IARA Summer Roundtable Session Moderators Announced
MT. ARLINGTON, NJ – The International Automotive Remarketing Alliance (IARA) Summer Roundtable Conference will be held at the Downtown Omni Hotel in San Diego, July 26-28.
MT. ARLINGTON, NJ – The International Automotive Remarketing Alliance (IARA) Summer Roundtable Conference will be held at the Downtown Omni Hotel in San Diego, July 26-28. Conference moderators include:
Reconditioning: Chuck Nix, Grand Rapids Auto Auction.
Transportation: Don Fowler, VIS. Co-moderators: Mark Jensen, ATC, Dwight Grovum, Akinvest.
Yellow Belt Training: Bill Vermilyea, Six Sigma Black Belt, SSEG Consulting.
Dealer Panel: Layne Weber, Donlen Corp.
The Keynote luncheon speaker will be Richard Fenton, author of Go For No, a book about the willingness to accept failure as a way to achieve success. The book inspires audience members to break through self-imposed limitations and achieve their full potential by embracing the word “No” and intentionally increasing their failure rate. The result is a tangible increase in personal productivity.
The book is designed for salespeople, network marketing, entrepreneurs, and anyone who must overcome failure and rejection to be successful, and is meant to teach readers the following principles:
How to increase your failure rate to lead to increased performance.
Failing and being a failure are two very different things.
Primary restraining force holds people back.
The five failure levels and how to progress through them.
Why you must have “no goals” to reach your full potential.
How to get past rejection quickly and easily.
Signed copies of Fenton’s book will be available for all attendees. Registration is now available via IARA’s Web site: www.iaraonline.org. Registration fee for IARA members is $495 and $595 for non-members. Full refund will be granted by written request recieved before July 19.
Other IARA conference highlights include:
Election of officers and directors.
Annual meeting with reports.
Six Sigma Yellow Belt training with certificates of completion.
NAAA arbitration panel session.
Reconditioning and Transportation Roundtables.
Dealer Centric Panel on Why I Buy (or not) Your Vehicles.
Wednesday evening networking cocktail reception.
Click on the following link to view the conference schedule:
>www.iaraonline.org/Meetings/July_2006_San_Diego/IARA_July_2006_RT_San_Diego.pdf
Click on the following link to download the registration form:
www.iaraonline.org/Meetings/July_2006_San_Diego/Fax_Mail_Registration_IARA_San_Diego_RT_2006.pdf.
Make checks payable to the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance. Registration forms should be mailed to:
International Automotive Remarketers Alliance
P.O. Box 431
6 Mulberry Lane
Mt. Arlington, NJ 07856
Or fax: (973) 398-2731
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