MJSA Educational Seminars include design & business topics

27 Mar '08

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- "Safety Solutions DVD Premiere" by Chris Ploof of Chris Ploof Designs

MONDAY, APRIL 14
9:30 - 11 a.m.
- "75 Business Tips in 75 Minutes" Panel: Cindy Edelstein of the Jeweler's Resource Bureau; Chris Ploof of Chris Ploof Designs; Mark Shipman of Rio Grande; and Andrea Hill of Hill Management. Moderator: Rich Youmans of MJSA

- "Tips and Trips of Buying Pearls Part 2" by Sandy Jones of PearlWorks by Sandy Jones

- "Working with Systems: Overview of Current CAD/CAM Technologies" by Victor Joyner of HD Pattern Co.

2 - 3:30 p.m.
- "How to Gain More Customers and Generate Greater Profit Margins Through Differentiation" by Timothy Malone PhD of Gemological Institute of America

- "Profiting By Design" Panel: Marlene Richey, author, designer, and business expert; Cindy Edelstein of the Jeweler's Resource Bureau; Chris Ploof of Chris Ploof Designs; and an expert from Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co.

- "The Jeweler's Bench: Smart Set-ups" by Charles Lewton-Brain of Brain Press

TUESDAY, APRIL 15
9:30 a.m. - Noon
- "Pearl Knotting" by Nick Regine and Leigh Alsfeld of Swarovski

- "Loop-in-Loop Chain Making" by Ann Cahoon of Flying Marquis Studio

- "Designing with the Newest and Innovative Findings" by Wyatt White and Fernando DaSilva of Beadalon

12:30 - 3 p.m.
- "Gluing Crystal Stones" by Nick Regine and Leigh Alsfeld of Swarovski

-"Texturing and Hand Wrought Forming Using Hammers" by Bill Fretz of Fretz Tools

- "Knotting with a Beadalon Knotter" by Wyatt White and Fernando DaSilva of Beadalon

Seminars are $50 each for MJSA members; $75 each for non-members. "Technique Tuesday" workshops are $20 each for MJSA members; $25 each for non-members. There will be an additional $10 fee for each seminar and workshop registered onsite.

The 2008 educational program at MJSA Expo New York is sponsored by Southeastern Findings; tools and equipment are sponsored by Rio Grande.

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