Maryland Performance Excellence Program

MARYLAND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE AWARDS

CONFERENCE & AWARDS CEREMONY

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

March 23, 2009

Don’t miss the Maryland Performance Excellence Awards Conference and Awards Ceremony on Monday, March 23, 2009 when business and organizational leaders gather at the University of Maryland to learn best practices from world class organizations and celebrate performance excellence.

Please see the documents at these two links: Conference Flier and Registration Form

Full day conference includes:

1. Keynote presentations by high-performing organizations who implement the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence to produce world-class results. Speakers include Baldrige National Quality Award recipients and Maryland’s own U.S. Senate Productivity Award recipient--

· MESA Products—Tulsa, Oklahoma—2006 Baldrige Award Recipient

· City of Coral Springs—Florida—2007 Baldrige Award Recipient

· Howard Community College—Columbia, Maryland—2007 U.S. Senate Productivity Award Recipient

2. Presentation of the 2008 Maryland Performance Excellence Awards by Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin and the University of Maryland

3. Breakout sessions with keynote presenters—smaller group sessions to learn more from a keynote speaker and to address your specific questions about their experience with the Baldrige framework and how it helped to make them world class organizations

4. Opportunity to network with leaders of Maryland organizations who are working to improve Maryland’s economy through performance excellence in the workplace

Conference Registration—Individual $150

Conference Registration—Group of 10 $1300

Registration Deadline: March 13, 2009

For additional information and to register visit--

www.mpea.umd.edu

Questions: rderisi@umd.edu or 301-405-4837

DC SPIN would like to bring to your attention the Maryland Performance Excellence Foundation, Inc. Its website is at http://www.mpea.umd.edu . This organization provides both the Senate Productivity and Maryland Quality Awards. It needs donations to continue to provide its services.

MARYLAND PERFORMANCE

EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION, INC.

PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE CAMPAIGN

Do you want the Maryland Performance Excellence Awards program to continue serving the people and organizations of Maryland?

If YES, the Maryland Performance Excellence Foundation needs your immediate help with a financial contribution!

· The awards program will be leaving the University of Maryland on April 1, 2009 and the newly-incorporated Maryland Performance Excellence Foundation, Inc. will manage the awards program. We will continue to offer education, leadership, networking, assessment, feedback, and recognition.

· With a budget of $275,000 to cover staff, office, operations, marketing, training, awards process, conference, professional services and more, the Foundation needs your help to continue offering its services.

· Please act immediately and send your contribution, so that the Foundation can continue advancing performance excellence for the people and organizations of Maryland through the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence management framework.

Please use this form on the page or at the attached link here.

Name:__________________________________________________Phone:_____________________

Organization:_______________________________________________________________________

Email Address:_________________________________________________________________

Street Address:_________________________________________________________________

City:____________________________________________________State:______Zip:__________

□ I/we wish to support the work of the Maryland Performance Excellence Foundation. I am enclosing a gift of:

□ $25 □ $50 □ $100 □ $250 □ $500 □ $1000 □ Other: $____

Make check payable to Maryland Performance Excellence Foundation, Inc. and mail to:

Maryland Performance Excellence Foundation

@ Betsy Jett, Treasurer

20116 Sweet Meadow Lane

Laytonsville, MD 20882.

Thank you for supporting the Maryland Performance Excellence Foundation, Inc. The Foundation has applied for recognition as a charitable organization under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and your contribution may be deductible. You should consult your tax advisor for specific details about the availability of a tax-deduction for your contribution. Contributors will be advised when MPEF receives confirmation of its 501(c)(3) status from the IRS.

To learn more about tHE program please visit: www.mpea.umd.edu