Saturday Keynote speaker: Steve Duin

He's sponsor of an annual reading contest and an advocate against censorship. His Oregonian columns are thought provoking and informational. You'll want to hear this award winning columnist.

Included in conference fee for Two-day or Saturday only.

Repulsive, Disgusting, In Poor Taste with Questionable Values-Hooray for Boy Books!

Who but Eric Kimmel could come up with a speech title like this? As a former boy himself, Eric knows they'll read if we give them the right books. He will address the challenges of writing and publishing books for boys and the challenges for libraries in buying them. Please note: Conference Center rules strictly forbid frying worms, snorting milk, and food fights of any description.

  Eric Kimmel's website<http://www.ericakimmel.com>

Friday evening Dessert with an author is a tradition at the OEMA Fall Conference.  Tickets are $15.

Keeping Learners Involved
Learn how to plan for, design, administer an instructional practice that recognizes how our brains are wired and how we learn. Sometimes we train and teach small groups, large groups, mid-size groups, committees, and groups of two or three. When we use technology to assist us, it is critical to apply key ideas about how the brain really works. If we look at a typical person's brain, there are three key elements worth knowing about how information gets in and is stored. We now know people learn in essentially the same way, though they hav e some differences.

You will learn how people learn and the kinds of things humans learn:  Concepts, Skills, and Dispositions. How these are learned and communicated in different ways, how to deliver them in less time with amazing retention, and how one might assess whether they are learned well or not. You will also discuss how to clearly identify your communication target and implement a more effective communication path. Come use practical tools to involve all learners all the time and to get the best thinking from others at the time they are needed instead of when it is too late.

Friday half-day and Saturday concurrent session presenter.

Patrick Carman
Banquet Speaker: Patrick Carman

There and Back Again, One Author's Journey Home

Bestselling author Patrick Carman's Land of Elyon series has been translated into 20 languages and sold millions of copies. Carmen is currently under contract to write three additional Elyon books, a new science fiction/fantasy series for boys, and a mystery series for children age 10-14.

Of Special Note: Patrick Carman is donating his speaking fee for a drawing at the banquet for two lucky libraries to purchase library books. (Must be present to win.)

Choice of meal includes: Prime Rib, Grilled Salmon and Risotto Primavera.  Tickets: $30

The Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award Breakfast

Saturday, October 14 7 a.m.
Featuring:  2006 BCCCA Winner, Patricia Harrison Easton, Author of Davey's Blue-eyed Frog

Plus:  Free DVD of 2007 nominations

Ticketed event:  $20 with conference registration