The 2009 VDTA/SDTA Las Vegas Convention & Show Las Vegas NV, March 12 - 14
SEMINARS
Wednesday, March 11
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Recession Proof Your Business
Room N235
Instructor: Ricky Brooks, RNK Distributing
Learn why some succeed while others fail when business is soft. This will be a motivational class designed to get your business out of the economic blues and into the black. It will also serve as a good check list to make sure nothing is taken for granted.
How to Succeed In The Home Sewing Industry During A Global Economic Disaster
Room N237
Instructor: Debbie Homer, RNK Distributing
Success is not predestined. It is the result of preparation and execution. This class is designed to give you ideas to help “stabilize” your business even in the worst of economic conditions.
8 a.m. - Noon
HOST Carpet Care Seminar
Room N231
Call 800-367-5651 to pre-register
Instructor: Geoff Greeley, HOST
The HOST Carpet Care Seminar is a comprehensive course that will help you to understand carpets, soiling and cleaning. Included in the course will be carpet fiber characteristics, carpet construction, the soiling process, comparisons of cleaning methods, spot removal techniques, how HOST Dry Cleaner works, how to properly maintain carpet and an indoor air quality update. This seminar is only offered to dealers free of charge at the VDTA Show. Outside this show, the fee to attend this course is $75 per person.
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
IQAir’s Air Cleaner College
Room N243
Call 800-367-5651 to pre-register
This is IQAir’s original, intensive, one-day air cleaner seminar hosted by Frank Hammes, President of IQAir. You’ll learn everything you need to know to boost your bottom line and maximize your air purifier sales by becoming a residential air-cleaning expert. This seminar is ONLY available to IQAir Authorized Dealers and covers all aspects of indoor air quality including the differences between air cleaning technologies and different air purifier brands. This year’s seminar includes a dedicated whole-house air purification segment to introduce you to IQAir’s whole-house air purification sales program. It will allow you to supercharge your sales with both room AND whole-house air purifiers. Attendees who complete the course will receive a certificate of completion and will leave armed with expert knowledge to guide their customers in selecting the best air purification solutions. Expert knowledge is what closes the sale, so becoming an IQAir air-cleaning expert will boost your bottom line. Space is limited so register early to guarantee seating. (Breakfast and lunch and snacks will be provided.)
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Central Vacuum Installation Seminar
Off-Site at Las Vegas Home
Call 800-367-5651 to pre-register (Limited Class Size)
If you are interested in joining the growing field of central vacuum system sales and service and would like to learn how to do it right, then you should plan to attend the 2009 VDTA Central Vacuum Installation and Service Seminar. Those who would like to take part in this class must be new to the central vacuum industry and not have attended this seminar in the past. This seminar is designed to give new central vac dealers a hands-on look at planning an installation, proper installation procedures, and “tips of the trade” to do a great job and make a healthy profit. The purpose of the Central Vacuum Installation Seminar is to give new dealers an expert example on how to properly install a central vacuum system and the tools necessary to do the installation and do it right. Sponsor of this seminar for 2009 will be H-P Products Inc.
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Make Your Notion Department Pay Your Rent and More
Room N235
Instructor: Sheila McNeeley, RNK Distributing
A good notion department can be your best source of income when machine sales are slow, but too many dealers have been selling notions only because of machine sales. I will teach you how to sell machines because of your notion department.
Eight Feet of Wall Space Pays My Overhead
Room N237
Instructors: Ange Ross & Debbie Homer, RNK Distributing
This class will show you how we developed a sewing supply business with almost no investment upfront. The key is to choose a product line designed to sell itself. Once you introduce your customer to a Jenny Haskins product, they will automatically purchase the others.
10:30 a.m. - Noon
“Hands-on” Digitizing Class for Software Sales People
Room N235
Instructor: Walter Floriani, RNK Distributing
Bring your laptop. This will be one of the most helpful classes you have ever attended on software and it doesn’t matter what brand of software you sell.
Jenny Haskins, Australian, Artist, Designer, Creator, Mother, Grand Mother
Room N237
Instructor: Simon Haskins, RNK Distributing
Who is Jenny Haskins? This class will help you understand the person, which will give you extraordinary insight to her creativity and inspiration.
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Knowing The Monogram Wizard Janome Special Edition
Room N231
Instructor: Chris Murphy, Parametric Systems/Needleheads
This seminar will cover the product positioning of the Monogram Wizard Janome Special Edition to leverage sales production, sales and presentation training for the product and user training.
What Makes Floriani Products Different
Room N235
Instructor: Kay Brooks, RNK Distributing
What is it about Floriani Products that make consumers vow they are the best you can buy? In this class we will explore the difference and what I did to each product to make all embroidery machines perform better.
Projects Designed to Inspire, Motivate, and Enthuse, but Most Important SELL!
Room N237
Instructor: Debbie Homer, RNK Distributing
With all you have to do to run a business, the last thing you should be worried about is what you are going to teach this month! This class will send you home with a year of projects that will sell machines and keep customers coming back in the door between each class. Your customers will love the classes and you will have less to worry about.
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
SuckCess 2009: The Future of Floor Care
Room N240
“Building Tomorrow’s Floor Care Center”
Call 800-367-5651 to pre-register
“Building Tomorrow’s Floor Care Center” will provide you with the common sense tools to form a well thought out plan for your business. During the presentations, you will hear tips and techniques for tactical planning, tactical sales, tactical marketing and tactical growth. SuckCess 2009 will feature a variety of speakers including Lynette Bullis of Jeff’s Vacuum Center, Art Butler of Best Vacuum & Janitorial Supply, Aaron Park of Vacuums & More, and Bill Dedich of Vacuum Express, Inc. Host of SuckCess will be Cliff Brady of Lindhaus USA.
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Floriani Software Training for Sales/Educators
Room N235
Instructor: DJ Anderson, RNK Distributing
If you are thinking of selling Floriani Software, or if you are a dealer looking for help, look no further. This class is for you! In no time at all you will see just how simple the Floriani Embroidery Software is to learn and teach.
A Touch of Magic with Every Stitch
Room N237
Instructor: Ange Ross, RNK Distributing
Get the Jenny Haskins Quilt Perfect Software Demo and Training you have been waiting for. You will not only be able to show or sell the software, but teach others how to use it.
7 p.m.
Welcome to the Show Cocktail Reception & Awards Ceremony
Please join in the fun at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel.Call VDTA/SDTA ahead of time to let us know you’ll be there 800-367-5651 or indicate your attendance on your registration form.
Enjoy food, fun and entertainment with your industry peers.
Special Training
Sewing Machine Manufacturers To Hold Training
The following sewing manufacturers will be holding dealer training sessions beginning Wednesday, March 11. Some will continue throughout the duration of the convention. Contact your representatives from these companies to see if you should be participating in these trainings:
- Brother International Corporation
- Elna Inc
- Janome America Inc.
- Juki
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