Rocky Mountain Governmental Purchasing Association 2015 SUMMER CONFERENCE June 11-12, 2015 at Hotel Colorado 526 Pine Street, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 81601

RMGPA Gives Back! Advocate Safehouse Project: At the conference, we will collect items for the Advocate Safehouse Project in Glenwood Springs. Donations will be delivered after the conference. See separate flyer for more details.

Conference Agenda Wednesday, June 10, 2015 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Programs Committee Meeting – meet in Gallery/Veranda at Hotel Colorado The Programs Committee will meet to discuss upcoming conferences. All interested RMGPA members are welcome! Registration is available through the RMGPA website. Thursday, June 11, 2015: 7:30 am - 8:30 am Conference Check-In and On-Site Continental Breakfast (included in registration) Room: Colorado Ballroom

8:30 am – 9:15 am Welcome and Opening Remarks Molly McLoughlin, CPPB, 2015 RMGPA President, Boulder Valley School District Cindy Hines, Executive Director of the Frontier Historical Society and Museum Room: Colorado Ballroom

9:15 am - 10:15 am The Art of Leadership Mastery Nancy Noonan Room: Colorado Ballroom

In this dynamic program, Nancy discloses the elements of Mastery in today's top-notch leadership and demonstrates how excellent leadership is an art! Leaders learn the keys to the most successful leadership including the importance of attitude; values clarification; communication skills; understanding their own leadership and behavioral styles and the styles of those they lead; and how to inspire others to unleash their own Mastery. Grow masterful leaders who create excellent results. 10:15 am –10:30 am Morning Break Revision A – 02/09/2011

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10:30 am –11:30 am Colorado 1033 and 1122 Program Alice Huyler, Colorado State Patrol, State Point of Contact for the 1033 and 1122 Programs Room: Colorado Ballroom

Learn how to take advantage of purchasing programs that the federal government has set up to help local governments. All units of local government intending to use equipment for counter-drug, homeland security, or emergency response purposes may realize substantial savings by purchasing through the 1122 Federal Procurement Program. Meanwhile, the 1033 Military Excess Property Program is available for law enforcement agencies to acquire no-cost or low-cost equipment and supplies. We will also touch on other programs that can help other units of local government. 11:30 am –12:00 pm RMGPA Business Meeting 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch provided on site, included with registration – time to network with RMGPA colleagues. Room: Colorado Ballroom

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Open Forum – Bring your questions to share with the group and receive invaluable feedback! Room: Colorado Ballroom

1:30 pm – 1:45 pm Room Transition 1:45 pm – 4:00 pm Select-a-Session: Choose to either attend the CPPB/CPPO Review session (will take entire time block) or the Customer Service and Promoting Procurement sessions. An afternoon snack break will be offered from 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm. OPTION 1 1:45 – 4:00 CPPB/CPPO Exam Review Skeet McCracken, CPPO, CPPB, 2015 RMGPA Vice President, Poudre School District Room: Taft Room

A session chalk-full of information to prepare for upcoming CPPO/CPPB examinations. Please bring a flash drive to copy study materials to take home with you. OPTION 2 1:45 – 2:45 Session: Customer Service – Can Government Do It? Curt DeCapite, CPPB Room: Colorado Ballroom

An interactive session to see if customer service is difficult for government. Can it be done and does it matter? Customer service is not scientific but rather a function of our work and our lives. Let's see what we can do and explore how we can possibly do it better. 3:00 – 4:00 Session: Promoting Procurement Sandy Hicks, CPPB, Assistant Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, University of Colorado Room: Colorado Ballroom

It is vital to market and promote your procurement department in order to demonstrate the value of professional purchasing to your administration, internal customers, and suppliers. This session will show how the PSC promotes procurement at CU. There will be ideas anyone can use no matter your agency size or budget. 4:00 pm – Adjourn for the day Revision A – 02/09/2011

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Friday, June 12, 2015: 7:45 am – 8:45 am On-Site Breakfast (included with registration) Room: Colorado Ballroom

8:45 am – 10:00 am Procurement Issues – Get Help! Room: Colorado Ballroom

Choose from a variety of current procurement issues in a facilitated, speed rotation-style mind exchange session. Topics will be based upon popular procurement issues submitted by RMGPA members. 10:00 am – 10:15 am Morning Break 10:15 am – 11:45 am The Power of Fun at Work Walt Stasinski Room: Colorado Ballroom

Do you really enjoy your job? Do you finish the day worn out? It doesn’t have to be this way. Yes, you can achieve success and have fun doing it. You will be given practical tools to reduce stress, re-energize yourself, defuse conflict and make your job more fun. As a bonus, humor will help you with your productivity and creativity. Take your job seriously but yourself lightly. According to the business journal, Human Resources Focus, 96% of the Executives surveyed said that employees with a sense of humor do a better job than employees with little or no sense of humor. • • • •

Discover the crucial difference between employees who have fun at work and those who don't. Reduce the amount of stress hormones in the bloodstream with laughter. Find out the value of humor in resolving conflicts at the workplace. Learn the way to end the work week with a laugh and drive home with a smile on your face.

11:45 am – 12:00 pm Door Prize Drawing & Closing Remarks 12:00 pm – Adjourn – Drive home safely, or stay and enjoy more of Glenwood Springs!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING CONFERENCES! 2015 Fall Conference and Reverse Vendor Trade Show: September 11, PPA Event Center in Denver

2015 Winter Conference: December 11-12, Embassy Suites in Colorado Springs

2016 Spring Conference: March 11, 2016, location TBD

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