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2008 NAMD Marketing Awards Dinner and Show

featuring a show by jazz recording artist
Kim Waters

performing his Urban Jazz CD hits from You Are My Lady, and All For Love



2008 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Registration-Rotunda Booth
1:00 -5:00 PM
NAMD Board Meeting -Session-I - Board Room
1:00 -5:00 PM

7:00 - 9:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Garden Courtyard
Sponsors:-Ford Motor Company

-----Anheuser-Busch

-----Coca-Cola



Friday, April 18, 2008

8:00 - 9:45 AM - Capital North
Power Breakfast - Plenary Session
Keynote Speaker: Andrew Morrison, President, Small Business Camp
Sponsor: Reynolds American, Inc.

10:00 - 11:30AM
Seminar I - Georgia Room 7&8
"Marketing of Healthcare to Black Baby Boomers"
Power Speaker- Floyd W. Green III, Head of Emerging Markets, Aetna, Inc.
Sponsor: Aetna, Inc.

11:45AM - 1:45PM - Capital North
President's Luncheon
Presiding: Camille Bridges, President, NAMD
Power Speaker: Najoh TitaReid, Multicultural Marketing Director, Proctor & Gamble
Sponsor: Ford Motor Company

2:00 - 3:30 PM
Workshop II - Georgia Room 7 & 8
"The Role of Race, Relevance, and Revenue in Leading African-American Consumer Categories"
Moderator: Cynthia Perkins Roberts, V.P.Diversity Marketing& Business Development
-----Marcus Jones, Marketing Manager, Allstate Insurance Company
-----Gary Matthews, President & CEO, ETC Information, Inc.
-----Rev. Dr. Al Anderson, Chairman & Founder of Anderson Communications
-----Crystal Greene, Manager Sponsorships/events. Ford Motor Company
Sponsor: Interep

4:00 - 5:00 PM
NAMD General Meeting - Georgia Room 7 & 8 -NAMD Elections

7:00 - 10:30PM - Capital North
NAMD Marketing Awards Dinner and Show
Emcee:
NAMD Award Presentations: H.Naylor Fitzhugh Humanitarian Award-
---------------------------Michael A. House, President, Chicago Defender
---------------------------NAMD Communicator of the Year Award

---------------------------Fredricka Whitfield, News Anchor, CNN/US
---------------------------Moss Kendrix Marketer Award
---------------------------Robert McNeil, President CEO IMAGES USA
---------------------------NAMD Entrepreneur of the Year Award
---------------------------Steven Ewing, President/Owner Wade Ford
---------------------------NAMD President's Award
---------------------------John W.Singleton Jr.

Entertainment: Kim Waters

Sponsors: FORD Motor Company
Coors Brewing Company
Allstate Insurance Company
Who's Who Publishing Co.LLC


Saturday, April 19, 2008
8:15 - 9:30AM - Capital North
Power Breakfast
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joel Martin
President, Triad West, Inc.
Sponsor: Coca-Cola Company

9:30 - 11:00AM
Workshop III - Georgia Room 7 & 8
Capturing Marketing Data to Support Black Consumer Advertising
Moderator: Clyde C. Allen, President, Allen and Partners, Inc.
-----Julian Davis, Director Urban Media Services, Arbitron, Inc.
-----Jeffrey Humphries, Director, Selig Center for Economic Growth
-----Hugh Brown, Director of Urban Marketing, International; Demographics
Sponsor: Arbitron

11:00AM - 12:30PM
Power Brunch - Capital North
Keynote Speaker: Robert McNeil, Jr., President & CEO, Images USA
Sponsor: Allstate Insurance Company

12:45 - 2:15PM
Workshop IV - Georgia Room 7 & 8

"Business of Black Hair ™ the Global Impact
"
--Moderator: Norm Bond, President, NORMBOND & ASSOCIATES
-----Lafayette Jones, President,& CEO Segmented Marketing Services, Inc.(SMSI)
-----Sandra Miller Jones, Founder & Chairman, Segmented Marketing Services, Inc
-----Larry Graise CEO ,Vision Illusion Hair Importers
-----Angela Crawford,Co-Owner,Vision Illusion Hair Importers

Sponsor: NORMBOND & Associates

2:30 - 4:00 PM
Workshop V - Georgia Room 7 & 8
---"Viable Business Opportunities With Network Marketing"
---Moderator: George Fraser, President/CEO Frasernet
-----Silas King -YTB Travel
-----Reggie Torran -MonaVie
-----Kevin Taylor -Ignite

Sponsor: Black Enterprise Magazine


4:15 - 5:15PM - Georgia Room 7 & 8
General Meeting

NAMD Board Elections


7:00 - 11:30PM - Capital North
"Soul of Atlanta Celebration"

Entertainment: DJ"This Is It"

Sponsor:
Ford Motor Company
Allen and Partners, Inc.
Coca-Cola


Sunday, April 20, 2008
8:00 - 11:00AM
-Board Room
NAMD Board Meeting