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That sudden burst of inspiration, the unexpected flash of enlightenment, an idea that hits you for the first time – they’re Lightbulb Moments. With all of the challenges we face in the human services field, bold strategies to transform the work that we do are absolutely essential. But more often than not, innovation in the services sector can exist in isolation.
The ‘2022 CQL Conference: Lightbulb Moments’ will bring them out of the dark.
Event Overview
About The Conference
During the conference, some of the field’s most brilliant leaders will come together to exchange ideas, pass along best practices, and share tangible, relevant, applicable information to spark change.
And it all happens in Las Vegas – the brightest city on Earth, one of roughly 12 million lights, sparkling so much you can see it from space. It’s the perfect place to illuminate.
From the pre-conference hosted by the National Leadership Consortium, to engaging keynotes, eye-opening breakouts, and meaningful networking opportunities – we’ll interact, we’ll learn, we’ll grow. This event isn’t just an exercise in thought leadership, it’s action leadership.
Hybrid Event
The 2022 CQL Conference is available as either a traditional in-person conference or an online event, where all sessions will be live-streamed through the Zoom Events platform. When signing up for the conference, registrants will be able to designate if they will be taking part in the conference either in-person or virtually, with the same registration rate for both options.
At-A-Glance Schedule
This is an overview of the tentative schedule, but a more detailed agenda can be found below. The exact times (all in PST) are subject to change. It is intended for general travel/planning purposes.
Tuesday, 10/11/22
- 12:30 pm – 6:00 pm • NLC Pre-Conference (in-person only)
- 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm • Attendee Pre-Registration
- 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm • Exhibitor Setup
Wednesday, 10/12/22
- 8:00 am – 8:45 am • Registration & Breakfast
- 8:45 am – 5:00 pm • Presentations (lunch on your own)
Thursday, 10/13/22
- 8:00 am – 8:45 am • Registration & Breakfast
- 8:45 am – 5:00 pm • Presentations (lunch provided, in-person)
Friday, 10/14/22
- 8:00 am – 9:00 am • Breakfast
- 9:00 am – 11:45 am • Presentations (lunch on your own)
Learn More About The Conference
Presentation Proposals
CQL is proud to host dozens of breakout sessions from numerous experts in the human services field who will share tangible, relevant, and applicable information to transform supports and improve people’s lives.
Sponsorship & Exhibiting
CQL has produced a Sponsorship and Exhibiting Prospectus. Companies that are interested in supporting the 2022 CQL Conference can apply online to sign up for the sponsorship or exhibiting options.
Awards of Excellence
You can now submit nominations for the 2022 CQL Awards of Excellence. These prestigious awards will honor individuals and organizations that demonstrate innovative and emerging practices in providing supports.
Conference Registration
You can click the 'Register Now' button below to sign up for the conference through the platform JotForm.
Register NowRegistration Rates
The cost to attend the 2022 CQL Conference through early-bird registration is $450 per attendee – whether you sign up for in-person or virtual attendance.
After 5:00 pm EST on 7/20/22, the registration rate will increase to $499.
After 5:00 pm EST on 10/4/22, registration will close.
You can register online using platform JotForm, where you will enter in registration details and payment information for yourself and if applicable, additional registrants.
Conference Hotel
The conference is being held at the Green Valley Ranch Resort, an off-the-strip resort, featuring “unparalleled accommodations, a striking European-inspired aesthetic, and incomparable amenities.” You can reserve your hotel room at a discounted rate of $194 per night (not including taxes/fees). Please note that the rate on 10/10 is $249 per night. Your stay includes internet, fitness center access, complimentary valet and self-parking, and more. The resort offers complimentary shuttle service to-and-from McCarran Airport. To receive the discounted rate, reservations must be made before 9/16/22.
Keynote Presenters
CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership is welcoming a number of nationally recognized keynote presenters from both inside and outside of the human services and disability field. We will be adding more information about presenters in the coming weeks.
