Annual MTSU Economic Outlook Conference

Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, 8:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Embassy Suites, 1200 Conference Center Blvd., Murfreesboro [ map ]

Sponsors:
Jennings A. Jones Chair of Excellence in Free Enterprise
MTSU Business and Economic Research Center
Weatherford Chair of Finance

8:15	Registration
9:00	Mark Emkes, Tennessee Commissioner of Finance and Administration
10:30	Dr. David Penn, BERC Director, Midstate/Regional Economic Update
11:30	Luncheon
12:00	Dr. Donald Ratajczak, Regents Professor of Economics Emeritus, Georgia State University, Economic Forecast

Cost: $50 per registrant to cover facilities, refreshments, and registration. Refunds are not permitted but substitution of participants is welcomed.

Register Online [  form ]

MTSU-TSBDC Sponsors TNCPE Performance Excellence Conference

Middle Tennessee State University’s Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) in partnership with the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE) is sponsoring the 2011 Excellence in Tennessee Conference to be held in Franklin on February 22-23. TNCPE offers in-depth organizational assessments and feedback, coupled with high-level training in improvement methods based on the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.

“TNCPE delivers training across the state throughout the year, but its biggest educational event is the annual Excellence in Tennessee Conference. I encourage Jones College of Business faculty members to attend this conference,” said Patrick Geho, Associate Professor BCEN and State Director of the TSBDC.

At the conference, national and regional experts and leaders from world-class organizations will provide training on best practices and improvement tools.

To learn more about TNCPE, or the Excellence in Tennessee Conference, please visit www.tncpe.org or call (800) 453-6474.

Conference details are available at www.TNCPE.org/Innovate2011.

A sampling of sessions at the 2011 Excellence in Tennessee Conference:

• Is Baldrige Your Answer to Healthcare Reform?
• Work Systems That Work: Your guide to successful process management
• Six Thinking Hats: An innovation tool for group discussion and parallel thinking
• Vision, Engagement and Strategy: The executive leader's role in continuous improvement
•  Achieving 8 Dimensions of Excellence: A pragmatic approach that will strengthen your ability to achieve strategic outcomes 

Natural Gas, the Economy, and the Environment

2010 Economic Outlook Conference

Keynote presentation

by Thomas Skains

Piedmont Natural Gas CEO

[ ppt ]

Economic Outlook Conference

Conference Registration

The annual MTSU Economic Outlook Conference will be Friday, Sept. 24, at Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in Murfreesboro, TN. Cost is $50. [brochure]

• Register online
• 615-898-2764

Schedule:

• 8:15 a.m. - Registration
• 9:00 - Thomas Skains, Piedmont Natural Gas President/CEO: Energy Issues and the Economy
• 10:30 - David Penn, Midstate Economic Outlook
• 12:00 - Donald Ratajczak, Luncheon Address/Forecast