COMING SEPTEMBER 2008
SALES BUZZ
DIRECT SELLING EXPO - CHICAGO
EVENT SUMMARY:
Business Promotion Workshop
Sales Building Workshop
Recruiting Workshop
Creative Selling Workshop
Marketplace
Networking Reception
2009 EVENT CALENDAR
JAN - Pre-Sale Event
FEB - Official Book Release Party!
MAR - Book Signing, Oak Park, IL
APR - Sales Buzz Workshop, Chicago, IL
JUN - Book Club Event, Houston, TX
SEP - Sales Buzz Direct Selling Expo
About The Author
Regina Dillard has spent the past 12 years successfully working in direct selling organizations. Dillard honed her creative selling and marketing skills while working as a Catering Sales & Local Store Marketing Manager for the Midwest-based convenience retailer, White Hen Pantry, Inc. She credits her knowledge and success of direct selling to her business mentor, Lou Smith, a Mary Kay Independent Sales Director and Josh Gotlin, founder of Inspired Chef - America’s Cooking School. Dillard attended Robert Morris College in Chicago, Illinois and received sales and leadership training at the nationally acclaimed Dale Carnegie Training Center (Illinois). In addition to her sales training, she also received culinary training at the The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago and is a Certified Meeting Planner. In 1998, she launched her catering company, Signature Catering & Events with a client roster that included The Field Museum, The Harold Washington Library, Office of The Honorable Danny K. Davis, Draper & Kramer, 100 Black Men of Chicago, the National Black McDonald's Operations Association and Chicago Public Schools, to name a few. Dillard is actively involved with the National Alliance on Mental Illness as a volunteer working to support families affected by mental illness. Her professional affiliations include Meeting Planners International, Direct Selling Women's Alliance and Women In Foodservice Forum. Dillard currently resides in Oak Park, Illinois and is the proud mother of two children.
BUZZ NEWS!
SALES BUZZ BOOK RECEIVES ENDORSEMENT FROM DIRECT SELLING WOMEN'S ALLIANCE!
“I loved the ideas, experience, and resources Regina shared throughout Sales Buzz. Through her experience and passion for the direct selling profession she offers a special message that I encourage you to take note of.” With Joy and Gratitude, Grace Keohohou – President of the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance (Kailua, HI) (www.DSWA.org)
