.m. 

Reception for Chapter Advisers and Recognition of New Advisers

Friday, April 3, 2009

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Event Administrators Meeting for individual written tests being given Friday morning

9:15 a.m.

Doors open for Testing Session for Individual Events
(All participants for the events being tested must be in the testing room at the beginning of the session.  Those testing in only one event will be able to leave after the first test.  Those testing for two events will not be allowed to leave the room between tests.)

9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m

Testing Session for the following events:
Accounting Analysis & Decision Making
Accounting for Professionals
Accounting Principles                                        
Business Communications                                   
Business Law         
Computer Applications      
Computer Concepts        
Contemporary Sports Issues 
Cyber Security                        
Database Design & Application   
Economic Analysis & Decision Making 
Financial Analysis & Decision Making
Financial Concepts                                            
Help Desk
Information Management                                               
International Business                                                                                       
Justice Administration                                       
Macroeconomics                                                                                                
Management Concepts                                     
Marketing Concepts                                                                                          
Microeconomics                                                 
Networking Concepts                                                                                        
Project Management                                       
Sports Management & Marketing                                                                  
Statistical Analysis                                             
Telecommunications                                                                                         
Word Processing

10:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. 

Sales and Campaign Booths open

Noon – 1:00 p.m.

Testing Session for Writing Exercises
Business Communications                                               
Future Business Teacher
Future Business Executive                                
Job Interview Application

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Event Administrators, Timekeepers, and Judges Meeting
(Free Enterprise Project, Impromptu Speaking, Public Speaking, Management Analysis & Decision Making, Marketing Analysis & Decision Making)

1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR III

1:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Competitive Events (Interview and Performance times will be assigned to accommodate any members in two of these events)
Free Enterprise Project                                       
Impromptu Speaking
Management Analysis & Decision Making   
Marketing Analysis & Decision Making
Public Speaking

1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

NCPBL Foundation Inc. Scholarship Interviews

3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.  

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR IV

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Event Administrators, Timekeepers, Sequesterers, Judges Meeting
(Business Ethics, Business Presentation, Digital Video Production, E-Business, Emerging Business Issues, Sales Presentation, Small Business Management Plan, Web Site Development,)

3:45 p.m.  

Emerging Business Issues participant briefing

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Competitive Events
(Presentation times will be assigned to accommodate any members it two of these events)
Business Ethics                                                   
Business Presentation
Digital Video Production                                   
E-Business           
Emerging Business Issues                                 
Sales Presentation
Small Business Management Plan                  
Web Site Development   

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

State Executive Council Meeting

7:30 p.m.

Council of Presidents Meeting

7:45 p.m. 

First General Session

9:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.  

Professional Division Reception

9:30 p.m.

Dance

 

 

Saturday, April 4, 2009

 

 

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Meeting for Advisers, PD Members, and Event Administrators
(Business Decision Making, Parliamentary Procedure, Network Design, Community Service Project, FBE, FBT, Job Interview, Client Service, Financial Services, Help Desk, Hospitality Management, Human Resource Management, Desktop Application Programming, and Internet Application Programming events)

8:30 a.m. - Noon

Competitive Event Presentations
Business Decision Making                                
Client Service
Parliamentary Procedure                                  
Financial Services
Network Design                                                   
Help Desk
Hospitality Management                                  
Human Resource Management

9:00 a.m. - Noon

Competitive Event Interviews/Presentations
Community Service Project                             
Job Interview                       
Desktop Application Programming                 
Internet Application Programming
Future Business Executive                                
Future Business Teacher

9:00 a.m. – Noon

Judges Meeting for School-Site Test Events
(Accounting for Professionals, Computer Applications, Database Design & Applications, Desktop Publishing, Word Processing)

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR V

8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 

Campaign and Sales Booths open

10:45 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR VI

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Lunch

12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Annual Meeting of Professional Division
Annual Meeting of The NCPBL Foundation, Inc.

1:30 p.m

Business Session (Open to all members and advisers)
(Voting delegates will be at front by region and must be seated prior to 1:30 to be eligible to vote.)
Call to Order and Roll Call of Voting Delegates
Approval of Minutes
Financial Report
Voting on State Officers, including regional vice presidents
Presentation of  Certificates for contributing to March of Dimes, The NCPBL Foundation, Inc., and the NCPBL Foundation, Inc., Scholarship

3:00 p.m. 

Awards Program Setup

6:30 p.m.

Formal Awards Banquet and Installation Service

10:00 p.m. 

Meeting of current and newly-elected State Executive Councils

10:00 p.m.   

Distribution of Chapter Packets