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SUMMARY:Quest for Excellence Conference
DESCRIPTION:35th Quest for Excellence Conference\nbrought to you by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program at NIST.\n  \nCOME. LEARN. NETWORK. ENGAGE\nJoin us at the Quest for Excellence 2024! The conference will feature some new and exciting opportunities to learn role model best practices from nationally recognized thought leaders\, Baldrige Award recipients\, and representatives from other high-performing organizations. \nEnjoy sessions focusing on organizational resilience and future emerging challenges and take home solutions to help your organization achieve breakthrough performance and results in all sectors in areas such as leadership; strategy; customers; measurement\, analysis\, and knowledge management; workforce; and operations. \n  \nREGISTRATION AND HOTEL RESERVATIONS\nConference registrations will be made through Showcare. \n  \nKEYNOTES\n\nMonday Opening Keynote\nCredit: Shola Richards\nShola Richards\n\n\nFounder & CEO\, Go Together Global & Best-Selling Author\nMonday\, April 8  |  8:30 am  |  #BaldrigeQuest \nShola Richards is a dynamic keynote speaker\, the best-selling author of “Making Work Work”\, and “Go Together”\, an in-demand workplace civility expert\, and a prolific writer with a passionate worldwide following. His articles and wildly-popular Monday morning “Go Together Movement” email series have impacted people in over 160 countries\, and his work has been featured on the Today Show\, CBS This Morning\, Forbes\, Black Enterprise\, Complete Wellbeing India\, and Business Insider Australia. Read More \n  \n\n\nWednesday Closing Keynote\nCredit: Robert Martichenko\nRobert O. Martichenko \nBusiness Leader\, Author\, Speaker\, Educator\, Strategic Advisor\, and Chair of TrailPaths Incorporated\nWednesday\, April 10  |  8:30 am  |  #BaldrigeQuest \nTrailPaths is a People Development and Technology Company whose purpose is to create Meaningful Employment Environments™.  To achieve this goal\, TrailPaths has developed organizational assessments\, interactive learning modules and digital platforms to humanize organizational decision making\, modernize leadership behaviors and advance team member participation in the workplace. Read More \n  \n  \n\n  \nCONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS\nOpening Reception | Sunday\, April 7\nJoin us on Sunday evening April 7 for the Opening Reception. Attendees have the opportunity to network with members of the Baldrige community such as Award recipients\, Examiners\, Judges\, Overseers\, Fellows\, Foundation members\, and Alliance program representatives! \nOrganizational Resilience and Long-Term Success Opening Session\nFollowing the opening keynote\, industry leaders will speak on the topic of organizational resilience and long-term success. \n25 Concurrent Sessions\nMonday and Tuesday will feature Baldrige Award recipients and other high-performing organizations speaking on relevant topics of interest\, such as leadership and social responsibility\, workforce issues\, and customers and strategy. \nEmerging Challenges Closing Session\nWednesday morning will feature a plenary session where speakers address future emerging challenges. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://baldrigealliance.org/event/quest-for-excellence-conference/
LOCATION:Gaylord National Harbor
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