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Tulsa 09 - Experience Something New

Where is the best place to spend your spring break?  Everyone who's anyone will be spending March 12-14, 2009 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, home of the NALS Resource Center.  Why is everyone headed to Tulsa?  For the NALS Professional Development Conference.  Each year NALS members and NALS leaders gather to learn and have a great time while making life long memories.

This conference isn't just for leaders, it's for all NALS members - and that means YOU!  Come to Tulsa for great education, including some of these topics:

• Business Etiquette - Business and social etiquette can be tricky—making the right moves can make a big difference. You'll learn how to meet and greet visitors to the right way to make or respond to a toast.
• Immigration Law - Where immigration is at the moment, including the state of the border, the state of visa and benefit availability, and where we appear to be headed.
• Business Solutions for Greater Productivity - This is the place to get those timesaving tips, image-enhancing ideas and cost-saving options with software and formatting solutions from Avery.
• Pet Project - What happens to your pets in the event of your death?  Learn how to make provisions for your pets in your estate planning documents.
• Negotiating the Wild Blue Yonder - Learn how to run your desk effectively in an informative yet entertaining manner.
• A Guide to Preparing Witnesses for Trial - An interactive session on trial preparation with an emphasis on preparing witnesses.
• WordPerfect - Advanced Tips, Tricks, and Q&A - This session was a hit last year and it's better than ever this year. 
• Forensic Technology and CSI, Crime Detection in the Future - Learn how technology will significantly enhance law enforcement’s ability to solve crimes.
• Living Fearlessly in a Leaner, Meaner Job Market - Classify difficult people in your life by their importance, and learn what you can do with them or about them.
• Myths of the Criminal Justice System - See why we need to tweak our criminal justice system to make it more just.

If you are a NALS leader, this conference is a must!  Don't miss the leadership workshops specifically designed for membership chairs and chapter and state presidents.  You'll return home energized and enthusiastic and ready to take your chapter or state to new heights.  We'll provide you with the tools to make next year the best ever for your chapter or state. 

Out with the old and in with the new…we'll install our new Board of Directors, and Julie Abernathy, PP, PLS, will take over as the 39th NALS president.  Everyone is invited to the president's reception  - a fun way to pay tribute to Julie.  You never know what to expect at the President's Reception!

Come renew old friendships, cultivate new ones, and have a great time learning, networking and just plain having fun with NALS.  Make plans to be in Tulsa in March.  Earlybird registration deadline is December 1.  Don’t miss this opportunity to make the most out of your membership!