WEDNESDAY, JULY 18
COMMODITIES

Commodity Bidding: Updating, Evaluating and Integrating
Are your bids up to date? Learn more about the latest specs, codes and brands, as well as the do’s and don’ts of commodity bidding.

Intricacies of Commodity Processing–the Devilish Details
Familiarize yourself with value pass through options and terminology, and the special nuances of meat and poultry processing. Also, learn about the product tracking responsibilities that school districts must understand when deciding to further process their commodities.

Healthy Cuisine for Kids
NFSMI’s Healthy Cuisine for Kids (HCK) helps school nutrition professionals develop the culinary skills needed to prepare and serve healthy and appealing meals. The presenters will discuss practical approaches for incorporating the Dietary Guidelines for Americans into school meals.


LEADERSHIP
Mastering Personal Productivity: Moving at the Speed of Life
Does the speed of life leave you feeling tested, bested, toasted and roasted? Attend this innovative, research-based course on improving your personal productivity and listen as Laura Stack offers a multitude of physiological, psychological, behavioral and environmental productivity strategies. Attendees will learn new ideas from “The Productivity PRO”® on increasing output without increasing effort and performing at your matchless best!

Michigan’s Statewide Training Program for School Nutrition Personnel
Come hear about the partnership between SNA of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Education, which provides a training program for school foodservice personnel. Participants will learn about the processes used to develop, deliver and market training courses to employees.

Marketing YOU from Start to Finish
(See Monday for description.)

MARKETING
Applying the DISH Philosophy in Your Own Environment
Come listen as speaker Bill Guertin teaches the DISH! Philosophy, a 4-point program that shows each participant that just as food contains vitamins and nutrients, it’s just as important to serve that food in a healthy, proactive way. This spirited, high-energy session will address the ways you can add fun, smiles and a little “spice” to your daily workday.

Getting Good Press
Tired of articles and TV news that bash school meal programs? Ready to do something about it? School nutrition directors and others will share how to respond to negative press, get positive, proactive media coverage and generate awareness in your community about healthy school meals. SNA media tools will be discussed and examples shared.

SAFETY AND SECURITY
The Hot Beef Sundae: HACCP-based Standardized Recipe and Assessment of Item Acceptance
Over 23,000 Hot Beef Sundaes were sold at the 2006 Iowa State Fair. Developed to appeal to the youth market, the Hot Beef Sundae resulted in a HACCP-based standardized recipe with potential to use commodity products; food, labor and supply cost data; nutritional value; product plate waste information; and results of acceptance surveys with students and staff.

WELLNESS
Begin with the End in Mind: The Role of Program Evaluation in Daily Operations
How do you know if your wellness policy and HACCP plan are really working? At this session, participants will learn how to develop a program evaluation system to measure and track program effectiveness.

Implementing the IOM Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools
The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools makes recommendations regarding appropriate nutrition standards for the availability, sale, content and consumption of competitive foods and beverages. Come learn about key recommendations; policy and programmatic implications; and steps to successfully applying them in schools.

Trigger School-Wide Excitement By Making Good Eating Great Fun!
Using a special brand of live theater and hands-on strategies, participants will learn how to effectively market good nutrition to children and school staff. This session incorporates award-winning techniques to make healthy food irresistible to children, positive media coverage for nutrition programs, connecting the cafeteria with nutrition education throughout the school environment and much more.


MEMBERSHIP SECTION MEETINGS

Each year at ANC, special meetings are planned for SNA’s different membership sections. These offer an excellent opportunity for you to mingle with colleagues in your section and share your common goals, achievements and concerns. Each meeting also will include commentary from a professional speaker. Stay tuned to the SNA website for speaker information and check the Schedule at a Glance for meeting times