Connections Café Wireless Hot Spot 
While at the Annual Conference, connect to the people who matter most back home with the Connections Café Wireless Hot Spot. Fast, reliable, wireless broadband service will be available to attendees in the SHSMD registration area. Use it for everything from checking your e-mail, to instant messaging, to enjoying streaming video or sound. Your laptop computer, handheld PDA, or even your wireless digital camera will keep you connected.

Mobile Connections
This year get all the information you need about Connections 2011 at your finger tips with SHSMD's mobile app. Download schedules, session information, maps and more to your iPhone or android powered smart phone. For those with Blackberries, don't worry you can access the information via the Internet. The app will be available for download in August. Stay tuned for details
Sponsored by CPM Marketing Group

Knowledge Connections
All session handouts will be available electronically online before the meeting and also onsite in a handy flash drive format. Be sure to stop by the Spirit of Women table in the registration area or at the booth in the exhibit hall to pick up your complimentary flash drive.
Sponsored by Spirit of Women

Connections Concierge Service
EAT, SEE, SHOP & DO
Get connected to the best food, sights, shopping, and attractions Phoenix has to offer. Stop by the Franklin Street Concierge Desk in the SHSMD registration area, where you’ll find directions and information on having a great time in Arizona.
Sponsored by Franklin Street Marketing

Ship Your Conference Materials Home Free!
Why stuff your conference materials into your suitcase when you can ship them directly to your office? Coffey Communications will be on hand to ship your materials home free. Visit Coffey Communications in the Exhibit Hall to find out more about this service.
Sponsored by Coffey Communications

Colleague Connections
Free Starbucks gift card! Just connect your colleagues to the Annual Conference and you can earn a $5 Starbucks card. After you register, send us names and contact information for three or four of your colleagues who you believe have never attended an Annual Conference, and you’ll automatically receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. If you send us the name of five colleagues, we’ll increase it to $10.To send in names, click here. So, go ahead, connect your colleagues with the conference, then connect with some high-octane caffeine, on us!

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Conference attendees wishing continuing education credits may apply at the conference registration desk in Chicago. There is a $10 processing fee. To obtain CEUs at the conference, complete the official form and obtain signatures from session instructors documenting your participation. Notification of CEUs awarded will be mailed after the conference.

ACHE Category II Credit
The Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development is authorized to award up to 19 (includes attendance at two workshops–13 hours for those not attending workshops) hours of preapproved Category II (non-ACHE) continuing education credit for this program toward advancement or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants wishing to have their continuing education hours applied toward Category II credits should list their attendance when applying for advancement or recertification in ACHE.