"Ready for Anything: Plan Like a CEO and Get Ready for Growth" by Andrea Hill, former CEO of Rio Grande and owner of HMC Group. Andrea offers proven methods for small business success that set you firmly on the track toward profitability and growth.
Conference Sessions
For the first time, hear from someone who has worked with several of our most prestigious and successful designer jewelry brands -- David Yurman, John Hardy, Padma Lakshmi, Diamonds in the Rough, Coomi -- and learn how brands like these run and what makes them so successful.
Lisa Jenks, jewelry designer trailblazer, shares her hard-won insights with you. You won't want to miss out on this insightful, intimate interview.
This noted retail strategist will teach you how to "Get Into the Mind of Your Customer: How Retailers Think, Buy, and Sell Your Work and How You Can Influence It All."
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM - "75 Ideas in 75 Minutes" Panel
75 Tips in 75 Minutes: Lunch with the Experts
- Michael Schreier: buyer, RueLaLa.com, expert in retailing and online sales
- Gary Schroder: owner, Visual Exhibitionism, display and packaging expert
- Marlene Richey: owner, Marlene Richey LLC, small business management expert
- Stacy Kaplan: co-owner, Truth be Told, Inc., celebrity PR specialist with a jewelry division
- Katie Hellmuth Martin: owner, Katie James Pixilated and co-founder Collective-E, online guru
Make it a complete weekend in New York City
Add our pre-summit workshop and/or our post-summit workshop.
On Saturday:
A limited audience can attend two workshops; the first on Do-it-Yourself PR and the second on Sales Planning & Trunk Shows.
We'll also have noted jewelry photographer Ralph Gabriner on site to shoot your jewels (Ralph is offering special rates for the day) and headshot photographer Frank Stankus on site to complete your press kit needs.
sign up for the Pre-Summit workshops -- both for just $79 -- instantly by clicking here.
Monday:
We've arranged for the professionals of the Jewelry Information Center (JIC) to offer you media training and a chance to have them showcase your jewelry to an afternoon of editor's appointments if you are a current (or new) member of Jewelers of America.
Bring a small collection and leave it there for the afternoon, while the JIC entertains the media on your behalf. This opportunity is FREE with JA membership for the first 25 Summit attendees only who sign up!
