Agenda
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| Saturday, April 4th, 2009 | ||
| 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Registration Desk Open | |
| 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM | NARMS Accreditation Review Committee Training | |
| 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Set-up | |
| 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM | NARMS Board Meeting | |
| 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Associate Division Committee Meeting | |
| 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Event Marketing Division Committee Meeting | |
| 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | IFBA Division Committee Meeting | |
| 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | MSO Division Committee Meeting | |
| 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | PIC Division Committee Meeting | |
| 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Chairman’s Reception | |
| Sunday, April 5th, 2009 | ||
| 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM | Registration Desk Open | |
| 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM | Exhibits Open | |
| 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM | Internet Cafe Opens | |
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9:30 AM – 12:15 PM | Opening General Session Keynote Address – The New Retail Community Moderated by: Bryan Gildenberg – MVI 2009 Emerging Retail Trends Moderated by: Mark Hunter – The Sales Hunter |
| 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch – sponsored by Synergy Systems Inc. | |
| 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Legal Consult – Russ Hollrah, Esq. | |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Networking/Exhibitor Break | |
| 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Personal Coach & Career Counseling – Ready Minds | |
| 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Event Marketing #1 – Sampling Bits and Digital Demos Moderated by: Jamie Tensor – In-Store Implementation Network |
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| 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | MSO/Manufacturer #1 – News that Manufacturers and MSOs Need to Succeed Moderated by: Bryan Gildenberg – MVI |
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| 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | PIC # 1 – It’s All About You: An Open Forum on Hot Pic Concerns Moderated by: Rick Hall (The Beam Team) | |
| 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | General Interest Workshop #1 – The FIRST Six Feet of the Sale – the New OEM Battleground Moderated by: Kreta Chandler – Retail Brand Strategies and Peter Tully – formerly of TMD Australia | |
| 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Event Marketing #2 – The Emerging Trends in Event Marketing Moderated by: Mark Hunter – The Sales Hunter |
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| 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Manufacturer Share Group Part 1 Moderated by: Vickie Alarie – Facilitator | |
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4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | MSO #2 – Retail’s Space – Time Continuum: How In-Store Implementation Tools Can Re-Order our Universe Moderated by: Jamie Tensor – In-Store Implementation Network |
| 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | PIC #2 – The Missing Piece – Motivating & Engaging a Remote Work Force Moderated by: Dave and Laura Butler – Worklife Performance Consulting |
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| 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Opening Night Reception | |
| 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM | NARMS Goes to the Movies | |
| 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM | Driveline Hospitality Party | |
| Monday, April 6th, 2009 | ||
| 6:30 AM – 5:30 PM | Registration Desk Open | |
| 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM | Breakfast | |
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7:00 AM – 7:45 AM | Breakfast with the Expert – How to use the NARMS Recruiter & Job Bank to Your Benefit Moderated by: Paulette Blaskey and Gerard McLean |
| 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM | Breakfast with the Expert – Motivating and Engaging the Remote Work Force Moderated by: David and Laura Butler – Worklife Performance Consulting | |
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7:00 AM – 7:45 AM | Breakfast with the Expert – The Latest Update on 1099 vs W2 Moderated by: Russ Hollrah, Esq. |
| 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM | Exhibits Open | |
| 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM | Internet Cafe Open | |
| 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM | General Session – Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping Keynote Address Moderated by: Paco Underhill – Envirosell |
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| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Networking/Exhibitor Break | |
| 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | General Session – An Analytical Approach to RORI Moderated by: Phil Lauria – Pelco Advisors, LLC Bart Flaherty – Group M Business Science Jerry O’Brien – University of Wisconsin Alex Richardson – Selling Machine Partners Don Unser – Hewlett-Packard Sunil Garga – Mphasize, LLC |
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| 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM | NARMS Golf Outing Presented by Synergy Systems East Course |
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| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch | |
| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Special Store Tour with Paco Underhill Limited to 10 Participants & Additional Fee |
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| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Exhibitor Appointments | |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Event Marketing Consult Moderated by: Dr. Kenny Herbst – Wake Forest University | |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | HR Consult – Paychex | |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Marketing Consult – Carolyn Weiland | |
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2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | General Interest Workshop #2 – NARMS Accreditation Town Hall Moderated by: Dr. Christine Niero – Professional Testing |
| 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Exhibitor Reception | |
| 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Synergy Systems Networking Dinner | |
| 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM | Driveline Hospitality Party | |
| Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Registration Desk Open | |
| 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Breakfast | |
| 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Breakfast with the Expert – Building A Better Business Plan Moderated by: Vickie Alarie – Alarie Consulting Services | |
| 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Breakfast with the Expert – NARMS Strategic Planning Update Moderated by: Phil Lauria – Pelco Advisors, LLC & Dan Borschke – NARMS International |
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7:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Breakfast with the Expert – Working With & Directing the Millennial Employee Moderated by: Jerry O’Brien – Center for Retail Excellence & Steve Schroeder – Grainger School of Business – University of Wisconsin |
| 7:30 AM – 12:15 PM | Exhibits Open | |
| 7:30 AM – 2:00 PM | Internet Cafe Open | |
| 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | General Session: A True Growth Market: Panel Discussion on Natural, Organic & Specialty Products Moderated by: Ken Vickerstaff – CEO, Organic India – Facilitator Dale Kamibayashi – President – Vantage Organics Michael Rice – Sterling Rice Group Mark Retzloff – Aurora Organic Dairy Hans Hassan – Greenmont Capital Partners Victoria Hartman – Zola |
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| 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM | Event Marketing #3 – 2,000 Demonstrators in 2008: First-hand Impressions and Thousands of Data Points Providing Evidence About Sampling’s Effectiveness Moderated by: Dr. Kenny Herbst – Wake Forest University | |
| 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM | Manufacturer Share Group Part 2 Moderated by: Vickie Alarie – Facilitator | |
| 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM | MSO #3 – The Indispensible MSO Moderated by: Mike Spindler – Panther Mountain |
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11:00 AM – 12:15 PM | PIC #3 – Early Warning Systems – Avoiding Losses from Contractual Pitfalls Moderated by: Jim Brow – RMS-East |
| 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM | Networking Lunch | |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | NARMS International Annual Meeting General Session – Selling the Invisible: Four Keys to Marketing Retail Services Moderated by: Christine Clifford Beckwith |
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| 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Networking Break | |
| 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Closing Night Reception | |
| 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Diamonds & Denim Closing Night Dinner The closing night reception dinner is taking on a Western flair! Music – Gentle Rain |
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| 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM | Driveline Hospitality Party | |
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