Newsletter and Other Publication Samples by Stephanie Munoz

Series 2014-2015 - Volume 114, Issue 3

CADA

California Association of Directors of Activities

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Social Media, Drama and Our Need for LOVE By Houston Kraft In the past month in the United States – if you were to add up all the hours looking at our screens – we have spent a collective 230,000 years online. 230,000 YEARS of time Googling, Facebooking, Snapchatting, and Tweeting. The average teenager spends two hours a day online in some way. Because I get the opportunity to speak and work with young people everyday, I have to ask myself the big question wrapped up in a little word: WHY? I think the answer is simple, logical, and just a tiny bit scary. We all want to feel recognized, valued, and loved. We all want attention. It’s a

fundamental need in Maslow’s Hierarchy just after food, water, and safety. And what’s scary about that? Well, I probably don’t have to tell you as educators that young people (and old people alike) do some strange things when we want attention. When we are babies, we sometimes yell and scream just to have our parent close to us. As toddlers, we pull people’s hair and draw on walls. I remember being four years old and pooping in a public pool just to get my dad’s attention. He rushed over, pulled me out and apologetically told me we had to go – someone had pooped in the pool and they were evacuating. With a sly grin on my face, I said, “Gross! Let’s get out of here!” Mission successful. As we move into our teenage years, it gets a little Continued on Page 2

Continued from Front Cover – Please like me.... We are perpetuating a culture of drama. And young people are all over it. Danah Boyd, a brilliant researcher and thinker, wrote a paper on the true nature of cyber bullying. She claims (and in my hands-on experience with students, I would agree) that our conversation around bullying needs to change. That “bullying” is no longer part of our young people’s

more aggressive. Guys start spraying Axe all over their body in a misguided attempt to smell appealing. Girls start wearing makeup and ridiculous amounts of notclothing (short shorts and yoga pants, have little to do with a desire to be fashionable and much more to do with feeling looked at – feeling worthy of someone’s attention, whatever their intention). All of us want to feel wanted. Young people feel that craving even more so because, to them, attention is social currency – they wield very little money or political power, so their ability to gather attention is what gives them a place within the all-important social hierarchy of school. And now there is this platform. Social Media is a stage and our students are the players. The average person on Facebook has 338 friends. The average Twitter user has 208 followers. Here is this place where, anytime of the day, they can go to broadcast their thoughts and feelings and have an audience. Almost guaranteed to result in some sort of feedback or response – a place where they can get almost guaranteed attention. No wonder we spend so much time on it.

vernacular. That, particularly in high school, it is much more about the “drama.” Drama is an old word being used in a new way for young people to take back control of their world. To say that there is “bullying” happening in their school means that they are forced into one of three positions: the bully, the victim, or the bystander. It has been drilled into their heads that none of those are places they want to be. So, instead, they call it “drama” and they distance themselves from the problem.

But here is the tough (and scary) part: young people today are smart. They have been watching what we show them and they have come to a conclusion. The best way to get attention? Be dramatic.

If it’s “just drama,” it’s not really a big deal. If it’s “just drama,” I don’t really feel like a bully. If it’s “just drama,” I can feel okay about not stepping in or standing up for someone because it’s innocuous – it’s just a game.

Think of people like Kim Kardashian, Amanda Bynes and Miley Cyrus. They broadcast their dirty laundry, they have public meltdowns, they twerk on stage wearing nothing more than saran wrap and what do they get? More people watching. More people buying. More attention.

But the thing is, words hurt whether they are online or face-to-face. And the things we post about or retweet or like or favorite are more and more becoming a part of who we are – a part of our identity. Those two hours are a large part of our waking day.

That’s where your leaders need to pause and think about who they are, not only at school, but online too. I can’t tell you how many leaders I work with who put on a great show at school during a training or after an assembly, only to tweet about a party they are going to two days later. Or retweet something with a curse word. Or subtweet about someone in a negative way. Or like a status on Facebook about skipping school. We must remind them (and ourselves) that consistency creates our character. When we talk about one thing at school and in leadership, then act a very different way online because it helps us fit in or garners us attention, we lose the trust of the people we are trying to lead. To lead is to build relationships with the students at your school - relationships built on trust and authenticity. We must remind ourselves to use social media to create positive drama and build a following not based on a selfish need for attention, but a selfless desire to be authentic leaders – people of character and influence. Let’s use those 230,000 years of time each month to promote goodness. Let’s use this amazing stage to bring attention not to ourselves, but to broadcast love, kindness, and community. It’s not “just drama” – it’s real people being hurt and it’s your identity and influence at stake. For goodness sake, let’s stop pooping in the pool and start posting in a way that honors peoples’ feelings and represents who we want to be. _____________________________ Houston Kraft is a professional speaker, leadership consultant, and kindness advocate. Last year alone, he spoke to over 75,000 students across 77 schools and events. He believes in sustainable change - pairing his assemblies and keynotes with in-depth leadership trainings. He works with students nationwide to create relevant videos, activities, and curriculum that keep his message alive. To help spread “positive drama,” Houston recently created CharacterStrong – an iOS app and curriculum supplement that provides simple, practical challenges to build character in small ways daily. For more info, swing by www.houstonkraft.com.

Marketing a New Product FOOD WARS Mission: Each group will draw a food item and will have to revamp that product and create an existing or new recipe to revive its reputation. Objective: Understand the components of persuasion, creative publicity, food knowledge and thinking outside of the box. Here are the steps you need to complete: 1. Create a new name/title for your product. 2. Create a visual of your product. A display that would entice buyers (drawing, actual picture, title or label). 3. Write a letter to a cook book company, restaurant or grocery store encouraging them to promote your new recipe and list supportive reasons why it would benefit their business. 4. Create at least an 8 line jingle, rap or saying that serves as a tag line or catch phrase for your product. 5. You must act out a commercial selling your product. Props and costumes are encouraged. 6. You must present your product on a plate, table setting and overall exhibition will be judged. There will be a panel of judges to taste and critique your food.

Table of Contents Please Like Me................................................................................................. Cover, Continued on Pages 2-3 Marketing a New Product – FOOD WARS....................................................................................................... 3 President’s Message........................................................................................................................................ 4 The Real Goal with Unplugging........................................................................................................................ 5 Medallion Sponsors.......................................................................................................................................... 6 Area Reports................................................................................................................................................. 6-9 JUST DANCE 2015 – San Diego, CA................................................................11, Continued on Pages 16-17 Who is Kevin Fairman? Your New VP!........................................................................................................... 12 Personal Soundtrack...................................................................................................................................... 13 Goodbye My Friends – A Message from the Executive Director............................................................... 14-15 Volunteer Leadership Opportunity: Area H Lead Coordinator........................................................................ 19

President’s Message January signifies the start of the New Year and a new semester at school. It is a good time to take stock of your students’ accomplishments and get down to some serious planning for the months ahead. The start of the New Year brought some very serious reflection on my campus after we tragically lost a student in a bike accident on his way to school. My Leadership

students took a few days to reflect on what they do on campus on a daily basis. I was inspired by the depth of their reflection and the importance they placed on the relationships they formed with other students and with their teachers. They agreed that those relationships were more important than any lunch time activity or rally they could put on. We borrowed a lesson from the CASL leaders and took time to make sure we simply knew the story of the members of our class. Everyone in the class did one-on-one interviews with each of their classmates, and then we shared what we learned. We carried it a step further by making it a point to have lunch with different students on campus and simply have a conversation to find out as much as we could about them. It wasn’t for a grade, and there was no write-up to turn in--it just seemed like the right thing to do. Our only regret is that it took a tragic event to remind us that the most important thing we can do as leaders on our campus is get to know everyone in our community. Activities Directors are the busiest people on any campus. I hope you take some time this semester to focus on the people who are around you and find out something new about them. At the CADA Convention, take the time to interview somebody from your Area. You’ll be surprised how much you have in common, and you may even make a new friend. This experience personally reminded on of the power of simple conversation and the appreciation and respect you earn when you just listen to someone’s story.

- Mike White, CADA President

The Real Goal with Unplugging By Anne Collier on May 29, 2014 in Featured, NetFamilyNews, Parenting, Safety Advice Articles I love the parenthetical in the headline of “Five Ways to Break Your Kids’ Screen Addiction (and Yours, Too),” by Yahoo family tech columnist Dan Tynan. Because – if there’s such a thing as screen addiction and it’s not just something fashionable to (anxiously) joke about – what we model for our kids in our own use of phone and other screens has huge influence on them. [You’ve probably seen videos of toddlers walking

around holding pretend cellphones up to their ears. A friend in Australia recently sent me adorable footage of her 3-year-old in a restaurant high chair opening up the menu and tapping away on it just as if it were a laptop and he was mommy or daddy working at home.] Beyond the part about mindful modeling, I like the rest of Dan’s column too. It’s a funny, candid account of how he, his wife and teenage son and daughter did on their “annual ‘unplugging’ trip to the Great Smoky Mountains,” and you should read it to see how this year’s went. Besides how fun Dan’s column is to read, a big reason why I’m telling you about it is the positive, respectful approach he has to the tech part of parenting – as respectful of kids as parents. For example, in his “5 ways” – some of which you’ve heard before – he writes: “I think kids are more likely to follow the rules if they have a say in creating them, and are also more likely to become responsible adults.” I think so too. Another: “Measuring screen time alone is missing the point” (because by now we know that there are all kinds of screen time and they have different value in different contexts, right?).

