Deadline for NASMM 2019 FREE!!! Conference Registration Ends This Friday — August 31st!
Set against the majestic shores of the Pacific Ocean, San Diego is home to NASMM 2019 - March 7-10 at the San Diego Hilton Resort & Spa on the Mission Bay Beach! From our Master Classes (featuring Teepa Snow,) our Learning Labs and powerhouse Speed Networking sessions to our jammed pack Expo and bonfires on the beach, NASMM 2019 is not to be missed. And, to sweeten the deal, you can now save on your registration fees!

Value rates for NASMM 2019 are in effect until Monday September 17th! Save $100 off your registration fees when you register by Monday, September 17!

MORE! MORE! MORE! For those who register before Friday, August 31st, you'll be registered to win a FREE conference registration! Everyone who registers by September 17 will also be registered for a FREE three (3) night hotel stay at the San Diego Hilton Resort & Spa.

The conference schedule is final, and the full list of Learning Labs will be ready in mid-September, so you'll have to trust us that this year's line up is better than ever! We don't disappoint! Click here to register!

2019 Pre-Conference Sessions Announced
NASMM is excited to announce dynamic, hands-on, preconference intensives for our upcoming 2019 Conference. Pre-conference intensives will be held on Thursday, March 7 from 9:00 am — 4:00 pm. Lunch is included in the cost for the pre-conference. Fees for all day pre-conference sessions start at $299 per person. Learn more by clicking here.

Pre-Conference 1: Game Change: 5 Key Strategies to Grow Your SMM Business
No single strategy creates growth. Successful companies of all sizes are the result of planning, training, systems, infrastructure and leadership. This 5-part, full-day intensive explores these critical five ingredients that will take your company to the next level. Led by two of the most progressive leaders in the Senior Move Management profession, you will gain insights and strategies you can immediately implement to grow your company!

Faculty: Margit Novack, Moving Solutions, Havertown, PA; and Marty Stevens-Heebner, Clear Home Solutions, Sherman Oaks, CA Learn More.

Pre-Conference 2: Mastering Your Space Planning Skills from Scale to 3D
Every successful senior move begins with a great floor plan. As a communications tool it puts all parties on the same 'page'. So, needless to say, space planning is a critical skill for all Senior Move Managers. Understanding best-practices in design concepts is essential to effective space planning and good design. In this hands-on, highly interactive session you will learn the skills and necessary resources to take a room from start to finish and create the perfect living environment...with efficiency!

Faculty: Donna Barlett, ViewIT Technologies, Burlington, ON Learn More.

Barry Izsak~Peg Guild Scholarship Applications
The Barry Izsak ~ Peg Guild Professional Development Scholarship was established in 2013 to help NASMM members who might otherwise not be able to attend the NASMM Annual Conference for financial or other extenuating circumstances. Each year, the NASMM Board will select two (2) scholarship recipients who will receive a complimentary conference registration for the following year.

Applications are due by Friday, September 14. Click here to learn more and apply.

Actually, I Do Want My Parents' Stuff
They come in all sizes and shapes. Functional things. Decorative things. Whimsical things. Beautiful things. Sentimental things. In the end, though, they are, just things — stuff that our parents leave behind for us to keep, sell or dispose of. I know it's gone out of fashion to hold onto our parents' things. God knows, our millennial kids don't want ours.
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Proof the Most Successful Entrepreneurs Are Older Ones
Here's refreshing news for boomers and Gen Xers, especially women considering starting businesses after 50 (who I've been writing about this year): When it comes to launching a successful business, youth is not the magic elixir. "Successful entrepreneurs are middle-aged, not young," according to Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship, a paper by Pierre Azoulay and J. Daniel Kim of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, Benjamin Jones of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and Javier Miranda of the Census Bureau's Center for Administrative Records Research.
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Sudden Impact
The importance of marketing to prospective residents is paramount in senior living, and nothing creates that "wow factor" like furnishings. In fact, the interior décor visitors see as they walk in the front door is what conveys that all-important first impression of a community.
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Please also check out NASMM's Facebook page for several recent articles highlighting NASMM members in their local press!