Maximize Membership Engagement! Three Areas of Focus
Wednesday, March 6, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Engaging the membership of an association is never simple. Members have varying levels of motivation and different objectives in membership. In addition, the culture of the association can vary dramatically with changes in leadership. What can a leader do to encourage and maximize participation?

At its core, engagement is always a function of leadership’s ability to identify needs and communicate effectively with members. In this presentation, Kelly describes three specific areas to consider when searching for solutions.

Speaker: Kelly Riggs

Leveraging AI in Project Management
Thursday, March 7, 10:10 am – 11:10 am

In 1954 a Georgetown-IBM team predicted that language translation programs would be perfected in three to five years. 60 years later, we still haven’t perfected translation. That claim is nowhere close to Herbert Simon, Nobel prize winner in 1965 where he said that “machines will be capable, within twenty years of doing any work a man can do.” These exorbitant claims didn’t seem outlandish at the time of their inception because technology, especially artificial intelligence, has an enormous promise, and now we are finally able to start reaping the benefits of this new technology.

Delve into the dynamic landscape of Artificial Intelligence as we navigate through the buzz, and uncover how AI can be leveraged in the world of project management. Jeff Butler will guide you through the intricate realm of AI generative text to image recognition, and show how project managers can leverage the true potential of this disruptive technology.

Speaker: Jeff Butler

Guidance on Preparation for an OSHA Inspection
Thursday, March 7, 11:20 pm – 12:20 pm

Terri Irvin will guide attendees through the steps of preparation for an OSHA inspection and answer questions pertaining to the inspection process.

Speaker: Terri Irvin, OSHA Compliance Assistance Specialist

Job Costing
Friday, March 8, 9:20 am – 10:20 am

In this session you will learn:

1. The importance of job costing and getting it right.
2. How to manage job costing effectively for many small projects as well as large ones.
3. How to recognize early any project production/cost issues, and how to effectively get data from the field back to the office and vice versa.
4. Top 5 things to take into account when job costing.

Speaker: Stephane McShane

Not “if” or “when” – Pay Me What I am Owed NOW!
Friday, March 8, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

A discussion of payment terms in subcontracts and the different ways states are addressing pay-if-paid and pay-when-paid provisions.” The panel will discuss current trends in payment terms and the enforcement of those terms in each state and how to attempt to negotiate around them.

Presenters:
Lee B. Brumitt
Chip Bachara

Organizational Development Panel
Friday, March 8, 2:10 pm – 3:10 pm

What does it take to create organizational excellence and to develop an executive leadership team dedicated to the highest levels of safety, productivity, sales and overall exceptional performance? Please join this interactive session with our esteemed panel of experts and find out how they did it!

Panelists: Tom Freund, Ben Lowery, Patty Peterson, and Dick Roberts.

Trade Group Networking Sessions – ASA members
Friday, March 8, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

During this extremely interactive peer-to-peer forum, we will break into various specialty trade groups and discuss key issues impacting specific trades. We will also take an economic snapshot from around the US and see how our respective markets are fairing and if there are any differences based on the trades we represent.

Facilitator: To Be Announced