Digital detox only Step 1 I’ll let you read the rest yourself, but first a word about unplugging. I think that, actually, digital detoxes, sabbaths and shabbats are fine. A good cleanse is great, but it’s only Step 1. Depending on whoever’s doing the cleanse and where s/he is, developmentally, it may be important to do Step 1 – maybe several times, once a year or once a week – but there’s little point in doing it if we leave out the most important part: reflecting on the experience and its impact (as 18-year-old filmmaker Eoin Corbett and his friends did). We might also choose to go right to Step 2 – leapfrog over Step 1 entirely – if we want to get to the real goal, which goes beyond tech-in-moderation, let alone tech avoidance (which can have major impact on kids’ social development these days and would need a whole lot more reflection and communication). Step 2 is mindful, literate use of our very social digital media: what happens as we develop the blended technical, social-emotional and media literacy that protects and enables competent navigation (http://www.netfamilynews.org/literacy-for-a-digital-age-transliteracy-or-what). Is the point to run away from something or run toward something, such as a realization, acceptance and skillful navigation of what is? Do we want to model for our children denial or fear of the world around them (including the digital aspects) or resilience and competence in living in it? Avoidance of ever getting in the water isn’t how people learn to swim, right? And learning how to swim is protective, as well as fun and great exercise. Learning how to use technology thoughtfully and competently – armed with digital, media and social-emotional literacy – is protective too. It develops the cognitive filter that we’re all born with and that usually improves with use and protects for a lifetime.

Presence in digital spaces too The goal to which these steps get us closer is presence – not only with the people in the physical space around us but also with the people on our screens. Presence was the goal even before the digital age, only now more needed than ever, on screen and off screen. Because sometimes there are people in the same conversation or collaboration who are in the room as well as on a teleconference or tablet screen. Are the needs of the people present but not in the room being considered, and how does a child develop that consideration without practice? But of course presence is more than consideration of all participants. It’s as much about presence in this moment as presence of mind, whether devices are in use or not. Learning how to be present, for ourselves and others, in this moment, in our collective mental space (sometimes called a conversation), whether digital or physical – really just how to be in a networked world – is the goal. Our busy world suggests all the time that this is hard, but it doesn’t have to be. Intention – keeping the goal in mind – and practice (as with daily meditation or exercise or nutritious eating) are huge helps in getting us there.

CADA Board of Directors

CADA Central

Mike White President Monta Vista High School Cupertino, CA president@cada1.org

Margaret Noroian Area D Coordinator North Salinas HS Salinas, CA AreaD@cada1.org

Suzy Krzaczek President Elect South Tahoe Middle School South Lake Tahoe, CA preselect@cada1.org

DEBI WEISs Area E Coordinator Ayala High School Chino Hills, CA AreaE@cada1.org

Lauretta eldridge Vice President Nueva High School Bakersfield, CA vp@cada1.org

3540 Soquel Avenue, Suite A Santa Cruz, California 95062

Kevin Fairman Area F Coordinator Marina High School Huntington Beach, CA AreaF@cada1.org

Janet Roberts Past President Chino Hills High School Chino Hills, CA pastp@cada1.org

Heidi DUNNE Area G Coordinator Knox Middle School San Diego, CA AreaG@cada1.org

Allison Gadeke Area A Coordinator Sierra Middle School Stockton, CA AreaA@cada1.org

Linda Westfall Secretary Wildomar, CA bookstore@cada1.org

Please route to the following people: [ ] Activities Director [ ] Advisors [ ] Principal [ ] Other Admin. [ ] Yearbook [ ] Cheer Advisor [ ] NHS [ ] ASB President [ ] Key Club

Radon Fortenberry lorraine martinez Treasurer Area B Coordinator Bakersfield, CA Maria Carrillo High School cadacash@cada1.org Santa Rosa, CA AreaB@cada1.org Don Shaffer Convention Coordinator Leslie loewen Placentia, CA Area C Coordinator convention@cada1.org Fresno USD Fresno, CA AreaC@cada1.org

Sandi Kurland Leadership/CASL Coordinator Ramona, CA leadership@cada1.org www.casl1.org

Jack Ziegler Leadership Camps Coordinator Woodland, CA camp@cada1.org

CADA Central Glenn Zimmermann Executive Director glenn@btfenterprises.com

www.cadaleadershipcamps.org

matt soeth Technology Coordinator Kimball High School Tracy, CA tech@cada1.org

Stephanie Munoz Account Manager

stephanie@btfenterprises.com

Calendar of Events Registration materials available online for all Areas, CASL, LDDs, Leadership Camps & State Convention at:

Leadership Development Days

MS: March 26-28 HS: March 28-30 San Jose

(Visit www.cada1.org/ldd for a complete list of All LDD Dates)

Date

May 7 - Modesto HS Central Valley Conf.

MS July 6-8; HS 1 July 11-14; HS-II July 16-19; HS-III July 21-24; @ UCSB

CADA

Camps

Area A

CASL

www.cada1.org | www.casl1.org | www.cadaleadershipcamps.org

2015 State Convention February 25-28 San Diego

Area

School

HS / MS

1/13/15

Chino Hills HS

1/15/15

Valley Center MS

1/22/15

CASL AREA F Regional

1/23/15

Bernardo Heights MS

1/23/15

Ernest Righetti HS

1/26/15

Murrietta Valley HS

1/27/15

Miller Middle School

1/28/15

North Salinas HS

1/29/15

Liberty High School

2/3/15

Ygnacio Valley HS

2/4/15

Sutter Union HS

2/5/15

Bethany Elementary

California Association of Directors of Activities SERIES 2016-2017 VOLUME 116, ISSUE 1

Teaching Civic Engagement during Election Season

BY JEFF CULVER, CADA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

pdc@cada1.org

tudent leadership programs are thought of as the hub of oncampus student activities; the planners of dances, Homecoming, recognition programs, community service ambassadors for the student body, and the list goes on. Outstanding student leadership programs must also include a civics component. And an integral part of any civics program includes the electoral system. Activities programs satisfy the electoral process through their own on-site elections: Student Body & Class Officer Elections. But, how invested is the Student Body, as a whole, in the ASB election process? Continued on page 3

CONTENTS

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Cover, pages 3 /23

Teaching Civic Engagement During Election Season Pages 4-5

2017 JamaiCADA Pages 6-8

Area Reports Page 9

CASL 2016 Wrap-up Pages 10-15

CADA/CASL Roadmap to Positive

School Culture & Climate Page 16

Clip Link-Kid President 20 Things We Should Say More Often Page 18

Timed Round Robin Page 20

Snapchat Page 21

Financial Overview Page 22

Leadership Camp Wrap-up Page 24

Evaluation of Developing Leaders Page 26

USA Student Travel Backcover

Calendar of Events ’16-’17 2

SUMMER 2016

Empowering

Tomorrow’s Leaders I hope you have enjoyed the summer and are refreshed to begin another EPIC year of service and instruction. As CADA/CASL members and associates, we have the utmost opportunity to meet and talk with many fellow leadership directors and speakers who have our same educational mindset-reaching out and spreading the importance of leadership!! I want to thank you for being the “Humble Hero” who works diligently to EMPOWER your students and staff of your campus. Thank you for not giving up when times get tough and some just don’t understand your direction. Know that you are truly making a positive difference every day. It has been my experience that our actions today may not even be realized until several years have passed, and it may come when we least expect it. I was honored to attend the National Association of Student Council’s National Conference this past June, which was held in Portland, Oregon. While there, I networked with thousands of students, teachers and advisors. I listened to stories from all over the world, including Puerto Rico and South Korea. As I was talking at a table during the second day, I met a young advisor from the Oregon area. He talked about how wonderful his students are and what he was excited to plan for them during the upcoming year. Speaking with him further, he admitted to me that he was from Taft, CA... right outside of my home area of Bakersfield! A 2001 graduate, he had been an active participant in our local Kern Area Student Council meetings that I had helped conduct during that time and later took over as lead advisor. Upon hearing of our connection, he told me that he had learned so much from these once a month meetings and now mirrors his local district Student Councils in much the same way. I was honored to hear his story and was reminded of the importance of EMPOWERING today’s students to be tomorrow’s leaders. Again, thank you EPIC Leaders for what you do every day... your inspiring tentacles are plentiful and far-reaching. You may not see your efforts day to day, but trust what you do now will have long-lasting effects on many for several years to come... You are truly an EPIC Hero! LAURETTA ELDRIDGE, CADA PRESIDENT president@cada1.org

Continue from cover Are the ASB elections being held on campus truly engaging the Student Body and igniting a desire to participate in the electoral process once students turn 18? What else can be done to spark interest in this civic duty and encourage participation in the electoral process? During this major Presidential election year, one way to unite your campus, allow productive dialogue and teach the electoral process is through the California MyVote Student Mock Election. Sponsored by Secretary of State Alex Padilla and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, the California MyVote Student Mock Election will take place on October 11, 2016. It is open to high school and middle school students. The goal is to stir students’ interest in voting by tapping into the excitement of the campaign season. As students learn about the candidates and issues, they discover how government and politics affect every part of their lives. They gain firsthand knowledge of how citizens make their voice heard in our democracy, and experience the power of their votes when they are joined by thousands of California students and millions more across the United States who will vote in student mock elections this year. Young people have the potential to be a powerful force in elections, but only if they get involved and make voting a habit. The California MyVote Student Mock Election is held every two years in conjunction with the November ballot. This year, students will have an opportunity to express their voice for their choice of President of the United States. In two years, students will have an opportunity to cast their mock-vote for the Governor of California. To join, a Mock Election Coordinator from the school must register at: www.sos. ca.gov/elections/studentmockelection.htm The Coordinator serves as the school’s primary contact to receive and distribute updates on the Student Mock Election to participating teachers, and report the final school-wide vote tally to the Secretary of State’s office. Printed materials are provided to schools registered by August 20, however schools registered after that date (which is after the publication date of this newsletter) can still register and print materials directly from the Mock Election website.

