ANNUAL CONVENTION

The 2010 NDSBA Annual Convention will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 29-30, at the Ramkota Hotel in Bismarck. The New Member Seminar and School Law Seminar will be on Thursday, October 28, also at the Ramkota. For more information, click on the links below.

TENTATIVE PROGRAM
PRECONVENTION SESSIONS
THURSDAY, October 28, 2010
8:00-9:00 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:55-3:30	NDCSA School Law Seminar
9:00-4:00	NDSBA New Member Seminar
3:30-5:00 p.m.	Early Registration (Dakota Ballroom Coatroom)
5:30 p.m.	NDSBA Board of Directors' Meeting
	Business Managers' Board Meeting
NDSBA CONVENTION
FRIDAY, October 29, 2010
7:30 a.m.	Registration (Dakota Ballroom Coatroom)
	Exhibit Visitation (coffee and rolls available)
8:00-9:30	GENERAL SESSION - Greetings from Earl Rickman, President, National School Boards Association
	Keynote Address - Behind The Blind Side: Overcoming Obstacles in the Face of Adversity
	Collins Tuohy, daughter of the family whose story was chronicled in the blockbuster movie The Blind Side
10:00-10:45	CLINIC SESSIONS
11:00-11:45	CLINIC SESSIONS
11:30-12:15	Business Managers' Lunch Buffet
12:00-1:30	Lunch Buffet & Exhibit Visitation
1:30-2:15	CLINIC SESSIONS
2:30-3:15	CLINIC SESSIONS
3:30	First Business Session & Delegate Assembly
	Business Managers' Business Meeting
4:30-5:30	NETWORKING SOCIAL for All Convention Attendees (no banquet)
SATURDAY, October 30, 2010
7:00 a.m.	Buffet Breakfast
8:00-8:45	GENERAL SESSION - Principles of the Lighthouse: How leaders across the country make a lasting difference in their schools
	Bob Upgren, author and independent consultant
9:00-9:45	CLINIC SESSIONS
10:00-10:45	CLINIC SESSIONS
11:00 a.m.	Second Business Session & Delegate Assembly
12:00 noon	Adjourn (no lunch provided)