Agenda at a Glance

Agenda-at-a-Glance*

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025

10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Registration Open

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Pre-Conference Excursions Compliments of Traverse City Tourism

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception Compliments of Grand Traverse Resort and Spa

7:30 p.m. - ?

Hosted Dinners or Evening on Your Own

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025

7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration Open

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast Available

8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Keynote: Modernizing for Impact: 
Innovation, Relationships, and the Future of Associations

Warren Call, President & CEO of Traverse Connect

9:55 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

10:55 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.

Refreshment Break in Marketplace
Check out the Silent Auction!

11:35 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

12:35 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.

Lunch & Annual Meeting
Keynote: Learning That Pays: Delivering Education Members Value-and Invest In
Tracy King, CAE, CEO of InspirEd

2:35 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

3:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.

Refreshment Break in Marketplace
Check out the Silent Auction!

4:05 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

4:55 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Relax & Freshen Up

5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

An Evening with Traverse City Tourism

9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Afterglow

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025

7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Registration Open

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast Available

8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

9:35 a.m. - 10:05 a.m.

Refreshment Break in Marketplace
Last chance to check out the Silent Auction!  Bidding Ends at 10:05 a.m.

10:15 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

11:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch & Installation of Officers
Keynote: MemberShift: Why Members Leave and the Strategies to Bring Them Back
Sarah L. Sladek, Founder & CEO of XYZ University

The agenda is subject to change.

2025 Annual Conference Sponsors

  • Traverse City Tourism
    Traverse City Tourism
    101 West Grandview Parkway
    Traverse City, MI 49684-2252
    US
    (231)947-1120
    Host Destination
  • Grand Traverse Resort and Spa
    Grand Traverse Resort and Spa
    PO Box 404
    Acme, MI 49610-0404
    (231)534-6161
    Host Venue
  • OAV
    OAV
    (616)259-9193
    Set Design & Event Production
  • Chase Creative
    Chase Creative
    3718 Buchanan Avenue, SW, Suite B
    Wyoming, MI 49548
    US
    (616)785-8660
    Breakout Session AV Equipment
  • Results At Hand Software, LLC
    Results At Hand Software, LLC
    43700 Woodward Ave Suite 101
    Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
    (877)926-2328
    Mobile App, Badges and Printing
  • M3 Group
    M3 Group
    Lansing, MI
    US
    (517)203-3333
    Photographer
  • Maner Costerisan
    Maner Costerisan
    2425 E. Grand River Avenue, Suite 1
    Lansing, MI 48912
    US
    (517)323-7500
    Tuesday Breakfast & Keynote Speaker
  • D2L
    D2L
    137 Glasgow Street Suite 560
    Kitchener, ON N2G 4X8
    647-575-5335
    Tuesday Lunch & Keynote Speaker
  • Destination Ann Arbor
    Destination Ann Arbor
    315 W. Huron Street, Suite 340
    Ann Arbor, MI 48103
    US
    (734)794-0649
    Wednesday Morning Specialty Coffee Bar
  • Experience Grand Rapids
    Experience Grand Rapids
    171 Monroe Avenue, NW, Suite 545
    Grand Rapids, MI 49503-6204
    US
    (616)258-7388
    Wednesday Breakfast
  • Yeo & Yeo CPAs & Advisors
    Yeo & Yeo CPAs & Advisors
    822 Centennial Way, Suite 250
    Lansing, MI 48917
    US
    (517)323-9500
    Wednesday Lunch & Keynote Speaker
  • Kelley Cawthorne
    Kelley Cawthorne
    208 North Capitol Avenue, 3rd Floor
    Lansing, MI 48933-1731
    US
    (810)691-0703
    Digital Registration
  • Shanty Creek Resorts
    Shanty Creek Resorts
    5780 Shanty Creek Road
    Bellaire, MI 49615
    US
    (866)695-5010
    Welcome Gift
  • Mt. Pleasant Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
    Mt. Pleasant Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
    113 West Broadway Street
    Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
    US
    (888)772-2007
    Turndown Service
  • Parkland Properties
    Parkland Properties
    939 Third Street
    Muskegon, MI 49440-1136
    US
    (231)720-1753
    Name Badge Ribbon
  • Dykema Gossett PLLC
    Dykema Gossett PLLC
    201 Townsend St. Ste 900
    Lansing, MI 48933
    (517)374-9134
    Lanyard
  • ASM Global - DeVos Place
    ASM Global - DeVos Place
    303 Monroe Avenue, NW
    Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    US
    (616)742-6500
    Breakout Room
  • BizStream
    BizStream
    11480 53rd Ave Suite A
    Allendale, MI 49401
    (616)340-7602
    Breakout Room
  • Choose Lansing
    Choose Lansing
    500 East Michigan Avenue, Suite 180
    Lansing, MI 48912
    US
    (800)648-6630
    Breakout Room
  • Crystal Mountain
    Crystal Mountain
    12500 Crystal Mountain Drive
    Thompsonville, MI 49683
    US
    (231)378-2000
    Breakout Room
  • Huntington Place
    Huntington Place
    One Washington Boulevard
    Detroit, MI 48226
    (313)877-8777
    Breakout Room
  • Petoskey Area Visitors Bureau
    Petoskey Area Visitors Bureau
    401 East Mitchell Street
    Petoskey, MI 49770
    US
    (231)348-2755
    Afterglow Reception