WHAT MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED?

The Mock Election website has a wide array of resources available for Coordinators and teachers. There are engaging, standards-based lesson plans and activities, selected for the Student Mock Election by the Constitutional Rights Foundation on behalf of the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, which can help teachers prepare their students to become informed and involved voters. In addition to the lessons and activities, Coordinators can find: • Ballots • Posters • Mock Election graphics • “I Voted” sticker templates • Official Voter Information Guide • Links to non-partisan voter information • Past Mock Election results • Information about Student Poll Workers When deciding to hold a Mock Election on campus, a student leadership committee should decide the best method for their school site. Ideas schools have used to implement voting include: • Set-up polling booths, similar to a booth used in a regular election where students can privately cast their ballots. • Ballots can be cast within homeroom, social studies, or history classes.

• Online voting via a service like Voting4Schools or through a Google for Education account. Leading up to Mock Election Voting Day, some activity ideas that could be sponsored by the student leadership program include: • Publicize the event via candidate position posters created as research projects. • Hold a debate where students act as the candidates addressing their major platforms. • After obtaining permission from your administration, contact local media to cover your event. OTHER WAYS TO ENCOURAGE INVOLVEMENT IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS:

• Host a voter registration table at your school site for students who turn 18. • Provide students with information about how to work as poll workers on election day. To be a high school poll worker, students must meet the following criteria: - A United States citizen or legal permanent resident - Be at least 16 years old on Election Day - Attend a public or private high school • Have at least a 2.5 grade point average • Get permission from parents and school • Attend a training session Continued on page 23 SUMMER 2016

2017 JamaiCADA

The 2017 JamaiCADA-One Love Convention in beautiful San Diego, California is just around the corner... March 1-4, 2017. BY KEVIN FAIRMAN, CADA PRESIDENT-ELECT preselect@cada1.org

or your next CADAribbean Leadership experience, we suggest a luxurious San Diego resort, Instagram-worthy views and a destination that offers not only tropical bliss but also palm trees, leadership lessons, poolside suites, vendors that meet all your schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs and the formula for a positive school culture and climate. The end result... JamaiCADA-One Love. The California Association of Directors of Activities has had a proud tradition of offering quality leadership development for 60 years. The 2017 JamaiCADA-One Love Convention in beautiful San Diego, California will continue that tradition.

SUMMER 2016

Why come to JamaiCADA-One Love? • First: JamaiCADA-One Love’s culture; embracing all schools and the lifestyles they lead. The greatest aspect of the JamaiCADA-One Love culture is the friendly and welcoming nature of the people. As soon as you arrive you will immediately be greeted by local JamaiCADA-One Love people excited to provide you the best CADAribbean leadership experience possible. • Secondly: You will leave understanding the power of ONE. One person or event on your campus can change lives! We suggest you book your leadership experience now.

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 30, 2017

SUMMER 2016

ROADMAP

SUMMER 2016

CADA/CASL Roadmap

to Positive School Culture & Climate

CADA Roadmap www.cada1.org/roadmap INTRODUCTION BY DEBI WEISS, VICE PRESIDENT

As an activities director you’re faced with solving many puzzles: • How do we improve our school climate and culture? • If you’re new to the leadership world, getting started can be a little daunting and you may be asking how do I connect students? • How can we make our activities not only fun but also meaningful? Continued on page 12 SUMMER 2016

ROADMAP Stops

Training Through Quarterly Evaluations BY JILL MORTENSEN, AREA C COUNCIL jmortensen@sjcoe.net

An important element in training student leaders is incorporating an effective evaluation system of their duties. I have created an evaluation system that simulates the type of employee evaluation one might encounter in the work force. As part of an A-G approved leadership course, students are evaluated quarterly on their job description, their interaction with peers, ability to delegate, levels of respect, timelines being met, expectations in other classes remaining positive, and more. Continued from page 11

Find out more about Jill’s evaluation system on page 24.

And those of us who’ve been around for a while still look for ways to evaluate our programs. The solution to these questions (and many more) is the CADA/CASL Roadmap. This roadmap will provide directions to help improve your school’s climate and culture. There are 11 “stops” on the roadmap for building a connected and accepting school. By using these “stops” it won’t take any time to improve your school’s culture. Take a look at the Roadmap, teach these “stops” to your student leaders, and use them when planning activities on campus to include all 11 “stops”. Be the first to build a school culture your community will be proud of for years to come!

SUMMER 2016

Solicit Feedback Through Google Forms BY LARRY LOPEZ, AREA B COORDINATOR areaB@cada1.org

Over the past year, I have developed quite an obsession with Google Forms. Google forms allows me to solicit feedback from the entire student body and collect data on responses. For example, after the homecoming dance last year, I created a Google Form to get feedback from students on the dance, some of the questions asked about the DJ, the day of the dance, improvements that could be made, why someone did or didn’t go to the dance, etc. Google Forms can be used for feedback from the leadership class, staff and/or the entire student body. Give Google Forms a try today, think of one way you can use it and share your form on the CADA social media sites: @cadaleaders. Have an Area B-eautiful day!!!!

Kindness & Community Service to Unite When that major motion picture is released and hundreds flock to the midnight showing, there is a buzz created and those in attendance have shared in a common experience that they will remember and talk about for years to come. That should be the goal of student activities, when developing school-wide events that will bring together the masses and provide them something positive to remember and talk about for years to come. These common experiences are created often throughout a typical school year. They

are the whole-school rallies and assemblies. They are the large-scale community service projects. The key is to make sure your Activities Program is providing these opportunities for all students. Example: To kick off the school year, Kindness Week is started with a motivational speaker encouraging the student body to think of others. This is tied to a donation drive for a local homeless shelter (contact the shelter to find out their needs). After being inspired by

the speaker, the Student Body unites to make a positive impact on the community. Publicize a goal and progress toward that goal as the drive continues. Share the final results of the drive with photos, on campus publicity and social media promotion. As an added bonus, have the speaker record video “updates” to play at future rallies as a reminder to continue their positive work throughout the year. This will help keep the speaker’s message from being lost shortly after departure.

15 Spirit Ideas BY MARGARET NOROIAN, AREA D COORDINATOR

areaD@cada1.org Creating Pride and Spirit on campus requires knowing the student population, advanced planning, being creative and detailed, and involving students outside of ASB. Breaking the mold, not doing the same thing year after year, is a key ingredient in Creating Spirit! Evaluate what was done in past years, but create activities and events that reflect the student population this year. Sponsor different days or weeks to celebrate like “National Root Beer Float Day” and hand out free floats as students go to lunch. For “Multi-Cultural Week,” get the different language classes on your campus to sponsor a day or involve ethnic groups from outside the school that your students are a part of. Powder Puff and Buff Puff (boys’ volleyball) are events that create pride and spirit. Playing the Staff in Volleyball and Basketball are other fun events. Do something unique like a “Code Blue Rally” and bring the Fire Department/Paramedics in to help carry out the theme! Create excitement about events by publicizing in a variety of ways: carry “Ask Me” balloons, pass around clothespins with messages, wear sandwich boards, and post on social media. ASB students can bang pots and pans (get administration approval) to lead the school out to a lunch spirit event/rally. Get students energized about student sections at games by having themes and pass out sunglasses (Our Team Shines Bright), pom-poms, beads, towels, bubbles, or spirit shirts. Creating Pride and Spirit Building events on campus starts with the ASB talking the talk and walking the walk, and culminates in a large majority of the students and staff participating/attending activities/events.

Recognize AP & IB Success BY JEFF CULVER, CADA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR pdc@cada1.org

At the beginning of the school year, recognize your high school students who passed their Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams the previous year. Since those scores are released in summer, this group is often overlooked. While AP or IB seniors will have graduated, there are plenty of juniors (now seniors) still on campus who will appreciate the recognition and feel that motivation to continue studying for their new batch of classes.

