Krystal Besaw
Annual Conference Chair
District 25 Annual Conference
May 10-11-2024
Schedule subject to change.
Friday, May 10, 2024
| Friday, May 10, 2024 | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Registration Opens |
| 5:15 p.m. | Education Session |
| Creating Your Personal Brand (Violetta Rios) (Room C) | |
| 6:15 p.m. | First Timers Reception |
| 6:45 p.m. | Doors Open |
| 6:45 p.m. | Parade of Banners Lineup |
| 7:00 p.m. | Opening Ceremony with Parade of Banners |
| 7:15 p.m. | Friday Night Dinner – Grand Ballroom |
| Keynote – Violetta Rios | The Price of Being Yourself |
| 8:30 p.m. | Evaluation Contest (Grand Ballroom) |
| 9:45 p.m. | Friday Night Social (Grand Ballroom) |
| 9:45 p.m. | Hospitality Suite Opens |
| 11 p.m. | Hospitality Suite Closes |
| Saturday, May 11, 2024 | |
| 7:00 a.m. | Registration Opens |
| 7:30 a.m. | Doors Open |
| 8 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. | Saturday Morning Breakfast (Grand Ballroom) |
| Keynote – Bob Tiede | Leading with Questions |
| Hospitality Suite Opens | |
| 9 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. | Education Session 1 |
| Bob Tiede | Leading with Questions (Room C) |
| Lupe Prado | How to Find your Paid Vocation (Room F) |
| 10 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | Education Session 2 |
| Paige Dixon | Coffee, Combat & Curses (Room C) |
| Kelley Burns | Empowering Success: A Journey with Auction.com (Room F) |
| 11 am. – 11:50 a.m. | Education Session 3 |
| Danny Gallagher | Permission: Impossible (Room C) |
| Leslie McMurray | You want Adventure? Try living as a different gender (Room F) |
| 11:45 a.m. | Doors Open |
| 12:15 p.m. | District Awards Luncheon – (Grand Ballroom) |
| Keynote – Sandy Diaz Haley | Resilience Redefined: One woman’s journey navigating adversity through vulnerability & connection |
| 1:15 p.m. | Raffle Drawing |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Education Session 4 |
| Dana Dillard | Inside Scoop on Managing 5 Generations (Room C) |
| Abel Gonzales | The Fry is the Limit (Room F) |
| 3:00 p.m. | International Speech Contest (Grand Ballroom) |
| 5:30 p.m. | DTM Ceremony Rehearsal (Grand Ballroom) |
| 6:30 p.m. | Doors Open (Grand Ballroom) |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dignitary Parade Lineup (Hallway) |
| 6:45 p.m. | Dignitary Parade |
| 7:00 p.m. | Saturday Night Dinner & Distinguished Toastmaster Ceremony (Grand Ballroom) |
| Keynote – Dana Dillard | My Leadership Adventure – The Woodshed, the Tears and More |
| 9:00 p.m. | Conference Adjourns |
