2016 HHEW Leaders Conference & Retreat Schedule
Theme: "Our Think Tank, the Social Media, and the Greater Society"
Circus-Circus Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
2880 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, Nevada
*All presenters and presentations will be recorded and Youtube posted as in previous years courtesy of Clint Williams - San Antonio, Texas (HHEW '01)
*If you have a camera, laptop, iPad, tablet or smartphone, please bring it to the confab
Day 1 – Sunday, June 12 (below)
9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Registration – On-Site registration information while in Las Vegas: (209) 662-1076
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Session 135 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own meal)
Informal networking, HHEW Group mission sharing, submit committee reports
& Public Policy purpose of a think tank
9 p.m. - until – Family time and Las Vegas
9 p.m. – 11 p.m. – Session 136 (optional) – Very Light Reception (Room TBA)
1) Re-visiting our usage of TheBigTent.com
2) More informal networking and HHEW Group mission sharing
Keith Orlando Hilton, PhD (Ife Chukwu) – Facilitator of sessions 135 and 136
11 p.m. – until – Free time & Las Vegas
Day 2 – Monday, June 13 (below)
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Registration – On-Site registration info while in Las Vegas; (209) 662-1076
9:30 – 10:40 a.m. Session 137 – How individual members are using Social Media
Necola Adams (HHEW '11) – Merced, CA
Star Bailey (HHEW '14) – Las Vegas, NV
William Delaney (HHEW '14) – Las Vegas, NV
Linda Kelly, M.P.A. Chair (HHEW '01) – Denver, CO
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
10:45 – 11:55 a.m. Session 138 – Inside(rs) of Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley
2 invited guests from Silicon Valley in California
2 invited guests from Silicon Alley in New York City
12 – 12:30 p.m. Session 138 – Annual HHEW Jeopardy Game
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
12:40 – 1:50 p.m. Lunch
2:00 – 3:10 p.m. Session 139 – The Internet as a Leader's Research Tool:
James Thrasher, EdD (HHEW ‘12) – Elk Grove, CA
Kim McMillon, ABD (HHEW '15) – Merced, CA
2 invited guests from Facebook social groups
3:15 – 4:25 p.m. Session 140 – Mental health, social media and the prison pipeline
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
Derrick Woodson, MPA (HHEW ‘03) – Miami, FL
Uc Okonmah (HHEW '14) – Abuja, Nigeria
1 Invited Las Vegas guest
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Session 141 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own meal)
Light, yet substantive discussions with invited guests
9 p.m. – until Free time & Las Vegas
Day 3 – Tuesday, June 14 (below)
10 – 11:20 a.m. Session 142 – Building Africa's “Very Best of” Image via Social Media:
2 invited guests from “Very Best of Africa...” Facebook group
Invited guest from “CV Drum News / Decision Makers” Facebook group
Invited guest from Silicon Valley
11:30 – 1 p.m. Session 143 – *Annual Founders Luncheon (food & beverages provided)
* This luncheon is tentative and will be decided on in April
1:10 - 2:20 p.m. Session 144 – Big Voices Roundtable:
Continuing the Ebony-in-Action Leaders Series
This sixth historic annual panel is led by two prominent members of the
Las Vegas African-American Media or 100 Black Men or Sigma Pi Phi and
2 invited Silicon Valley/Alley guests
and re-introducing Nor Cal CV 100 Black Men Interest Group
and new HHEW 100 Group Members
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Session 145 – Hands-on & Individual time with Silicon Experts
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Session 146 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own meal)
9 p.m. – until Free time & Las Vegas
Day 4 – Wednesday, June 15 (below) 10 – 11:30 a.m. Session 147 –
Working Brunch (each person pays) - Board & Committee Reports
Discuss how sessions will now fit with Journal of Unabridged Genius (JUG)
& via op-ed and public opinion pieces
HHEW Annual Conference & Retreat Committee Wrap-up Report
Linda Kelly, M.P.A. Chair (HHEW '01) – Denver, CO
Joe Basnight (HHEW '11) – San Jose, CA
Bobby Cantero (HHEW '14) – San Dimas, CA
Bruce Cobbs (HHEW ‘01) – Decatur, IL
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
Derrick Woodson, MPA (HHEW ‘03) – Miami, FL
Previous 14 Confab Themes:
2017 - * Western Caribbean Cruise/Retreat replaced our annual leaders conference in Las Vegas
2016 - "Our Think Tank, the Social Media, and the Greater Society" - Circus-Circus Hotel & Casino - LV
2015 - "Face Black; Face Forward: Using Social Media as a Leadership Tool" – Part 1 ”
2014 - "Great internal committees meet, so that external organizations can become greater”
