Remodelors Council Education at IBS
Build your business by attending these Remodelors Council-sponsored education programs while at IBS.
A comprehensive listing of all 2007 IBS educational sessions is available online! Design your personal education schedule at www.buildersshow.com. The educational seminar listing is searchable by seminar title or description, track or date.
Wednesday, Feb. 7
Schedule Management For Profits
8:30-10:00 a.m.
M M (Mike) Weiss, CGR, CAPS, GMB, WeissRCMI
De-Mystify scheduling as a management tool. A practical template presentation useful for making everyone buy into using the schedule the same way you do plans and specs - to make the job follow it!
Spanish In-A-Pinch: Learn New Spanish Language Construction Tricks
8:30-10:00 a.m.
Deby Jones, 2nd Language Success (Spanish In-A-Pinch)
Are you frustrated because you can't communicate on the worksite in Spanish? This practical and In-A-Pinch Approach coupled with trade specific "Cheat Sheets" will make you more efficient, profitable and safer. You'll leaving speaking In-A-Pinch!
Business Planning Basics for Today's Builder
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Clay Nelson, Consulting Services Network LLC
This program will give you the jumpstart you need to create a plan for your business that gets the results you want! Learn the real purpose behind writing a business plan, what it provides, and the common business plan mistakes you need to avoid.
Achieving Accurate Numbers and Reliable Reports with QuickBooks
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Diane Gilson, Info Plus Accounting PC
Avoid dangerous information and bad accounting data with month-end wrap-up controls for your accounting records, reports, and files. Learn how to help ensure that your financial information is useful, reliable, understandable, timely, and accurate.
Thursday, Feb. 8
10 Best Practices from NAHB's 2006 Remodelor of the Year and Remodelor of the Month Award Winners
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Patrick O'Toole, Editor QR Magazine
Honored as the industry's best during 2006, the teams behind NAHB's Remodelor of the Year and Remodelor of the Month Awards share 10 of the key best practices that helped put them on top.
Employee Labor: Measuring Costs and Profits with Excel & QuickBooks
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Diane Gilson, Info Plus Accounting PC
How much does each employee REALLY cost per production hour? Exactly which costs should be included? What to charge per hour for each employee? True cost of lost or wasted time? Measure and control "your riskiest cost". Core & advanced concepts.
The Shortest Effective PaperTrail between 1st Call and Final Approval
1:30-3:00 p.m.
M M (Mike) Weiss, CGR, CAPS, GMB, WeissRCMI
Learning the multi-use of versatile forms to cut down on how much paper-shuffling the builder or remodeler has to do. There are six critical pieces of paper that will give you the quality of records and information you neet to be a star.
Cheap Tricks: Simple Technology Solutions to Big Business Problems
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Joe Stoddard, Mountain Consulting Group, LLC
There's no need to spend a fortune or attend night school to put technology to work. In this "show and tell" attendees learn about the latest software, hardware, web services and handheld devices that they can put to work right away.
Friday, Feb. 9
The Remodeling Market
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Gopal Ahluwalia, NAHB; William Apgar, Joint Center for Housing, Harvard University; Kermit Baker, Joint Center for Housing, Harvard University; & Vince Butler, CGR, CAPS, GMB, Butler Brothers.
Where is the remodeling market headed in 2007? This session will examine the categories, cost and volume of residential remodeling activity over the next year.
Profiting from Home Performance Contracting
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Patricia Plympton, DOE/NREL-ENERGY STAR & Chandler von Schrader of EPA-ENERGY STAR
If you are a remodeler or other home improvement specialist, this is your opportunity to see how home performance contracting can take your business to a new level of profitability and professionalism. Find out how the home performance approach can position your company as the expert in diagnosing and fixing a home’s comfort, health and energy problems while satisfying customers and earning higher profits.
Secrets of Selling to Multicultural Customers
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Michael Lee, Seminars Unlimited
In the past decade minorities in the US bought 2 million pre-1985 homes. These could be your customers if you know how to meet the unique needs of multicultural customers. You must learn to build relationships with them in a totally different way.
Profit Debate: Cost Plus vs. Fixed Price!
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Dennis Dixon, Dixon Ventures Inc. & Jay Grant, Grant Homes
Two builders debate & compare the perpetual Custom Builder conundrum: Cost Plus vs. Fixed Price contracts. Which is simpler? Generates more profits? Easier to manage? Which is right for my projects, clients & company? What percentage is reasonable?
Saturday, Feb. 10
Do your "Policies & Procedures" build profit & reduce risk? They should!
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Chuck Breidenstein, Builders Professional Services & Jack Waller, NCI Associates, LTD
Save money, time & hassle! An important tool for any company is a well-crafted Policy and Procedures Manual. Discover how to: Create a Policy Manual; Integrate it into your business; and Train the person who runs the office to monitor compliance.
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