Time sure is funny sometimes. It seems like POC just announced their 10th Annual Conference was being held in Montreal from November 5 to 7, 2010, but in reality, it was several months ago, and the Conference is now only six weeks away!

Montreal skyline

This year’s theme is Communication, and there will be two inspiring keynote speakers as well as a wide selection of breakout sessions for professional organizers at all levels.

At 3:30 PM on Friday, November 5, I’ll be conducting a workshop on Social Media Strategies for Professional Organizers, which I’m very excited about. It’s a huge topic to cover in only 75 minutes, so I’ve prepared some great worksheets you’ll be able to take away and work on after the Conference.

If you go to Montreal early, you can also take the Professional Organizers.com Comprehensive Training Program, attend some POC Trained Professional Organizer Credit Courses, and write your POC Trained Professional Organizer or NSGCD Exams – not to mention a chance to explore one of Canada’s most exciting cities!

I’m really looking forward to the Gala Dinner on Saturday night for networking, a great meal, comedian Franco Taddeo, and finding out who will receive this year’s Harold Taylor Award.

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out all the details on the POC website, where you can also download a complete Conference Program. Members of NAPO and NSGCD get to pay the same reduced rate as POC members, and early bird registration rates are in effect until October 3. That’s just around the corner, so don’t wait too long!

I can’t wait to meet some of my readers for the first time, and to reconnect with people I haven’t seen since I last attended a POC Conference in 2006. If you’re going, please leave me a comment below or contact me personally so we don’t miss each other in the crowd!