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CEO Summit
March 1-3, 2006 ? The Ritz Carlton Lake Las Vegas
The Ritz Carlton Lake Las Vegas
Rooms at The Ritz Carlton are sold out.
Please contact DMIA at (800) 336-4641 if you plan to attend this meeting and have not yet reserved a room.

Mind Your Own Business
at this One of a Kind Member Event
If you are one of DMIA's larger members, join us for what has proven year after year to be a great program!

This year's program is packed with interactive sessions
designed to help you:

  • grow your business
  • take a quick pulse of your current business operations
  • be a better sales CEO
  • assess whether sales force re-engineering is right for you
  • keep abreast of the state of the industry

Issues that make it easier for you to
Mind Your Own Business.

About the Program

Sales Force Re-Engineering
Dave Rothfeld of Creative Sales + Management Inc.
Dave is a leading speaker on sales force re-engineering. He?ll explain the concept of starting with a blank sheet of paper and imagining that you are starting your business over and knowing what you know, write down what you would be doing different today. In this case we are focusing on the sales dept. How many? Doing what? Selling what? Calling on whom? Pricing? Service? Inside or outside reps? This is your chance to start all over again.

Reading Your Company's Dashboard
Steve Bell, aprisa enterprises, llc.
Carl Nenni, The Jenner Company

How are you reading your company?s performance measurements? Which barometers are most critical? How do you juggle all of it? At this session, the presidents of two innovative companies, a distributor and a manufacturer, will tell you how they do it successfully.

Future of the Industry with Dr. Joe Webb
Dr. Joe Webb is one of the printing industry?s leading sources of information, and publisher of PrintForecast Perspective. Dr. Joe Webb will share his insight on the state of the industry today and what is in store for us in 2006 and 2007. This session will be sure to enlighten.

How to be a Better Sales CEO
Joe Schwan, former top executive for Wallace Computer Services and Standard Register
Greg Gill, Performance Press, Inc.

Fellow DMIA member Joe Schwan and Greg Gill will share how they successfully mix selling with running their companies. They?ll tell you how they do it, how to maintain your focus and how you can do it too!

Growth Strategies
Steven S. Little, StevenSLittle.com
Steven will share different growth strategies that are proven winners. Learn how you can choose the strategy that?s right for you in today?s challenging marketplace.

Open Forum Roundtable Discussions
Small group discussions that will give you true insight into how other CEO?s are solving the problems in today?s business environment. Designed so that you can really get to the core of an issue and walk away with answers.

State of the Industry Panel
Tim Dust, F.P. Horak Co.
Doug Traxler, Webb Mason Inc.
Keith Walters, Ennis, Inc.
Larry Zavadil, American Solutions for Business

CEOs from some of DMIA?s largest member companies will give you insight into where their companies are focusing for the future. During this lively question and answer session you?ll hear where this group thinks the greatest opportunities are in today?s industry.

Plan to join your fellow members with sales volumes from $2.5 to $200 million at this year's program. All of whom are minding their own businesses?are YOU?


Program


Wednesday, March 1
11 a.m. Optional Golf
Reflection Bay Golf Club
Sponsored by
MAR Graphics and Ward/Kraft
MAR Graphics   Ward/Kraft
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Opening Reception
Sponsored by Ennis
Thursday, March 2
7:30 - 8 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by
Independent Business Group
8 - 10 a.m. Sales Force Re-Engineering
Dave Rothfeld, Creative Sales + Management Inc.
Dave is a leading speaker on sales force re-engineering. He?ll explain the concept of starting with a blank sheet of paper and imagining that you are starting your business over and knowing what you know, write down what you would be doing different today. In this case we are focusing on the sales dept. How many? Doing what? Selling what? Calling on whom? Pricing? Service? Inside or outside reps? This is your chance to start all over again.

Coffee Service
Sponsored by TopForm

10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Reading your Company's Dashboard
Steve Bell, aprisa enterprises, llc.
Carl Nenni, The Jenner Company

How are you reading your company?s performance measurements? Which barometers are most critical? How do you juggle all of it? At this session, the presidents of two innovative companies, a distributor and a manufacturer, will tell you how they do it successfully.

12 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch Session Future of the Industry with Dr. Joe Webb
Dr. Joe Webb is one of the printing industry?s leading sources of information, and publisher of PrintForecast Perspective. Dr. Joe Webb will share his insight on the state of the industry today and what is in store for us in 2006 and 2007. This session will be sure to enlighten.

1:30 - 3 p.m. Roundtable Discussion

Coffee Service
Sponsored by TopForm

3:30 - 5 p.m.

How to be a Better Sales CEO
Joe Schwan, former top executive for Wallace Computer Services and Standard Register
Greg Gill, Performance Press, Inc.

Fellow DMIA member Joe Schwan and Greg Gill will share how they successfully mix selling with running their companies. They?ll tell you how they do it, how to maintain your focus and how you can do it too!

