Friday - March 16, 2012
4:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Exhibitor Check In – Marriott Hotel, Overland Park, KS
8:00 pm to 10:00 pmOptional Dinner at Carrabba’s Italian Grill (Complimentary shuttle available)
9:00 pm to 12:00 amHospitality Room Open
Saturday - March 17, 2012
7:00 am to 9:15 amSet up Vendor/Sponsors Showcase
9:30 am to 4:00 pmRegistration Open
9:30 am to 12:00 pmSponsor’s Showcase Open (Complimentary mimosas from 9:30-11:45 am)
9:45 am to 10:45 amThe Edge Academy’s keys to break the endless cycle of
“Too Much Old Stock” Presenter Lynn Baldwin
11:45 amDrawing for $100 Cash Prize (Drawing in the Vendor Display Room)
12:00 pm to 1:30 pmOpening Lunch & Keynote Address: “It’s Not What Your Willing To Do -
It’s What You Are Willing To Be!” Keynote Speaker - Louie Gravance
1:45 pm to 5:30 pmSponsor’s Showcase Open - “Showroom Reception”
Complimentary beer & wine from 4:00 pm to close
1:45 pm to 3:30 pmEducational Seminars:
“Clienteling/Relationships” Janice Mack Talcott -The Edge Retail Academy
“Marketing: Follow The Money” Shane O’Neill - Fruchtman Marketing
“Quality Service” Louie Gravance—Creative Concepts
5:45 pm to 6:45 pmTown Hall Meeting "The Pros & Cons of Appraisals!"
Moderator Richard Drucker - Owner Gemworld International
7:00 pm to 10:00 pmGala Reception & Dinner - Food stations, recognitions, comp beer & wine,
silent auction & jewelry design contest
9:00 pm to 12:00 amHospitality Room Open
Sunday - March 18, 2012
7:15 am to 8:30 amBreakfast Buffet & Keynote Presentation by Darwin Copeman
President of Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co.
8:35 am to 12:45 pmSponsor's Showcase Open
8:45 am to 10:30 amEducational Seminars
10:45 am to 12:30 pmMarketing - Clienteling/Relationships - Quality Service
8:45 am to 12:30 pm'Optional' BENCH Seminar $75 - "Working WIth Palladium"
(Price Includes seminar, lunch, open discussion & reception)
12:45 pm to 2:00 pmLunch & Keynote Address - "Advanced Jewlry Sales"
Keynote Presenter Terry Chandler, President of DCA
1:45 pm to 5:30 pmSponsor’s Showcase Open - $75 “Day Pass” available to include lunch,
2:15 pm to 4:00 pmEducational Seminars
Marketing - Clienteling/Relationships - Quality Service
2:15 pm to 3:00 pmOpen Discussion for those attending the BENCH Seminar on “Palladium”
4:15 pm to 5:30 pmVendor Appreciation “Reception” - Light hors d’oeuvres, comp beer &
wine AND CASH DOOR PRIZES for vendors & jewelers ($1,500 total)
*** $75 Sunday “Day Pass” can be purchased by sponsoring vendors for customers not attending the conference OR by jewelers who are unable to attend on Saturday
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JEC is sponsored by its affiliate state associations in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska/South Dakota
