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1 2016 AAF District 8 Far North Conference
Coinciding with its annual membership kickoff, AAF-ND is hosting the biennial AAF District 8 conference for the first time since the 1980s. AAF-ND will host representatives from nine other clubs in their district that spans North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and its expecting a turnout of up to 125. "It will be great for them to see Fargo and the downtown," says Elenberger, who owns her own design business and has been an active
• John T. Meyer CEO & Cofounder at Lemonly
• Von Glitchscka Creative Director at Glitschka Studios
"The amount of knowledge (the speakers) have and being able to ask them specific questions that relate to what you're doing or about their work," she says, "I just think it's really great and more personable and engaging. You get that
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AAF-ND member for 12 years. "I think Ecce (Gallery) is a great spot to host and to show our other D8 members our community, our art community, and just the fun network of startups and freelancers and everybody who's downtown." As part of a host of other activities, AAF-ND will be hosting four national speakers, as well as one local one.
• Jennifer Bourn • Chris Lima Partner, Web CEO Designer & Content at Beyond Good Strategist at Bourn Creative
The event will kick off on Thursday at the Cropped graphic design competition and conference attendees will have the additional option of attending a small lunch on Friday with the conference speakers for $40, which will be a great value-added experience, says Elenberger.
Transferable memberships
• Denise Kolpack SVP Brand & Communication Strategy at Blue Cross Blue Shield ND
one-on-one interaction versus one-on-100." There's also a discounted conference price to attendees who renew or sign up for a 2016-17 AAF-ND membership. For more information and pricing on the District 8 Far North Conference: conference.aaf-nd.org To complete your 2016-17 membership: aaf-ndmemberships.eventbrite.com
One perk of AAF-ND memberships is that they're transferable among different people, which Elenberger explains: "Say Missy has a membership and there was a situation during the year where there was an event that she either couldn't go to or wasn't as interested in," Elenberger says. "Then her coworker could go in her place and wouldn't have to pay anything. "Then, in a situation where I wanted to go and my coworker wanted to come, too, I can go for free as a member and then they'd just pay the non-member price." Keney says transferable memberships are especially useful because of how diverse AAF's programming is. "We try to bring in a couple each of designers, social, content, web, etc.," she says, adding that they know not every event will appeal to all of their members.