SUMMER 2016

ROADMAP Stops

Teach Them the Why’ BY JENNIFER PFEFFER, AREA G COUNCIL

Open Mic Night BY JEFF CULVER, CADA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR pdc@cada1.org

Beyond the sporting events and the dances, what social opportunities is your Activities program offering the Student Body. The large-scale events can be exhausting for planning and preparation. Sometimes providing a smaller, laid back event is just what is needed and can also tap into a population on your campus that may not be interested in the typical sports and dance scene. An Open Mic Night can be a successful endeavor, and doesn’t have to require an enormous amount of planning. We found success with a fall and a spring event. We kept it low-key, in the library with a microphone and a speaker. Students showed up, signed-in if they wanted to perform and the event MC worked off that sign-in sheet to call performers to the mic. Students sang, played instruments, performed oral interpretations and some even attempted comedy (stress the word attempted). We often saw students attend this event that we didn’t see at other events throughout the year. This turned out to be their avenue for expression and a way for them to feel connected to and supported by the school.

Character Quotes BY DENISE VAN DOORN, AREA H LEAD areaH@cada1.org

SUMMER 2016

When strangers find out that I’m an educator, more often than not, I get a grimace and sometimes, which makes my hair stand on end, a complaint about how teenagers of today are shallow and selfish. We all know that the opposite is true. Our teenagers, our students and passionate leaders, are more connected and more compassionate than most adults that I know. They want to serve; they want to make an impact. We see it on social media, we see it as they look for ways to “support” as they change their profile picture to a rainbow, retweet the posts calling for prayers for the fallen, and post about their political activism. The disconnect is with their actions. As student supporters, we need to provide opportunities to serve in order to transform their natural compassion and desire for change into a tangible thing. My students don’t have money or items to donate, most of them are struggling just to have what they need, but they have time and a desire to help. DoSomething.org is a simple place to start. At any given time, there are at least ten service projects listed which require very little start-up with facts and statistics about WHY a project is important. Some take as little as five minutes; some can turn into a school-wide project. We’ve all had food drives, but one from DoSomething. org’s Peanut Butter and Jam SLAM was a turning point for my school. Pretty simple concept, bring peanut butter in for the Feeding American Food Bank, but this time we educated our student body about WHY peanut butter (peanut butter doesn’t need to be refrigerated, packs in intense protein and needed fat, and is

easily transported). Within two weeks, we collected 515 pounds of peanut butter. Students were able to do something! Their compassion had action attached. Seek out a way to provide a service project for your school; find a local organization with projects your students can do simply by donating their time. We connect to Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful (KRCB) with two large events a year (October and May) and monthly smaller events. We advertise the big events, put it out there with all our clubs, cocurriculars, and sports; we ask the advisors and student leaders to be our voice. ASB coordinates all the sign-ups, permission slips, transportation, etc. to make it “easy” for everyone else. If possible, provide the transportation (a Saturday morning local bus is the cheapest bus I’ve ever ordered), water, even a t-shirt. Better yet, connect them with a large scale event that provides the t-shirt and lunch for volunteers. The first year, ASB and a few stragglers served 280 hours. Three years later, we had over 400 students serving with KRCB in over 3,000 hours. Our three service clubs on campus have started hosting other events and inviting everyone to participate (which they do!). Student leaders come to our Director of Community Service with ideas to get more involved and service events are popping up all over campus. It’s become natural. We have caring kids and now everyone can see how they prove it inside and outside of the campus gates. Students want to serve others; they just don’t know how. Let’s give them the opportunity and explain the why as we go.

Quotes to write on the board: “Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due”. — Eldridge Cleaver “We have a Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities”. — Bill Maher

Some other ideas GIVE NAME TAGS to all students on campus so they get to know each other’s names and encourage your staff to call students by name during class.

different questions – What do you want to accomplish this year? What makes you happy? What do you want to do after graduation? What is your hobby? What would be your favorite dress up day? What is a class comp game you would like to see? Rally theme? What is one thing you would change about our campus? Use what they say to plan different activities on campus.

ON THE FIRST DAY of school have a list of different ice breakers for each period that teachers can use. Students and staff will learn the names of those in their classes as well as something about them. This will be useful when students have to do group projects, pair-share, and will help with classroom management. Continue to use ice breakers throughout the school year to continue helping students learn about each other. If you know their stories you are more likely to be more tolerant and realize we are more alike than different.

USE SOCIAL MEDIA to highlight different students on campus – make sure to include students from every area on your campus.

PLACE CHALKBOARDS (large pieces of wood painted with black chalkboard paint) on campus and ask students

WALK AROUND CAMPUS and see what students are doing during lunch and plan activities around that.

HAVE DRESS UP DAYS that will show students they are more alike than different or that they have something in common with someone they didn’t know.

ENCOURAGE STUDENTS to start clubs based on what they are interested in. Getting students involved on campus will strengthen your school culture. PLAN AN LDD DAY for non ASB leadership students. www.cada1.org/LDD for more information. HIGHLIGHT STUDENT clubs on campus during lunch. PLAN A KINDNESS WEEK where different activities will encourage students to talk to one another. HAVE STUDENTS INVITE OTHER STUDENTS to attend athletic and performing arts events on your campus. A personal invitation is much better than a poster. Plus some students might not attend because they don’t know anyone or have someone to sit with.

Who is TellingYour Story? BY LINDSEY CHARRON, PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR

How is social media being used on your campus? If YOU are not telling the story, it means someone else is, and the story could be very different from what you want. Check out Lindsey’s Tech article about Snapchat on page 20.

Make it Personal BY DEBI WEISS, VICE PRESIDENT vp@cada1.org

Celebrate Students’ Birthplace Except from CADA Leadership Camps Notebook Create a Homeland Bulletin Board – Ask students who were born outside of the United States to indicate their birthplaces. Put up a large map of the world and identify the countries where your students were born with a little flag pin. Post a picture of each person and write his/ her name and the country in which the student was born on the picture and post on the board around the map. Purchase international flags and proudly display the flags of the student’s countries.

Here’s where it gets personal: Your student leaders need to be a part of the connectionmaking that goes on at school. Relying on structured events to bring people together is important, but it’s not the whole picture. Leadership students need to learn the stories of the students around them. Ask your clubs and organizations on campus to do the same thing. Your students can make it their personal mission to make one new friend a week and to learn a positive fact or one thing that makes that student unique. You could even make it a goal to know the names of everyone in their classes or even every single student in your school. Whatever it takes, get out and connect! SUMMER 2016

CADA Board of Directors Lauretta Eldridge President Nueva High School president@cada1.org

Debi Weiss Vice President Ayala High School vp@cada1.org

Kevin Fairman President Elect Marina High School preselect@cada1.org

Suzy Krzaczek Past President South Tahoe Middle School pastp@cada1.org

Allison Gadeke Area A Coordinator Sierra Middle School areaa@cada1.org

Ron Ippolito Area E Coordinator Sierra Vista Jr. High School areae@cada1.org

Larry Lopez Area B Coordinator Del Mar High School areab@cada1.org Leslie Loewen Area C Coordinator Fresno Unified School District areac@cada1.org Margaret Noroian Area D Coordinator North Salinas High School aread@cada1.org

CADA Central 3121 Park Avenue, Suite C Soquel, CA 95073

Geniel Moon Area F Coordinator Murrieta Valley High School areaf@cada1.org

Please route to the following people: q Activities Director q Advisors q Principal q Other Admin. q Yearbook q Cheer Advisor q NHS q ASB President q Key Club

Bonnie Bagheri Area G Coordinator San Marcos High School areag@cada1.org

Kyle Svoboda Convention Lead Goddard Middle School convention@cada1.org

Denise VanDoorn Area H Lead Bear Valley Middle School areah@cada1.org

Sandi Kurland Leadership Development Coord leadership@cada1.org

Lindsey Charron Public Information Coordinator Horace Ensign Intermediate School pic@cada1.org Radon Fortenberry Treasurer cadacash@cada1.org

Jeff Culver Professional Development Coordinator pdc@cada1.org Linda Westfall Secretary/CADA Store bookstore@cada1.org

CADA Central Don Shaffer Executive Director ed@cada1.org Stephanie Munoz Account Manager stephanie@btf enterprises.com

2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS AREA B – ADVISOR CONFERENCE AREA A – ADVISOR CONFERENCE AREA E & F – ADVISOR CONFERENCE AREA D – CENTRAL STUDENT CONFERENCE AREA D – ADVISOR CONFERENCE AREA G – MS & HS STUDENT CONFERENCE AREA E – MS & HS STUDENT CONFERENCE AREA A – HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CONFERENCE AREA A – MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT CONFERENCE AREA F – MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT CONFERENCE AREA D – NORTHERN STUDENT CONFERENCE AREA C – MS & HS STUDENT CONFERENCE AREA D – SOUTHERN STUDENT CONFERENCE AREA C – ADVISOR CONFERENCE AREA B – MS & HS STUDENT CONFERENCE AREA F – HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CONFERENCE

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Letter from the President

e are starting a new year and expect that 2016 will be a year of continued progress for ABVE. The most recent volume of the Journal of Forensic Vocational Analysis (Winter 2015) most likely reached your mailbox just after the first of the year. It contains five important articles, including two from Eugene Van de Bittner, Ph.D., concerning vocational apportionment and revised methodologies for evaluation of employability and earning capacity. In addition, Joseph Crouse, Ph.D., reports on the results from the Displaced Workers’ Survey and Marini et al. authors have summarized their research on sit/ stand jobs. Duckett et al. authors present the results of an intervention to lower recidivism among inmates. You are invited to respond to any of these articles by submitting a Letter to the Editor.

