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BUSINESS SUMMIT 2020 HIGHLIGHTS

BUSINESS SUMMIT 2020

FEB 3–5 | FORT WORTH, TEXAS | HILTON FORT WORTH

Business Summit is an event held by IEC The theme this year was focused on After days of fun and education, we ended
National every year to help our members employee engagement. Our keynote the summit with a day of committee
learn more about how to operate, grow speaker Don Rheem, CEO of E3 Solutions meetings where we had the opportunity
and expand a successful business. This spoke on how to engage employees, to discuss the 2025 vision goals for
year’s Summit was held at the Hilton really giving attendees the secrets to IEC. Later that day, the United States
hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, where the successful engagement. From the great Department of Labor Secretary, Eugene
late President John F. Kennedy spent food for thought surrounding how to Scalia, gave us some wisdom and insight
his last night! The historical importance build an employee retention strategy, the regarding the importance of organizations
of the hotel wasn’t the only thing difference between employee satisfaction like ours. The current economic growth
that our members appreciated, so big and employee engagement, to the in the country must be leveraged by
thanks to the IEC Fort Worth- Tarrant importance of validation, recognition, associations that promote nontraditional
County chapter for lending their support and feedback. This speech led into the jobs, apprenticeships and hiring veterans –
to make the summit a success. day’s education sessions and after a day all of which are extremely important to our
of learning, working and collaboration, mission here at IEC! We, again, thank the
Kicking off this year with a Super Bowl we wrapped up the night with a hoe- IEC staff, chapter staff, Labor Secretary’s
party at a Fort Worth staple, Billy Bob’s, down at the Honky Tonk! It was a night staff, and our event sponsors for doing
we had a night of cutting up and it was of fun, and we loved seeing our members your part to make this year’s Business
a great chance for some of the new and partners letting loose on the dance Summit our best yet and we hope to see
attendees to meet and mingle with those floor with our line dancing instructors. you back with us for the Safety Summit
who are more experienced with the event. and Policy Conference this April.

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