We leave tomorrow for the NFDA Convention in Vegas!
I’m leaving my office assistant, my two sewing workers and my business partner in Central Florida to keep making product and prepare for the coming onslaught of orders!
I put out feelers to my blog contributors to see who’d like to accompany me to Vegas.
The requirement? He/she had to pay for own lodging and meals. I promised to provide at least one meal and a plane ticket.
Master storyteller and awesome writer, Don Shell of Lifestory Network funeral homes, couldn’t attend.
Kim Stacey, our resident copywriter and regular contributor to Funeral Business Advisor, Mortuary Management and others, couldn’t attend because of family obligations.
Event planning expert, Deidre Blair, is in Paris! Guess Vegas can’t compete!
Our good friend (not yet a contributor, but soon, I hope!), Shirley Rowe of Rowe Photography Studio is so swamped with business that she can’t get even a day away!
I was finally able to convince Robin Richter, our H.R. expert, to give up a few days and trek across the country with me.
So we’re leaving tomorrow on what will most likely be the biggest week of our small company’s life.
We’ll update the blog while we’re there. So look to this space for info about the convention, our daily sales totals and more!
Wish us luck!
October 5, 2007 at 3:08 pm
I am really looking forward to the convention and meeting the folks that will be there.
Please visit our booth #669!!! We’ll visit yours, too!
Hope to see you at the First Annual Final Embrace Contibutors Forum on Monday night at the Hilton, too!
See you tomorrow, Tim!
October 6, 2007 at 10:07 am
Good luck Tim!
Will be very interested in hearing all about your adventures.
Thomas
October 7, 2007 at 9:31 am
Tim -
I leave in the morning for NFDA in LV. First time for me (mort student changing careers at 40) so I am interested to see the ‘wares’ on the floor of the conv center. I’ll stop by and say hello–as I read your blog daily…
Paul
Texas
October 8, 2007 at 9:53 am
Tim-
Have a great time. I’m jealous- I would have loved to have been able to go myself. Do yourself a favor- make sure you sit in on Thomas Lynch’s seminar. I saw him speak at the NY Convention, and I promise you it’s not to be missed.