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Join us...
2010 Joint MBNA
& MAMBA Annual Meeting Kansas City |
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
| Thursday, February 18, 2010 | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Garden Set-Up |
| 12:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | MBNA Board of Trustees Meeting |
| 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | President's Reception & Dinner (by invitation only) |
| Friday, February 19, 2010 | |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | MBNA Board of Trustees Meeting |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Local Hallmark Tour (optional) |
| 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Vendor Set Up |
| 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Registration and Information Desk Open |
| 1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. | Opening of Garden with Designer Recognition |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | MBNA Annual Business Meeting (MBNA members only) |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | MBUniversity Session Legislative Update with Funeral Rule Information John M. Peterson, Esq., Howe & Hutton. Ltd. |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Consumer Advocacy Update Carolyn Jacobi, MBNA Consumer Advocate |
| 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Opening Reception in Vendor Display Area |
| 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Slaying the Sacred Cow A wackin’, crackin’, swinging, slinging session moderated by Charles W. Hunt, FAICA, Hunt Memorials, Inc. |
| Saturday, February 20, 2010 | |
| 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Registration and Information Desk Open |
| 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Certified Memorialist Breakfast (for CMs only) |
| 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast in Vendor Display Area |
| 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Comforting Words, Lasting Symbols Stacey Donovan of Hallmark Cards |
| 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | MBUniversity Session Avoiding Operational Disasters: Insurance/Fire and Fraud Scott Neal, Paradise Pictures, LLC and TBA |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Refreshment Break in Vendor Display Area |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | MBUniversity Session 60 Great Ideas in 90 Minutes Jim Bell, CM, AICA, Bell Memorials |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch with Keynote: The Power of Approachability – How to Get Noticed, Get Remembered and Get Business Scott Ginsberg, aka “The Nametag Guy” |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | MBUniversity Session The Approachable Salesperson: Daily Practices for Enabling Customers to Buy Scott Ginsberg, aka “The Nametag Guy” |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Refreshment Break in Vendor Display Area |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. | MBUniversity Session New Products and Services Forum Product and Service Introductions |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Manufacturer/Wholesaler Division Meeting |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Bronze/Supplier Division Meeting |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | MAMBA Annual Meeting |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | State/Provincial Association Meetings |
| 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Combined Division Meeting |
| 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 Installation and Recognition Program for MBNA and MAMBA and Auction Entertainment: Jim Elders, Mentalist |
| Sunday, February 21, 2010 | |
| 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Registration and Information Open |
| 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. | Worship and Memorial Service with Coffee |
| 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Certified Memorialist Exam |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | MBUniversity Session How to Create a Compelling Vision for Your Monument Business John Shertzer, Leadership Ventures |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Awards Brunch Featuring the Aspire and Design Contest Awards |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | MBUniversity Session Diversification of Your Monument Business in Challenging Times Members of MAMBA |
| 12:00 p.m. | JAM Closing |
| 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | MBNA Board of Trustees Meeting & Orientation |
| For your convenience, an information desk will be open throughout the JAM to assist attendees with any questions. Schedule is subject to change. | |
