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The Rockies Mean Business.

Enhance your skills, network with industry leaders and drive more business at Connect Rockies—the event for planners and suppliers focused on national association, corporate and international meetings and events in the Rocky Mountains. Experience a quality packed day of general sessions, roundtables, preset appointments and networking.

Connect Rockies is the business marketplace where RFPs are placed, dates are secured and relationships are developed for future business.

2019 Agenda

Subject to Change

Monday, March 4

1-2:30 p.m.	Optional Activity: Denver City Tour Hop on a coach to learn more about one of the hottest meetings and events destinations out there. You will get a glimpse at Denver's hotel package, diverse neighborhoods and cultural offerings. To register, please select this option during sign-up.
3-4 p.m.	Registration
3:30-4:45 p.m.	General Session: A Better Way to Great
5-6 p.m.	Marketplace Appointments
7-9:30 p.m.	Sponsored by Visit Denver Welcome Reception at Denver Milk Market Network and nosh your way through Chef Frank Bonanno’s latest restaurant concept, the Denver Milk Market. Located in the vibrant Ballpark Neighborhood, this 16-venue cornerstone of the historic Dairy Block will provide a tasteful and unique experience for your first night in the Mile High City. Bus transportation will be provided.

Tuesday, March 5

8-9 a.m.	Breakfast
9-10:15 a.m.	General Session: Don't Become Extinct! Keep Your Events, Your Company and Yourself Relevant in Any Economy
10:30-11:30 a.m.	Marketplace Appointments
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.	Networking Lunch and Giveback Activity
1-2 p.m.	Marketplace Appointments

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2019 Speakers

Dean Savoca Management Trainer, Facilitator and Executive Coach		Shawna Suckow Founder, SPIN
Dean Savoca is the performance development partner for hospitality leaders who want highly-effective teams that are focused, aligned and inspired. Simply put, Dean helps leaders coach their people. A 25-year veteran of the meetings and events industry, Dean combines an early career in hospitality sales and operations with a Master’s Degree in Organizational Performance and Change, and has spent the last 15 years speaking, training and coaching on leadership and development.		Shawna was a planner for over 20 years. In 2008 she founded SPIN: The Senior Planners Industry Network, which now has over 2,500 members across North America. In 2009, she began studying consumer behavior, and speaking to audiences of salespeople, marketers and retailers who were frustrated with the shifting marketplace and the influences of technology.

Dean Savoca

Management Trainer, Facilitator and Executive Coach

Shawna Suckow

Founder, SPIN

Dean Savoca is the performance development partner for hospitality leaders who want highly-effective teams that are focused, aligned and inspired. Simply put, Dean helps leaders coach their people. A 25-year veteran of the meetings and events industry, Dean combines an early career in hospitality sales and operations with a Master’s Degree in Organizational Performance and Change, and has spent the last 15 years speaking, training and coaching on leadership and development.

Shawna was a planner for over 20 years. In 2008 she founded SPIN: The Senior Planners Industry Network, which now has over 2,500 members across North America. In 2009, she began studying consumer behavior, and speaking to audiences of salespeople, marketers and retailers who were frustrated with the shifting marketplace and the influences of technology.

2019 Education

Wednesday, March 4

3:30-4:45 p.m. | General Session

Presented by Dean Savoca

In the frenetic pace of our world today, Type A personalities thrive. But if you're frantic, distracted and overwhelmed instead of being grounded, focused and fulfilled, you may have reached a tipping point that can be counterproductive. You may have an outcome addiction—the "doing more gets you more" mindset, which can blind you to your own intuition and insight and inhibit your productivity.

Tuesday, March 5

9-10:15 a.m. | Breakfast General Session

Presented by Shawna Suckow

It used to be easier to stand out when marketing your programs and your company in a field of competitors, but today it’s more challenging. Join Shawna Suckow, CMP and former 20-year planner, as she shares the insider secrets on how you can market anything differently to stand out in a sea of sameness. Whether you’re looking to market your programs to attract more participants or market your business for greater success, you’re in the right place!

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