Agenda

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Tuesday, October 18

Time	Event	Location
3:00–5:00 pm	Look-At-You-Early-Bird-Registration	Prefunction Space

Wednesday, October 19

Time	Event	Presenter	Location
8:00 am	In-Case-You-Didn’t-Last-Night–Registration		Prefunction Space
8:30–9:30 am	Do-I-Have-Egg-In-My-Teeth–Breakfast Networking		Prefunction Space
9:30 am	Welcome Address		Ballroom 4–7
9:45 am -10:35 am	Attracting Your Perfect Customer: Learn how to connect, inspire, and book more business with a strong sense of place.	Nicole Mahoney Elizabeth Sutherland	Ballroom 4–7
10:35 am	Where-Is-The-Bathroom-Coffee Break		Prefunction Space
11:00 am – 11:50 am	Breakout Session 1a: Video for Social Media: How to showcase your special and unique story to more people.	Russell Walters Ric Tyler	Meeting Room AB
	Breakout Session 1b: Winning with Your Website: Five things every tourism and hospitality business needs to prioritize today.	Cary Weston	Meeting Room CD
12:00 pm	I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Already-Time-For-Lunch		Ballroom 1–3
1:00 pm — 1:50 pm	Mindsets of Maine: Get the attention and the business of your Maine audience by putting insights into action.	Kerrie Tripp	Ballroom 4–7
2:00 — 2:50 pm	Breakout Session 2a Creating Collaborations that lead to Business Success: Building your brand’s content with collaborators.	Nicole Mahoney	Meeting Room AB
	Breakout Session 2b Oh Snap! TikTok, Instagram, and more: Hear from influencers on how their social media audience can make money for your business.	Ethan Levesque Charles Lever & Tatum Rylee Jade Moderator: Tim Cotton	Meeting Room CD
2:50 — 3:15 pm	Time-For-A-Selfie-And-A-Sweet Treat Break		Prefunction Space
3:15 — 4:10 pm	Destination Optimization: How your business can benefit from this free program to drive exposure, engagement, and conversions. This program is offered by Miles Partnership, the marketing partner for the Maine Office of Tourism.	Kim Palmer	Ballroom 4–7
4:10 — 4:40 pm	I’m-Really-Just-Waiting-For-The-Bar-To-Open-Day One Wrap Up Q&A with Wednesday Presenters		Ballroom 4–7
5:00–6:30 pm	Come-Fly-With-ME Cocktail Hour		Bangor International Airport

Thursday, October 20

Time	Event	Presenter	Location
8:00 am	Fuel-For-Another-Awesome-Day-Breakfast		Prefunction Space
9:10 — 10:10 am	Keynote Address: Trust, Travel, and the Evolution of Destination Marketing as We Know It	Marcus Sheridan	Ballroom 4–7
10:10 — 10:30 am	My-Head-Is-So-Full-Of-Ideas-Coffee Break		Prefunction Space
10:30 — 11:20 am	Breakout Session 3a It’s Not Just You – Addressing Today’s Hiring Challenges: A look into an industry-focused recruitment tool to find the employees you need and a first-in-the-nation reimbursement program to train the ones you have.	Kerrie Tripp Kathryn Ference Charlie Collins	Meeting Room AB
	Breakout Session 3b Short-Order Marketing Chefs: Order up! A fast-paced, interactive rapid-fire session for all of those marketing questions you want answers to.	Abe Furth Josh Whinery Dan Cashman Brad LaBree Moderator: Suzanne Spruce	Meeting Room CD
	Breakout Session 3c Marketing from the Inside:  Turning your business into a content-creating machine.	Annie Tselikis Chris Rudolph Tina Scheer Moderator: Elizabeth Sutherland	Ballroom 4–7
11:25 am	Bringing it all Home: You’ve heard a lot and hopefully learned a lot. Now, hear how to connect the dots, the advice, and the golden nuggets to become the place customers go and employees stay.	Cary Weston Elizabeth Sutherland	Ballroom 4-7
12:15 pm	I-Have-So-Many-Things-To-Get-Working-On-Exhibitors’ Lunch		Prefunction Space