NHHCA Spring Conference
Fisher Cats Stadium/Merchants Auto.com Stadium
May 13, 2008

- Brochure (PDF)
- Online Registration
- Schedule
- Speakers
- Directions
- Parking

The NHHCA Education Committee, Development Committee , and staff have assembled some of the finest speakers and topical education available for you and all your staff for the 2008 Spring Conference. This years focus is on Management & Leadership. We invite all of you seasoned managers, as well as the new managers, to come out and enjoy a day of learning and fun. This conference is for managers, leaders, owners, and basically any staff that has to manage or lead other staff members. Please join the NHHCA with a day full of education and fun!

This years conference will be located at the Fisher Cats Stadium/ Merchants Auto.com stadium in Manchester. The day will include keynote speakers, breakout sessions, a tour of the facility, and much more. In addition, each attendee will be entered to win some AMAZING door prizes. On top of a fun filled day, each registrant will receive a ticket to that evenings baseball game (New Hampshire Fisher Cats against the Connecticut Defenders).

We hope you will join us for such a great event!

Schedule:

• 9:00 am - Registration & Continental Breakfast

• 9:30 am - Opening Keynote Speaker – Del Gilbert, St. Joseph Healthcare 1.5 CEU’s

• 11:15 am - Tour of the Fisher Cats Stadium/Merchants Auto.com Stadium

• 12:00 noon - Lunch

• 12:45pm - Breakout Session 2.0 CEU’s (attendees can only attend one breakout session)
     - Del Gilbert, St Joseph Healthcare
     - Celeste Warner, Professional Speaker
     - David Liddell, SKYE Business Solutions
     - June Fabre, Smart Healthcare, LLC
     - Fred King, Community College System of NH, NHTI

• 3:00 pm - Closing Keynote Speaker – Celeste Warner 1.5 CEU’s

• 5:00 pm - Dinner

• 6:35 pm - PLAY BALL! (NH Fisher Cats Game Begins)

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Speakers:

• Del Gilbert, Chief Learning Officer, St. Joseph Healthcare
  Opening Keynote Speaker

• Celeste Warner, Professional Speaker & Life Coach
  Closing Keynote Speaker

• June Fabre, President, Smart Healthcare, LLC
  7 ways to attract and retain the best staff

• Del Gilbert, Chief Learning Officer, St. Joseph Healthcare
  Limited Time, Maximum Results, The Lost Art of Time Management

• Fred King, Professor of Business Administration, NHTI
  Preparing the Next Generation of Managers and Employees

• David Liddell, President/ CEO, Skye Business Solutions
  1st Time Managers Guide to Success, A Great Leader Inspires Others to Find Confidence in Themselves

• Celeste Warner, Professional Speaker & Life Coach
  Follow The Leader—The Management Game Where Everybody Wins!

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Directions to the Stadium:

• From the North: Take I-93 South to I-293 South. Follow I-293S and take Exit #6. As you follow the exit, bear right and stay to the right as you follow the wide turn around until it intersects with the Amoskeag Bridge. Turn right onto the bridge, stay to the right as you go over the river, then exit to the right onto the Canal Street ramp. Follow Canal St. until it intersects with Granite St. Take a right onto Granite St. and immediately move into the left lane. At light take a left on South Commercial Street. Please follow the brown FISHER CATS BALLPARK signs.

• From the South via I-93: Take I-93 North to I-293 North, then follow directions from the east (below). Pick up the directions from where I-293 North passes the mall of NH and Brown Ave.

• From the East: Follow route 101 heading west on I-93 South. Go about 1/2 a mile and stay right, exiting onto I-293 North (right hand exit off I-93 S– this exit is not numbered). Once on I-293 North, go past the mall of NH and Brown Ave (airport) exits. After crossing the river, stay to the right as I-293 North bears right. Follow I-293 North and take Exit #5 (Granite Street). Turn right at the bottom of the ramp onto Granite Street. Take a right onto South Commercial Street. Please follow the brown FISHER CATS BALLPARK signs.

• From Route 3 (Everett Turnpike): Follow Route 3 to the Everett Turnpike heading North. Just south of Manchester, this road becomes I-293 North. Follow I-293N and take Exit 5 (Granite Street). Turn right at the bottom of the ramp onto Granite Street. Take a right onto South Commercial Street. Please follow the brown FISHER CATS BALLPARK signs.

• From the West: Take route 101 East to Route 293 North. Follow I-293 North and take Exit 5 (Granite Street). Turn right at the bottom of the ramp onto Granite Street. Take a right onto South Commercial Street. Please follow the brown FISHER CATS BALLPARK signs.

• NOTE: If you are using an internet direction program, please use 101 S. Commercial Street as the Fisher Cats Stadium address.

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Parking:

The only parking that will be available at the Fisher Cats Stadium is for the handicapped. For all others, parking will be available at the Radisson Hotel Parking Garage (located at 700 Elm Street Manchester). Parking fees will not be covered by your cost to attend the event. A shuttle bus will be provided to transport people to and from the stadium. The shuttle bus will pick people up at the Radisson Hotel on the Pleasant Street side of the building (the side entrance NOT the front entrance) and dropping them off at the stadium entrance. In the evening the shuttle bus will be picking attendees up from the front entrance of the stadium and dropping them off at the Radisson Hotel on the Pleasant Street side of the building. Park in the Radisson Hotel Parking Garage, take the escalator/elevator up to the hotel, walk through the lobby to the opposite side of the building, walk outside, this is Pleasant Street. The shuttle bus will pick you up on the opposite side of the road (in front of the bank).

The shuttle bus schedule is as follows:

• Morning Pick Up Radisson: 8:30 am—9:45 am (multiple pick ups within this time frame)

• Evening Pick Up Stadium: 5:00 pm—6:45 pm (multiple pick ups within this time frame)
  
  NOTE: No other transportation will be provided through the event. If you leave early or come late to the event, you will need to find your own parking and method of transportation to the event.

Parking fees are as follows:

• 4-6 hours = $6.00

• 6-8 hours = $8.00

• 8-10 hours = $ 9.00

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