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2009
Coffee Break: ArtsMemphis wins $40K NEA grant - The Commercial Appeal Technology spawned a bunch of "a-ha" moments for hundreds of teachers and the students they were thinking of Wednesday.
Seventy-two well-read students at Carnes Elementary will get new bikes for Christmas at a school ceremony today thanks to the SMG employees of the Memphis Cook Convention Center and dozens of business and individual sponsors.
The 72 bicycles will be awarded to those students who read the most books through the Accelerated Reader Program.
The Convention Center is a corporate adoptor of Carnes Elementary.
SMG manages the Memphis Cook Convention Center, the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts and the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
 Photo by Mike Maple
Seminar shows teachers how to grab students' interest with technology - The Commercial Appeal Technology spawned a bunch of "a-ha" moments for hundreds of teachers and the students they were thinking of Wednesday.
Memphis City Schools turned the Memphis Cook Convention Center into a two-day cavern of collaboration -- the Mid-South Tech Conference -- linked by Twitter, Facebook and the possibility technology presents for widening the classroom.
"I want to learn more about interactive technology," said Chemberly Talley, science and math teacher at Alcy Elementary, finishing a crowded session on Smart Notebook 10 and headed to another session on virtual field trips.
"That's where the world is moving. And that's where the kids already are."
Competition reminds Memphians who's keeping area hotel rooms looking sharp - The Commercial Appeal Even as the Phillies and Yankees prepare to meet in the World Series, 12 other teams spent Monday afternoon making beds in this year's World Series of Housekeeping.
The sponsoring Metropolitan Memphis Hotel & Lodging Association will use the teams' $100 registration fees on a scholarship endowment for the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management at the University of Memphis.
"Housekeepers are stuck in the trenches, so this event gets them out," said Peggy Callahan, executive director of the hotel association. "It's fun for them, and it's team building."
Graphic artistry: AIGA designers convene with eye toward optimism
- The Commercial Appeal As if in response to a lackluster economy and an uncertain job market, an enthusiastic band of graphic artists has descended upon Memphis to splash some vitality onto the national design scene.
More than 1,500 design professionals from across the country are in the city for "Make/Think," the biannual AIGA conference that got under way Thursday at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
The event wraps up Sunday with an informal town-hall meeting featuring AIGA executive director Richard Grefé and the organization's national board of directors.
Former Secretary of State Rice to speak in
Memphis in September
- The Commercial Appeal Former secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural
Global Leadership Series, sponsored by the Greater Memphis Chamber.
The event will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
"This is an incredible opportunity for our community to see and hear a remarkable American
who served as a top adviser to two presidential administrations," said John Moore, president
and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber.
"We are honored and grateful to have former
secretary Rice as the inaugural speaker for the Chamber's Global Leadership Series.
Professor Rice's intellect and tenacity have inspired a generation of people."
Rice, who served under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2009, is a professor at
Stanford University.
Louis Farrakhan to speak in Memphis Oct. 18
- The Commercial Appeal Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan will be in Memphis Oct. 18 to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March.
Farrakhan will be keynote speaker for the Holy Day of Atonement at 2 p.m. at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
The Million Man March brought nearly 2 million men to the nation's capital to demonstrate the willingness of black men to to accept responsibility to change behaviors and to strive to make better communities.
The event's theme is "Accepting Responsibility to Build Our Community."
Tickets are $18, $53 and $103.
For more information, go to holydayofatonement2009.com or call 523-2560.
Former Secretary of State Rice to speak in
Memphis in September
- The Commercial Appeal Former secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural
Global Leadership Series, sponsored by the Greater Memphis Chamber.
The event will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
"This is an incredible opportunity for our community to see and hear a remarkable American
who served as a top adviser to two presidential administrations," said John Moore, president
and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber.
"We are honored and grateful to have former
secretary Rice as the inaugural speaker for the Chamber's Global Leadership Series.
Professor Rice's intellect and tenacity have inspired a generation of people."
Rice, who served under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2009, is a professor at
Stanford University.
Economic development conference set
- The Commercial Appeal Capitalizing on last year's success, organizers of the second annual Economic Development Fair expect an even larger turnout at the upcoming conference.
The event kicks off Aug. 26 with "Jazz on the River," an executive business reception featuring musical entertainment by Joyce Cobb.
The mixer will be 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Memphis Cook Convention Center, and will be followed by two days of seminars and workshops.
