NDSFA 2016 Annual Convention: Sweet Dreams

Friday, September 9th, 2016

11:00am NDSFA Board meeting With Lunch (Primo Restaurant at Grand Hotel)

5:00-6:00pm Pizza Party with Vendors (Presidential Suite)

7:00-8:30pm Hands-on Class #1: “Make it and Take it” (Lower Banquet Center)

**Open to NDSFA members and the public
Instructor: Tami Briese of Main Street Floral, Cavalier
Sponsor: MJ Flower Company & Syndicate Sales

Saturday, September 10th, 2016

8:00am Registration Opens (Hotel Lobby)

9am – 5pm Trade Fair Open for Shopping (Hotel Convention Center)

Silent Auction Open for Bidding (Grand Ball Room)

9:00-10:00am Hands-on Class #2: “Hand-Tieds with Hilde” (Lower Banquet Center)

Instructor: Hilde Tredoux of Main Street Floral, Cavalier
Sponsor: Kennicott Brothers

10:00-11:30am Stage Presentation #1: “Celebrating a Life Well Lived” (Grand Ball Room)

Presenter: “FLorgasm” – Patience Pickner, AIFD, PFCI, SDCF and R. Ace Berry, AIFD, TMF
Sponsor: North American Wholesale Florist, Inc.

11:30am-12:30pm Luncheon – “Be a Better Flower Shop Manager (even with a staff of 4!)” (Hotel Convention Center)

**Guest Speaker: Tim Huckabee, AIFSE
Sponsored by: Visit Minot and NDSFA

12:30-2:00pm Hands-on Class #3: “In Remembrance” (Lower Banquet Center)

Instructors: “FLorgasm” – Patience Pickner, AIFD, PFCI, SDCF and R. Ace Berry, AIFD, TMF
Sponsor: Koehler & Dramm

2:15-3:30pm Stage Presentation #2: “Smarter Selling the Floral Strategies Way” (Grand Ball Room)

Presenter: Tim Huckabee, AIFSE
Sponsor: Flower Shop Network and NDSFA

3:30-4:30pm Stage Presentation #3: Shop Talk Panel (Grand Ball Room)

Moderator: Andrew Moe, NDSFA Board Member
Sponsor: NDSFA

4:30-4:45pm Presentation by BloomNation

4:45-5:00pm Stage Presentation #4: “Corsages 101” (Grand Ball Room)

Presenter: Patrick Williams of Lion Ribbon
Sponsor: Lion Ribbon

5:00-5:30pm Corsage Bar (Grand Ball Room)

Sponsor: Lion Ribbon

6:00pm Deadline for Banquet Table Centerpiece Placement (Hotel Convention Center)

6:30pm NDSFA Banquet “Sweet Dreams” (Hotel Convention Center)

**Pajama Party!
*NDSFA Annual Membership Meeting
*Voting of Centerpieces for People’s Choice Award

9:00pm - ??? Pajama Party continues!

Sunday, September 11th, 2016

8:00 – 9:00am Breakfast Buffet (Hotel Convention Center)

8:00am Registration Opens (Hotel Lobby)

9:00am – 12pm Trade Fair Open for Shopping (Hotel Convention Center)

9:00am Silent Auction Bids Closed!

9:00-11am Stage Presentation #5: “The Smart Designer” (Grand Ball Room)

Presenter: Ann Jordan, AIFD, CFD, MMFD
Sponsor: FTD and Len Busch Roses

11:00am Live Auction (Grand Ball Room)

12:00-1:00pm NDSFA Wrap-Up Board of Directors Meeting (Lower Convention Center)