Max Barrows
Outreach Director
Since 2007, Max Barrows has served as the Outreach Director for Green Mountain Self-Advocates. He advances advocacy efforts by mentoring people with developmental disabilities in building leadership skills. Max has received numerous honors, including a White House Champions of Change Award, a Champion of Equal Opportunity Award, and the Award for Service to the Self Advocacy Movement.
LEARN MOREMax Barrows
Mia Ives-Rublee
American Progress
Mia Ives-Rublee is a disabled transracial adoptee who has dedicated her life’s work to civil rights activism. She began her journey as an adapted athlete and obtained her Master’s in Social Work at UNC Chapel Hill. As a public speaker, Mia advocates on the national stage for the rights of disabled people, immigrants, and other marginalized communities.
Mia Ives-Rublee
Brad Montgomery
Motivational Keynote Speaker
Brad Montgomery is a motivational keynote speaker who teaches people how to use emotional and social skills to boost performance, creativity, and innovation. Brad has transformed audiences in all 50 states and on four continents. His clients include Microsoft, Verizon, McDonalds, UPS, Mayo Clinic, MillerCoors, American Heart Association, and many more!
LEARN MOREBrad Montgomery
Dr. Thomas Pomeranz
Trainer, Clinician, Consultant
Dr. Thomas Pomeranz is a nationally recognized authority, trainer, clinician, and consultant in the field of services for people with disabilities. Over the last forty years, Tom has conducted thousands of seminars and programs throughout the United States and Canada. His audiences praise his ability to combine information, humor, passion, and storytelling into an informative whole.
LEARN MOREDr. Thomas Pomeranz
Diane Sieg
RN, CYT, CSP • Speaker, Author, Coach, Nurse
As a resilience speaker, author, coach, and champion, Diane teaches organizations how to create resilient cultures. She is the author of two books, STOP Living Life Like an Emergency! and 30 Days to Grace. As creator of The Resilience Academy, Diane teaches the resilience skills needed to cope with burnout, stress, and disengagement, helping workers restore joy, meaning, and connection to their noble work.
Diane Sieg
Conference Agenda
Please note: This agenda is tentative and the exact times and sessions are subject to change. More details will be added as they become available.
12:30 pm – 6:00 pm • NLC Pre-Conference (in-person only)
Building our Leadership Networks and Skills: An Opportunity for Leadership Institute Alumni to Connect and Grow
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many field leaders have yearned for connection during one of the most difficult times our field has faced. This session is a great opportunity to engage and collaborate with others and to gain skills and strategies that can help us stay connected in the future.
This interactive pre-session is open to anyone who will be attending the 2022 CQL Conference: Lightbulb Moments in person. The session will include a series of short presentations, exercises, small and larger group discussions, and a networking lunch where participants will get to engage and connect with other like-minded leaders. Attendees will explore skills to connect and bring people together and to build their own connections, networks, and leverage leadership opportunities in their organizations and systems. All attendees will leave the pre-session with new connections and actionable steps to enhance connections in their role and within their organization.
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm • Attendee Pre-Registration
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm • Exhibitor Setup
Please note: This agenda is tentative and the exact times and sessions are subject to change. More details will be added as they become available.
8:00 am – 8:45 am • Registration
- Grand Foyer
8:00 am – 8:45 am • Exhibiting & Breakfast
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Enjoy breakfast while visiting with our exhibitors and sponsors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer.
8:45 am – 9:00 am • Welcome Address
- Grand Ballroom
9:00 am – 10:00 am • Keynote Presentation
Supporting Us To Live Our Lives in Our Own Way
- Max Barrows
- Grand Ballroom
We as people with disabilities clearly say that we want to live our lives in our own way. Our support providers must consider all the different parts of who we are that make up our identities: Gender, race, class, sexual orientation, physical capabilities, and mental ability.
Having more than one identity can be empowering, but also can be a challenge. All of these different parts that make us who we are intersect to make up a person’s unique experiences. No one should say they cannot help us because we are too complicated. We count on you to help us overcome challenges.
We also need our provider organizations to guide us to feel proud of who we are, because by joining together to celebrate our identities, we can strengthen our voices and make everyone’s lives better.
