Apple iPAD Winner
Congratulations to Pamela Marquess of East Marietta Drug in Marietta, GA for winning an Apple IPAD! The award is part of an NCPA promotion for the 112th Annual NCPA Convention and Trade Exposition, Oct. 23-27 in Philadelphia. Register now to be eligible for our next contest coming soon!
Call for NCPA Convention Resolutions
In accordance with NCPA's bylaws, all resolutions presented to the Resolutions Committee for consideration by NCPA's House of Delegates must be submitted at least 30 days prior to the opening of the Annual Convention and Trade Exposition.
Resolutions should be typewritten or legibly handwritten. They must be signed by at least five active NCPA members or endorsed by an association entitled to delegates at the convention, which will be held Oct. 23-27 in Philadelphia.
Resolutions must be received by Sept. 23. Send them to Beverly Martin, NCPA, 100 Daingerfield Rd., Alexandria, VA 22314-2885.
Convention Programming
Attending the NCPA Annual Convention offers you the opportunity to Meet. Learn. Succeed. A successful business is measured in many ways, but most importantly by profitability. Add these and other great Convention education sessions to your itinerary today so you can learn how to improve the bottom line for your pharmacy!
Merchandising to Improve Image and Sales
Saturday, October 23
10 - 11:30 a.m.
This presentation could just change the face and image of your store with a fast pace 90 minutes that offers proven, straightforward methods that will help you improve your professional image, pricing image, increase sales and control inventory. See over 90 slides focusing on real life before and after pictures taken from stores just like yours. After attending this seminar you will be able to return to your store with layout recommendations, merchandising tips and pricing strategies. Net results, increase in planned, companion and impulse sales.
Speaker: Gabe Trahan, Director of Retail Services, Burlington Drug Company, Burlington, Vermont
Effective Marketing Strategies to Build Your Pharmacy Business
Saturday, October 23
1 - 2:30 p.m.
Consumers today are bombarded with messages constantly whether by radio, television, print ads, mail, bill boards, website ads, etc. and in this environment a lot gets lost. This staggering list of points of patient contact shows though that there are plenty of opportunities for a well thought out message delivered in the right medium for your target market to "stick." This program will give you take home, useable advice to make sure your message is finding the right target and not getting lost in the noise.
Speaker: Liz Tiefenthaler, President, Pharm Fresh Media, Westport, Wisconsin
Profit Mastery: Using a Unique Financial Roadmap and Scorecard to Achieve Guaranteed Financial Performance Improvement
Monday, October 25
2:30 - 4 p.m.
Those financial statements—the P & L and the Balance Sheet—are NOT JUST NUMBERS. They are strategic financial intelligence. And they are not just there to help the CPA "make the profits diasappear" at tax time. They tell the storey of the business—past, present ... and future. This session will utilize a case-study approach to guide you through a Profit Mastery Assessment. You'll find, focus, and fix financial issues to improve profits and cash flow.
Speaker: Steve LeFever, Chairman, Business Resource Services, Inc.
Profit Mastery: Break-Even 360°—The Absolute Best Tool to Measure and Manage
Profitability
Monday, October 25
4 - 5:30 p.m.
As profits continue to be squeezed in the pharemacy industry and new services/channels emerge from the evolving healthcare legislation, pharmacists are increaslingly required to be better "business strategists." Break-Even is THE indispensable tool to integrate a strategic approach to using financial intelligence to profitably navigate today's uncertain profit waters. Break-Even is the tool that lets pharmacy owners and managers gauge the results of changes in costs, volumes, or pricing. Using a strategic Break-Even Analysis, participants will gain a method to analyze the present to help drive future profits higher. By using the tools of cost and break-even analysis, participants will be able to make crucial decisions about the profitability of individual locations and product lines, as well as evaluate specific criteria for opening and closing locations (or departments).
Speaker: Steve LeFever, Chairman, Business Resource Services, Inc.
How Low Can You Go: Tackling Your Costs?
Tuesday, October 26
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Think outside the box to lower your costs and improve your bottom line. This program takes a practitioner's eye view on store purchases and asks, "How low can you go? Is this necessary? Can I get it cheaper? How do I empower trusted staff members to research and make purchase decisions?" Take-home tips from this program which will give you ideas for finding deals on common purchases such as printer paper, toner cartridges, vials, and labels. Suggestions are given for re-evaluating prices on these items periodically.
Speaker: Matt Mallinson, RPh, Matt's Medicine Shoppe
Pre-Convention Programming
Be the first to Meet. Learn. Succeed. by choosing to attend one of these pre-convention programs!
Community Aging, Assisted Living, and Long-Term Care Program (CAALLTC)
Thursday and Friday, October 21-22
Additional registration fee required.
Click here for more information and to register.
Diabetes Accreditation Standards-Practical Applications (DASPA)
Thursday and Friday, October 21-22
Additional registration fee required.
Click here for more information and to register.
The Business of Profitable Compounding Services
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Additional registration fee required.
Click here for more information and to register.
Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery—Registration Now Open!
Saturday October 23, 2010
Additional registration fee required.
Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery is an innovative and interactive certificate training program that teaches pharmacists the skills necessary to become a primary source for vaccine information and administration. The program includes the basics of immunology and focuses on practice implementation and legal/regulatory issues.
Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery was developed by the American Pharmacists Association and is delivered in partnership with the National Community Pharmacists Association and supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co. Click here for more information and to register.
Visit www.ncpanet.org/calendarncpa/2010convention.php for more programming details and updates!
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