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Welcome to the 2025 MISBO
Annual Conference in Nashville!
We’re so excited to spend the next three days with you—learning, networking, and yes, having a little fun along the way. Whether you're here to talk budgets, benefits, burnout, or board reports, we’ve got a seat saved just for you.
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Agenda
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Pre-Conference Registration
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Pre-Conference Workshops (Separate Registration Required)
- Effective Feedback – Southern Ground
- Beyond the Sticker Price – Ocean Way
3:00 – 4:15 PM
Registration Open
4:00 – 4:25 PM
New Attendee Welcome – Blackbird
4:00 – 4:25 PM
Sponsor Meeting – Sound Emporium
5:00 – 6:00 PM
General Session – Starstruck
Mastering Your Memory
Mastering Your Memory
4:15 – 6:30 PM
Opening Reception – Starstruck
8:00 – 8:45 AM
Buffet Breakfast – Symphony Ballroom Pre-function
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Exhibit Hall Open – Symphony Ballroom Pre-function
8:45 – 9:00 AM
Chair’s Welcome – Symphony Ballroom II & III
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Keynote Session – Symphony Ballroom II & III
Merging for Impact: Informing the Holistic Student Journey
Merging for Impact: Informing the Holistic Student Journey
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Break with Sponsors – Symphony Ballroom Pre-function & Mezzanine Foyer
10:30 – 11:25 AM
Breakout Sessions
- The Education of Business: Why and How to Start a Business Curriculum & Program – Southern Ground
- All Aboard the AI Train: It’s Not Too Late to Get on Board – Ocean Way
- Protecting Your School Through Clear, Compliant, and Effective Dialogue – Blackbird
- The Seasoned IT Director – Sound Emporium
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch & President’s Address – Symphony Ballroom II & III
12:45 – 1:45 PM
General Session – Symphony Ballroom I
Sourcing Solutions
Sourcing Solutions
1:45 – 2:00 PM
Break with Sponsors – Symphony Ballroom Pre-function
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
- Debt Duality: How to Finance Your Future – Southern Ground
- Economic Outlook and Market Dynamics in Uncertain Times – Oceanway
- Recruiting, Training, and Developing Leaders in Facility Management – Sound Emporium
- Mission Meets Margin: Aligning Auxiliary and Business Office Operations – Blackbird
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Break with Sponsors – Symphony Ballroom Pre-function
3:30 – 4:30 PM
General Session – Symphony Ballroom II & III
AI For Dual Transformation
AI For Dual Transformation
4:45 – 6:15 PM
MISBO On Tap: Beer Tasting Event (Ticketed) – Mason’s @ Loews Vanderbilt Hotel
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Chair Elect’s Breakfast – Symphony Ballroom II & III
9:00 – 10:00 AM
General Session – Symphony Ballroom II & III
The Disciplined Listening Method: Strategic Listening Techniques
Michael Reddington, President, InQuasive
The Disciplined Listening Method: Strategic Listening Techniques
Michael Reddington, President, InQuasive
10:00 – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 – 11:15 AM
Breakout Sessions
- Leading Complex Campus Projects in Your Private School – Southern Ground
- Safeguarding the Future: Data Security, AI, and Deepfakes in Independent Schools – Ocean Way
- Bridging the Gap: Cultivating a Faculty Culture That Embraces the Business of School – Sound Emporium
- HR Jeopardy – Blackbird
11:15 – 11:30 AM
Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Breakout Sessions
- Insights in Minutes: Four Ideas that Matter (MISBO Unboxed, The Future of LTC in America, Quick Tips for HR, and Cost Reduction on Managed Printers through Tiered Color) – Southern Ground
- A New Instructional Approach: Cultivating Innovators, Leaders, and Global Thinkers in Today’s Classroom – Ocean Way
- Duty, Honor, Education: The Strategic Case for Hiring Veterans at Independent Schools – Sound Emporium
- IT Roundtable – Blackbird
12:30 PM
Grab & Go Lunch – On the Mezzanine
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