Also worthy of note in the journal is Phillip Boswell’s Letter to the Editor on the use of “ABVE” after one’s signature. Associate Membership is not sufficient for this purpose. Only those who have completed the credentialing process should have ABVE/D, ABVE/F, or ABVE/ AE (Active Emeritus) after their name. And, the designation should be shown as written here with the slash and letters after ABVE. A highlight of ABVE activity in January was the Professional Educational Trip to Cuba entitled Social Justice and Disability Issues: A Cuban Perspective. Cuba has a wide network of social welfare programs to ensure universal employment, equal access to quality education and health care, services to those with disabilities to integrate them into the mainstream culture, and extended social security. These programs were developed after the Cuban Revolution and with the financial support of the Soviet Union. However, Cuba lost the subsidies from the Soviet Union with the fall of communism and this precipitated an economic crisis on the island. As a result, Cubans could no longer rely on cradle-to-grave services and have been forced to develop new survival strategies. Nevertheless, Cubans still perceive access to free quality education and health care as their right,

and are struggling to establish a society that can balance social welfare programs with economic progress. Social justice issues, including access to services and advocacy for ethnicallydiverse populations, were discussed as we visited a community mental health clinic, the National Association of Blind Persons of Cuba, the National Center for Development of Deaf People, and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, among other locations. ABVE CEU credits and CRC ethical credits were awarded to participants. Coming up on the horizon is the ABVE Annual Conference scheduled for April 8th to 10th at the Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront in the beautiful city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Conference registration is open and the ABVE hotel room block is filling up! To our Associate Members: We encourage you to take the next step and apply for ABVE and/or IPEC certification. The ABVE exam will be administered on Thursday, April 7th, the day before the opening of the conference. In regards to the IPEC process, applications are welcomed for certification in line with the grandfathering standards. Those who qualify for grandfather certification will be required to take the examination so that norms can be established for testing of future applicants (though examination results will not have an effect on grandfathered certification). See you in Vancouver!!

ESTELLE HUTCHINSON President, ABVE/D

Letter from the editor As I slowly return to my routine after spending the holidays with loved ones, I have been reflecting upon some pivotal moments during 2015. Foremost in my mind is an unforgettable experience that has forever changed my perspective on personal safety. This past November, I was working at the Federal Building in downtown Salt Lake City. I had been called to testify as a Vocational Expert for the Social Security Administration’s Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR), a role I have been performing for nearly six years. The morning hearings completed and our lunch break concluded, we had returned to the courtroom to prepare for the afternoon docket. As the judge was calling the guard to bring in our next claimant, the fire alarm went off and an announcement over the PA told us to evacuate. Attempting to leave the building, I knew something was wrong right away when we were directed away from the usual exit routes and something just felt “off”. As we emerged from the building, we were overwhelmed by the presence of security guards, fire trucks, Federal Police vehicles and Salt Lake City Police personnel. The streets teemed with onlookers, reporters and news vans. Contractors were directed to wait across the street as we have no designated meeting place when the building is evacuated. It occurred to me as I was crossing the street that, if something had happened to me during the evacuation, nobody would be accounting for me. No one would come looking for me, at least not for some time. I realized then that I was wholly unprepared for a security threat, and that was an uncomfortable feeling. By late afternoon, we were allowed back in the building. Court was ready to resume;

however, our next claimant was not in the waiting area. The judge attributed his absence to the long period of time the building had been closed, so she issued an order to show cause letter. We moved on to the next cases and eventually finished our docket. As I was packing up to leave at the end of the day, the head judge came into the hearing room and asked to speak with the judge I had been working with. The presiding judge returned shortly thereafter and relayed to me that the person who caused the evacuation was headed for ODAR when he was detained, and was in fact the claimant we had been scheduled to see. As more details about the case came to light over the subsequent days, it was confirmed the claimant did indeed have a bomb he intended to bring with him into the hearing room (read the full story here: http://fox13now.com/2015/11/20/mancharged-with-bringing-explosive-device-intofederal-building/). According to sources with the bomb squad (not reported in the news), the device could have killed or seriously maimed persons in the hearing room had it been detonated. Although the Federal Building has detectors and other equipment in place to prevent threats like this from getting past the lobby, it was actually the building security guards who found the device. Ultimately, it was due to their vigilance and astute observation that my colleagues and I were able to go home safely that evening. Despite this story’s happy ending, I do hope my experience causes each of you to have more patience with building security personnel as well as to begin to think more critically about your personal safety when performing vocational expert services in the community. Best wishes for a prosperous and safe New Year.

KOURTNEY L AYTON MRC, CRC, LVRC, ABVE/F, IPEC Medical Case Manager · Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor · Transition Specialist · Vocational Analyst · Life Care Planner

Secretary of ABVE, Editor of The Vocational Expert

ABVE Board of Directors President (2015 - 2017) Estelle Hutchinson | Providence, RI erhutchinson@cox.net Past President (2015 - 2017) Communications/Tech. Chair Cynthia Grimley | Lexington, SC cpgrimley@gmail.com President-Elect (2015 - 2017) IPEC Committee Chair Scott Whitmer | Yakima, WA scott@whitmerandassociates.com Secretary (2015 - 2018) The Vocational Expert Editor Kourtney Layton | Sandy, UT kourtneylayton@live.com Treasurer (2013-2016) Jeffrey Lucas | Cape Coral, FL drlucas@effectiverehabilitation.com Director-At-Large (2013–2016) Certification Chair John Berg | Seattle, WA johnberg@nwlink.com Director-At-Large (2015-2018) Ethics Committee Chair Scott Beveridge | Washington D.C. beveridg@gwu.edu Director-At-Large (2014-2017) 2016 Conference Chair Phil Boswell | Comox, BC pwboswell@telus.net Director-At-Large (2015-2018) Membership Committee Chair Trevor Duncan | Yakima, WA treasuregduncan@gmail.com Director-At-Large (2013-2016) Canadian Advisory Chair Robert Lychenko | Mississauga, Ontario evergreenrehab@primus.com Director-At-Large (2015-2018) Test Committee Chair DT North | Olympia, WA dt@act.vocmail.com Director-At-Large (2013-2016) Publications Chair & Journal Co-Editor Chrisann Schiro-Geist | Memphis, TN chrisann@memphis.edu Director-At-Large (2014-2017) CEU Chair Scott Stipe | Portland, OR sstipe@careerdirectionsw.com Executive Director Stephanie Munoz | Santa Cruz, CA stephanie@btfenterprises.com Account Manager Ben Wilson | Santa Cruz, CA ben@btfenterprises.com MANAGED BY BTF ENTERPRISES, AN ACCREDITED ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY CELEBRATING 25 YEARS IN BUSINESS.

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SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DISABILITY ISSUES: A CUBAN PERSPECTIVE

“When a culture is really different, it is easy to be hemmed in by our own perspective and end up asking the wrong question.” - Joanne C Ball, ABVE/F

“The Cuban people were very friendly, and immediately accepted us as their colleagues and friends. The U.S. embargo has left them without critical medical technology, such as hearing aids and batteries for their power chairs. Please tell your senator and representative that it is time to exercise some humanitarianism toward the people in Cuba and lift the embargo.” - Donna Taylor, ABVE/D, IPEC

“This was one extraordinary experience. We got to see and meet with Cuban experts and practitioners in all the major disability fields. We explored most of Havana and met many beautiful Cuban people. The hotel-great: The food-wonderful: Our guide-wow. We got to stay at the hotel Nacional, made famous by the Mafia, and we were much less violent and much more concerned about the welfare of the Cuban people. But one most important thing to me: As a poor country, Cuba has no ADA. There are many steps and few railings. As a residual from back surgery, I have poor balance and very weak legs. Fortunately the expert participants on the trip were also extremely kind people. They assisted me up and down too many steps to count. Thank you all. I will never forget Cuba, Cubans, or the wonderful trip participants.” - Chuck Smolkin, CRC, CVE, CCM, CDMS 4 | The vocational expert

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2016 ABVE ANNUAL CONFERENCE FROM BOTH SIDES NOW: LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER I’ve had a few people ask me for ideas about what to do and/or where to go before or after the conference. Here are some ideas and websites that might tickle your fancy… Victoria is the capital of British Columbia. It is located on Vancouver Island and definitely worth a visit. http://www.tourismvictoria.com/ Tofino is another popular destination. It is located on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and is an absolute gem. http://mytofino.com/ Whistler is a ski resort located north of Vancouver. It hosted many events during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. http://www.whistler.com/

Book Your Hotel!

