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Steal Ideas Shamelessly at the First Sharing of Best Practices Conference

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Heather Griswold, Exec Director
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(Oklahoma City, OK) ? - Oklahoma CEOs and senior executives have the opportunity to participate in the ultimate idea exchange Thursday, December 6th at the first Sharing of Best Practices Conference at Oklahoma City?s Devon Energy Center.

Governor Mary Fallin also will present the Oklahoma Quality Awards to the 2012 honorees at the full-day conference, which is hosted by the Oklahoma Quality Foundation.

The conference will feature presentations and panel discussions by leaders of some of Oklahoma?s most successful companies around the theme of Designing Excellence: The Art of Best Practices & High Performance. The conference begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at 4:30 p.m.

?This year, I commissioned a survey of Oklahoma business leaders to find out how they perceive the economic climate of our state and what challenges they face,? Gov. Fallin said. ?We discovered that business growth, retention of talent and controlling costs are among the biggest concerns of Oklahoma job creators. The Sharing of Best Practices conference offers Oklahoma CEOs and executives the opportunity to learn how the best of the best execute their business game plans and operate more effectively to overcome the challenges they face.?

Topics are designed to help Oklahoma CEOs and senior business executives meet strategic goals and are structured around the top executive challenges revealed by the nearly 5,400 business owners and executives who completed the FallinForBusiness survey.

Sessions and panel discussions will focus on:

• ? ? ? ? ? ?Managing corporate reputation;
• ? ? ? ? ? ?Managing in an unpredictable economic climate;
• ? ? ? ? ? ?Improving customer loyalty and retention;
• ? ? ? ? ? ?Retaining the best talent;
• ? ? ? ? ? ?Keeping pace with the competition and integrating innovation; and
• ? ? ? ? ? ?Creating a culture for innovation.

Gov. Fallin and Lt. General Bruce Litchfield, commander of the Air Force Sustainment Center at Tinker Air Force Base will be the luncheon keynote speakers.

?The Oklahoma Quality Foundation has assembled an impressive roster of the state?s top business leaders who will share how they successfully implement best practices in their operations,? said Dave Lopez, Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce. ?The Sharing of Best Practices conference is a rare opportunity for executives to gain valuable insights to benefit their businesses.?

The Oklahoma Quality Awards will be presented by Governor Mary Fallin during lunch.? The Quality Awards program focuses on organizational self-assessment and self-improvement, and is designed to make organizations more competitive in the marketplace.? The Awards program also helps both for-profit businesses and not-for-profit organizations identify their strengths and opportunities for improvements, and helps them consider processes that will increase efficiency, engage employees, examine strategic goals and improve customer relationships and sales. Last year?s award recipients were Unity Health Center, Shawnee; Video Gaming Technologies, Tulsa; and MTM Recognition, Oklahoma City.

Early bird registration for the conference is $195 per person through November 16th.? For more information and online registration, visit www.oklahomaquality.com.? Conference sponsors (as of 10-12-12) include: the Chickasaw Nation; Oklahoma Department of Commerce; Oklahoma Business Roundtable; the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce; INTEGRIS Health; MESA; i2E, Inc.; OG&E; the Journal Record; OPUBCO Communications Group; Boeing; Bama Companies; Clear Channel Communications; and MTM Recognition.

ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA QUALITY FOUNDATION:? The Oklahoma Quality Foundation is the only official program in Oklahoma that works to determine the level of an organization?s performance and in turn, provide public recognition to award recipients based on their level of accomplishment. It is patterned after the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce and enables all Oklahoma companies and organizations access to apply for the national award via a local, versus out-of-state sponsorship entity.

The Oklahoma Quality Foundation?s mission is to help Oklahoma organizations improve results and become more competitive through performance excellence.? The Foundation achieves this by administering the annual Oklahoma Quality Awards and examiner training program; providing learning opportunities through the Sharing of Best Practices Speaker Series, which informs stakeholders of the benefits of continuous improvement and performance excellence.

The Oklahoma Quality Foundation?s vision is to be recognized as a major contributor to Oklahoma?s economic prosperity by promoting quality standards and achievements.? To learn more about the Foundation, please visit our website at www.oklahomaquality.com.

Source: http://www.i2e.org/news/sharing-best-practices/

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