Professional Development for Personal and District Staff

Make Your Boss a Rock Star!

February 5-7, 2009
Dallas, Texas

(as of December 9, 2008)

The National Conference of State Legislatures proudly presents a special professional development opportunity for legislative staff who work directly for individual legislators. Many state legislatures employ personal staff to work for members at the capital or in members' district offices. Personal staff provide critical services to members on policy research, constituent relations, district communication, bill tracking and many other key responsibilities. Unfortunately, until now there have been few training opportunities targeted to this essential staff group.

Make Your Boss a Rock Star! responds to the paucity of useful training for personal staff by providing nearly two days of workshops, discussions and networking especially designed for this audience. Staff who attend this special program will be better prepared to help their legislators affect their agenda and serve their constituents.

If you are a legislator, you want your staff to attend this meeting so that you can be more effective. If you are staff to a member, you want professional development specially designed for your role. This meeting is it. Don't miss it.

Every attempt has been made to make this meeting affordable and low cost for attendees. A low registration fee, great hotel rate and easy flights into and out of Dallas-Fort Worth Airport make this event a remarkable professional development bargain.

If you have any questions, please contact Brian Weberg at NCSL's Denver office at 303-856-1557 or at brian.weberg@ncsl.org

Conference Registration

Online Registration

Printable Registration Form

The registration fee is payable in advance to the National Conference of State Legislatures or onsite. The deadline for pre-registration is January 21, 2009.

Registration Fee

Legislative Staff $249

Cancellation/Refund Policy
All cancellations must be made in writing and may be faxed to (303) 364-7811, or e-mailed. Cancellations received in the NCSL Denver office by February, 4 2009, will be refunded, less a $50 processing fee. Please allow four to six weeks for refund processing. Fees cannot be refunded for registrations cancelled after the conference begins.

Substitution Policy
Substitutions require an additional processing fee of $25. To make a substitution you must: (a) Submit a written notice of cancellation indicating a request to transfer payment; (b) Submit a new registration form. No onsite substitutions are allowed.

Badges and confirmations will NOT be mailed out ahead of time; please be advised that all badges are to be picked up onsite at registration.

Hotel Reservations

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Embassy Suites DFW Airport South, 4650 W. Airport Freeway, Irving, TX 75062, Phone: 1-800-934-7972. Please call the hotel directly to make reservations or register online at: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/DFWSHES-NCS-20090204/index.jhtml. Indicate that you are attending the "National Conference of State Legislatures' meeting "group code NCS" to receive the special room rate of $129 single/double. Reservations must be held by one night’s room deposit (a major credit card guarantee is acceptable). NCSL cannot be responsible for guarantees. The deadline for making hotel reservations is January 15, 2009. After that date, room requests will be accepted on a space-available basis.

Travel Information

Make your reservations through Andavo Travel, NCSL’s official travel headquarters, to receive discounts off regular coach and lowest applicable round-trip airfares to Dallas, TX. Airline reservations should be made at least seven days in advance. Call (800) 825-3283 or (303) 694-4344.

Special Needs

In order to ensure full participation and accessibility for all meeting attendees, please notify Heather Plush at (303) 856-1496 of any special accommodations you may require.

Meeting Information

Four Ways to Register

Online
Fax: 303 364-7811
Mail: NCSL Registration/Accounting
7700 East First Place Denver, CO 80230
Onsite after January 21

Hotel

Embassy Suites
DFW Airport South
4650 W. Airport Freeway
Irving, TX 75062

Phone: 1-800-934-7972

More info

Staff Contact

Brian Weberg