AGENDA
| SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 | ||
| 12 pm | Optional Golf – Shotgun Start | |
| 6:30 – 8 pm | Opening Reception | |
| MONDAY, JANUARY 5 | ||
| 8 -9 am | Breaking Through Barriers-10 Practical Ways to Grow Your Business Today Barry Farber, president, Farber Training Systems Are you aware which key factors will directly contribute to growing and expanding your business? Barry Farber, noted author, radio host and columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine, will take you through a 10-step process that will provide you with an action plan full of tools and take-aways for immediate results. This program will inspire you and leave you with practical ideas that you can implement right away. Discover how to differentiate your business from the competition, provide added-value to keep your customer base strong, and how to motivate the people around you to wake up everyday with a passion and desire to go beyond what is expected. |
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| 9 – 10:15 am | Project Management -Your Key to Profitability Ron Taylor, principal, The Ron Taylor Group Print isn’t simple anymore. All the projects your company receives require planning, organizing, deliverables, creative services, and distribution. Without these necessary steps, your project will accumulate gross waste if you do not have efficient project management principles in place. This session will help you visualize how your company can convert customer needs into project objectives and how to reduce jobs into organizational packets to improve budgeting, scheduling, and your bottom line. |
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| 10:30 am – 12 pm | Project Management-Your Key to Profitability - Part II Ron Taylor, principal, The Ron Taylor Group In continuation of this session, Part II of this important presentation will arm you with a roadmap to success. This session will help you identify where you need to focus your resources in times of crisis, how to obtain better information on the progress of your projects and how to capture lessons learned so you can continuously improve your projects and help your business become more profitable. |
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| 12 - 1 pm | Lunch | |
| 1 - 2 pm | Today’s Business Landscape - An Economic Intelligence Report for 2009 Morris Segall, president, SPG Trend Advisors A leading economist will discuss the projections for the 2009 US economy. Following a roller coaster of a year in 2008, we will review what predications can be made to the markets in 2009 to help you plan for what will either be a continued downturn or welcomed upward trend. |
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| 2 – 3:30 pm | CEO Right-Size Roundtable This roundtable discussion will commence with distributors and manufacturers dividing themselves among other like-sized businesses. Within the sub-groups, issues relevant to your company’s operations, structure, strategy, etc. will be discussed with peers from similar sized companies. |
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| 4– 5:30 pm | View from the Leader Board Larry Zavadil, president/CEO, American Solutions for Business, Tom Tabor, vice president of marketing, DSI and David Holland, president, Data Source, Inc. Three key players in the Print Management world will share their vision of what 2009 holds for the industry. These three companies will discuss what they are planning for the near future, their plans for growth and acquisition, and how they see the industry evolving over the next two years. |
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| 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Cocktail Reception | |
| TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 | ||
| 8 - 9 am | Take Your Brand Online – Why Viral Marketing Matters Ford Saeks, president/CEO, Prime Concepts Group, Inc. What is viral marketing and why is this one of the most important marketing strategies for businesses of all sizes? Here we will teach you why building brand exposure online, outside of your website, has become one of the most important marketing strategies for growth and survival. We will delve into viral marketing techniques that will open your business up to new customers and teach you how the web can offer a low-cost, high return strategy. |
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| 9 – 10 am | What is Wrong with My Company? Moderator: Ford Saeks, president/CEO, Prime Concepts Group, Inc. Every company has an obstacle to overcome or an issue they need resolved. This is your opportunity to listen as your peers share the struggles and challenges that keep them up at night. Moderated by Ford Saeks, this session will be interactive as you listen, and share, how to help your peers makeover various aspects of their companies. |
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| 10:15 am – 1 pm | CEO Roundtable and Lunch In a more intimate setting, join your peers for a roundtable discussion to dissect what is currently on the minds of some of the industry’s major players. What is on your mind? What issues do you need some one-to-one mentoring on? The sharing of ideas at the CEO roundtables are famous for being the best part of the program. |
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