Anchorage, Alaska

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Anchorage, Alaska

• 2006
• JOINT CONFERENCE
• OF THE
• ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER ORGANIZATION
• AND THE
• AMERICAN INDIAN ALASKA NATIVE EMPLOYEES
  ASSOCIATION
• FOR NRCS

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Anchorage, Alaska
August 15-18, 2006Sheraton Anchorage Hotel
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Conference Training will include

• Career Enhancement
• Career Training
• Personal Development
• Personality Profile
• Developing Agreements
• RCD Training
• Recognizing Cultural Differences
• Cross Cultural Communication
• Alaska soils, geology and geography
• Conservation in Alaska

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Optional activities include

• Networking session for State Conservationists
  with NRCS employees on Tuesday night
• Scholarship Fundraising event for both employee
  associations with open and closed auctions
• Awards banquet
• Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
• WHIP Salmon Habitat Restoration Project
• Alaska Native Heritage Center

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Speakers of Note will include

• NRCS Chief Bruce Knight
• West Regional Assistant Chief Sara Braasch
• State Conservationist Bob Jones
• NRCS Employee Association Presidents
• AIANEA Elders
• Father Michael Oleksa world renowned speaker on
  communication

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In addition to the regular agenda

• August 9-11 NEDC Training Adults
• August 14 SEPM Training
• August 14 NEDC Training Adults short course
• August 18 NEDC Platform Skills
• August 21-23 NEDC Managing for Excellence

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NEDC Training!

• Training Adults How to train adults (different
  from giving a presentation), includes
  demonstration and critique for each student. 3
  days
• Training Adults Short Course Same as Training
  Adults, without each student preparing,
  delivering and receiving a critique of their
  delivered lesson. 1 day
• Platform Skills This course offers techniques to
  improve your presentation of your natural self,
  confidence, and believability. 1 day
• Managing for Excellence This course is an
  introduction to management. 3 days

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NEDC Training

• Training courses are planned to coincide with the
  conference and to give conference attendees first
  priority at enrollment.
• Students interested in the training courses
  should receive approval from their state and
  register directly with Clyde Goodman at NEDC, NOT
  through AgLearn.

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August in Anchorage

• Average minimum temperature 50F
• Average maximum temperature 63F
• It can be as low as 32 degrees and as high as 85
  degrees F!
• Hours of sunlight 17.4 hours

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Direct Flight Time To Anchorage

• Seattle 3 Hours
• Portland 3.5 Hours
• Salt Lake City 4.5 Hours
• Denver 5 Hours
• Los Angeles 5 Hours
• Minneapolis 5.5 Hours
• Chicago 6 Hours
• Dallas 6 Hours
• Atlanta 7 Hours (one stop)
• Phoenix 7.5 Hours (one stop)
• Washington, D.C. 8.5 Hours (one stop)

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Price of Ticket Guaranteed to Anchorage, AK.

• Departure Airport Price
• Atlanta, Georgia 455
• Denver, Colorado 469
• Los Angeles, California 489
• Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota 688
• Nonrefundable tickets can cost considerably less

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Per Diem Rates

• City Maximum Per Diem
• Manhattan, NY 290
• Anchorage 259
• Chicago 216
• District of Columbia 214
• San Francisco 194
• Seattle 188
• Minneapolis/St. Paul 177
• Las Vegas 176
• Denver 168
• New Orleans 162

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Web Sites

• www.apio.org
• www.aianea.com

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Come celebrate AIANEAs 10th Anniversary in
Phoenix, Arizona in 2007. Relax and enjoy the
scenery and weather

• Four Peaks located northeast of Phoenix,
  bordering the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation.
• AIANEA held its first conference in Phoenix in
  1997.
• Arizona is heaven in 2007!