––– Presenters –––

GENERAL SESSION - KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Berkeley Young, President, Young Strategies

"How to Generate Positive PR"

Marla Tambellini, Assistant Vice President/Director of Marketing, Asheville CVB

"1 + 2 = Successful Agri-tourism for your Destination"

Leckie Stack, Stack Farms and Agri-tourism Committee Chair, Rabun County CVB

"Developing a Great Promotional Piece for your Business or Community"

Linda Mosley, Publisher, Great Southern Publishers

Lunch: Special Guest Speaker
Dr. Robert Payne
 Consultant to the President's Council on Economic Development, Washington, DC

"Times are Changing in the Media World"
Laurie Rowe, President, Laurie Rowe Communications

"Family Reunion Market 101"

Jeff Mills, President, Mills Marketing Group

"Bring a Laptop, Leave with a Facebook, Twitter and Blog"

Mary Boland, Executive Director, Rabun County CVB

Stephen Smith, Tourism Director, Dahlonega CVB

"Creating a Customer Focused Environment"

Amanda Singer, Senior Training Consultant, Intercontinental Hotels

 “Tourism 2010: It’s all about Me and all about We”

Dr. Bill Norman, Clemson International Institute for Tourism Research & Development

GENERAL SESSION/CLOSING ADDRESS

"5 Proven Strategies on How Your Tourism Organization Can Get a Respected Place at Your Local Economic Development Table (and help save your tourism budget)"

Dr. Steve Morse, Director and Economist, Tourism Institute, University of Tennessee