Business Development, Tools of the Trade, Professional Development, and Personal Enrichment
The Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) hosted its 33rd Annual Conference on April 11-14, 2019, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Speakers & Sessions
Featured Speakers
Liz Bywater — The Slow Down to Speed Up ™ Guide to Unstoppable Success: A Pragmatic Toolkit for the Growth-Minded Professional (Keynote)
Susan Feldman — Confessions of an Information Professional (2019 Roger Summit Award Lecture)
Member Speakers
Valeria Hunter, Jan Knight, and Jane Langeman — Listening for Opportunity: Doing What Comes Unnaturally
Chrissy Geluk, Linda Rink, and Matt Von Hendy — Proposals and Negotiations: Strategies and Techniques
Eddie Ajaeb and Connie Crosby — Aligning with Clients: Changing Business Focus
Jennifer Burke — Productivity as a Solopreneur: Tools for Smartly Running Your Business- Don't Let It Run You!
Jennifer Pflaumer, Loretta Shaw, and Jan Sykes — When a Project Diverges from Plan: Lessons Learned and Recovery Strategies
Snap Talks
Rhonda Kleiman — Successful Projects: Secret Sauce to Keeping a Client Happy
Phyllis Smith — Communicate Your Personal Brand
Troy Wason — The Gentle Art of Schmoozing: How to Create Professional and Personal Opportunities Naturally
Karen Klein and Michelle Rawl — Need Help? Phone a Friend
Cindy Shamel and Board — On the Job Training: Learn by Doing
Special Sessions
First Timers Welcome and Orientation: Get the Most out of the Conference — Cindy Shamel and Mary Ellen Bates
A Second Chance at a First Impression: Non-First Timers — Anne Hengehold
Introductions — All participants
AIIP Annual Business Meeting
Awards Dinner
Sunday Morning Sendoff: Cementing the Takeaways — Karen Klein and Kathy Porter
Workshops
Compete with the Big Guys: Spend Less Time on Proposals — Marge King
Speak Up, Speak Out: Public Speaking & Presenting to Thrill — Arthur Weiss
Get a Grip on Your Social Media Marketing — Connie Crosby
Awards
AIIP announced the recipients of several annual awards during the conference.
Roger Summit Lecture Award — Sue Feldman
Marilyn M. Levine AIIP President's Award — Andrea Carrero
Roger Summit Conference Sponsorship — Birgit Bauer
Sue Rugge Memorial Award for mentoring — Carol Compton
AIIP Connections Writer's Award— Kelly Berry, "Strategic Planning for Small Business," AIIP Connections 32(4), Dec 2018
Sponsors & Exhibitors
Bronze Sponsors
Hetherington Group
Content Capital, LLC
Specialty & Promotional Sponsors
Adept Information Solutions
Archer Van Den Broeck Limited
C3 Business Info
Carine Research
CD Sharp Information Systems, Ltd.
Clarify Information Services
Content Capital, LLC
de Stricker Associates
DigitalSmith
FSO Research & Information
Fulcrum Information Resources
Hetherington Group
Holley Hughes
I-25ers
InfoRich Group
Information Management Services, Inc.
Information Today, Inc.
ITK Vector Inc.
Librarian At Your Service, LLC
Librarian in the Cloud
LMRS Information Services, LLC
Ojala Associates
P&N Association Management
Rawl Research, Inc.
RBSC
Rink Consulting
Shamel Information Services
Wleklinski Information Services
Exhibitors
Information Today
SLA
Best of the Business Web
Community Give-Back
AIIP members made contributions to the Family Support Line. Family Support Line has a 30+ year history of serving child sexual abuse victims. AIIP thanks Director Pat Kosinski for speaking at the Awards Dinner.
Thanks to the 2019 Conference Team
Conference Chair
Ulla de Stricker
Program
Karen Klein (lead)
Laurie Van Court
Kathaleen Porter
SECURING OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND GIVE-BACK CHARITY
Marge King
Linda Rink
Run of Show, Restaurant Sourcing, and Documentation
Marcia Mendes
Website & Social Media
Connie Clem
Local Arrangements
Jennifer Wegman
Sponsorship
Michelle Rawl (lead)
Eddie Ajaeb
Beth Plutchak
Maureen Shields
MARKETING
Cindy Shamel
Troy Wason
updated 4/24/2019
