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Early Bird Seminars
Sunday, January 24
7:45 - 8:45 a.m., GRBCC, Third Floor
Complimentary Continental Breakfast starting 7 a.m.
Creative Balloon Decorating
Carmen Ballering, Event Decorating Academy
Meeting Room 310AD
Get creative with Carmen and learn how to make some of her quick and inexpensive balloon designs for deliveries or décor. These long lasting designs are adorable and will set your work apart from the competition. Amaze your clients with these unique moneymaking designs.
The Party Industry Rental Business
Mark Curry, Party Warehouse
Meeting Room 310BE
Come and discuss with Mark Curry, a party and rental pro, how to make the most out of every customer who enters your store. Basic party rental products are “money in bank” for you. Don’t miss this presentation!
Everything You MUST Know About the Changing Retail Product Safety Regulations
Rick Locker and a Consumer Product Safety Commission Representative
Presented by: Halloween Industry Association
Meeting Room 330
Forget the rumors and confusion. This must attend session will tell you what you need to be prepared for the ever-changing safety regulations by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Is your store compliant with the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act? How do you make sure the products you sell are safe? Hear the truth straight from government sources.
Why the Hell am I Paying These Guys?
Eliot Spiegel, Rasta Imposta
Meeting Room 320AD
A comprehensive seminar on how to train your employees. From set up, to Halloween story told, this seminar will give you a soup to nuts view of what a Halloween store employee should act like and what the store should look like.
Monday, January 25
7:45 - 8:45 a.m., GRBCC, Third Floor
Complimentary Continental Breakfast starting 7 a.m.
Inventive Innovation: Do It Yourself Displays
Mark Sifferlin, AMSCAN
Meeting Room 310AD
Save money and increase your profits by building your own displays! Participants will learn how to create these innovative, cost-effective merchandising solutions using a little ingenuity, a little sweat...and maybe a hot glue gun.
New Store Development, Relocations, and Lease Renewals with a 2010 Prospective
Alice Seale, Realtor
Meeting Room 310BE
Alice Seale will discuss the 2010 outlook of the real estate industry and how it relates to your business. Topics such as demographics, effective lease negotiations, finding the best locations, and how to have good relationships with your landlord, will be discussed. Attendees will walk through a complete market study. If you are interested in a having a complimentary market study on your market to use as an example for the session, please feel free to contact Alice at 972-663-9452. Only one will be selected for each session.
Employment Law Basics
Marsha Lucas, Lucas Consulting
Meeting Room 320AD
This Early Bird Seminar will provide information regarding daily employment laws that face all employers large or small. Topics include: FMLA, ADA, Title VII, Age Discrimination, Pregnancy Leave, “At Will” Employment & Termination, Negligent Hiring & Retention, As well as ,what questions can you ask in an interview & Tips for effective Interviewing.
How to Maximize the Most Valuable Real Estate in Your Store
Wilson Erwin and Leonard Vedlitz, Erwin Distributing Co.
Meeting Room 320BE
End caps are the most valuable real estate in your store. We will show you how to theme, arrange, price, sign, and track success of your end caps.