CMA COLORADO SPRINGS 2003 KEYNOTERS.  Nine "courageous leaders" are confirmed for keynote sessions at CMA Colorado Springs 2003, Feb. 24-27, at The Broadmoor, in Colorado Springs, Colo.  Speaking on the theme, "Courageous Leaders: Managing the Vision and the Valleys," will be: 
   --Bill Butterworth, Author, Humorist, and Speaker, Newport Beach, Calif.
   --S. Truett Cathy, Founder & Chairman, Chick-fil-A, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
   --Jim Cymbala, Pastor, The Brooklyn Tabernacle, Brooklyn, N.Y.
   --Chuck Fromm, Publisher, Halftime Magazine, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
   --Ted Haggard, Senior Pastor, New Life Church, Colorado Springs, Colo.
   --Jerry Jenkins, Author, Left Behind Series, and Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild, Black Forest, Colo.
   --Michael L. Jones, President & CEO, The Orchard Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colo.
   --Graham and Treena Kerr, Culinary & TV Personalities, Mt. Vernon, Wash.
   --Elisa Morgan, CEO/President, Mops International, Inc., Denver, Colo. 

>>>>>TO REGISTER: Visit www.CMAonline.org and click on the CMA Colorado Springs 2003 page for the registration form.  Watch the website in November for full conference information.  Watch your snail mail for the 16-page brochure in early November.

>>>>>MONDAY I.T.I. WORKSHOPS:  An all-star line-up of faculty has been recruited for the Monday Intensive Training Institute workshops (Feb. 24, all-day) at CMA Colorado Springs 2003.  They include:

ESPECIALLY FOR CEO's and SENIOR LEADERS:     
     #1. The Biblical Model for Leading and Managing Your Team: Making the Ministry Workplace Fun by Giving Away Power and Decision-making! (Dennis Bakke, Co-Founder and Emeritus CEO, The AES Corporation, Arlington, Va., and President, The MustardSeed Foundation)
     #2. Renewing Your Organization...Before You Lose Your Edge and Get Stuck in the Comfortable "Success" of the Status Quo (Paul Stanley, International Vice President, The Navigators, Colorado Springs, Colo.)

BEST PRACTICES:
     #3. Fifteen Fixes for Your Fundraising Program (Dale Berkey, President; Doug Brendel, Creative Specialist and Senior Writer;and Tim Smith, Director of Major Ministry Services, Berkey Brendel Sheline, Akron, Ohio)
     #4. Best Financial Practices of Large Nonprofit Organizations  (Facilitator: Tim Maxwell, CFO/Treasurer, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Redlands, Calif.)
     #5. Everything You Wanted to Know About Human Resources but Were Afraid to Ask: A 1-day Audit of Your HR Practices and Systems (Ron Smedley, President, Synergistic Resource Associates, and CMA HR Section Leader, Placentia, Calif.; and Carolyn B. Thompson, President, Training Systems, Inc., Frankfort, Ill.)
     #6. Implementing the Balanced Scorecard Management System (Robert Anderson, President, Roband Management Services, Lovettsville, Va.)
     #7. Developing People Skills for Your Inside & Outside Customers  (Gaylyn Williams, President, Relationship Resources, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo.) 

BOOT CAMPS:
     #8. The 10 Commandments & 20 Rules of Thumb for Anyone Launching a Nonprofit Ministry! (Olan Hendrix, CEO, Leadership Resource Group, Inc., Powell, Ohio)
     #9. CFO Boot Camp for Small to Medium-Sized Ministries (Michael Tamte, CFO, Pacific Southwest Conference, Evangelical Covenant Church, Concord, Calif.; and Andrew Dorantes, Partner, Capin Crouse LLP, San Dimas, Calif.)
     #10. Boot Camp for Leaders & Managers Who Raise Their Own Support Funds and/or Assist Others in Support Raising-Whether They're Gifted or Not!  (Scott Morton, Vice President of Development, U.S. Ministries, The Navigators, Colorado Springs, Colo.) 

CHURCH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT:
     #11. Church Business Administrator Hot Issues: Real Cases From the Files of Hammar & Sommerville!  (Richard Hammar, Editor-in-Chief, Church Law & Tax Report, Hammar & Sommerville; Elaine Sommerville, CPA; and Frank Sommerville, Attorney, Hammar & Sommerville, Grand Prairie, Texas)
     #12. Teaching, Training and Encouraging Your Leaders and Congregation to Become Generous Givers (Dick Towner, Executive Director, Good $ense Movement, Willow Creek Association, South Barrington, Ill.) 

ENRICH YOUR WALK!
     #13. Enriching Your Walk With God and Your Spouse-The Agony and Ecstasy of Intimacy.  (Wil Chevalier, Co-founder and Executive Director, and Jacquie Chevalier, Co-founder, LifeBranch Institute International, Laguna Hills, Calif.)

WOMEN'S FORUM. 
"Celebrating Women as Courageous Leaders" is the theme of the 2nd Annual Women's Forum at CMA Colorado Springs 2003. Speakers for this all-day Monday forum on Feb. 24, include: Sibyl Towner, mentoring director of women's ministry at Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, Ill., and Michele Rickett, director of Sisters in Service, Partners International, Spokane, Wash.

>>>>>HELP YOUR VENDORS SERVE MORE MINISTRIES.  If you could bless your vendors, suppliers and consultants by givingthem more business leads, would you do it? Certainly!  Then email the exhibit and sponsorship information to them for CMA Colorado Springs 2003, Feb. 24-27, 2003 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo.  Cut and paste the web link (below) into an email and pass it along to your key vendors.  Thanks!  http://www.lifeaudio.com/ministries/lightsource/main/customitems/cma__CS03Exhib.pdf. For more exhibit information, contact Joe Voorhies at 949-487-0900, ext. 3022, or Kathie Richards at ext. 3021 or Kathie@CMAonline.org.

REGISTRATION INFO FOR THE BROADMOOR. The headquarters hotel for CMA Colorado Springs 2003 is the The Broadmoor, winner of the Mobil Five Star and the AAA Five Diamond Awards for many years.  For reservations, call 800-634-7711 or 719-634-7711 or fax 719-577-5738, or visit www.Broadmoor.com (click on "Accommodations," then "Groups" and enter code 5099). URGENT!  At CMA's 1999 conference at The Broadmoor, rooms sold out months before the event.