Ladies & Gentleman Start Your Engines for Indy BLAST 2009
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The goal of the Business Leadership and Superior Training (BLAST) Conference is to target training to meet the specific needs of blind entrepreneurs and our agency partners.
Working with our partner suppliers and purveyors, we are planning an even more extensive product and services showcase of exhibits during Indy BLAST the afternoon of Thursday, April 2nd. New products, special pricing, accessible technology and more will make this showcase one you can’t afford to miss.
About the Hotel & Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Marriott Downtown offers luxurious lodging at very low rates. Rates for our Indy BLAST are: $94.00 for standard rooms per night all week long. All rates quoted are net per room, per night, plus the current 16% tax. The newly renovated Indianapolis Marriott Downtown Hotel is the premier destination for important business events.The hotel is connected via skywalk to the Indiana Convention Center and Circle Centre Mall, the hotel is just steps from Lucas Oil Stadium, White River State Park, NCAA Hall of Champions, Conseco Fields, Victory Field and just minutes from the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
For hotel reservations, call The Indianapolis Marriott Downtown at 1-317-822-3500 or 1-877-640-7666. Inform the agent that you are booking for the group rate for the National Association of Blind Merchants.
Registration Costs
This year registration is $200.00 and will cover all conference activities and training materials. Those who register prior to Monday, March 2nd, 2009 will pay only $150.00, receiving a $50.00 discount for early registration. If you reserve your room and register prior to March 2nd you will receive a further discount of $25.00 and will therefore pay only $125.00. Please provide your confirmation number to receive the additional discount. Working together, we can build a new Randolph-Sheppard Program; join us for our Indy BLAST! As those of you who have attended previous BLAST conferences know, we are not planning the usual blind vendor conference. BLAST will feature electrifying upward mobility training seminars taught by this nation’s leading motivators in the fields of human resources, marketing and retail management. Join us as these scintillating speakers walk us through dynamic approaches to develop rapport with customers, building management, SLAs and colleagues. You’ll go home with a pocket full of tools and techniques that will reach customers and keep bringing them back; methods to anticipate, understand, embrace and manage change in the marketplace. You will be energized by practical strategies to manage, teach, lead, profit! There will be formal and informal opportunities throughout BLAST to network and build strong personal and business relationships.
Indy BLAST ‘09 is the National Training Conference for you! We want your input and ideas as we develop the specifics of this high caliber conference. For further information and to offer your suggestions contact Kevan Worley, President National Association of Blind Merchants at 719-527-0488 or 1-866-543-6808, or email kevanworley@blindmerchants.org. Make Plans Now to join us in Indianapolis! It’s going to be a BLAST!