Welcome to Houston!
We're happy you're here! Get ready for an amazing week of education, networking and career opportunities. As you start to arrive and settle in, be sure to download the Conference App, which puts all the locations, sessions, exhibitors and speakers at your fingertips so you can take advantage of everything Conference has to offer.

Read a special welcome from NBMBAA Board Chairperson Audrey Dillard Hines.

 

Tuesday, September 10

CertifiNOW PMP®/CAPM® Prep Course (Day 2)
Hilton Americas, Room 330
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

NBMBAA® Institues Registration
Leadership and Entrepreneurial Institute registrants
Hilton Americas, Level 4 Registration Desk
2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Corporate Partner One-on-One Registration
by appointment
George R. Brown Convention Center (GRBCC)
Going on now until 5:00 p.m.

Registration Desk Hours
GRBCC – Level 2 Concourse
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Housing Booth
GRBCC – Level 2 Concourse
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Membership Booth
GRBCC – Level 2 Concourse
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Leadership Reception
by invitation
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Sponsored by

 

Coming Tomorrow

CertifiNOW PMP®/CAPM® Prep Course (Day 3)
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Hilton Americas, Room 330


NBMBAA Leadership Institute®
All Day
Hilton Americas

Presenting Sponsors


Supporting Sponsors


NBMBAA Entrepreneurial Institute®
All Day
Hilton Americas

Presenting Sponsor


Supporting Sponsors



NBMBAA Career Success Network Center®
George R. Brown Convention Center (GRBCC) – Level 2 Concourse
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sponsored by



NBMBAA® Welcome Reception
The Houston Museum of Natural Science
5555 Hermann Park Dr., Houston, TX 77030
7:00 p.m. - 10:oo p.m.

Sponsored by

 

Money and work are the leading cause of stress, according to 76 percent of respondents to research conducted by the American Psychological Association, American Institute of Stress. Factors contributing to stress caused by job pressure and money included co-worker tension, work overload, loss of job and reduced retirement funds.

"There is real, palpable fear in the workplace that jobs or salaries are always at risk," says Sharon Melnick, PhD, chief executive officer of Horizon Point and author of Success Under Stress: Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure's On. "Of course, job loss is always the elephant in the room but there is also the fear of a salary reduction," she says. "Even though companies reduce salaries in an effort to save jobs, the decrease makes it difficult to pay bills or save for a child’s college or for retirement."
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Business leaders can improve a fearful, changing workplace by paying attention to the eight different archetypes of change, says Howard Ross, founder and chief learning officer, Cook Ross Inc., and author of ReInventing Diversity:Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose, and Performance. "Recognizing the eight personalities and managing them appropriately can lower the stress level for everyone."
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