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2010 Annual Conference
Times are changing!...Are you ready?
November 14–16, 2010
Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel
801 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Conference Brochure (pdf)
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
Annual Trade Show
Monday, November 15, 2010, 8:00 – 6:00
Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 8:00 – 4:00EXHIBITORS:
Alliance Relocation Services, Inc.
Chris Steer Insurance Brokers Ltd.
COSMO Containers / Inspirion Ventures
Dale & Morrow Insurance Limited
K.I.D. Trailer & Equipment
Kerr Global Communications
Kentucky Trailer
L. Hansen’s Forwarding
Livingston Freight – Searail
Mover’s Equipment & Supplies Ltd.
Ogilvy & Ogilvy Insurance Brokers
PRISM International
TechMate International
UNIRISC
Victory Packaging
Voxme Software Inc.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010
9:00 – 10:30
BE DiFFERENT or be dead
SPONSORED BY
Roy Osing, Founder, President and CEO of Brilliance for Business (presentation)
11:00 – 12:00
Overview of the Commercial Records Management Business
John Ulmer, Director of Membership Development, PRISM International (presentation PDF)
1:00 – 2:00
Coming of Age: Strategies and Tools to Market to Seniors
Jennifer Pickett, Associate Executive Director, National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM) (presentation PDF)
2:00 – 3:00
Is it just me or is that an ECHO I hear?
Ric Williams, President, Williams & Goffin Consulting Inc. (presentation PDF)
3:30 – 4:30
Moving and the Law
Detective Kevin Hooper, 55 Division, Toronto Police Service (presentation PDF)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010
9:00 – 10:00
The North American Economic Outlook – Balancing the Risks
Paul Ferley, Assistant Chief Economist, Economics Department – RBC (presentation PDF)
10:30 – 12:00
Technology for Movers
Wireless Technology in the Sales Process
Lynn Peterson, President, TechMate International (presentation PDF) Catherine C. Zych, Director, Business Development, EWS Group (presentation PDF) Taking off the blinders; How GPS technology will help you take control of your business
Sean McKenna, Senior Account Manager, Kerr Global Communications (presentation PDF)
1:30 – 2:30
Maximizing Your Web Presence
Rory MacLeod, Director, Sales & Business Development, and
Rachel Shields, Director of Technology, Moving.com – Part of Move Inc. (presentation PDF)
2:45 to 3:45
Great Questions about Alberta (That You Were Afraid to Ask)
Dave Mowat, President and CEO, ATB Financial (presentation PDF)
3:45 to 4:45
Now Go DO It!
Helen Wilkie, MHW Communications (presentation PDF)
AWARDS DINNER
2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
This conference represents the results of the considerable work of the 2010 Annual Conference Committee – speakers and topics that will bring useful and useable information to members. Thanks to the Committee:
Chair
Leonard Hoyt, Hoyt's InternationalMembers
John Delanty, Kenwood Moving & Storage Inc.
Tom Filgiano, Meldrum the Mover Inc.
James Marshall, East Coast Moving & Warehousing
John Rausch, Allied Van Lines Canada
Chuck Resnick, Two Men and a Truck Canada