BRAZELL OPENING KEYNOTE, 2012 Ed Expo & Dealer Conference, March 21-23, 2012, Baltimore, MD
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 03:46AM
It's a New Day at NSSEA!
Attend the Ed Expo & Dealer Conference and be part of an event unique to the learning and teaching industry…your market, your show, and all designed just for you! Ed Expo is the ideal meeting place for suppliers, dealers and reps of instructional materials, technology products, educational supplies, and teaching aids. At NSSEA's back-to-school tradeshow, you will save money for your store, catalog or internet business; discover thousands of innovative educational products; develop a resource network; and invest in your business growth and professional development.
The Dealer Conference, Wednesday, March 21, will be a day packed with educational programming focusing on real issues and giving practical, take-home advice to improve your business. Sessions take place throughout the day, and include a Dealer Roundtable (back by popular demand) with a luncheon, allowing you to discuss challenges with your peers and learn from the best! Following the afternoon sessions, Jim Brazell, educational technology forecaster, will inform and inspire you at the industry-wide Keynote Session that will set the stage for the grand opening of exhibits.
NEW! Dealer Conference Designed to Maximize Your Sales & Grow Your Business
In conjunction with this year's Ed Expo is the Dealer Conference, a knowledge-packed day of learning, networking, and growing sales. NSSEA members pay just $50 for your entire team to engage in sessions in four different learning tracks. Bring your whole team and cover them all!
Keynote Address - The Future is Here: Emerging Technologies and Business Strategies for Educational Markets, Wednesday, March 21, 2:45 – 4:00 pm - Jim Brazell, Educational Technology Strategist
As technology is accelerating, new opportunities are emerging for educational supply and technology markets. What are the emerging technologies driving change in education and the world? How can educational suppliers anticipate change by thinking like a futurist? What are students, schools and businesses doing today to align to the needs of the future? The Future is Here is a thought-provoking story about the world today and how the real technology—human thinking, relationships and stories—are behind new education practices and business opportunities in educational markets.
Jim Brazell is a technology forecaster, strategist and public speaker focused on innovation and transformation. Jim has led research and development projects including analysis of emerging international high technology regions; international technology commercialization; technology forecasting for education and economic development; video games for military training transformation; and robotics for STEM+ARTS education in the State of Texas. He has served a variety of Fortune 100 clients with Internet strategy and cloud design/build services. Jim blogs about his educational experiences at theartofthefuture.com and for USA Today's Career and Technical Education blog.
It's a New Day at NSSEA!
- Discover the technologies that are impacting learning environments and increase your relevance to your customers
- Save thousands of dollars by taking advantage of show specials
- See all the latest product innovations that give you new reasons to be in touch with your customers and become a better resource for them
- Enhance your company's best practices by networking with your most innovative peers during the round table discussions and social events
- Meet face-to-face with key executives from the companies whose products you sell, and build the relationships that make your business work
- Learn how to deal with changing school budgets and fine tune your business to succeed in this new environment
- Expand your product mix and marketing strategies to remain a viable and dynamic business
"I always find at least two or three new vendors whose products are different from anything else I carry. The profits from the sales of this merchandise alone more than pays for the trip to the show. It also helps me round out our store so that we are far more than just a physical version of the many catalogs our customers receive. This makes our store far more interesting to our customers, enticing them to stop in throughout the year." — David Madison, Stone's Educational Super Store
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