AIIP 2021 Annual Conference Highlights

Read session recaps on the AIIP Connections Blog.

Guest Speakers

Emily Binder

Chief Strategist, Beetle Moment Marketing

2021 Roger Summit Award Lecture
Voice: The Next Marketing Channel

William R. Emmons

Economist and Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Making Sense of Economic and Financial Data

Micki Vandeloo

President, Lakeview Consulting, Inc.

Turning Adversity into Action

Member Speakers

SPECIALIST SPOTLIGHT: Taking Communication & Collaboration to the Next Level with Your Clients

Christine Geluk, Librarian At Your Service LLC

Into the Unknown: Consulting in the Next Normal

Richard P. Hulser, Richard P. Hulser Consulting

Information is Cheap; Knowledge is Priceless

Deb Hunt, Information Edge
Jennifer Pflaumer, Paroo
Cindy Shamel, Shamel Information Services
Ulla de Stricker, deStricker Associates

SPECIALIST SPOTLIGHT: Challenges of Working with Historical Datasets: A Tropical Forest Quest

Sheila Ward, ProposalPR

Finding Infopreneurial Bliss: Attracting Clients You Love and Letting Go of Clients You Don't

Mary Ellen Bates, Principal, Bates Information Services

Small Fish in a Big Pond - How Independents Navigate the Information Industry Without Large Budgets

Kelly Berry, ResourceAbility, LLC

SPECIALIST SPOTLIGHT: The Private Investigator Roundtable

Edward Ajaeb, Nighthawk Strategies

Tim Hardiman, Viceroy Investigations & Consulting LLC

Lisa Ribacoff, International Investigative Group

Information Security: A Day in the Life of an Info Pro

Rachel Yang, Rachel Yang Consulting

CREAVELOP I and II: Nine Dishes for Your Communication Buffet

Rhonda L. Bowen, Bells

SPECIALIST SPOTLIGHT: Fostering a Culture of Creative Thinking in Client Relationships

Erlin Kakkanad, Engineer Creative Thinking

Recognizing and Responding to Isolation’s Effects: Stories from the Trenches

A participant dialogue

Making the Most of Change

Beth Plutchak, Beth Plutchak Consulting LLC

Special Sessions

First-Timers Welcome and Orientation: Getting the Most out of the Conference

Preconference Warm Up Session - Hi, I’m {____________}: The What, Why, and How of Memorable Introductions, Parts 1 & 2. Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services, and Jennifer E. Burke, IntelliCraft Research

Opening Session and Awards

Sendoff: Cementing the Takeaways

Workshops

Arthur Weiss, AWARE - Financial Analysis for Non-Finance Info Pros

Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services - Making Yourself Irreplaceable: The Power and Magic of the Reality-Check Conversation

Jennifer Burke, IntelliCraft Research - Mighty Content Creation for Solopreneurs

Awards

AIIP announced the recipients of several annual awards during the conference.

Roger Summit Lecture Award — Emily Binder
Marilyn M. Levine AIIP President's Award — Jan Sykes
Sue Rugge Memorial Award for mentoring — Margaret King

Community Give-Back

AIIP members made contributions to Forward Through Ferguson.

Thank you to our 2021 Sponsors

Exhibitor

Information Today, Inc.

Bronze Sponsors

Michele Bate – Archer Van den Broeck
Ulla deStricker – deStricker Associates
Cindy Shamel – Shamel Information Services
Zakia Ringgold – Virtual Experience Design Agency

Warm-up Session

Janel Kinlaw – Refining Workflow – lead sponsor
June Boyle – CeRCo Research – contributing sponsor
Jan Sykes – Information Management Services – contributing sponsor

Program Sponsors

Mary Ellen Bates – Bates Information Services
Marcy Phelps – Marcy Phelps & Associates
Christian Gibbons – National Center for Economic Gardening
Steven Swartz – Simply Analytics
Team Canada

Kirsten Smith – Digital Smith
Celine Belanger – Cogniges
Daniel Foscarini – Toscin Data
Isabella Roy – Eudaimonium
Hashem Elassad
Lisette Lacroix
Phyllis Smith – ITK Vector
Karla Thomson – True North Research
Troy Wason – Axxess Point

Contributing Sponsors

Heather Carine – Carine Associates
Karen Klein – Fulcrum Information Resources
Jennifer Pflaumer – Paroo
Judith Binder – RBSC
Joann Wleklinski – Wleklinski Information Services

updated 10/15/2021

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