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Leslie Carothers

A powerful way to drive fresh energy into revenues

How do you get your executive team, given all of the bad news in the industry, re-energized, re-motivated and excited about moving forward with fresh ideas to drive revenue in this difficult economic environment?

It’s not easy, but one answer is sending your executives to WITHIT’s 2008 Education Conference- “The Future’s In Your Hands” for professional leadership development training to be held August 12th-14th in Charlotte, NC at the Renaissance Suites Hotel. 

The price is $350.00 for non members who register by THIS SUNDAY, June 15th, and $425.00 if you register as a non member after Sunday, and includes 28 speakers/round table moderators and all meals- making it the most affordable education conference for leadership development training in the country.

For those of you not familiar with WITHIT, the acronym is short for Women In The Home Industries Today-www.withit.org- and is the only international organization whose purpose is the support and professional development of women in the home industries. 

Today, 11 years after its founding as a non-profit, WITHIT is growing fast. There are over 450 women and men executive level members from EVERY INDUSTRY SEGMENT across the United States and Canada. In addition to the conference, WITHIT supports scholarships, mentoring programs, speakers at both the High Point and Las Vegas markets, regional events across the US , the WOW awards, the Competitive Intelligence event during High Point markets , industry white papers and the bi-annual WITHIT breakfast.

The organization’s events are sponsored by a broad range of major industry manufacturers, retailers and suppliers including High Point Market Authority, Century, Broyhill, Stanley, Lexington Home, aspenhome, American Leather, Ekornes, Natuzzi, BDI, ViewIT Technologies, Furniture Today, Home Furnishings Business, MGM Transport, RS Means-A Reed Construction Data Co., Furniture World, Ironwood Lithographers, Restonic, Powell, Cantoni, Curvet, Haverty’s, Las Vegas Market Authority, 220 Elm, Palliser, Bark House and many, many others.

Why do I feel so strongly about the conference?

Today your leaders need direction, re-motivation and strong, actionable ideas that can impact your bottom line- right now. They NEED TO KNOW HOW to lead your companies, profitably, into the future. It’s not easy keeping teams motivated and fresh ideas flowing when surrounded by negative news every day.

What are some of the topics covered by the conference?

The Top 20 Global Trends Impacting Our World Today, Interpreting the Top 20 Global Trends for the Furniture Industry, Managing Your Online Reputation, Reading and Interpreting Financial Statements, Negotiating Win-Win Licensing Agreements between Manufacturers and Designers, Coaching Executive Teams for Maximum Performance and The Top Trends in Global Color and Design. Add to this 20 round tables that are being moderated by industry experts on very specific topics so industry segmented questions can be discussed in-depth. For a complete brochure and to register, you can go to www.withit.org.

The conference is open to everyone-members and non-members, women and men- in the home industries. If you register by this Sunday, June 15th, you will be entered into a drawing for an IPod Touch to be given away at the conference.

I believe that education is the key to growth and building sustainable profits for your future. With all the change taking place in our industry- and our world- I believe it is imperative to send every woman and man in your organization that needs leadership development training to WITHIT’s conference. WITHIT has worked very hard to provide a stellar speaker line up and are delivering–at an extremely affordable price -specific, action oriented, future forward strategies all industry executives can use to drive revenue within their companies. 

WOW!