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2012 WA Annual Meeting


January 29 – 31, 2012
The Delray Beach Marriott
Delray Beach, Florida

The WA room rate is $239.00/night and WA members can make reservations now!

Click here to make room reservations or call 877.389.0169. When making your reservation over the phone, remember to mention that you will be attending the WA 2012 Annual Meeting.

If you are interested in reserving a private suite to hold your individual business meetings, you must contact Meredith Gallo at the Delray Beach Marriott directly. Her contact information is below.

Meredith Gallo
Senior Corporate Sales Manager
Delray Beach Marriott
Phone: 561.274.3213
Fax: 561.274.3201
Email: Meredith.Gallo@marriott.com

For additional hotel information, please click here. Please note: the hotel cutoff date is Wednesday, January 11th.

Attendee Registrations must be submitted to WA Headquarters by January 13th to be included in the attendee listing distributed at the event.

*Please note: there is time for business dinners on January 29th and January 31st. Also, time has been set aside for individual business meetings during the afternoons of January 29th - 31st. The Allman Award Dinner will be held during the evening of Monday, January 30th, 2012.

 

 



Featured Speakers

Ken Schmidt
"Make Some Noise"

Ken Schmidt has been associated with Harley-Davidson since 1985 and his success in helping rebuild the company’s brand played a vital role in the motorcycle legend’s turnaround from the brink of ruin to global dominance.

In his role as Harley’s director of communication, Schmidt shaped the company’s positioning and served as its primary spokesperson to the media and financial communities. Now semi-retired, Schmidt provides brand-building expertise to many of the world’s best-known businesses. But to this day, Harley-Davidson remains his primary business partner and his strongest passion. Read more...

Garrison Wynn
Leadership

Wynn has presented to some of the worlds most effective leaders and business professionals, including  Multi- Billion-dollar manufacturers, top financial service  providers, and National associations. His clients include:  American Express, The Department of Defense, Oracle,  Verizon, The NFL, Shell Oil and NASA. His company Wynn Solutions focuses on research not theory.

His company Wynn Solutions focuses on research not theory.  He has coauthored with Steven Covey and Ken  Blanchard and is a weekly contributor to the Washington Post. Read more...

Terri Mauer
Target Market: Interior Designers

Terri Maurer has practiced commercial interior design for over 30 years in a variety of business models. In addition to her interior design degree from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, she has enhanced her educational background in design and business through the Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business and continuing education opportunities.  Maurer held the position of national president of the American Society of Interior Designers for 2000-2001. 

In addition to owning and operating, Maurer Design Group since 1981, she is also president of Maurer Consulting Group, a consulting firm focused on helping industry-related businesses evaluate and formulate strategies for success. Read more...

Mike Nikolich
"Become the Digital Design Destination of Choice"

Mike Nikolich serves as president of Tech Image®, an award-winning technology public relations firm acquired by SmithBucklin in 2007. He founded Tech Image in 1993 and today the agency is recognized as one of the country’s top 25 technology public relations firms, according to O’Dwyer’s Public Relations Report. Mike has worked in public relations since 1979 and was honored by iStreet Magazine as one of Chicago’s top 100 technology professionals. He was also named one of Chicago’s Internet pioneers by the Chicago Sun-Times. Under his leadership, Tech Image was named “Best Boutique PR Agency to Work for” two consecutive years by The Holmes Report. In addition, Tech Image was honored as one of the country’s “Top Tech Communicators” five years in a row by PR SourceCode. Read more...

Paul Bienkowski
Hospitality Design Magazine

Paul Bienkowski, Publisher of Hospitality Design magazine, the leading trade publication serving the design industry covering hospitality related projects in the United States. Paul has been with HD magazine for the past 26 years, starting in 1985 as a regional sales representative. Read more...

Mark Strauss
Interior Design Magazine

Mark Strauss, Hon IIDA, is the President of Interior Design Media Group. Mr. Strauss was named Publisher of Interior Design Magazine in 1994 and under his leadership the brand has experienced strong and continuous growth.

Interior Design magazine is the leading professional publication in the field and the Interior Design brand is the premiere source regarding design excellence and the impact of design.  Mr. Strauss has also led the development of interiordesign.net, which has become the dominant industry Web site. Read More...




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The Delray Beach Marriott
10 North Ocean Boulevard
Delray Beach, Florida 33483,

January 29 – 31, 2012
The Delray Beach Marriott
Delray Beach, Florida

Previous Annual Meetings

January 31 - February 1, 2011
The Delray Beach Marriott
Delray Beach, Florida

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January 31 - February 2, 2010
Embassy Suites Tampa, Downtown Convention Center
Tampa, Florida

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February 8-10, 2009
Marco Island Marriott Resort
Marco Island, FL

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