Sponsored by Flower Shop Network, Inc. and Baisch & Skinner, SAF 1-Day Profit Blast in Kansas City offers a low registration fee ($139 for SAF members by July 12 and $99 for each additional registrant from the same company), to entice shop owners to bring staff.
The city best known for barbecue, jazz, fountains, the Chiefs and the Royals is the next stop for the Society of American Florists’ 1-Day Profit Blast.
Sponsored by Flower Shop Network Inc. and Baisch & Skinner, SAF’s 1-Day Profit Blast in Kansas City, Missouri, is set for Sunday, July 21. The event features presentations on wedding designs, event pricing, customer service and digital strategies, plus a Supplier Showcase, networking with other florists and vendors, and an optional extra hands-on design workshop.
“We are so excited that florists will get to experience an action-packed day of educational seminars, hands-on design experience and networking opportunities that they can take back to their shops and implement to be more profitable in our ever-changing industry,” said Cindy Prichard, vice president of sales at Flower Shop Network.
Steve Frye of Baisch & Skinner agrees. “They are sure to leave Profit Blast inspired with a notebook full of ideas to take back to their shops on how to tackle challenges and create opportunities for new business.”
The SAF 1-Day Profit Blast in Kansas City lineup includes:
- Loann Burke, AAF, AIFD, CFD, PFCI, with Furst Florist and Greenhouses will demonstrate “Wedding Designs, Tricks and Tools You’ll Love,” sponsored by Smithers-Oasis
- Derrick Myers, CPA, CFP, PFCI, of Crockett, Myers & Associates, Inc. will deliver “Eventology: The Science of Profitable Events”
- Sam Bowles with FloralStrategies will present “Extraordinary Service in Your Shop Every Day,” sponsored by FloristWare
- Renato Cruz Sogueco, AAF, PFCI, will explain “Digital Strategies that Drive Everyday Business,” sponsored by Floriology powered by BloomNet
New to the SAF 1-Day Profit Blast schedule is an extra “Hands-On Workshop: Bouquets & Bouts” presented by Burke and sponsored by Smithers-Oasis. There is an additional fee to attend the hands-on workshop and space is limited to the first 24 registrants who sign up.
The SAF 1-Day Profit Blast registration includes continental breakfast and refreshments, with lunch sponsored by Hortica.
SAF’s 1-Day Profit Blast in Kansas City offers a low registration fee ($139 for SAF members by July 12 and $99 for each additional registrant from the same company), to entice shop owners to bring staff. The deadline for early-bird registration is July 12.
The cut-off date for guaranteeing the SAF room rate at the 1-Day Profit Blast hotel in Kansas City is June 27.
Get all the information and register today at safnow.org/1-day-profit-blast.
Anne Holub is a contributing writer for the Society of American Florists.
