Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011

Noon-5pm - NBTDA Board of Directors Meeting

2pm-5pm - Charity Events session - an opportunity to gather for an open discussion in a round-table forum hosted by Brian Martindale - Meeting room in the Marriott

Noon-5pm - Registration Table Open - Bring jerseys & T's for the contest

Thursday Nov. 10, 2011

7:30am-3pm - Registration Table Open - Bring jerseys & T's for the contest

7:30am-8:30am - Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 8:45am - Welcome & Overview of day's activities

8:45am - 3pm - Events 101 - Topics to include: Safety, Route Selection, Ride size, Overnight considerations, Staffing/Volunteers, Food, Rider Health, Route Marking

12:00 PM - Lunch & Continued Discussion

1pm-3 pm - Events 301 with lunch included during session - An advanced, self-guided discussion of timely topics of importance to ride directors

3pm-3:15pm - Break

3:15pm-4:45pm - Sessions 1A & 1B - Insurance/Liability Issues (101) & Advanced (301)

6pm-8pm - Reception

Friday Nov. 11, 2011

7:30am - Noon - Registration Table Open - Bring jerseys and T's for contest

7:30am-8:30am - Continental Breakfast - Breakout groupings over breakfast (Breakout session #1)

8:30am - Welcome & Overview of day's activities

8:30am - 9:45am - Sessions 2A Mapping & 2B Using Your GPS

9:45am-10am - Break

10am-Noon - Session 3 Special session by the NBTDA Board and Gluskin & Townley (There will be a short break during)

Noon - 1:30pm - Lunch - Speaker: Gayle Junilla, Explore Minnesota Tourism - "Bicycle Tourism in Minnesota"

1:45pm - 2:45pm - Breakout Session #2

3pm-5pm - Hands-On Labs - GPS & Mapping, Civilian CPR, Accounting Q&A

3pm - 7pm - Vendor Expo

5pm - 7pm - Pre-Banquet Reception at the Vendor Expo

7pm - Banquet

Saturday Nov. 12, 2011

7:30am-8:30am - Continental Breakfast - Breakout groupings over breakfast (Breakout session #3)

8:15am - Welcome & Overview of day's activities

8:30am - 9:45am - Sessions 4A Meal Planning for Bicycle Tours & 4B Intellectual Property

9:45 AM - Break

10am-11:15am - Sessions 5A Tips for Exceptional Customer Service & 5B First Aid and Safety

11:15am-11:45am - Set out promo swap items

11:45am-1pm - Lunch (Jersey & T design winners announced at 12:30pm)

1-1:30pm - Promo swap 

1:30pm -NBTDA Annual Meeting (Members only)

3:00pm - Recreational time - Bike "Breaking Away" sites in Bloomington

6:30pm - Informal dinner together at the Irish Lion (not included in registration fees)