10:00 am – 10:15 am • Exhibitor Break
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Please join our sponsors and exhibitors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer to learn about their products, resources, tools, services, and other offerings.
10:15 am – 11:15 am • Breakout Sessions
11:15 am – 11:30 am • Exhibitor Break
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Please join our sponsors and exhibitors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer to learn about their products, resources, tools, services, and other offerings.
11:30 am – 1:15 pm • Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm • Exhibitor Break
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Please join our sponsors and exhibitors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer to learn about their products, resources, tools, services, and other offerings.
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm • Breakout Sessions
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm • Exhibitor Break
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Please join our sponsors and exhibitors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer to learn about their products, resources, tools, services, and other offerings.
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm • Breakout Sessions
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm • Exhibitor Break
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Please join our sponsors and exhibitors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer to learn about their products, resources, tools, services, and other offerings.
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm • Keynote Presentation
The Resilience of Self-Leadership
- Diane Sieg RN, CYT, CSP
- Grand Ballroom
Resilience has become such an overused term, but the skills and tools remain a critical element to manage exhaustion, burnout, and disillusionment.
Self-Leadership goes deeper than self-care because it determines all the decisions we make every day to support our overall well-being, in other words, our resilience. This highly interactive program will give you tools you can use in the moment to practice self-leadership and take back to your colleagues and staff as well.
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- Understand the meaning of Self-Leadership and how it empowers you to build and sustain your resilience
- Experience Self-Leadership live with guided CPR practices (Compassion, Presence, and Rest and Recovery)
- Gain follow-up support and accountability with a FREE digital 7-Day Self-Leadership Campaign
Please note: This agenda is tentative and the exact times and sessions are subject to change. More details will be added as they become available.
8:00 am – 8:45 am • Registration
- Grand Foyer
8:00 am – 8:45 am • Exhibiting & Breakfast
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Enjoy breakfast while visiting with our exhibitors and sponsors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer.
8:45 am – 9:00 am • Welcome Address
- Grand Ballroom
9:00 am – 10:00 am • Keynote Presentation
Promoting Disability Rights Through Storytelling
- Mia Ives-Rublee
- Grand Ballroom
Storytelling is a fundamental tool used by humans to teach and connect. Mia provides participants the opportunity to learn how to use storytelling to promote disability rights and policy. In the presentation, Mia will share her own story and how it has informed her organizing practices. She will share the fundamentals of good storytelling and discuss how participants can use their own stories to promote disability rights as well as other areas they are passionate about.
10:00 am – 10:15 am • Exhibitor Break
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Please join our sponsors and exhibitors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer to learn about their products, resources, tools, services, and other offerings.
10:15 am – 11:15 am • Breakout Sessions
11:15 am – 11:30 am • Exhibitor Break
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Please join our sponsors and exhibitors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer to learn about their products, resources, tools, services, and other offerings.
11:30 am – 1:15 pm • Lunch (provided) & Awards of Excellence
- Grand Ballroom
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm • Exhibitor Break
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Please join our sponsors and exhibitors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer to learn about their products, resources, tools, services, and other offerings.
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm • Breakout Sessions
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm • Exhibitor Break (exhibiting teardown)
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
Please join our sponsors and exhibitors in La Sirena and the Grand Foyer to learn about their products, resources, tools, services, and other offerings.
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm • Breakout Sessions
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm • Break
- Grand Foyer
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm • Keynote Presentation
Supported Routines – Best Practice Strategies for a Fulfilling Life
- Dr. Thomas Pomeranz
- Grand Ballroom
This lively and informative session brings home the point that “habilitation is not a goal – it is a result.” People grow, develop, and become more independent as a result of participating in meaningful life activities. The session details how supports should be delivered to allow individuals with significant cognitive, physical and/or behavioral challenges to participate in all aspects of their life. The session provides the participants with insight as to how our perceptions and expectations serve as barriers in providing support. The four supported routine outcomes (facilitating connections, maximizing independence, enhancing self-worth, and producing self-determination) are detailed and their life enhancing effects are reviewed. The maxim that “without a presence, there is no future” serves as the foundation for this session.
