Industry News: Motivation Show Names New Conference Advisory Board

The Motivation Show has announced the members of a new Conference Advisory Board formed to provide industry expertise and advice in finalizing the program for the 4th Annual Motivation Show Conference: Connecting Engagement and Financial Results. The show is scheduled for October 12-14, 2010, at McCormick West in Chicago.

“This is an exceptional group of thought leaders representing many of the leading organizations involved in the incentive, recognition, loyalty and meetings marketplace. Their input and recommendations will be critical in helping us to design and deliver an education program with content that is timely and meaningful.”

Pete Erickson, Motivation Show managing director, says, “Each year education becomes a more important component in attracting a qualified audience to The Motivation Show. The combined knowledge base of this Advisory Board is remarkable and will certainly help us design a compelling value proposition for anyone interested in learning how incentive rewards and motivational experiences can be a powerful business tool in achieving corporate objectives.”

The new board members are:

Ira Almeas, CITE, President, Impact Incentives & Meetings
Debra Andersen, Sr. Manager, Events, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
Fay Beauchine, President, Engagement & Events, Carlson Marketing
Rick Blabolil, President, Marketing Innovators International
Jeffrey Broudy, Executive Vice President & COO, United Incentives
Beth Cooper-Zobott, Director, Conference Services, Equity Residential
Kevin Cronin, President, Recognition Consulting LLC
Bob Dawson, Founder, The Business Group
James Dittman, President, Dittman Incentive Marketing
Sean Geehan, CEO & Founder, Geehan Group
Paula Godar, Director, Brand Strategy, Maritz
Todd Hanson, President & Founder, Catalyst Performance Group
Michael Hemsey, President, Kobie Marketing
Andy Hodges, Vice President Business Development, Affinion Loyalty Group
Joseph F. Keller, President & COO, MotivAction
Brad Langley, President & COO, Creative Group
Greg Lewis, CEO, Motivation Excellence
John J. Mills, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Rideau Recognition Solutions
John O’Brien, Vice President, Employee Performance, BI Worldwide
Kurt Paben, Senior Vice President, Engagement & Events, Carlson Marketing
Robert Passikoff, Founder and President, Brand Keys
Jennifer Rosenzweig, Partner, Dragonfly Organization Resource Group, and Research Director, Forum for People Performance
Michael Ruege, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, USMotivation
Mike Ryan, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Client Strategy, Madison Performance Group
Roy Saunderson, President & Founder, Recognition Management Institute
Beth Schelske, Vice President, ITAGroup
Jane Schuldt , President, World Marketing Group
Michelle M. Smith, CPIM, CRP, Vice President, Business Development, O.C. Tanner Company
Rodger Stotz, Chief Research Officer, Incentive Research Foundation