Networking: Even more opportunities in 2019!

This year’s conference will offer you an unprecedented 8 networking events with peers and senior leaders in institutional advancement! Whether you’re nurturing existing relationships or want to make new connections, you can do that at SPARK.

Bring plenty of business cards and be ready to make meaningful connections!

Wednesday, April 10

Welcome Reception, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Just after the opening plenary, join meeting attendees and AAMC leadership for food, live musical performances, and conversations with old friends and new colleagues.

Thursday, April 11

Networking Breakfasts by Discipline, 8:00 – 9:00 am
Connect with colleagues within your discipline at the beginning at the conference breakfast.

Disciplines include:

• Alumni Relations & Engagement
  
• Chief Communications and Chief Marketing Officers
• Chief Development Officers
• Communications and Public Affairs/Community Relations
• Development
• Marketing

Sponsor & Exhibitor Happy Half-Hour, 4:30 – 5:00 pm
Join the conference sponsors and exhibitors for drinks in the exhibit area and learn more about how their services and resources can improve your institution.

Institutional Advancement Film Festival, 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Back for a sixth year, the Institutional Advancement Film Festival showcases a variety of videos put together by your peers in the field. Whether you work in alumni relations, communications, development, marketing, public affairs, or community relations, come be and be inspired by the stories your colleagues will share through film.

Dine-Around Dinners, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
A fun way to network while dining at one of Orlando’s many restaurants. The AAMC is holding reservations at several restaurants so groups can enjoy a Dutch-treat dinner together.

Late-Night Hospitality Suite, 9:00 -11:00 pm
Come by and share a drink with friends, old and new, at the GIA hospitality suite. Open to all conference attendees.

Friday, April 12

Poolside Networking Reception, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Expand your network with new and existing colleagues poolside. And, dancing, too!

Saturday, April 13

Networking Breakfast, 8:00 - 8:45 am
Connect with colleagues one final time over breakfast.

Wellness
Join your colleagues in the morning for yoga or power walking. You can also enjoy the many amenities of the Hyatt Regency Orlando to rejuvenate and relax.

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