Native American Tourism of Wisconsin Native American Tourism of Wisconsin

TOURISM CONFERENCE AGENDA

JUNE 15-17, 2003

Monday, June 16, 2003

8:00 a.m.
Registration

8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Exhibit area open

9:00 - 9:30 am
Opening Ceremonies - MC - Leo LaFernier
  • Flag Song by Buffalo Bay Sobriety Singers
  • Posting of Colors: Red Cliff VFW Post 8239
  • Invocation & Pipe Ceremony by: Mark Gokee Welcome
  • Ray DePerry, Tribal Chairman Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
  • Larry McDonald, Mayor of Bayfield

9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
"Indian Tourism from a National Perspective"
Presenters: Aurene Martin, Assistant Secretary Bureau of Indian Affairs

10:15 -10:30 a.m. - Break

10:30-11:30 a.m.
Native American Tourism of Wisconsin Update and the Arts & Crafts relationship to Tourism
Presenters: GLITC

11:30 - 12:00
Tourism - Wisconsin Style
Secretary, Kevin Shibilski , Wisconsin Department of Tourism

12:00 -1:15 p.m
Lunch w/ Keynote Speaker: at 12:30 p.m.
John Herrington, 1st Tribal Native American Astronaut, Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma

1:15 - 1:30 - Break

1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Businesses Trends - "How to develop your business and what criteria financial institutions require for financing"
Presenter: Cory Nettles, Secretary Department of Commerce (Invited)
Jeff Bowman, Senior Vice President Layton State Bank & President, American Indian Chamber of Commerce (Invited)

2:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Domestic Marketing - "The benefits of media marketing"
Presenters: Mid-West Communications
others TBA

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Tour & Travel - "Nature tours & development, making your nature and scenery a money maker"
Presenter: Peggy Bitzer, Circle Wisconsin

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
International Marketing - "Marketing your destination as an international attraction"
Presenters: Billy Cypress & Tom Gallaher, Seminole Tribe of Florida
Lee Tiger, Tourism Consultant

4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Hospitality - "Keys to developing superior guest service"
Presenter: Bernadette Sharpen, Ingenus Management & Consulting Co.

5:00 p.m.
Social Hour and Outdoor Cookout

6:30
Welcome -
  • Cari Obst, Executive Director Bayfield Chamber of Commerce
  • LeeAnn Merrill, Executive Director Madeline Island Chamber of Commerce
7:00
Entertainment
Thunderhead Joe and the Medicine Show



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Great Lakes Intertribal Council - Native American Tourism of Wisconsin
P.O. Box 9
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538