In addition to the powerful presentation, all conference attendees will also receive one year of free telephone or email consultation with Dr. Pomeranz!
Please note: This agenda is tentative and the exact times and sessions are subject to change. More details will be added as they become available.
8:00 am – 9:00 am • Breakfast
- La Sirena / Grand Foyer
9:00 am – 10:00 am • Ballroom Session
- Grand Ballroom
10:00 am – 10:15 am • Break
- Grand Foyer
10:15 am – 11:15 am • Keynote Presentation
Embrace Your Awesomeness – It’s all about the people
- Brad Montgomery
- Grand Ballroom
Knowing that people are our most valuable asset isn’t enough. We need to fully understand how to empower and inspire them. Brad Montgomery will use humor, stories, music, and other tools to illustrate ways to improve our ability to meaningfully encourage others. Discover ways to achieving untapped productivity and accuracy while creating and sustaining positivity, optimism, and meaningfulness in others. Focusing on the people side of business not only improves the bottom line, it can be enormously satisfying, inspiring, and sometimes very funny.
11:15 am – 11:45 am • Raffle & Farewell Address
- Grand Ballroom
Silver Sponsors
Therap Services, LLC
Therap Services, LLC. provides an integrated solution for documentation, reporting and communication needs.
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Bronze Sponsors
AAIDD
Join AAIDD today! Members receive valuable discounts for the field’s top education events, books, tools, and scholarly journals.
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MediSked
MediSked is the leading brand in holistic solutions that improve lives, drive efficiencies, and generate innovations for human service organizations.
LEARN MOREMediSked
High Tide Press
High Tide Press publishes books and media on Positive Organizational Culture, Leadership, and developmental disabilities.
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Conference Exhibitors
Nationwide Insurance Co.
Registration/Attendance Policies & Guidance
- All registrants (in-person and virtual) who cancel prior to September 19, 2022, will be issued a refund, less a $50 administrative fee.
- No refunds will be issued on or after September 19, 2022.
- Registrants must submit the cancellation request through the Attendee Changes Form.
- Registrants (in-person and virtual) are allowed one (1) free substitution, if requested prior to September 19, 2022.
- Subsequent substitution requests, occurring prior to September 19, 2022, will incur a $50 administrative fee.
- No registrant substitutions are permitted on or after September 19, 2022.
- Registrants can only substitute a registration to another employee of their own organization.
- Registrants must submit the substitution request through the Attendee Changes Form.
- Registrants are allowed one (1) free transfer to switch their own registration (in-person conference to the virtual conference / virtual conference to the in-person conference) – subject to availability – if requested prior to September 19, 2022.
- Subsequent transfer requests, occurring prior to September 19, 2022, will incur a $50 administrative fee.
- No registrant transfers are permitted on or after September 19, 2022.
- Registrants must submit the transfer request through the Attendee Changes Form.
Due to the ever-changing circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership and National Leadership Consortium will be releasing safety protocols closer to the conference date. Broadly, the in-person event will align with the relevant guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and employ measures to help protect the health of those in attendance.
- In-person conference attendees assume any and all risks to their health and safety related to participation in the event. By registering for this conference, the in-person conference attendee is acknowledging that CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership is not responsible for any personal injury (including death), property damage, or loss suffered by the attendee as a result of their participation.
- CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership reserves the right to transition the 2022 CQL Conference from a hybrid event (both in-person and virtual) to solely a virtual event, for any reason.
- Any decision to transition the 2022 CQL Conference to solely a virtual event would be made on or before September 5, 2022.
- In-person conference registrants will then have two (2) weeks to elect to either cancel or transfer their registration.
- In the case that CQL transitions the conference to solely a virtual event, all cancellation and transfer related administrative fees for in-person conference registrants will be waived.
- In-person registrants are strongly advised to make travel arrangements (hotel, airfare, etc.) that are refundable. If you elect to purchase non-refundable travel arrangements, it is at your own risk and CQL is not liable for any associated costs or fees.