2026 Annual Chapter Meeting & Awards Luncheon

Agenda

Thursday, October 15, 2026

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM  Registration
Location: Panorama

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM  Welcome & Chapter Announcements
Location: Panorama

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM  Sort It Out: Turning Ideas Into Action
Location: Panorama
Speaker: Kristin Walker

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM  Afternoon Networking Break
Location: Panorama

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM General Session
Location: Panorama
Speaker: Simon Arkle | Founder | The Lantern Project

5:15 PM - 5:45 PM New Member & First-Timer Reception
Location: TBD

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Networking Reception
Location: Panorama

 

Friday, October 16, 2026

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM  Registration
Location: Panorama

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Breakfast
Location: TBD

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM Day 2 Welcome & Chapter Announcements
Location: Panorama

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Beyond the Swag Bag: How Strategic Gifting Shapes Who Shows Up, What They Experience, and What Happens Next
Location: Panorama
Speaker: Kade Kimber | Founder & Creator| Kimber & Oak and Gift Intelligence™
Description: Event gifting is often treated as a finishing touch. The budget is divided across the guest list, gifts are selected, and everyone receives something once they arrive. Used strategically, gifting can make an invitation harder to ignore, build anticipation, strengthen participation and connection during the event, and encourage action after it ends. In this keynote, Kade Kimber shows planners how to move beyond giveaways and use gifting strategically to influence who shows up, what they experience, and what happens next. The goal is not to give everyone more. It is to make every gifting dollar do more before, during, and after. Attendees will learn:

• How to use gifting before the event to strengthen invitations and improve follow-through
• How to decide what each gifting moment should accomplish
• How to allocate budget based on potential value, not just headcount
• How to define success and clearly explain the strategy to stakeholders
  

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Networking Break
Location: Panorama

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Annual Awards Luncheon
Location: Panorama
Description: Come together to honor this year's accomplishments and celebrate our outstanding winners!

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM General Session
Location: Panorama
Speaker: Kayla Worthy

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM DEI Connects
Location: TBD

 

 

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