There’s a Lot Happening in ‘23

Mark Your Calendars!

 

NABM President Nicky Gacos and the NABM Board of Directors have a lot planned for 2023. You will want to mark your calendars today and plan on taking advantage of some outstanding training opportunities.  One thing is for sure.  You will get the same quality to which you are accustomed from NABM.

 

Here is the schedule:

 

May 2 - BLAST TNT Session 2 will be presented virtually at 3:00 PM Eastern Time and will include 90-minutes of outstanding presentations.  Attendees will learn the latest and greatest happenings and pick up tips on how to improve their businesses.

 

May 9 - An afternoon of training will be offered for those Randolph-Sheppard stakeholders who will be attending the NAMA Show in Atlanta.

 

June 14 – 16 (Revised Date) BLAST: Field of Dreams.  NABM is partnering with U-Select-It for a day and half of top notch training in Des Moines, Iowa.  This training will feature a networking reception on the evening of the 14th, a half day of training on the morning of the 15th, an afternoon trip to the U-Select-It headquarters where attendees will tour the facility and hear additional speakers, a dinner that night, and another half day of training on the morning of the 16th.

 

July 3 - The Merchants, along with other members of the National Federation of the Blind, will gather in Houston, Texas for the 2023 National Convention.  The Merchants will meet on the afternoon of July 3rd.  That session will include some speakers and the organization’s annual business meeting.

 

August 3 -  BLAST TNT Session 3 will be presented virtually at 3:00 PM Eastern Time and will include 90-minutes of outstanding presentations.

September 8-9 - NABM is contracting to conduct Tennessee’s Annual Training Conference.  This event features 2 full days of training plus some networking opportunities.  This training is not open to all comers but if anyone wants to visit to see what sort of training NABM puts on for states, most requests can most likely be accommodated.

 

September 27-29     You want to be in Atlantic City for BLAST on the Boardwalk 2.0.  It is not a full-blown BLAST but some who attended last

year called it the best B:AST ever.  It is being held again in conjunction with Vistar’s large Northeast Buying Show with over 150 exhibitors.

 

November 3 - BLAST TNT Session 4 will be presented virtually at 3:00 PM

Eastern Time and will include 90-minutes of outstanding presentations.

 

SLA staff needing an agenda to get prior approval for travel should contact Terry

Smith at terry@merchants-nfb.org.  Draft agendas will be available no sooner than

60 days prior to the event.

 

So, mark your calendars and enjoy all that NABM has to offer with these exciting events in 2023.

 

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

 

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