NAED's The Current Winter 2014 | Page 14

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 View our industry calendar at www.naed.org/calendar.aspx 14 NAED