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Manufacturer Training Sessions
New this year for Ed Expo is a key education component: Manufacturer-Sponsored Training Sessions. These unique training opportunities will be held Thursday and Friday mornings, in 25-minute time slots, before exhibits open. In these hands-on, interactive sessions, dealers will be educated on the unique selling features and benefits that can be used to sell product to customers. There is no additional fee to attend these sessions so plan on dividing your team to cover multiple supplier presentations. This is a great opportunity to get your staff face to face with the suppliers who can answer all their questions and ultimately help you sell more product.
Thursday, March 18 — 8:00-8:25 AM
Be Amazing! Toys — Science Uncovered
Room W311G
Learn the secrets of Hands-on Science! We’ll show you how product demos can drive teachers to your store or Website and create SALES! See Insta-Snow ®, the Geyser Tube ™, the Bloody Handprint, and much more. Also, find our why you might hate vegetables.
Creative Teaching Press — 10 Inspiring Ideas for Décor and More
Room W310A
Get inspired by our new 2010 Décor and More! Join us to hear essential product information, along with 10 fun ideas for how to use, merchandise and sell our learning décor, borders, incentives, cut-outs, stickers, charts, bulletin board sets and more. You’ll discover why teachers love our hot-selling products. At the end, you’ll walk away with the essential tools you need to be able to train your store staff and maximize your sales all year long.
Educational Insights — Leveraging Educational Insights Products for Differentiated Learning
Room W311E
Providing students with differentiated learning opportunities is quickly becoming a mandate in the U.S. But creating a variety of small-group activities takes an overwhelming amount of planning on the teacher’s part. Enter Hot Dots — the perfect solution to differentiated learning in Language Arts, Math, Science, and more, for both struggling and gifted students! Come listen as we discuss RTI mandates, differentiated learning, and how to put Hot Dots to use in the classroom.
Wiebe, Carlson and Associates — Cross-Selling to Multiple Markets with Product Knowledge!
Room W309A
Expand your customer base by learning how to sell WCA games and activities into multiple markets such as public and private schools, home-school, gifted, specialty toy and even adult rehabilitation. Increasing your product knowledge of these unique teaching tools with your staff can increase sales throughout the year and not just in the back to school season. Come find out how.
Advertising Specialty Institute – Increase Profits Selling Promotional Products
Room W308C
Please join ASI to learn how you can add a new profit center to your business to become more valuable to your customers. Learn about the special turn-key program ASI has put together for NSSEA members and how these services will add an ongoing revenue stream to increase your profit margins. Educational institutions are one of the largest buyers of Promotional Products; shouldn’t it be from you?
Thursday, March 18 — 8:35-9:00 AM
The Critical Thinking Co. — Selling Thinking in All Markets
Room W308D
Every customer who walks through the doors of your store is a good candidate for a product from The Critical Thinking Co.! Learn how to match our unique products to their wants and needs, how to promote thinking skills materials for customers ages 3-93, and how to have fun doing it! The session will include a brief overview of our most popular products for educational/parent stores, plus ideas for inexpensive promotions.
Mindfull Games —Verbal Volley ®, a Fast-Paced, Evidence-Based Game for Literacy and Vocabulary
Room W310B
We will apply the active, team-play method of Verbal Volley ® with any number of monolingual and bilingual players. Get handouts with evidence-base and standards-alignment for Verbal Volley ®, and sample lesson plans, assessments and tournament guidelines which we offer to purchasers through online support. The session will be led by Kristin Edmonds, MM MA CCC-SLP, a speech pathologist who designed Verbal Volley ® to help players acquire, retain and retrieve high-frequency and concept words.
Splash! Publications — Social Studies: An Endangered Species
Room W311F
Elementary teachers are skipping Social Studies. Why? There’s simply no time to teach yet another subject. Find out how two 4th grade teachers developed units that integrate Reading, Language, Math and Science with Social Studies. Our innovative kid-tested American History, U.S. Region, and State History units will transform the Social Studies shelves in your store. Participants will receive special pricing, deferred payment, and shipping discounts not offered to anyone else at the show.
The TV Teacher — How We Make Learning to WRITE Fun and Easy!
