Celebrate & Inspire:

HDI Annual Awards & Team Building Luncheon! 

Location
Holiday Inn College Park
10000 Baltimore Ave.
College Park, MD 20740
Phone: (301) 298-1064

About the Program

It’s time to celebrate! The HDI Capital Area Chapter cordially invites you to our Annual Awards Luncheon, a prestigious event where IT Service and Support Managers recognize their outstanding team members for their exceptional achievements and contributions throughout the year. This event, which has become a tradition in the Washington, D.C. area, is an occasion that brings teams together to celebrate excellence and inspire future accomplishments. During the luncheon, we will enjoy an inspirational keynote presentation, a three-course meal, and award presentations to the Best Support Analyst and Best Support Technician nominees. It's a time for networking, sharing success stories, and fostering a sense of motivation and unity among attendees.

This event serves as a platform to honor support professionals who have made a significant impact in their respective roles, leaving a lasting legacy for others to aspire to. It will conclude with the announcement of the winners for Best Support Analyst and Support Technician awards.  The winners will go on to the regional competition, with the Regional Winner being sponsored by Robert Half Technology to attend the HDI Annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.  

Registration Cost
Seating is limited, so be sure to register EARLY to reserve your seats! Registration is only $39.00 per person for members and $59 per person for non-members and includes hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, a three course buffet-style meal, coffee, hot tea, iced tea, and soda. Registration closes Thursday, December 4th at 5:00 PM.

Team Discounts
Register 5 team members and receive the 6th registration free by entering the promo code: sixthfree.

About the Keynote  

Finding Your Glimmer: Turning a Setback Into a Comeback

We have all faced moments that test our resilience, whether it is losing a job, missing a promotion, suffering an injury, or navigating a personal loss. These moments are often devastating and can feel like a giant mountain we need to climb. Yet, these setbacks also hold the seeds of transformation. In Finding Your Glimmer: Turning a Setback into a Comeback, Gregg Gregory inspires audiences to reframe adversity by focusing on “glimmers” — those small, everyday moments of beauty, gratitude, and hope that help us rebuild strength from within. With engaging storytelling, humor, and practical insight, Gregg shows how even the smallest spark can lead to an extraordinary comeback.

Gregg will show you how to:

• Reframe Challenges – View your setbacks as catalysts for growth rather than obstacles blocking your success.
• Find Daily Glimmers – Identify small moments of positivity that restore balance and motivation.
• Build Resilience – Develop tools to stay grounded and optimistic through uncertainty.
• Strengthen Human Connection – Recognize that the people in your life and your past experiences are what make comebacks possible.
• Transform Mindset – Shift your focus from what’s lost to what’s still good, right, and possible.

As a bonus, attendees will receive Finding Your Glimmer Journal; a reflection activity booklet for attendees to identify and record their daily glimmers for 30 days following the event.

Gregg’s delivery is genuine, conversational, and emotionally impactful. He weaves real-world stories, humor, and heartfelt moments to create an experience that lifts up and empowers audiences to see possibilities where they once saw limitations. You don't want to miss it!

About the Speaker 

With over two decades of business experience, Gregg began his consulting and training business with a focus on teamwork, leadership and culture.  Over the past 25 years, Gregg has helped a wide array of organizations, government agencies, and various industries build stronger leaders and teams. His latest On-Purpose Teams (OPT) system helps leaders recognize what it takes to build a high performing team and a powerful team culture, and team members what they can do to become a more powerful team player.

On the personal side, Gregg is a native of the DMV and currently lives in beautiful Annapolis MD with his BFF, his 7-year-old dog, Rider. 

Agenda
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM – Registration, Networking, & Hors d‘oeuvres
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Welcome Announcements, Lunch Served
12:00 PM to 12:45 PM – Candidate Introductions
12:45 PM to 1:00 PM – Break
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM – Keynote - Gregg Gregory
2:00 PM to 2:15 PM – Break, Dessert and Coffee Served
2:15 PM to 3:00 PM – Candidate Introductions
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM – Best Support Analyst & Best Desktop Technician Award Winners Announced
3:15 PM to 3:30 PM – Closing Remarks and Prize Drawing*
*Must be present to win*

Membership

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Vendor Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor: The MIL Corporation

Gold Sponsor: Splashtop

 Web Sponsor: ASPG

Sponsor HDI Capital Area

HDI Capital Area Local Chapter provides a unique opportunity for our sponsors. We hold several meetings per year both virtual and in-person in the DC Metro area.  Our members and attendees are over 90% managers and above. This means the decision makers are in the room with you. Sponsoring our chapter will provide your company or organization exposure to federal, state, and local government agencies, healthcare, higher education, large IT systems integrators, commercial companies, schools, and small businesses.

You will have the opportunity to network and dine with the decision makers at every meeting. In addition, your company will reach our members and attendees through advertising on our newsletters and meeting announcements. The opportunities are endless. For more information, click here or email sponsorship@hdicapitalarea.com.