It really is All About Women
- The Commercial Appeal An effort launched seven years ago in response to Tennessee's poor showing on a national
women's report card arrives in Memphis Saturday with 12 hours of health screenings, how-to
workshops, hands-on demonstrations and fitness classes.
Dubbed All About Women, the event is free. Each participant receives a notebook at the
door to take notes or write down body mass index, blood pressure or other key health
statistics, as well as goals.
Summit to Promote Music Opportunities in Memphis - Memphis Daily News
Memphis is reasserting itself as a “perfect hub” for the music industry and a breeding ground for talent with homegrown artists such as the cast of MTV’s “$5 cover” and American Idol contestants Lil Rounds and Alexis Grace.
That’s the assessment of Arthur Mitchell, vice president of business development for Urban Network.
Friends Plan Revival for Women 3-3-09 - The Commercial Appeal
The friendship between a white woman from Memphis and a black woman from Dallas has
blossomed into a multicultural revival expected to draw 12,000 women Downtown this month.
"We thought, 'This has to go on, on a larger scale,' " said Priscilla Shirer, Christian author and
international speaker.
Shirer's face is plastered across city buses and church Web sites promoting Redemption 2009, set
for Memphis Cook Convention Center March 27 and 28.
The daughter of well-known Dallas minister Dr. Tony Evans, Shirer is keynote speaker for the event.
Farm and Gin Show 3-1-09- The Commercial Appeal
Between the rows and rows of gadgetry, some bigger than a barn, at the 57th annual Farm and Gin
Show at the Memphis Cook Convention Center today lies the Mid-South cotton industry in a
microcosm.
The Gin Show used to be a tribute to the wonder of cotton and the magnificent infrastructure that
ginned the fiber, crushed the seed, stored the bales and shipped the whole works off to U.S. textile
mills.
Today, what was king in Mississippi and the rest of the Delta is the No. 6 value crop in the Magnolia
State, playing duke to king corn and queen soybean.
If the displays of products in the aisles for raising beans and corn don't convince you, perhaps the
official program will: More than 450 exhibits featuring all major Mid-South crops.
Folk Alliance 2-24-09- The Commercial Appeal
The 20th annual International Folk Alliance conference wrapped up Saturday night following a fourday
run that was the event's most successful to date. The conference -- staged by the locally based
Folk Alliance -- has become a major industry gathering for musicians, record companies and industry
players in the folk field.
More than 2,000 people registered to watch and take part in an awards ceremony and trade show as
well as a mix of showcases and educational panels at the Cook Convention Center and the
Downtown Marriott.
MCS Career and College Expo 2-21-09- The Commercial Appeal
To understand Willie Slate's joy, it's important to know what has been waking her up in the middle of
the night -- a fear that dozens of employers she lined up for the Memphis City Schools' first career
and college expo wouldn't show.
They did. And over the course of Thursday and Friday, about 5,000 juniors and seniors from every
city high school filed by the booths at the Memphis Cook Convention Center, trying to put a happy
face on futures they're launching in perhaps the worst economy in nearly four generations.
"We have 122 exhibitors; 26 of them are colleges," Slate said, stealing a few minutes from the press
of students dressed to sell themselves.
Record Year 1-30-09 - Memphis Business Journal
Traveling for business and leisure may be headed for the pits, but the Memphis convention
business is moving at full speed.
With the perennial Church of God in Christ convention scheduled to stay in the city until
at least 2012, the National Baptist Convention’s annual conference returning in September
and the just-announced Urban Network Music and Entertainment Summit scheduled for
June, 2009 is projected to be another record-breaking year for the Memphis Convention
& Visitors’ Bureau.
Urban Music Conference 1-24-09- The Commercial Appeal
Last year, Urban Network's annual Music-Entertainment & Marketing Summit was scrapped after
Hurricane Ike landed near Houston.
Organizers hope for better luck when they bring the four-day industry gathering to Memphis for the
first time in June.
"We think it's a perfect market. It's good to come to a market like Memphis that has such an
incredibly deep music history in all kinds of genres," said Miller London, publisher and CEO of Urban
Network, a Los Angeles-based trade and consumer publication founded in 1988. "It's a perfect place
for us to be."
2008
Touch-screen Kiosks 9-19-08 - Memphis Business Journal
For a building built in the 1970s, the Memphis Cook Convention Center is becoming
more tech-friendly. The convention center recently made wireless Internet access available
throughout the building and added four touchscreen kiosks that give convention-goers
directions and information on different events that could be going on at the facility at any
given time.
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