HipCricket’s Mark Edwards and NMA CEO Natalie Manor Headline Slate of Speakers

(BRISTOL, Tenn.) - The American Advertising Federation (AAF) of Northeast Tennessee will host the AAF District 7 Leadership Conference,  “Don’t Loose Your Mojo,” in the Tri-Cities from July 25-27.  The conference marks a year-long anniversary of the district’s 60^th anniversary.

“We are thrilled to host the Leadership Conference, in Northeast Tennessee,” said AAF Northeast Tennessee Co-President Jessica Bland.   “This is our district’s largest convention and there will be two days of leadership training, advertising seminars and professional development.”

Conference attendees will travel to the Bristol Motor Speedway for a discussion with Wayne Estes and a tour of the speedway.  Breakout sessions will also be held there.

Meetings will resume in Johnson City for lunch and afternoon sessions on Friday.  Mark Edwards, Senior Agency Director for HipCricket, a full-service mobile marketing company, will be the lunch speaker. HipCricket is a deeply experienced mobile marketing partner founded in 2004.   HipCricket has generated revenue for well over 100 broadcast stations in markets of all sizes, including the top ten. They are also the only mobile marketing company with 16,000 campaigns to their credit.

On Saturday morning, Ed Stivender, from the International Storytelling Center, will be the guest speaker.  Natalie Manor, CEO and founder of NMA will discuss “Delivering Difficult Information Successfully,” during the afternoon session.  As America’s Top Confidence Coach, Manor is committed to creating confidence, influence, success and outrageous results in your life.

Local club members are encouraged to participate and other business leaders are welcome to attend.   To RSVP for events please contact Anna Laws at aclaws@eastman.com

The cost of the entire conference is $290 or people are welcome to attend individual events for a cost of $30 or can stay for an entire day for only $100 including meals.

For ant entire listing of events visit, http://www.7thaaf.com/common/content.asp?PAGE=417