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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">"Dubinsky, Jim" <dubinsky@vt.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, April 29, 2019 at 4:57 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>FW: ABC's 84th Annual Conference Deadline Extended to May 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">TripAdvisor, Lonely Planet, Forbes, Smithsonian Magazine</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black"> and others have helped make Detroit
the new “go to” spot. ABC members are drawn to Detroit for our 84th Annual International Conference October 23-26, 2019. With some of you asking for an
<strong><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">extended deadline and more sessions</span></strong>, here is news:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">The conference submission deadline is extended to May 3</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">. Submit to: <a href="https://www.businesscommunication.org/e/sx/eid=24&source=5">https://www.businesscommunication.org/e/sx/eid=24</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">We’ve also <strong><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">added</span></strong> another session of the ever-popular My Favorite Assignment* with D. Joel Whalen. Space fills quickly.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">How Do You Teach Diversity?* with Jacqui Lowman has openings. Space can fill quickly.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">*Find conference submission guidelines, links to submit to My Favorite Assignment, and/or How Do You Teach Diversity?, along with information about the Westin Book Cadillac (conference
venue), registration, pre-conference workshops, and a recommended reading list compiled by a Detroit-area resident, and more on the ABC Detroit <a href="https://www.businesscommunication.org/page/2019-annual?source=5">Conference</a> page.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As Detroit’s visionary and innovator Henry Ford said, "<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.”</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Questions? Contact <a href="mailto:ABCDetroit19@gmail.com">ABCDetroit19@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Clive Muir, Stephen F. Austin State University<br>
Dirk Remley, Kent State University <br>
ABC Detroit Conference Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“Innovations with Business Communication: Companies, Communities, and Classrooms”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">James M. Dubinsky, PhD<br>
Associate Professor, Rhetoric & Writing, D/English (0112), </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Chair, VT Veterans Caucus, Virginia Tech</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Executive Director, Association for Business Communication (ABC)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">(540) 231-1939 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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