The Okanagan is wine country and worth a look… The Gulf Islands are lovely… Here are a couple of other excellent websites that focuses on the entire province. http://www.hellobc.com/ http://www.tourismvancouver.com/

APRIL 8-10, 2016 VANCOUVER, BC

As always, to register for the conference, go to http://www.abve.net/conferences.asp I hope to see you there... Regards,

PHIL BOSWELL, Conference Chair Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront • Reservations - (844)337-3118 $185/night (CAD$) + Tax • Cutoff Date: March 14, 2016

Rehabilitation Consultant - Career Opportunity New Jersey/New York Occupational Assessment Services, Inc., an employability and life care planning legal consulting firm in New Jersey providing services throughout the United States, is seeking an Associate to assist in evaluations of severely disabled persons and to learn the skills necessary to be a Vocational Expert/Life Care Planner and testify in court. Applicants must have a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, be or will be CRC eligible, and have experience with testing and placing physically disabled persons. Must be well motivated, organized, a self-starter, and computer literate. Social Security Vocational Expert Experience is a plus. This is a high pressure, stressful, and extremely challenging position. Experienced vocational experts will also be considered. This is NOT a 9-5 job. Travel is required. Please visit www.oasinc.org for our company information. After extensive training and experience, you can earn in the top 1% of all Rehabilitation Counselors. Start date: ASAP. Forward cover letter/resume and salary requirements to edprovder@gmail.com.

tyank@sbcglobal.net

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TECHNOLOGY CYNTHIA P. GRIMLEY, ABVE/D, IPEC

OnlineCE Update

his is a call for all ABVE Members to submit course content for the new ABVE online continuing education program. There are multiple benefits to an ABVE member who does submit course content, including royalties paid to the author and ABVE CEU credit. The following guidelines and policies have been developed:

COURSE DEVELOPMENT BY ABVE MEMBERS a. The ABVE Online Technology Committee will approve the course content prior to online development/placement. b. An ABVE member or non-ABVE member who would like to author a continuing education course will sign an agreement for reimbursement directly with OnlineCE, a division of OnlineContinuingEd, LLC. The contract will include: i. OnlineCE will provide the ABVE documents on how to write a course, how to write educational objectives and how to write multiple choice questions which will be provided to the author. A royalty payment in the amount of $5 per CE hour assigned to the course with provisions to be paid by the 15th each month for courses completed in the prior month. ii. The course author will be responsible to answer any questions that a learner may submit via the OnlineCE website. OnlineCE receives learners question by email and will forward the question to the course author for an email response within 48 business hours, whenever possible.

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The author of the course will be responsible for periodic updating of references and content, as appropriate. If the course content becomes outdated or incorrect and is not updated, the course will be removed from the online course catalogue. ABVE members who author courses will be granted 3 CEU’s for every hour of a course they develop. i.e. If an ABVE member develops a two hour CEU course they will receive 6 ABVE CEU’s for the course. The following links have been provided by OnlineCE to assist authors in writing course content. The links will direct you how to write high quality educational objectives using appropriate verbs, how to write multiple choice questions and writing module instructions. • How

to Write a Course

• How

to Write Multiple Choice Questions

• How

to Write High Quality Educational Objectives Using Appropriate Verbs

Our organization has a plethora of talent within the membership. Many of you have presented excellent topics at our ABVE conferences. With a little additional work these topics can be submitted for online continuing credit. There is no limit as to how many courses you can submit. This topic will be discussed at our annual membership meeting in Vancouver, BC but don’t hesitate, start to submit your courses today!

- Join the conversation or just listen in. - Join the ABVE Group today! The ABVE Group is a part of a network of vocational experts and other rehabilitation professionals to connect with colleagues, share resources and exchange ideas, The ABVE Group is open to all ABVE members, other vocational rehabilitation professionals and professionals seeking the services of vocational experts. Click here to join the conversation.

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AMERICAN BOARD OF VOCATIONAL EXPERTS General Membership Meeting April 8, 2016 | 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Pinnacle Hotel | Vancouver, BC

ARE YOU DISPLAYING YOUR ABVE CREDENTIAL? If you are a Diplomate or Fellow, don’t miss an opportunity to add to your credibility by listing ABVE/D or ABVE/F on your CV, expert witness listing or marketing material. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD THE ABVE LOGO TO YOUR WEBSITE?

AGENDA CALL TO ORDER Opening Remarks Estelle Hutchinson, President

OLD BUSINESS

Email abve@abve.net subjust line “ABVE logo” and we wil send you a high resolution logo to add to your website.

2015 Minutes The 2015 Annual Meeting minutes were made available to all members in handout form and electronically. Motion to approve & vote to accept/reject.

NEW BUSINESS Financial Status of ABVE Jeff Lucas, Treasurer & Stephanie Munoz, Executive Director Awards Presentation David S. Frank & Scott E. Streater and Presidential Citation - Estelle Hutchinson, President

WELCOME NEW ABVE MEMBERS! MEMBER TYPE

FIRST NAME

LAST NAME

COMPANY

CITY

STATE

IPEC

Mera

Kachgal

State of Minnesota Disability Determination Services

St. Paul

Minnesota

IPEC

Michael

O’Brien

O’Brien Professional Services, LLC

Newcastle

Oklahoma

Associate

Steve

Allison

Functional Capacity Experts, LLC

Bossier City

Louisiana

Associate

Aimee

Avalon

GRN Golden Gate

Novato

California

Associate

Barbara

Clarkson

Department of Mental Health

Mashpee

Massachusetts

Associate

Amy

Corrigan

Prudential

Gates Mills

Ohio

Associate

Darrington

Crane

Crane Vocational Consulting

Signal Mountain

Tennessee

Associate

Jessica

Earl

Vocational Support Services, LLC

Austin

Texas

Associate

Michael

Mooney

Return To Work, Inc.

Prospect Heights

Illinois

Associate

Tamara

Prairie

CRC Services, LLC

Longmeadow

Massachusetts

Associate

Albert

Sabella

Sabella Vocational Services, LLC

Providence

Rhode Island

Associate

Debra

Steele

Lightfoot Consulting LLC

St. Smith

Arkansas

Associate

Marilyn

Stroud

Stroud Vocational Expert Services, LLC

Guntersville

Alabama

Associate

Lee

HartnettSparwasser

Mt. Pleasant

South Carolina

Associate

Aida

Perez

Foster Assessment Center and Testing Service, Inc

Redondo Beach

California

Associate

Patricia

Shafer

Central IL Work Evaluation, Inc.

Springfield

Illinois

Associate

Bethlehem

Tamerat

Foster Assessment Center and Testing Services, Inc

Glendale

California

2016-2019 Election Results Cindy Grimley, Past President OnlineCE Cindy Grimley, Past President Open Discussion with ABVE Members Closing Announcements Adjournment Motion to adjourn meeting

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CADA Central 3540 Soquel Avenue, Suite A Santa Cruz, CA 95062

About the Event & Facility Conference Dates: February 25-28, 2015 Exhibitor Dates: February 25-27, 2015 As an exhibitor you get the opportunity to meet face-to-face with 1200-1400 activities directors, administrators, and class/club advisors from around the state of California and the nation! This includes several social events and our exclusive expo hours, meaning nothing else is going on while the expo hall is open; the attendees’ focus is on you the exhibitor! It’s a great venue to network with old and new clients and is not one to be missed! Be sure to register early to get prime booth placement! In years past, the hall has sold out before Thanksgiving! Avoid the $100 late registration fee, book prior to December 31, 2014. Visit www.cada1.org/stateconvention to download a full conference brochure.

Exhibit Services GES (Global Experience Specialists) is our official decorator and drayage company. They will have an expo services desk located in the Exhibit Hall. Please direct all booth set up questions to their customer service personnel (1-800-475-2098). CADA Exhibitors may purchase cartload services through the GES service packet, which will be sent out in January. All items associated with the booth must stay within the confines of the booth. •

Electrical – One 500-watt outlet per Booth*

*Requests must be made no later than 30-days prior to convention. Any requests after cut off date will pay the going rate with GES.

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Attendee List – Link given 2-months prior to convention. List includes attendee contact information excluding email address.

• Booth Representatives / 2 per booth! Additional name badges can be purchased for $35 per person. Medallion Sponsors receive additional passes depending on sponsorship level.

Exhibitor Information

Town and Country Resort & Convention Center San Diego, CA • February 25-28, 2015

Show Location Town and Country Resort & Convention Center 500 Hotel Circle North San Diego, CA 92108 Room Rates – $149/Single or $159/Double per night + tax

Exhibit Show Hours

Cutoff Date – February 2, 2015 Reservations – 1-888-231-4352

Wednesday – February 25

12:30pm-6:00pm – Exhibitor Registration 1:00pm-6:00pm – Exhibitor Setup

Thursday – February 26

8:00am-11:30am – Continue Registration & Setup 11:30am-12:30pm OPEN – “New to Convention” Only 12:30pm-2:30pm – Hall Open to All Attendees 6:00pm-9:00pm – Hall Open to All Attendees

Friday – February 27

12:00pm-3:00pm – Hall Open to All Attendees 3:00pm – Exhibitor Tear Down

Lead Retrieval Services

How to Register – 3 Easy Ways!

www.1stSales.com

• Online:

Book your booth online with a credit card @ www.cada1.org/exhibitor

• Mail:

Send in your paperwork with payment to:

CADA Central 3540 Soquel Avenue, Suite A Santa Cruz, CA 95062

1st Sales Lead Retrieval will be back again providing the 2015 CADA Convention with lead retrieval services. •

Mobile Scan – no booth power required

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Extensive lead qualifications included

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Note taking supported

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Leads/appointments in Excel and/or Outlook the day after the show ends

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Full contact record including email addresses

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Your company profile emailed post conference to your prospects

Order before February 11, 2015 and get the Early Bird Rate!

