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Join us...
2010 Joint MBNA
& MAMBA Annual Meeting Kansas City |
ACTIVITIES AND NETWORKING
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Local Hallmark Tour
1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Opening of Garden with Designer Recognition
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Opening Reception in Vendor Display Area
Begin your JAM experience by attending the Opening Reception in the Vendor Display Area. This networking event brings you together with manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers and your peers to discuss business needs and opportunities in a casual atmosphere. This is a great opportunity to expand your universe of contacts and collect ideas to apply in your business. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, two drink tickets and a cash bar will be provided.
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Certified Memorialist Breakfast
All Certified Memorialists ® are invited to this full breakfast! Enjoy each other’s company, compare notes on how you’re accruing CEUs for recertification and enjoy a great presentation called “Comforting Words, Lasting Symbols” by Stacey Donovan of Hallmark Cards. Stacey has a BA from Knox College in Illinois and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. She has worked in writing, editing, and strategic jobs at Hallmark Cards, where she's currently a Writing Stylist. In this presentation, she’ll share hallmarks history of symbol usage in condolence cards and which ones have been successful for them!
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Happy Hour in Vendor Display Area
7:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Installation and Recognition Dinner with Entertainment
The Installation and Recognition Dinner provides you with an opportunity to continue building business relationships started earlier. The event features an hour-long happy hour followed by dinner, installation and recognition programs for both MAMBA and MBNA. Most of the garden art and monuments featured throughout the event will be auctioned off with proceeds benefiting MBNA’s Consumer Advocacy program. The evening will conclude with a performance by Jim Elders, a nationally acclaimed mentalist.
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Worship and Memorial Services with Coffee
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Awards Brunch
The Closing Awards Brunch will provide time for additional networking and a chance for a renewed energy and understanding of our industry. What better way to unwind after an exciting MBNA/MAMBA JAM than a great meal and watching your peers honored? The MBNAspires to Success Awards and Finished Design Contest Awards will be presented and new Certified Memorialists will be recognized.
| MBNAspire to Success Awards MBNA’s Aspire Awards were created to recognize monument builder companies that have drawn favorable attention to their companies, and in turn, to the industry through their specialized marketing and/or public relations campaigns.  Up to three (3) winners will be awarded the handsome granite MBNAspire Award, a tall, polished trophy that adds elegance and interest to any member’s lobby or bookshelf. Honorable mention entries will receive a certificate of merit suitable for framing. All winning entries will be featured in MBNews.MBNA 2010 Design Contest  This year’s Design contest was “slightly” different. We had two categories including a Conceptual Category where designers submitted their best concepts and our manufacturers built them! The other category was for Finished Monuments, with the winner receiving the beautiful Bert Gast Memorial Biondon Bronze Trophy.Winners in both categories will be recognized during an Awards Brunch at the 2010 JAM with all entries displayed. Winners will be featured in MBNews, on the website and through industry-wide press releases. The overall winner in the Finished Category will be presented with the coveted Biondan Trophy. Official entry form is attached. |
