2008 NARMS Conference Agenda

This year’s NARMs conferance in Williamsburg is packed with great sessions.  Take a look at this year’s agenda:

Saturday, April 12th

9 am - Registration Opens
1 - 5pm - NARMS Board of Directors Meeting
1 - 6pm - Manufactuere Share Group Meeting
6 - 8pm - MSO and PIC Division Meeting
6 - 8pm - Event Marketing Division Meeting
6 - 8pm - IFBA Division Meeting
8 - 10pm - Chairman’s Reception

Sunday, April 13th

7 - 10 am - NARMS Golf Outing presented by Synergy Systems, Inc
8 - 9:30am - Target Marketing
8 - 12pm - BONUS HR Workshop: Fight Employee Turnover and Boost Performance!
10:30 - 12pm - Doing Business with the Cvilian Agencies and the Department of Defense
1 - 6:30pm - Exhibits Open. Internet Cafe by Nintendo
2 - 3:30pm - Opening General Session - Creating the Ultimate Customer Experience
2 - 6pm - Legal Consult by appointment
3:35 - 5pm - Various Session of the following:
MSO Session #1: A Conversation with Retailing Thought Leaders
Event Marketing Session #1: Food Marketing is About Three Things: Sampling, Sampling, and Sampling
PIC Session #1 - When Bad Things Happen to Good Projects
General Interest Session - The Employee’s 1st 30 Days…Liers and Tyrants and Bores.
5 - 6pm - Opening Night Reception

Monday, April 14th
8 - 8:45am - Breakfast with the experts
8 - 8:45am - How Can a MSO Company Become Indispensable to a Manufacturer Company
8 - 6pm - Exhibits Open
9 - 10am - General Session- FISH! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale And Improve Results
10:45 -12pm - Various Sessions that include
MSO Sessions: #2 - Keynot Debriefing and Internalizing Session
MSO Sessions: #3 - 2008 Emerging Trends
Event Marketing Session #2 - Marketing Roundtable
PIC Session #2 - How Powerful Partnerships Can Energize Programs
1:30 - 4pm - Individual Meeting Rooms
1:30 - 4pm - Various Session that include
Operating Smarter with Technology
General Interest Session - Retail Realities and Trends
Marketing Your Company Consult by appointments
General Interest Session - The Dollars and Sense of On-Line Communities
4 - 6pm - Networking Reception
6 - 8pm - NARMS - Synergy Dinner

Tuesday, April 15th

8 - 8:45am - Breakfast with the Experts
8 - 12:30pm - Exhibits Open
9 - 10:45am - Retail/Manufacturer Panel General Session
11 - 12:30pm - Various session that include:
General Interest Session - Am I the Leader I Need to BE? Critical Leadership Qualities That Measure your Propensity to Lead
MSO Session #4 - A Customerr - Focused Approach: The So What Factor in Effective Sales Penetration
MSO Session #5 - Witness a Retail Phenomenon, Technology for Today and Tomorrow
Event Marketing Session #3 - Perils and Pearls - Industry Chatroom
PIC Session #3 - On Becomming a Road Warrior VS a Road Worrier
2 - 3:30pm - NARMS Annual Business Meeting & General Session - Word - of - Mouth Marketing Basic Training
3:45 - 5pm - Keynote Debriefing & Internalizing Session
3:45 - 5pm - General Interest Session - The Not So Pleasant Experience of Product Recall
3:45 - 5pm Accreditation Town Hall Meeting
6 - 7pm - Closing Night Reception
7 - 9pm - Colonial Tavern Dine Around