2013 Conference/Retreat - “My...professional commitment to our think tank” - The DLas Vegas
2012 Confab/Retreat - “Developing heuristic career, cultural and personal life plans” - The D
2011 Conference/Retreat - “In the DuBois Tradition: Are we the Talented 10th or the Guiding 100th?”
2010 Confab/Retreat - “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly of African-American Leadership” - Las Vegas
2009 Conference/Retreat – “HHEW Group Leaders & Pres Barack Obama” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2008 Conference/Retreat – “Leadership and the Politics of our Future” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2007 Conference/Retreat – “The Pursuit of Liberation and Acculturation” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2006 Conference/Retreat – “Leadership by Association(s)” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2005 Conference/Retreat – “Say it Loud: Leaders and Proud” Lady Luck – Las Vegas
2004 Confab/Retreat – “Acknowledged African Leadership & the Real World” Lady Luck – Vegas
End of 13th Annual HHEW Conference & Retreat
Theme: "Our Think Tank, the Social Media, and the Greater Society"
Circus-Circus Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
2880 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, Nevada
*All presenters and presentations will be recorded and Youtube posted as in previous years courtesy of Clint Williams - San Antonio, Texas (HHEW '01)
*If you have a camera, laptop, iPad, tablet or smartphone, please bring it to the confab
Day 1 – Sunday, June 12 (below)
9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Registration – On-Site registration information while in Las Vegas: (209) 662-1076
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Session 135 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own meal)
Informal networking, HHEW Group mission sharing, submit committee reports
& Public Policy purpose of a think tank
9 p.m. - until – Family time and Las Vegas
9 p.m. – 11 p.m. – Session 136 (optional) – Very Light Reception (Room TBA)
1) Re-visiting our usage of TheBigTent.com
2) More informal networking and HHEW Group mission sharing
Keith Orlando Hilton, PhD (Ife Chukwu) – Facilitator of sessions 135 and 136
11 p.m. – until – Free time & Las Vegas
Day 2 – Monday, June 13 (below)
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Registration – On-Site registration info while in Las Vegas; (209) 662-1076
9:30 – 10:40 a.m. Session 137 – How individual members are using Social Media
Necola Adams (HHEW '11) – Merced, CA
Star Bailey (HHEW '14) – Las Vegas, NV
William Delaney (HHEW '14) – Las Vegas, NV
Linda Kelly, M.P.A. Chair (HHEW '01) – Denver, CO
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
10:45 – 11:55 a.m. Session 138 – Inside(rs) of Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley
2 invited guests from Silicon Valley in California
2 invited guests from Silicon Alley in New York City
12 – 12:30 p.m. Session 138 – Annual HHEW Jeopardy Game
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
12:40 – 1:50 p.m. Lunch
2:00 – 3:10 p.m. Session 139 – The Internet as a Leader's Research Tool:
James Thrasher, EdD (HHEW ‘12) – Elk Grove, CA
Kim McMillon, ABD (HHEW '15) – Merced, CA
2 invited guests from Facebook social groups
3:15 – 4:25 p.m. Session 140 – Mental health, social media and the prison pipeline
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
Derrick Woodson, MPA (HHEW ‘03) – Miami, FL
Uc Okonmah (HHEW '14) – Abuja, Nigeria
1 Invited Las Vegas guest
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Session 141 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own meal)
Light, yet substantive discussions with invited guests
9 p.m. – until Free time & Las Vegas
Day 3 – Tuesday, June 14 (below)
10 – 11:20 a.m. Session 142 – Building Africa's “Very Best of” Image via Social Media:
2 invited guests from “Very Best of Africa...” Facebook group
Invited guest from “CV Drum News / Decision Makers” Facebook group
Invited guest from Silicon Valley
11:30 – 1 p.m. Session 143 – *Annual Founders Luncheon (food & beverages provided)
* This luncheon is tentative and will be decided on in April
1:10 - 2:20 p.m. Session 144 – Big Voices Roundtable:
Continuing the Ebony-in-Action Leaders Series
This sixth historic annual panel is led by two prominent members of the
Las Vegas African-American Media or 100 Black Men or Sigma Pi Phi and
2 invited Silicon Valley/Alley guests
and re-introducing Nor Cal CV 100 Black Men Interest Group
and new HHEW 100 Group Members
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Session 145 – Hands-on & Individual time with Silicon Experts
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Session 146 – HHEW Working Dinner-Meeting (each person covers own meal)
9 p.m. – until Free time & Las Vegas
Day 4 – Wednesday, June 15 (below) 10 – 11:30 a.m. Session 147 –
Working Brunch (each person pays) - Board & Committee Reports
Discuss how sessions will now fit with Journal of Unabridged Genius (JUG)
& via op-ed and public opinion pieces
HHEW Annual Conference & Retreat Committee Wrap-up Report
Linda Kelly, M.P.A. Chair (HHEW '01) – Denver, CO
Joe Basnight (HHEW '11) – San Jose, CA
Bobby Cantero (HHEW '14) – San Dimas, CA
Bruce Cobbs (HHEW ‘01) – Decatur, IL
Clint Williams, M.A. (HHEW '01) – San Antonio, TX
Derrick Woodson, MPA (HHEW ‘03) – Miami, FL
Previous 14 Confab Themes:
2017 - * Western Caribbean Cruise/Retreat replaced our annual leaders conference in Las Vegas
2016 - "Our Think Tank, the Social Media, and the Greater Society" - Circus-Circus Hotel & Casino - LV
2015 - "Face Black; Face Forward: Using Social Media as a Leadership Tool" – Part 1 ”
2014 - "Great internal committees meet, so that external organizations can become greater”
2013 Conference/Retreat - “My...professional commitment to our think tank” - The DLas Vegas
2012 Confab/Retreat - “Developing heuristic career, cultural and personal life plans” - The D
2011 Conference/Retreat - “In the DuBois Tradition: Are we the Talented 10th or the Guiding 100th?”
2010 Confab/Retreat - “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly of African-American Leadership” - Las Vegas
2009 Conference/Retreat – “HHEW Group Leaders & Pres Barack Obama” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2008 Conference/Retreat – “Leadership and the Politics of our Future” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2007 Conference/Retreat – “The Pursuit of Liberation and Acculturation” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2006 Conference/Retreat – “Leadership by Association(s)” Fitzgeralds – Las Vegas
2005 Conference/Retreat – “Say it Loud: Leaders and Proud” Lady Luck – Las Vegas
2004 Confab/Retreat – “Acknowledged African Leadership & the Real World” Lady Luck – Vegas
End of 13th Annual HHEW Conference & Retreat