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USDA Foods
Thursday,
December 15, 2011
Holiday Inn, Boxborough, MA
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Conference Information
Registration
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Click here to register
for this conference.
This conference program ranges from ways to
improve communications to capitalizing on state
contracts and
USDA Foods.
Be prepared for January deadlines by checking
out the healthy offerings from USDA Foods
processors on the exhibit floor.
Learn new recipes during the cooking demos that
will help you make the most
of USDA Foods while you take advantage
of the power of the plate presentation! |
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PROGRAM |
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8:00 –
8:45 |
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Registration and Full Breakfast |
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9:00 –
10:30 |
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President’s Welcome and Keynote
Simple Solutions to Dealing with
Difficult People
Bart Christian, President of
Southwest Training Systems Inc.
This humorous and energetic
message is designed to help you
recognize non-productive
behaviors and actions in others
as well as in yourself. Learn
how to identify individual
purpose and distinguish those
things that are just not worth
the fight. Also covered are
strategies that can make the
inevitable difficult situation
turn out positively.
Attend both the Simple Solutions
keynote and the Solutions to
Communication session for Key
Area 2.
Conference attendees
will earn
6 Certification
Education Units (CEUs). |
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10:45 –
11:45 |
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Concurrent Sessions
Simple
Solutions to Communication
Bart Christian, President of
Southwest Training Systems Inc.
We all need to be reminded that
the quality of our lives is a
direct result of the quality of
the relationships we enjoy with
others on the job and at home.
We will take a humorous and
insightful look at ourselves and
how we interact with others
every day. You will be given
tools that can be used
immediately to promote healthier
relationships and a happier life
at work and at home.
Navigating Comm-PASS & Statewide
Contracts
Richelle Waterman,
Operational Services Division
This session will introduce how
Statewide Contracts are
established and the benefits to
using them. Participants will
learn tips on how to search for
a commodity or service using the
Commonwealth’s eProcurement
system, Comm-PASS. Searching
tips for accessing Statewide
Contracts, verifying vendor
participation and locating
contract manager details will be
discussed. There will be a Q&A
regarding navigation of the Comm-PASS
system and locating Statewide
Contracts. |
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Light
Refreshment Break |
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12:00 –
1:00 |
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Stakeholder Report and USDA
Foods Update
Katie Millett and Marion
Browning, Massachusetts
Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education
This session is an ESE update of
USDA FOODS including inventory
management, pricing, new
products, and processing. Learn
more about the role of your USDA
FOODS Advisory Committee in the
best use of entitlement dollars
and USDA FOODS to meet our
schools’ needs. |
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1:00 –
4:00 |
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Exhibits of USDA Food Processors |
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1:00 –
2:00 |
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Power
of the Plate Presentation |
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2:30 –
3:30 |
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Power
of the Plate Presentation
Ken Watt,
Executive Chef, Practicum
Properties at Johnson and Wales
University
Learn how to prepare USDA foods
that will help you met the
HealthierUS School Challenge.
Create a healthy meal that not
only meets the new guidelines
and tastes great but looks so
amazing it leaves a
“Wow, I want that!” look on your
customer’s faces. Ken Watt will
entertain and educate us with
tricks of the trade as he demos
his cooking and presentation
tips. |
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Directions to the Holiday Inn,
Boxborough
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike,
Route 90 west, to Exit 11A to
495 North. Take Exit 28 (Rte.
111), turn left
at traffic light and hotel
driveway is on the right.
Accommodations
Rooms have been reserved for
conference attendees at the
Holiday Inn Boxborough. Call
978-263-8701 and mention the SNA
of Mass. conference to secure
the special rates of $125 for
single or double occupancy. |
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