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Connect with Key Decision Makers in School Activities

Join us for the 2015 CADA Convention!!! Pack your dancing shoes and get ready to experience the “dance” of leadership. Remember, nobody cares if you don’t dance well. Just get up and dance!

Annual Booth Decorating Contest

CADA Coupon Book

The Annual Booth Decorating Contest is back for another year! Pull on your tights, grab your tutu’s, and get ready to decorate your booth with your dance inspired theme. Will it be Footloose, Chorus Line or a good ol’ country line dance to get your creative juices flowing? We can’t wait to see what you all come up with!

Want a way to gain more exposure at the CADA Convention? Everyone loves coupons, customers love them because they get a discount, and companies love them because it brings business! As a CADA Affiliate you have the opportunity to publish your coupon in the CADA Coupon Book, which will be put in every attendee’s bag. You design it, you come up with the deal, and we will print it!

Two Categories: Single Booth & Multiple Booths 1st prize – 50% off booth for next convention 2 runner ups – 25% off booth for next convention

ONLY $150 / Coupon

Judging Criteria 1.) Use of product in representing the convention’s theme 2.) Enthusiasm in portraying your theme 3.) Over-all creativity and sync with “Just Dance”

What do I get with my booth? •

Carpeted 8’ x 10’ x 8’ booth

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One 6’ table, 2 chairs, wastebasket, & ID Sign

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One 500-watt electrical outlet (Must check appropriate box on application)

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Two booth representatives per booth (Additional reps $35/person)

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Your company contact information & booth location printed in our program book (print deadline – January 9, 2015)

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Access to an electronic list of attendees before & after the conference

•

Full company contact information listed on the Virtual Floorplan on our website for attendees to preview prior to arriving at the conference

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Discount opportunities for winning the booth decorating contest

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Access to social events, all workshops & sessions

Booth Prices •

Members First Booth – $975

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Members Additional Booths – $925

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Non Member Booths – $1600

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$100 Late fee/booth if booked after December 31, 2014

Membership Fee is based on Sales to CA Schools per year

Annual Fee

CA Sales

$300

$0-$500K

$500

$500K-$2M

$750

$2M-$5M

$1000

$5M

Become a CADA Medallion Sponsor and gain more exposure and get priority booth selection for the 2016 convention! Visit www.cada1.org/sponsorbenefits or contact CADA Central. We are happy to help!

*All coupons must have some discount or promotion on it. All payment and graphics must be submitted no later than Friday, January 9, 2015. Graphics can be emailed to info@cada1.org, Available formats are TIFF, EPS, or high resolution JPEG / PDF, 300 dpi. Dimensions of the coupon are 5” wide 2.5” high. Please call CADA Central if you have any questions, we are happy to help!

Conference Statistics

Please Pay Attention to Copyright!

Who attends the Conference?

We love making our themes come to life and this year is no different! There are so many fun and exciting movies and broadway plays to consider but we wouldn’t want you or your company to get in trouble. Copyright holders have exclusive rights to their reproductions, display and distribution of works should not be pirated for use in the exhibit hall for any reason. If you have any questions or need clarification, please feel free to contact CADA Central for more information and details regarding this years theme and use of imagery.

Networking Events CADA has several networking events that give you additional time outside the expo hall to network with the attendees! For a detailed explanation of each event you can visit our website at www.cada1.org/socialevents. •

Wednesday: 7:30pm-10:30pm – Lifetouch Dinner & Networking event (Ages 21 and older only)

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Thursday: 6:00pm-9:00pm – Dinner & Networking reception in Expo Hall 9:00pm-12:00pm – Herff Jones Networking Event

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Friday:

8:00pm-12:00pm – Dinner & Josten’s Dessert & Dance ($50 per person)

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Saturday:

11:30am-12:30pm – Closing luncheon ($40 per person)

Where do the Attendees come from? Our Attendees come from all over the state of California. In addition, we have many attendees that travel from far and wide including attendees from Canada, Hawaii and the rest of the US!

Reno Event Important Notes

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Any company that starts tearing down prior to the “end of show” announcement will have to provide a $500 security deposit for next year’s show.

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The Exhibit Hall is closed to all attendees and exhibitors during non-exhibit hours. You will have access to the hall and your booth only, as stated on exhibit hall schedule and one half hour before each exhibit session.

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No children are allowed in the exhibit hall.

San Diego Event

NEW ADDRESS

About the Event & Facility

Grand Sierra Resort 22500 W 2nd Street Reno, NV 89595

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Room Rates:

$95/Single or $115/Double per night + tax

Wednesday, March 2nd

12:00pm-3:00pm – Hall Open to All Attendees 3:00pm – Exhibitor Tear Down

Leads/appointments in Excel and/or Outlook the day after the show ends

• Full contact record including email addresses

• Your company profile emailed post conference to your prospects

Stay Connected & Get the Latest Updates:

Order before February 14, 2016 and get the Early Bird Rate!

CADA/CASL Website www.CADA1.org www.CASL1.org

Facebook

www.facebook.com/CADAfan www.facebook.com/CASLfan www.facebook.com/cadacamps

instagram

www.instagram.com/cadaleaders www.instagram.com/CASLfan www.instagram.com/CADAcamps

Twitter

www.twitter.com/cadaleaders www.twitter.com/CASLfan www.twitter.com/CADAcamps

www.pinterest.com/cadaleaders

CADA/CASL Website

www.youtube.com/cadaleaders www.youtube.com/caslfan www.youtube.com/cadacamps

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Friday, March 4th

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Note taking supported

Extensive lead qualifications included

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Mobile Scan - no booth power required

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8:00am-11:30am – Continue Registration & Setup 11:30am-12:30pm Hall Open to “New to Convention” Only 12:30pm-2:30pm – Hall Open to All Attendees 6:00pm-9:00pm – Hall Open to All Attendees

1st Sales Lead Retrieval will be back again providing the 2016 CADA Convention with lead retrieval services.

Thursday, March 3rd

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www.1stSales.com

12:30pm-6:00pm – Exhibitor Registration 1:00pm-6:00pm – Exhibitor Setup

1-800-648-5080

Lead Retrieval Services

Reservations

Exhibit Show Hours

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Cutoff Date:

January 30th, 2016

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Visit www.cada1.org/convention to download a full conference brochure.

Show Location

Avoid the $100 late registration fee, book prior to December 31, 2015.

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This includes several social events and our exclusive expo hours, meaning nothing else is going on while the expo hall is open; the attendees’ focus is on you the exhibitor! It’s a great venue to network with old and new clients and is not one to be missed! Be sure to register early to get prime booth placement! In years past, the hall has sold out before Thanksgiving!

Conference Dates: March 2-5, 2016 Exhibitor Dates: March 2-4, 2016 As an exhibitor you get the opportunity to meet face-to-face with 1200-1400 activities directors, administrators, and class/club advisors from around the state of California and the nation!

CADA Central 3121 Park Avenue, Suite C Soquel, CA 95073

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Join us for the 2016 CADA Convention!

What do I get with my booth? • Carpeted

10’ x 10’ x 8’

booth

How to Register – 3 Easy Ways!

• One 6’ table, 2 chairs, wastebasket, & ID Sign

• One 500-watt electrical outlet (Must check appropriate box on application)

• Two booth representatives per booth (Additional representaives $35 per person) • Your company contact information & booth location printed in our program book (print deadline – January 8th, 2016)

Book your booth online with a credit card @ www.cada1.org/exhibitor

• Online:

• Access to an electronic list of attendees before & after the conference excluding email

••

Discount opportunities decorating contest

This year’s annual booth decorating contest is back in EPIC proportions! Get on your togas and transport yourself back to ancient Greek/Roman times and watch the “CADA Forum” come to life!

Judging Criteria

Two Categories: Single Booth & Multiple Booths

• Enthusiasm in portraying your theme

• 2 runner ups – 25% off booth for next convention

CADA Central 3121 Park Avenue, Suite C Soquel, CA 95073

• Access to social events, all workshops & sessions

• Phone: Give

us a call! (831) 464-4891

• Over-all creativity and sync with “EPIC Leadership”

• 600+ Schools! • 1,350+ attendees!

Networking Events www.cada1.org/socialevents

• Friday: • Saturday:

• Member Additional Booths – $925 • Non-Member Booths – $1600

Reno Event

CADA has several networking events that give you additional time outside the expo hall to network with the attendees! For a detailed explanation of each event you can visit our website at:

9:00pm-Midnight

• Member First Booth – $975

Dinner & Area Suites Networking Sponsored by Lifetouch

Exhibit Hall Dinner Sponsored by Pegleg Entertainment Bowling, Dancing & Networking Sponsored by Herff Jones

8:00pm-12:00am Dinner & Josten’s Dessert & Dance ($50 per person) 10:15am-11:15am Closing Brunch ($40 per person)

Membership

Visit www.cada1.org/sponsorbenefits or contact CADA Central. We are happy to help!

