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Workshop Report:
2009 NAI National Workshop

November 17–21 | Hartford, Connecticut

Registration and Session information updated dynamically. Hotel/Booth numbers updated manually/separately.

R = Number Registered
L = Limit Allowed
The values for the registration, sessions and events below are drawn directly from the database, and are accurate to this moment. However, hotel and booth numbers will still be updated manually as available.

Data in the database does not include those registrations that are still being processed. Sessions without current registrants are listed at the bottom of the page.

*Note: Pending registrations are awaiting payment or are not yet processed. Pending registration total should not be used in cumulative registration counts. Registrations are not considered final until payment is made in full.
REGISTRATION R L

Total Attendees Registered
Click here to view counts by registration type (below)

669 1200
Pending Registrations* 0  
ROOM PICK-UP (in room nights) R L % Full
Crowne Plaza Hartford
(updated October 29, 2009)
372 510 72.94%
Sheraton Hartford Hotel
(updated November 9, 2009; full)
538 505 106.53%
Hartford Marriott Downtown
(updated October 8, 2009; full)
1052 1040 101.15%
EXHIBIT HALL R L % Full
Booths
(updated November 9, 2009)
62 120 51.67%
EVENT SESSIONS
Free Event R L % Full
Excellence in Interpretation Awards 483 500 97%
Opening Reception 530 1200 44%
       
Meal Event R L % Full
Awards Banquet & Dance 199 500 40%
       
Offsite Session R L % Full
SOLD OUT - 01. Step Back in Time: Visit 1800s New England - Full 46 46 100%
02. Vineyards of New England: Award-Winning Wine 25 46 54%
SOLD OUT - 03. Interpretive Program Alchemy: Creating Something Out of Nothing - Full 46 46 100%
SOLD OUT - 05. 18,000 Years of Native and Natural History - Full 46 46 100%
06. Commitment to Improvement: Roger Williams Park Zoo 19 24 79%
07. Effecting Positive Change through American Literature 28 46 61%
SOLD OUT - 08. Classic New England Charm: Mystic, CT - Full 45 45 100%
SOLD OUT - 09. Insider View: Boston Harbor Islands National Park - Full 47 47 100%
12. 5th Annual Service Project Work Day: Riverfront Recapture Restoration 17 24 71%
       
Preworkshop Session R L % Full
SOLD OUT - 1. Interpreters Road Show - Full 24 24 100%
3. Practical Interpretive PR and Marketing 13 35 37%
5. Beyond Last Child in the Woods: Creating and Sustaining Natural History Interests 18 40 45%
7. Living History Road Show 14 24 58%
8. Diving Beneath the Surface: Leopold and the Art of Interpreting 15 30 50%
       
Special Event R L % Full
1. Everything is Better on the Water: Dinner Cruise Aboard the Mystique 70 120 58%
2. Riverfront Clambake on the Connecticut River 87 150 58%
3. Superstars of Interpretation 172 200 86%
       
Banquet Meal Choices
Meal Choice R % of Total (218)
  Vegetable Stack 20 9
  Pacific Cod 105 48
  Chicken Francaise 93 43
     
Option Choices
Option Answer R
  I am donating an auction item.
    no 547
    Yes 105
  I am willing to volunteer at the workshop.
    0
    no 2
  I request vegetarian meals.
    no 584
    yes 82
  Membership Level
    Associate 16
    Commercial 43
    Entry 14
    Family Professional 2
    Institutional 96
    Life 48
    Not a Member 77
    Professional 256
    Senior Professional 5
    Student 29
Sessions Without Registrants
The sessions below do not currently have any listed registrants.
Offsite Session:
  • 04. Quabbin: An Accidental Wilderness
  • 10. Blackstone River Valley: From Farm to Factory
  • 11. Connecting with Connecticut's History
Preworkshop Session:
  • 2. What Audiences Want In A Presentation...And How To Give It To Them
  • 4. Cutting Edge
  • 6. Interpreting Insects from A to Z
  • Interpretive Management Institute
 
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