Here is our October-November calendar. If you are attending any of these events, please stop by and say hello!

October 8-10   PAC Fall Board Meeting, Santa Barbara, California

October 13   WGR Toastmasters, Washington, D.C.

October 21   WASRG Summit — Keynote Sponsor, Washington, D.C.

November 13-15   Women in Government Fifth Annual Healthcare Summit, Washington, D.C.

November 19-21   2014 Professional Women in Advocacy Conference, Washington, D.C.

November 22   SGAC Foundation’s Leaders’ Policy Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona

Elizabeth Bartz, president and CEO of State and Federal Communications, and Senior Compliance Associate Jim Warner are attending the State Government Affairs Council’s 2014 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. This year’s conference promises a great combination of expert sessions and networking. It runs from April 9-11.

Take a look at SGAC’s terrific agenda for the conference here. You can also follow the Twitter conversations from the conference at #SGACAnnualMtg14.

Here is our April-May calendar. State and Federal Communications will be attending these events. If you plan to be there as well, be sure to say hello!

April 6-9   Broadcast Education Association 2014 Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada

April 7-8 PAC Spring Executive Meeting, Washington, D.C.

April 11   YouToo Social Media Conference, Kent, Ohio

April 9-11 SGAC Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

April 30 – May 2 OSBA Convention, Columbus, Ohio

May 8   Women in Government Relations Spring Reception, Washington, D.C.

Here is our March – April calendar. State and Federal Communications will be attending these events. If you plan to be there as well, be sure to say hello!

March 3-6   PAC National Conference, Miami Beach, Florida

March 16-19   NASPO Marketing to State Governments, San Diego, California

April 7-8   PAC Spring Executive Meeting, Washington, D.C.

April 9-11   SGAC Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

April 30 – May 2   OSBA Convention, Columbus, OH

October 16   WASRG Summit–Keynote Sponsor, Washington, DC

October 16-18   Public Affairs Council Fall Board Meeting, Paradise Valley, Arizona

November 4   American League of Lobbyists State Lobbying Session, Washington, D.C.

November 21   American League of Lobbyists Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

November 23-November 26   SGAC Leaders’ Policy Conference Turnberry, Miami Beach, Florida

The place—Wigwam in Arizona. The year—2000. The event—SGAC’s Leaders’ Policy Conference.  I walked in and my professional career was changed forever.

The Leaders’ Policy Conference is produced with the State Government Affairs Council (SGAC) Foundation, NCSL, and CSG as an educational initiative for states’ legislative leadership and state government relations professionals from America’s leading businesses, associations, and service providers. It is designed to encourage dialogue on issues of importance between state legislative leaders and private sector representatives. The public sector includes the legislative leadership from all of the 50 states and U.S. territories, the NCSL and CSG Executive Committees, ALEC’s Board of Directors, and chairs of key committees in the states.

Private sector attendance is for SGAC members only. However, if joining SGAC is on your 2014 bucket list, you can attend as a “prospective” member.

The specifics for the 2013 LPC are the following:

November 23-26, 2013

Turnberry Isle, Miami, Florida

Registration fee is $795 and guests can attend for $295

If you are interested in attending the 2013 Leaders’ Policy Conference, call SGAC at 703-684-0967 and anyone on staff can help you. You can also find additional information at www.sgac.org. In addition, if I can be of any assistance with this event, please do not hesitate to contact me.

In the meantime, remember we are all about relationships and I believe SGAC can assist you in developing those relationships with key leaders in the states.

Thank you,

Elizabeth Z. Bartz
President and CEO
@elizabethbartz

Elizabeth Bartz, President and CEO of State and Federal Communications, and Compliance Associates Jim Warner and Steve Quinn are attending the State Government Affairs Council’s 2013 Annual Meeting in Savannah, Georgia. This year the conference has the theme “Changing Faces; Changing States” and runs from March 13-15.

According to the SGAC website: “SGAC’s 2013 Annual Meeting … is a conference for private-sector multistate government affairs professionals. The conference program focuses on providing new tools, techniques, and best practices to help build skills and stay on top of the latest trends.”

You can follow the meeting’s conversations on Twitter with the hashtag #SGACAnnualMtg13.

March 4-7, 2013   2013 National PAC Conference, Miami Beach, Florida

March 6, 2013   Ohio Birthday Party, Washington, D.C.

March 13-15, 2013   SGAC Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia

April 14-16, 2013   NASPO Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana

April 22-25, 2013   BIO International Convention, Chicago, Illinois

Elizabeth Bartz, President and CEO of State and Federal Communications, and Social Media Coordinator Joe May attended the 2012 SGAC Leaders’ Policy Conference in Santa Monica from November 17 -20.

The conference featured an amazing lineup of speakers, including award winning author and economist Ben Stein; best selling author Mark Stein, who wrote How the States Got Their Shapes; Egil “Bud” Krogh, Senior Fellow and Chair on Leadership, Ethics, and Integrity at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress; and author and crisis management expert Judy Smith. Breakout sessions were rich with topics of great importance to state government, such as the economic crisis, the Supreme Court decision on healthcare, and the future of energy and the environment.

As the SGAC website states: “LPC is an annual meeting of the states’ legislative leadership and state government affairs professionals from America’s leading businesses, associations and service providers. LPC, sponsored by the SGAC Foundation in cooperation with NCSL and CSG, is designed to encourage dialogue on issues of importance between state legislative leaders and private sector representatives. Attendance is by invitation only. Those invited are: The legislative leadership of all 50 states, NCSL & CSG Executive Committees & ALEC Board of Directors, SGAC members and private sector representatives.”

We had a fantastic time. Thank you SGAC!

November 17-20, 2012   SGAC Leaders’ Policy Conference, Santa Monica, California

November 28-30, 2012    ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit, Washington, D.C.

December 2-5, 2012   COGEL Annual Conference 2012, Columbus, Ohio

December 3, 2012  Women in Government Relations PACs, Politics and Grassroots Taskforce Annual Conference, TBD