10th Annual Strom Conference This Thursday

The 10th Annual Strom Conference with be held this Thursday, April 22, 2010, at the Days Hotel in Dickinson, North Dakota. The day will begin with a continental breakfast and registration at 8:00 am. An opening note will be presented by President Dr. Richard McCallum of Dickinson State University, Steve Glasser, Strom Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Executive Director, and Jerome Strom, our Honored Guest. Jerome is the inspiration for the annual conference and is a major component to the Strom Center. We are very excited to have him present at the 10th Annual Strom Conferencce!

After a short break, inspirational speaker Bob Upgren, will be the first keynote speaker presenting “Most Artists Can’t Draw- Unmasking the New World of Work.” After Bob, there will be another short break, followed by the first breakout session. Each of the three breakout sessions will consist of three different topics. Attendees will be able to choose which presentation to attend (Please refer to the registration form for breakout session topics).

Lunch will be provided during the conference’s second keynote. Stacy Sturm and Nicole Morrison-Mathern of URL Radio will be presenting “From Floods to FedEx- We did it!” These two entrepreneurs possess a great success story in today’s society. Breakout sessions two and three will follow lunch. After the breakout sessions, Bob Upgren will close our day with the final keynote speech.

Schedule

8:00-9:00 a.m.
Registration & Booths Open

9:00-9:50
Welcome Note

9:50-10:00
Break

10:00-10:50
Keynote 1- Bob Upgren

10:50-11:00
Break

11:00-11:45
Breakout Session 1

12:00-1:00p.m.
Lunch & Keynote 2- Stacy Sturm & Nicole Morrison-Mathern

1:15-2:00
Breakout Session 2

2:15-3:00
Breakout Session 3

3:15-4:00
Keynote and Closing- Bob Upgren

4:15-5:30
Social at the Days Hotel

For more information or to register, please call the Strom Center at (701) 483-2756.

CDP/COCO and URL Radio

We formed this partnership to highlight our COCO members, HTC Communities, and Community Development Events. The contract runs from 4/1/10 to 4/1/11 and with 2 call-ins a week – one on Morning Show and one on Shake It Up with Molly and Martini on Wednesday nights, Facebook and Twitter mentions, and links from their website!

This radio station can be listened to anywhere where the internet can be accessed, just visit www.URLradio.net. They have been listened to in 49 states and 84 countries! You can even hear past shows as they have podcasts available on their website and podbean.com.

We are featuring owners Nicole Morrison-Mathern and Stacy Sturm at the 10th Annual Strom Conference “Insights 2010” on April 22 at the Days Hotel. We are excited that they will be our keynote luncheon speakers!

Either Julie or Amanda will be on at 9:00am MST on Monday Mornings and a representative from the nonprofit or the featured community will be on Wednesday Evening at 7:30pm. April 5 will be the kick-off show. Be sure to tune in early that day as they are starting at 8:30 MST with Stacy Sturm’s morning show.