5 - 6:30 p.m. Reception
Sponsored by
CE Printed Products
Friday, March 3
7:30 - 8 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by
Independent Business Group

8 - 10 a.m.

Growth Strategies
Steven S. Little, StevenSLittle.com
Steven will share different growth strategies that are proven winners. Learn how you can choose the strategy that?s right for you in today?s challenging marketplace.

10 - 10:30 a.m.
Coffee Service
Sponsored by TopForm

10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

State of the Industry Panel
Tim Dust, F.P. Horak Co.
Doug Traxler, Webb Mason Inc.
Keith Walters, Ennis, Inc.
Larry Zavadil, American Solutions for Business

CEOs from some of DMIA?s largest member companies will give you insight into where their companies are focusing for the future. During this lively question and answer session you?ll hear where this group thinks the greatest opportunities are in today?s industry.

Saturday, March 4
10 a.m. Optional Golf
The Falls Golf Club


Accommodations

Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas
1601 Lake Las Vegas Pkwy.
Henderson, NV 89011

The AAA Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas provides the ultimate "other Las Vegas" experience in a relaxed luxury resort setting 17 miles from the Las Vegas Strip.

Enjoy the luxurious spa and fitness center, ranked #7 in the US and featuring the exclusive La Culla multi-sensory spa experience. The resort also boasts 36 holes of championship golf designed by Nicklaus and Weiskopf, scenic outdoor recreation and water sports, stargazing and year-round family activities, and gourmet New American cuisine at Medici Caf? & Terrace, one of America's leading restaurants.

The Ritz Carlton is part of the exclusive MonteLago Village, reminiscent of an old-world Northern Italian lakeside village featuring a wide variety of restaurants, shopping and the 40,000 square foot, European-themed Casino MonteLago.

The Ritz-Carlton Spa
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas Spa Vita di Lago is a warm, relaxed Mobil retreat. Spa Vita di Lago provides the ultimate in caring, nurturing, unhurried and personalized service, enhanced by the finest in therapies, spa products, luxury spa resort facilities and unique recreational programs.

Golf
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas has 36 holes of golf available on two award-winning championship golf courses within Lake Las Vegas Resort.

? The Falls Golf Club at Lake Las Vegas is designed by Tom Weiskopf and offers an unparalleled luxury golf resort experience

? The Reflection Bay Golf Club at Lake Las Vegas, is an award winning Jack Nicklaus Signature Design Golf Course


Reservations

This Mediterranean-style lakeside resort is nestled in the midst of the Southern Nevada desert offers 349 luxurious rooms and suites. Each guestroom offers panoramic views of breathtaking high-desert mountains or the tranquil beauty of Lake Las Vegas, elegant Frette linens, oversized marble bathrooms, separate tub and shower and, in select rooms, romantic balconies. Hotel check-in time is 3 p.m., checkout time is 12 p.m.

Rooms are sold out. Please contact DMIA at (800) 336-4641 if you plan to attend this meeting and have not yet reserved a room.

DMIA Discounted Rate: $235 single/double
Reservation Cutoff Date: January 30
For Reservations, call the hotel directly at: 702-567-4700 or
800-241-3333
Be sure to ask for the DMIA room block to get this discounted rate.


Getting There

If arriving in Las Vegas by air and not renting a car, The Ritz Carlton suggests the Alan Waxler Group (702) 792-8000 for transportation from the airport to the resort.

If arriving in Las Vegas by air and renting a car,
click here for directions to the resort.


Optional Golf

Wednesday, March 1
Reflection Bay Golf Club
Tee time ? 11 a.m. ($175 greens fees and cart)
View a list of registered golfers.

Saturday, March 4
The Falls Golf Club
Tee time ? 10 a.m. ($185 greens fees and cart)
View a list of registered golfers.



Registration

Register Online Now

Registration Fee:
$495 per attendee

Optional Golf:
Wednesday, March 1 - Reflection Bay Golf Club $175
Saturday, March 4 - The Falls Golf Club $185



Registered Golfers

Wednesday, March 1 - Reflection Bay Golf Club
Ross Barker
Bill Bohning
Alan Bratton
Chuck Calman
Casey Campbell
Bob Coe
Ben Coffey
Peter Colaianni
Terry Culbertson
Paul Curry
Jim Dunn
Roy Flesh
Thomas Hardee
Barry Hoffman
Robert Ipsen
Glen James
Edward Larkin
Jim McDermott
Tim Mehl
Todd Mellon
Patrick Mudd
Robert O'Connell
John Osborne
Don Patteson
Bob Saunders
Tim Smith
Walter Smith
Gary Staponkus
Richard Stevens
Mark Trumper

Saturday, March 4 - The Falls Golf Club
Ross Barker
Alan Bratton
Chuck Calman
Bob Coe
Ben Coffey
Peter Colaianni
Gregg Gill
Thomas Hardee
Barry Hoffman
Robert Ibsen
Tom Johnson
John Osborne
Don Patteson
Walter Smith
Richard Stevens
Mark Trumper