Mark Your Calendars
Stay connected with the people, issues and technology that impact your business every
day by saving the date for these important NAED events.
JANUARY
APRIL
13-24
1
CEP Winter Exam
15 Webinar: How to Submit Your
NAED PAR ReportTM Survey
15
University of Industrial
Distribution Early Bird Deadline
20-22 NAED 2014 Western Region
Conference
FEBRUARY
See What You Missed at the Eastern
Region Conference
Branch Management University
April Semester Begins
15 NAED PAR ReportTM Survey
Deadline
17
Women in Industry Bootcamp
26-29
NAED 2014 National Meeting
30
EPEC Introduction Webinar
JUNE
3
Branch Management Bootcamp
Early Bird Deadline
11
EPEC Introduction Webinar
5
EPEC Introduction Webinar
12-15
Lake Michigan Club
10
Sales Team Development
Workshop Early Bird Deadline
15
CEP Summer Exam Deadline
24-27
Women in Industry Forum
24-25
Branch Management Bootcamp
24-26 NAED 2014 South Central
Region Conference
JULY
1
Branch Management University
July Semester Begins
14-25
CEP Summer Exam
MARCH
16-18
LEAD Conference
3-4 Sales Team Development
Workshop
30
CEP Class of 2011
Recertification Deadline
9-12 University of Industrial
Distribution
AUGUST
15
The NAED Eastern Region Conference
was held Nov. 20-22 in Orlando, Fla.
Read the tweets below to gain some
insight into the information presented.
@ECMEWSESW: #NAEDERC13 Embrace
changes suggested by customers. Create a
culture of innovation, that creativity and
failure are significant.
@NAED_org: Agree w/this quote heard at the
#NAEDERC13 “Product knowledge is way less
involved in the sales negotiation process as in
generations past”
@lathurm: “You don’t always need to know
the answer. You just need to know how to get
the answer” #NAEDERC13
@NAED_org: “Distributors expect to lose
between 23%-30% of their workforce in the
next 5 years” What are you doing to attract
new talent? #NAEDERC13
@tglivak: A confused mind never buys.
#ThinkAboutIt #NAEDERC13
3-5 AdVenture Marketing
Conference
28 Employee Compensation Survey
Deadline
CEP Class of 2011 Recertification
Deadline
@NAED_org: Innovation is not enough.
Engage the millennials. Get social.
#NAEDERC13
@SBC_realyt: #NAEDERC13 79% of mmbers
use online to buy “all the time” but believe
their online transaction solution is low single
digits.
@angelacullen18: “You must do the thing
you think you cannot do.” #NAEDERC13
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