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2008 Sales Symposium Tentative Agenda


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Updated 7/21/08
 

Sunday, August 10, 2008

5:00 pm -7:00 pm

Welcome Reception

Monday, August 11, 2008

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am - 8:30 am Symposium Introduction and Presentation by Mike Midlam
8:30 am - 9:00 am Tim Harding & Mike Botkin
9:00 am - 9:45 am Kevin C. McCarthy - "Keys to Positioning"
2007 Mentor of the Year, AMS Top 10 Producer
10:00 am - 10:45 am Pete Benson
"Growing Your Practice with Effective Leadership"
10:45 am - 11:45 am

Dan Slater, Allianz
"An Actuary’s View..."

11:45 am- 12:30 pm

David Macchia
"Retirement Income Distribution: Achieving Your Goals in the Greatest Sales Opportunity of Our Lifetime"

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Breakout Sessions 1-4

  • Long-term Care Expert, Steve Moses, President of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform
  • Diversify Your Practice with Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), Jim Geake and David Geake
  • Ask the PAB, with the AMS Producer Advisory Board Panel
  • Proven Concepts, Uncommon Results: Our New Safer-Money Workshop, Pete Benson and Jon Maxson
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

Breakout Sessions 5-9

  • Long-term Care Expert, Steve Moses, President of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform
  • Diversify Your Practice with Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), Jim Geake and David Geake
  • Ask the PAB, with the AMS Producer Advisory Board Panel
  • Proven Concepts, Uncommon Results: Our New Safer-Money Workshop, Pete Benson and Jon Maxson
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Breakout Sessions 10-14

  • Long-term Care Expert, Steve Moses, President of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform
  • Diversify Your Practice with Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), Jim Geake and David Geake
  • Ask the PAB, with the AMS Producer Advisory Board Panel
  • Proven Concepts, Uncommon Results: Our New Safer-Money Workshop, Pete Benson and Jon Maxson

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am - 8:15 am

Introduction
Joe Anzalone & Dee Costa

8:15 am - 8:45 am Bob Ritter, InsMark
"From Top Producer to Software Developer - Why and How"
8:45 - 9:45 am

Ron Grensteiner - "Turn $100,000 into over $512,000 in 20 years - Guaranteed"
Senior Vice President and National Marketing Director, American Equity

10:00 am -11:00 am

Gary Imel - "Choosing the Right Partners for Your Practice"
2008 Producer Advisory Board Member, Top AMS Producer

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Brad Newcomb
RVP, Western Region, ING
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Breakout Sessions 16-19

  • Controlling the Enemies of Retirement, Mike Botkin and David Runge
  • Distribution Planning for Retirement, Tim Harding
  • Enhancing Your Production with InsMark Systems, Bob Ritter and Jeff Stemler
  • Capture Everything! Using Alternative Products, Jason Vanclef and Mark Trewitt
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

Breakout Sessions 20-23

  • Controlling the Enemies of Retirement, Mike Botkin and David Runge
  • Distribution Planning for Retirement, Tim Harding
  • Enhancing Your Production with InsMark Systems, Bob Ritter and Jeff Stemler
  • Capture Everything! Using Alternative Products, Jason Vanclef and Mark Trewitt
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Breakout Sessions 24-17

  • Controlling the Enemies of Retirement, Mike Botkin and David Runge
  • Distribution Planning for Retirement, Tim Harding
  • Enhancing Your Production with InsMark Systems, Bob Ritter and Jeff Stemler
  • Capture Everything! Using Alternative Products, Jason Vanclef and Mark Trewitt
7:00 pm 10:30 pm Networking Night
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Advanced Training brought to you by the AMS Metcalfe Academy (Sessions 1-5)

  • Staff Breakout: Keys to Objection Handling, Joe Anzalone
  • Building Profitability and ROI with Marketing, Louise Erdman
  • Product Breakout, Josh Ver Hoeve and Mike Botkin
  • Present to Win: Mastering the Skill of Speaking, Robertta Boldon
  • Servicing Your Clients and Increasing Your Income...A New Strategy, Mike Midlam and Bob Fagan
9:15 am - 10:15 am

Advanced Training brought to you by the AMS Metcalfe Academy (Sessions 6-10)

  • Staff Breakout: Best Practices from the Best Practices!Kate Grafton
  • Building Profitability and ROI with Marketing, Louise Erdman
  • Product Breakout, Josh Ver Hoeve and Mike Botkin
  • Present to Win: Mastering the Skill of Speaking, Robertta Boldon
  • Servicing Your Clients and Increasing Your Income...A New Strategy, Mike Midlam and Bob Fagan
10:30 am - 11:30 pm

Advanced Training brought to you by the AMS Metcalfe Academy (Sessions 11-14)

  • Building Profitability and ROI with Marketing, Louise Erdman
  • Product Breakout, Josh Ver Hoeve and Mike Botkin
  • Present to Win: Mastering the Skill of Speaking, Robertta Boldon
  • Servicing Your Clients and Increasing Your Income...A New Strategy, Mike Midlam and Bob Fagan
11:30 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm General Session
Introduction by Mike Midlam
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Scott Heinila, Old Mutual Financial Network
"A Look at Old Mutual Indexed Annuities and Where Index Annuities Fit Today"

2:30 - 3:30 pm Sam Foreman - "Selling the Difference"
AMS' #1 Producer
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Jamie Clarke - "Above All Else"
Filmmaker, Author
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Full Throttle Awards