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NHFA plans Management Development Institute

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, June 1, 2008

High Point — The National Home Furnishings Assn.'s 2008 Management Development Institute is scheduled for July 13–16 at the Renaissance Denver Hotel in Denver.

The program is presented every two years with an updated curriculum to reflect changes affecting retail home furnishings operations.

The Institute is structured to help managers and would-be managers reach their potential by developing the skills that lead to positions of responsibility. The curriculum covers the basics of running a home furnishings store smoothly and profitably, from recognizing and using effective advertising strategies to running an efficient warehouse.

Faculty members and their topics are:

Bill Napier, Napier Marketing Group, advertising and marketing.
David Lecher, Profitsystems, sales management.
Carol Hacker, Hacker & Associates, human resource management.
David McMahon, Profitsystems, financial and inventory management.
Chris Millet, Profitsystems, warehouse and delivery management.
Chris Roberts, Sino-American Import & Export, importing.

Registration is $895 for an NHFA member and $795 for each additional person from an NHFA member company; and $1,095 for a non-member and $995 for each additional non-member.

Hotel reservations should be made by June 16. Call (800) 468-3571 and request a room under the National Home Furnishings Assn. room block. For online reservations, visit www.denverrenaissance.com and use the group code NHFNHFA.

For more information call the NHFA's Nicole Filippo at (800) 888-9590 ext. 6151, e-mail her at nfilippo@nhfa.org, or visit www.nhfa.org.

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