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89th Annual Session
Blue Ridge Conference on Leadership
Leadership – What Matters: Reflection, Relationships, and Results
October 14-17, 2008
Blue Ridge Assembly
Black Mountain, North Carolina
ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION – 9:00 AM TO 9:00 PM
Blue Ridge Assembly Center
1:00 PM Pre-Conference
6:00 PM Dinner – Blue Ridge Center Dining Room
7:00 PM Welcome and Opening Remarks – Heaton Hall Auditorium
Keynote: Greg Blake
“Selfless Leadership in a Self Serving World!
9:00 PM Blue Ridge Coffee House
Cookies / Coffee – Blue Ridge Center Lobby
7:00 AM Spirit Renewal Program in Chapel (Christian Focus) – Dr. McBride
(Optional)
7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Room
9:00 AM “The Blue Ridge Experience”
Speaker: Dr. Tom Haggai
Heaton Hall Auditorium
9:45 AM Awards – Heaton Hall
Blue Ridge Student Challenge Awards
Heaton Award
Blue Ridge Service Awards
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM Keynote Address: Dr. Andy Neillie (Heaton Hall Auditorium)
“Redford Principle #1: It doesn¹t matter how much you care for someone, it takes time for your care to be trusted.”
12:00 PM Lunch – Blue Ridge Dining Room
1:30 PM Breakout Sessions
3:30 PM Build Your Own Conference – Options
- Hike
- Discussion Pods
- Personal or Group Activity Time
6:00 PM Dinner – (Barbeque sponsored by Veolia Water)
7:30 PM “Lincoln’s Lessons for Leaders” (Back by Popular Demand)
Dr. Gene Greissman – Heaton Hall Auditorium
9:00 PM Blue Ridge Coffee House
Blue Ridge Assembly Lobby
7:00 AM Spirit Renewal Program in Chapel (Christian Focus) – Dr. McBride
(Optional)
7:30 PM Breakfast
8:30 AM Keynote Address – Dr. Twyman Towery (Heaton Hall Auditorium)
“Change is Opportunity in the 21st Century”
9:45 AM Break
10:00 AM Breakout Sessions
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Breakout Sessions – Various Locations
3:30 PM Build Your Own Conference – Options
- Hike
- Discussion Pods (TBA)
- Personal or Group Activity Time
6:00 PM Dinner
7:00 PM Wes Fox (Medal of Honor Recipient)
Fireside Chat on “Courage”
7:30 PM Movie Night – Washburn Center (TBA)
7:00 AM Spirit Renewal (Christian Focus, Chapel - Optional)
7:30 AM Breakfast –Dining Room
8:30 AM Keynote Address – Brenda White Wright (Heaton Hall Auditorium)
"From Excuses to Excellence: Leading the Way to the Top!"
10:00 AM Closing Remarks
Drawing for Networking Contest and Evaluations
10:30 AM Conference Ends at 10:30
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