Annual Fee

CA Sales

$300

$0-$500K

$500

$500K-$2M

$750

$2M-$5M

$1000

$5M

CADA COUPON BOOK

• $100 Late fee/booth if booked after December 31, 2015

Become a CADA Medallion Sponsor and gain more exposure and get priority booth selection for the 2017 convention!

Our attendees come from all over the state of California. In addition, we have many attendees that travel from far and wide including attendees from Canada, Hawaii and the rest of the US!

• 1st prize – 50% off booth for next convention

• Use of product in representing the convention’s theme

• Wednesday: 7:30pm-10:30pm • Thursday: 6:00pm-9:00pm

Booth Prices

Fee is based on Sales to CA Schools per year

Where do the Attendees come from?

in your paperwork with payment to:

for winning the booth

Who attends the Conference?

Annual Booth Decorating Contest

• Mail: Send

• Full company contact information listed on the Virtual Floorplan on our website for attendees to preview prior to arriving at the conference

CONFERENCE STATISTICS

ONLY $150 / Coupon *All coupons must have some discount or promotion on it. All payment and graphics must be submitted no later than Friday, January 8, 2016. Graphics can be emailed to info@cada1.org, Available formats are TIFF, EPS, or high resolution JPEG/PDF, 300 dpi. Dimensions of the coupon are 5” wide 2.5” high. Please call CADA Central if you have any questions.

San Diego Event

Join us for the 2016 CADA Convention!

What do I get with my booth? • Carpeted

10’ x 10’ x 8’

booth

How to Register – 3 Easy Ways!

• One 6’ table, 2 chairs, wastebasket, & ID Sign

• One 500-watt electrical outlet (Must check appropriate box on application)

Book your booth online with a credit card @ www.cada1.org/exhibitor

• Online:

• Access to an electronic list of attendees before & after the conference excluding email

••

Discount opportunities decorating contest

This year’s annual booth decorating contest is back in EPIC proportions! Get on your togas and transport yourself back to ancient Greek/Roman times and watch the “CADA Forum” come to life!

Judging Criteria

Two Categories: Single Booth & Multiple Booths

• Enthusiasm in portraying your theme

• 2 runner ups – 25% off booth for next convention

CADA Central 3121 Park Avenue, Suite C Soquel, CA 95073

• Access to social events, all workshops & sessions

• Phone: Give

us a call! (831) 464-4891

• Over-all creativity and sync with “EPIC Leadership”

• 600+ Schools! • 1,350+ attendees!

Networking Events www.cada1.org/socialevents

• Friday: • Saturday:

• Member Additional Booths – $925 • Non-Member Booths – $1600

Reno Event

CADA has several networking events that give you additional time outside the expo hall to network with the attendees! For a detailed explanation of each event you can visit our website at:

9:00pm-Midnight

• Member First Booth – $975

Dinner & Area Suites Networking Sponsored by Lifetouch

Exhibit Hall Dinner Sponsored by Pegleg Entertainment Bowling, Dancing & Networking Sponsored by Herff Jones

8:00pm-12:00am Dinner & Josten’s Dessert & Dance ($50 per person) 10:15am-11:15am Closing Brunch ($40 per person)

Membership

Visit www.cada1.org/sponsorbenefits or contact CADA Central. We are happy to help!

Annual Fee

CA Sales

$300

$0-$500K

$500

$500K-$2M

$750

$2M-$5M

$1000

$5M

CADA COUPON BOOK

• $100 Late fee/booth if booked after December 31, 2015

Become a CADA Medallion Sponsor and gain more exposure and get priority booth selection for the 2017 convention!

Our attendees come from all over the state of California. In addition, we have many attendees that travel from far and wide including attendees from Canada, Hawaii and the rest of the US!

• 1st prize – 50% off booth for next convention

• Use of product in representing the convention’s theme

• Wednesday: 7:30pm-10:30pm • Thursday: 6:00pm-9:00pm

Booth Prices

Fee is based on Sales to CA Schools per year

Where do the Attendees come from?

in your paperwork with payment to:

for winning the booth

Who attends the Conference?

Annual Booth Decorating Contest

• Mail: Send

• Full company contact information listed on the Virtual Floorplan on our website for attendees to preview prior to arriving at the conference

CONFERENCE STATISTICS

San Diego Event

Join us for the 2016 CADA Convention!

What do I get with my booth? • Carpeted

10’ x 10’ x 8’

booth

How to Register – 3 Easy Ways!

• One 6’ table, 2 chairs, wastebasket, & ID Sign

• One 500-watt electrical outlet (Must check appropriate box on application)

Book your booth online with a credit card @ www.cada1.org/exhibitor

• Online:

• Access to an electronic list of attendees before & after the conference excluding email

••

Discount opportunities decorating contest

This year’s annual booth decorating contest is back in EPIC proportions! Get on your togas and transport yourself back to ancient Greek/Roman times and watch the “CADA Forum” come to life!

Judging Criteria

Two Categories: Single Booth & Multiple Booths

• Enthusiasm in portraying your theme

• 2 runner ups – 25% off booth for next convention

CADA Central 3121 Park Avenue, Suite C Soquel, CA 95073

• Access to social events, all workshops & sessions

• Phone: Give

us a call! (831) 464-4891

• Over-all creativity and sync with “EPIC Leadership”

• 600+ Schools! • 1,350+ attendees!

Networking Events www.cada1.org/socialevents

• Friday: • Saturday:

• Member Additional Booths – $925 • Non-Member Booths – $1600

Reno Event

CADA has several networking events that give you additional time outside the expo hall to network with the attendees! For a detailed explanation of each event you can visit our website at:

9:00pm-Midnight

• Member First Booth – $975

Dinner & Area Suites Networking Sponsored by Lifetouch

Exhibit Hall Dinner Sponsored by Pegleg Entertainment Bowling, Dancing & Networking Sponsored by Herff Jones

8:00pm-12:00am Dinner & Josten’s Dessert & Dance ($50 per person) 10:15am-11:15am Closing Brunch ($40 per person)

Membership

Visit www.cada1.org/sponsorbenefits or contact CADA Central. We are happy to help!

Annual Fee

CA Sales

$300

$0-$500K

$500

$500K-$2M

$750

$2M-$5M

$1000

$5M

CADA COUPON BOOK

• $100 Late fee/booth if booked after December 31, 2015

Become a CADA Medallion Sponsor and gain more exposure and get priority booth selection for the 2017 convention!

Our attendees come from all over the state of California. In addition, we have many attendees that travel from far and wide including attendees from Canada, Hawaii and the rest of the US!

• 1st prize – 50% off booth for next convention

• Use of product in representing the convention’s theme

• Wednesday: 7:30pm-10:30pm • Thursday: 6:00pm-9:00pm

Booth Prices

Fee is based on Sales to CA Schools per year

Where do the Attendees come from?

in your paperwork with payment to:

for winning the booth

Who attends the Conference?

Annual Booth Decorating Contest

• Mail: Send

• Full company contact information listed on the Virtual Floorplan on our website for attendees to preview prior to arriving at the conference

CONFERENCE STATISTICS

San Diego Event

NEW ADDRESS

About the Event & Facility

Grand Sierra Resort 22500 W 2nd Street Reno, NV 89595

ith y Ke

Room Rates:

$95/Single or $115/Double per night + tax

Wednesday, March 2nd

12:00pm-3:00pm – Hall Open to All Attendees 3:00pm – Exhibitor Tear Down

Leads/appointments in Excel and/or Outlook the day after the show ends

• Full contact record including email addresses

• Your company profile emailed post conference to your prospects

Stay Connected & Get the Latest Updates:

Order before February 14, 2016 and get the Early Bird Rate!

CADA/CASL Website www.CADA1.org www.CASL1.org

Facebook

www.facebook.com/CADAfan www.facebook.com/CASLfan www.facebook.com/cadacamps

instagram

www.instagram.com/cadaleaders www.instagram.com/CASLfan www.instagram.com/CADAcamps

Twitter

www.twitter.com/cadaleaders www.twitter.com/CASLfan www.twitter.com/CADAcamps

www.pinterest.com/cadaleaders

CADA/CASL Website

www.youtube.com/cadaleaders www.youtube.com/caslfan www.youtube.com/cadacamps

r o t i ih b t i o n Ex ma r o nI f

ies

•

Friday, March 4th

vit

Note taking supported

Extensive lead qualifications included

ti Ac

•

Mobile Scan - no booth power required

•

8:00am-11:30am – Continue Registration & Setup 11:30am-12:30pm Hall Open to “New to Convention” Only 12:30pm-2:30pm – Hall Open to All Attendees 6:00pm-9:00pm – Hall Open to All Attendees

1st Sales Lead Retrieval will be back again providing the 2016 CADA Convention with lead retrieval services.

Thursday, March 3rd

DA CA n 16 io 20 ent nv Co

www.1stSales.com

12:30pm-6:00pm – Exhibitor Registration 1:00pm-6:00pm – Exhibitor Setup

1-800-648-5080

Lead Retrieval Services

Reservations

Exhibit Show Hours

ion

Cutoff Date:

January 30th, 2016

cis

Visit www.cada1.org/convention to download a full conference brochure.

Show Location

Avoid the $100 late registration fee, book prior to December 31, 2015.

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CADA Central 3121 Park Avenue, Suite C Soquel, CA 95073

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