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Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska. 2006 JOINT CONFERENCE OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER ORGANIZATION AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN ALASKA NATIVE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION FOR NRCS. Anchorage, Alaska. August 15-18, 2006 Sheraton Anchorage Hotel. Conference Training will include:. Career Enhancement

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Anchorage, Alaska

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  1. Anchorage, Alaska 2006 JOINT CONFERENCE OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER ORGANIZATION AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN ALASKA NATIVE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION FORNRCS

  2. Anchorage, Alaska August 15-18, 2006Sheraton Anchorage Hotel

  3. Conference Training will include: • Career Enhancement • Career Training • Personal Development • Personality Profile • Developing Agreements • RC&D Training • Recognizing Cultural Differences • Cross Cultural Communication • Alaska soils, geology and geography • Conservation in Alaska

  4. Optional activities include: • Networking session for State Conservationists with NRCS employees on Tuesday night • Scholarship Fundraising event for both employee associations with open and closed auctions • Awards banquet • Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center • WHIP Salmon Habitat Restoration Project • Alaska Native Heritage Center

  5. Speakers of Note will include: • NRCS Chief Bruce Knight • West Regional Assistant Chief Sara Braasch • State Conservationist Bob Jones • NRCS Employee Association Presidents • AIANEA Elders • Father Michael Oleksa – world renowned speaker on communication

  6. In addition to the regular agenda: August 9-11 – NEDC Training Adults August 14 – SEPM Training August 14 – NEDC Training Adults short course August 18 – NEDC Platform Skills August 21-23 – NEDC Managing for Excellence

  7. NEDC Training! • Training Adults: How to train adults (different from giving a presentation), includes demonstration and critique for each student. 3 days • Training Adults Short Course: Same as “Training Adults”, without each student preparing, delivering and receiving a critique of their delivered lesson. 1 day • Platform Skills: This course offers techniques to improve your presentation; of your natural self, confidence, and believability. 1 day • Managing for Excellence: This course is an introduction to management. 3 days

  8. NEDC Training • Training courses are planned to coincide with the conference and to give conference attendees first priority at enrollment. • Students interested in the training courses should receive approval from their state and register directly with Clyde Goodman at NEDC, NOT through AgLearn.

  9. August in Anchorage • Average minimum temperature = 50F • Average maximum temperature = 63F • It can be as low as 32 degrees and as high as 85 degrees F! • Hours of sunlight = 17.4 hours

  10. Direct Flight Time To Anchorage Seattle 3 Hours Portland 3.5 Hours Salt Lake City 4.5 Hours Denver 5 Hours Los Angeles 5 Hours Minneapolis 5.5 Hours Chicago 6 Hours Dallas 6 Hours Atlanta 7 Hours (one stop) Phoenix 7.5 Hours (one stop) Washington, D.C. 8.5 Hours (one stop)

  11. Price of Ticket Guaranteed to Anchorage, AK. Departure Airport Price Atlanta, Georgia $455 Denver, Colorado $469 Los Angeles, California $489 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota $688 *Nonrefundable tickets can cost considerably less

  12. Per Diem Rates City Maximum Per Diem Manhattan, NY 290 Anchorage 259 Chicago 216 District of Columbia 214 San Francisco 194 Seattle 188 Minneapolis/St. Paul 177 Las Vegas 176 Denver 168 New Orleans 162

  13. Web Sites www.apio.org www.aianea.com

  14. Come celebrate AIANEA’s 10th Anniversary in Phoenix, Arizona in 2007. Relax and enjoy the scenery and weather • Four Peaks located northeast of Phoenix, bordering the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. • AIANEA held its first conference in Phoenix in 1997. • Arizona is heaven in 2007!

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