Convention and Program

​Planning​ Committee

Trey Harpole
Director
Henry Ford College
Dearborn, MI
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What is the Role of the Convention and Program Planning Committee?

The committee provides the board and staff with guidance for programming at MidYear Conference and Annual Convention including themes, speakers, and education session topics.

Trey Harpole, Director and Chair, 
​Convention and Program Planning Committee, Summer Memo 

The NSNA Convention Planning Committee got together via Zoom before our May NSNA Board of Directors Orientation and Board Meeting in NYC. Your convention and planning committee is made up of myself the chair, Cody Mitchel, Mackenzie Simmons, and Bernesha Pope. We are excited to announce our themes for both the MidYear Conference and the Annual Convention. For our MidYear Conference in sunny San Diego, we chose “Forward: Together Towards Tomorrow”, we wanted to incorporate what our lives look like after the COVID-19 pandemic and what we may expect going forward.  For the 72nd Annual NSNA Convention we are thrilled to be in Orlando Florida, right on Disney property! For the Annual convention we chose “ELEVATE: Dreams help make the impossible possible!”.
 
As many of you know we had a lot of resolutions that were passed during our 71st Annual Convention in Nashville. As the Convention Planning committee, we have the opportunity to support each of the NSNA committees chosen resolutions by bringing in guest speakers, educational opportunities, and vendors from across the United States to each convention.

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Convention Planning Seminar
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A successful convention requires careful planning and multiple steps. This session reviews ideas for site selection, setting the date, finding speakers and working with sponsors, contingency plans, and using NSNA’s “Guidelines for Planning Meetings and Conventions” as a resource. Nkenna Njoku, past NSNA Vice President and Convention Planning Chair will share her successes, tips, and ideas.

Speaker: Nkenna Njoku, 2019-2020 NSNA Vice President and Chair, Convention and Program Planning Committee

Additional Convention Resources


​Students attending the 2015 NSNA MidYear Career Planning Conference in Atlanta, Georgia discuss their reasons for participating in an NSNA meeting.
Miranda McNicoll, 2011-12 NSNA Board Member and Chair of the Convention Program Planning Committee shares her thoughts on selecting a theme and session topics for the NSNA convention.  The ideas shared in this video will be helpful in planning your convention.