Goodwill Industries International, Inc.

 
 
AGENDA
 
Saturday, August 6, 2016  
  Pre-Conference Concurrent Sessions
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Pre-Conference: Creating the Store Experience
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Pre-Conference: Donated Goods Train-the-Trainer Certification Program (Day 1)
Sunday, August 7, 2016  
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Pre-Conference: Donated Goods Train-the-Trainer Certification Program (Day 2)
 
  • Pre-Conference: E-Commerce Summit
 
  • Pre-Conference: Peer Coaching Facilitation and Program Design

12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Pre-Conference: Avoiding Minefields in a Crisis

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

CIO Network Group Meeting

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Pre-Conference: New to Goodwill Marketing Communications

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

Kickoff General Session: If You Could Predict the Economy, What Would You Do?

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception

6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Dine Arounds and Hosted Dinners
 
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Finance Networking Evening
 
Monday, August 8, 2016  
6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Goodwill Fit
 
8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Breakfast Town Hall

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Networking Break

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Diversity and Inclusion – It’s GOOD for People and Even BETTER for Business
 
  • Managing by the Numbers: Common Donated Goods Retail Metrics
 
  • Valuation and Accounting for Donated Goods Inventory (CPE Eligible* - Refer to program for more details.)
 
  • Resource Development Strategy Workshop, Part 1
 
  • Changes in Technology Panel Discussion
 
(NEW) Exhibitor Sessions
  • Productive Networking: Beyond the Booth 
  • Timely Trade Show Follow Up 101 

9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Electronic Recycling Workshop – Establishing the Foundation, Identifying the Uncertainty and Embracing the Future of E-Cycling!

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions
 
  • GoodSites: The Next Generation of Market Planning and Analytics
 
  • Business Applications and Mobile Technology
 
  • Digital Learning Technologies: Trends for 2016
 
  • Make Your Stories Stand Out: Storytelling Strategies for the Social Era
 
  • MeetUp: Marketing

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Networking Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Explore the New MyGoodwill: Features, Search, Communities and Collaboration
 
  • Telling Your Goodwill Story
 
  • How to Be a Retailer of the Future
 
  • Transportation Management and Approaches

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

MeetUp: Goodwill-Easter Seals Financial Perspective (CPE Eligible* - Refer to program for more details.)

12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Tradeshow

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Contracts Packaging: How to Be the Customer’s Solution!
 
  • Building a Loss Prevention Partnership Within Goodwill®
 
  • IT Security Covering PCI and EMV, HIPAA/PII and Cyber Security Panel Discussion
 
  • Using Analytics for Effective Marketing
 
  • State of the Union in Aftermarket
 
  • Building the Pipeline of Retail and Finance Leaders (CPE Eligible* - Refer to program for more details.)
 
  • Mobile - Living in the Micro- Moment

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions
 
  • DGR Web-based Training and Two Other Platforms
 
  • Online Video and the New Internet

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Networking Break

3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Donor-Advised Funds: A Big Opportunity
 
  • Partnership Workshop Part 1: Developing Partnerships
 
  • Digital Experience Lab: DIY Usability Testing
 
  • MeetUp: Moving Beyond Budgeting to Become Future Ready (CPE Eligible* - Refer to program for more details.)

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Promoting Your Executives and Leaders as Thought Leaders in Your Community
 
  • Goodwill® Trivia: Branding, Trademarks and Beyond
 
 
  • Get Your Head in the Game!
 
  • Understanding the Total Cost of Fleet Operation
 
  • MeetUp: Strategies for Dealing with Increasing Minimum Wage
 
  • MeetUp: Putting the Management Development Program Certified Training to Work

5:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

2016 Goodwill Summer Conference Awards Reception
 
Tuesday, August 9, 2016  
6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
 
Goodwill Fit
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Gallup Member Engagement Survey Discoveries Breakfast Session
 
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Networking Break
 
9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
 
  • What Does the New Lease Accounting Standard Mean for Goodwill Members? (CPE Eligible* - Refer to program for more details.)
 
  • Contracts Critical Performance Metrics System
 
  • Resource Development Strategy Workshop, Part 2
 
  • Production Models, Metrics, Measurements and Mayhem
 
  • E-commerce State of the Union
 
  • The Network Leader, Part 1
 
  • Optimizing Marketing/Media Mix
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
 
  • The Many Values of a New Goods Program
 
  • CARF Accreditation and IT Standards Panel Discussion
 
  • Keeping College Certificates and Degrees Relevant
 
  • Achieving the Mission in Your DGR Operations on a Tight Budget
 
  • Explore the New MyGoodwill: Features, Search, Communities and Collaboration (repeated)
 
  • Partnership Workshop Part 2: Managing Partnerships
 
  • Eight Key Considerations in Thrift Leases
 
  • The Network Leader, Part 2

12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Tradeshow
 
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Accounting Updates: Impact of Revenue Recognition and Not-for-Profit Reporting Changes (CPE Eligible* - Refer to program for more details.)
 
  • Effective Business Plans/Models
 
  • Proven Ways to Improve and Grow Your Donated Goods Retail Revenue
 
  • Community Engagement: Why It Matters to Your Resource Development Strategy
 
  • Building and Protecting Brand Value through Sustainability and Risk Management

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Gapology: How Winning Leaders Close Performance Gaps
 
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Bring Your Online Newsroom into the Digital Age
 
  • Keeping the Workplace Safe and Secure
 
  • MeetUp: Business Services/Contracts

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Networking Break
 
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Digital Trends and Tools for Business
 
  • Attracting a New Generation of Donors with Sustainability
 
  • MeetUp: Target Discussion
 
  • Leveraging the Brand as a Growth Driver

3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Developing a Quality, Professional, and Sustainable Cleaning Operation
 
  • Developing a Risk Management Approach in Your Goodwill: Big Business Means Big Risk
 
  • Dropping the Ball at the Point of Sale: Customer Service and Marketing Solution to Improve Brand, Sales, and Mission
 
  • MeetUp: Building Accounting Efficiencies (CPE Eligible* - Refer to program for more details.)

6:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Baseball Game
 
Wednesday, August 10, 2016  
6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Goodwill Fit
 
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. MeetUp: Partnerships
 
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Donation Strategy Diversity and Innovation
 
  • Gina+Will: A Goodwill Store for Millennials
 
  • Resource Development Strategy Workshop, Part 3
 
  • Staffing Services: How to Make Your Staffing Company Stand Out, Stay Top of Mind and Win More Business!
 
  • New Market Tax Credit: What You Need to Know About NMTCs as a Source for Capital for Expansion (CPE Eligible* - Refer to program for more details.)

8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Enhance Your Presentation Skills
 
  • Digital Experience Lab: Equal Access for All

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Networking Break
 
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Deck Out Your Stores
 
  • Evaluating Our Core Lines of Business to Innovate and Identify New Business Lines
 
  • MeetUp: Internet Rumors
 
  • MeetUp: Data Analytic Roundtable

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Networking Break
 
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Closing Session
 
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota Tour