Room W309B
Before the activity inside begins, let us show you why our award-winning handwriting program is so amazing. Our multi-sensory approach using video-modeling and rhythmic chants is fun and effective. Used on Smart boards, computers, or DVD players, our program is ready for the technology demand. Are you? PreK-1st / Special needs / Title 1. NEW distributors at this training session will receive AN ADDITIONAL 10% OFF (max = 50% discount) plus show special (free shipping)!
Friday, March 19 — 8:00-8:25 AM
AccuCut — AccuCut’s Die-Cuts and Projects Meet the Needs of Each Student
Room W310B
AccuCut has forged a new era in die-cutting curriculum and interactive, hands-on projects. Differentiated teaching is a must for teachers. These projects aid the teachers in meeting the needs of each student. Movement stimulates learning. Students become excited about learning when they can be involved with a hands-on activity. Students can recall and apply knowledge when they practice retrieval and use. When we vary the conditions for learning, the result is better learning.
Creative Catalog Concepts — The New EduMart!
Room W311E
Take a guided tour of the newest features including shipping charge calculations by UPS, Location Specific Sales Tax Engine, Custom Product Reviews, eBooks on Demand, and more. Come early to guarantee your seat, as space is limited for this industry premier.
Stages Learning Materials — Real Photo Products for Autism, Special Needs and Early Childhood
Room W308C
Children love to look at pictures! Bright, colorful photographs capture their attention and engage their minds. The National Association for the Education of Young Children includes realistic pictures as important, developmentally-appropriate materials that should be integrated into every early childhood program. Recent research even demonstrates that children generalize new information better when taught with realistic pictures instead of fanciful images. Learn how Stages real photo products fit every early childhood and special needs program!
Wiebe, Carlson and Associates — Cross-Selling to Multiple Markets with Product Knowledge!
Room W309A
Expand your customer base by learning how to sell WCA games and activities into multiple markets such as public and private schools, home-school, gifted, specialty toy and even adult rehabilitation. Increasing your product knowledge of these unique teaching tools with your staff can increase sales throughout the year and not just in the back to school season. Come find out how.
Mainstay Math, LLC – Why Link Literature to Math?
Room W311G
Mainstay Math’s new product line: Linking the Literature resource guides were developed to support mathematics instruction (PK-8). Connecting math trade books is an alternative approach to teaching math that is both creative and authentic and helps students understand major concepts. Math literacy is researched-based and aligned to NCTM standards and expectations. These user-friendly guides are all about making connections. Student success is smooth sailing with Mainstay Math products!
Friday, March 19 — 8:35-9:00 AM
Creative Teaching Press — 10 BIG Ideas for Books
Room W310A
Discover 10 ways to more effectively sell our new 2010 books! In this session we’ll explore our new resource books for teachers and activity books for parents. We’ll give you 10 BIG, new ideas for how to use the content, how to sell the books and why parents and teachers will love them. You’ll leave with 10 instant ideas you can use to train your store staff on how to maximize book sales all year long.
Gallopade International — Carol Marsh Presents America’s National Mystery Book Series: How to Sell These Successful Fiction Books to Parents, Teachers and Schools Profitably
Room W308D
These educational chapter books for children 7-14 have endless sales upside, including sales opportunities for classroom, library and small group sets, book clubs, and individuals! Learn how Gallopade’s publishing continuity program offers ongoing sales opportunities through new titles, teacher’s guides and POS tools, as well as support from our national and local marketing programs.
Splash! Publications — Social Studies: An Endangered Species
Room W311F
Elementary teachers are skipping Social Studies. Why? There’s simply no time to teach yet another subject. Find out how two 4th grade teachers developed units that integrate Reading, Language Arts, Math and Science with Social Studies. Our innovative kid-tested American History, U.S. Region, and State History units will transform the Social Studies shelves in you store. Participants will receive special pricing, deferred payment, and shipping discounts not offered to anyone else at the show.
Dee Walden Learning Solutions — Improving Handwriting Legibility for Children, Adults and Those With Special Needs
Room W309B
Are you looking for a solution to help improve handwriting legibility for anyone with weak fine motor skills or an inability to apply proper pencil pressure? This presentation will help make you aware of a new product that gives strength to gaining better penmanship control. The presenter of the FunnelGripper® and Deez EZway to Learn™ workbooks will identify ways these products are proving to be successful in changing weak motor skills into stronger ones.
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