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Tuesday, Jan. 20

• Partnering for Successful Aging-In-Place Remodeling: AARP, NAHB and AOTA
  8:00-9:30 a.m. 
  North 262/264
  Presenters: Carla A Chase EdD, ORT, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich.
  Michael O'Neil, AARP, Washington, D.C.

This program features a panel of three leading organizations discussing their response to the increasing desire and demand for accessible living to age in place. Representatives from AARP, NAHB and AOTA share their different perspectives on this growing market and the resources their groups bring to meet this need. The unique partnering arrangement between builders, remodelers and occupational therapists will be explored as it relates to exceptional outcomes for the aging-in-place client.

• Draw Your Way to an Estimate: Getting Started with CAD-assisted Estimating and BIM
  10:15-11:45 a.m. 
  North 252/254
  Presenter: Joe Stoddard, Mountain Consulting Group, LLC, Lawrenceville, Pa.

Whether it's that first presentation to a client, or highly detailed working drawings, CAD and 3D modeling is part of the modern builder's toolkit. But why stop with drawings? Why not leverage your CAD system to produce an error-free cost estimate and generate other building data at the same time?

• Making Finance Work
  1:15-2:45 p.m. 
  North 262/264
  Presenter: Kristin Mason, Carmel Financial, Carmel, Ind.

This session shows remodelers the benefits of offering multiple payment options including cash, credit card and financing. It then takes a deeper look into financing customers of every credit quality. It shares what traditional lenders are looking for in a consumer and how secondary financing can provide an effective avenue to give remodelers back the power of approval. Using examples, it will demonstrate the process of secondary lending and how best to profit from it.

Wednesday, Jan. 21

• A Builders and Remodelers Guide to Mastering QuickBooks
  8:00-9:30 a.m.
  North 255/257
  Presenter: Steve Maltzman, Redlands, Calif.

There are three users of financial information that all builders and remodelers need to satisfy: your banker and investor, Uncle Sam and the owner. QuickBooks can provide information that will benefit all three. In this program you will learn how to use the information provided from QuickBooks to manage your building or remodeling company.

• Schedule Is Spelled PROFIT
  10:15-11:45 a.m. 
  South 232
  Presenter: Mike Weiss, CGR, CAPS, GMB, WeissRCMI, Carmel, Ind.

The construction schedule is one of the most valuable tools in construction. See how to improve bottom lines, run jobs like a pro and spend less time worrying. A system that works and has for 20 years.

• Understanding EPA’s New Lead Paint Rule
  1:15-2:45 p.m. 
  North 115/116/117
  Presenters: Robert Hanbury, CGR, House of Hanbury, Newington, Conn.
  Michael Wilson, EPA, Washington, D.C.
  Matthew Watkins, NAHB, Washington, D.C.

Every remodeler who works in homes built before 1978 is affected by the EPA's Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Program Rule. Benefit from NAHB Remodelers' decades-long work on this issue with the EPA, Congress, and others. Learn how the rule affects you and how to prepare for implementation.

• The 10 Best Practices of the NAHB Remodeler of the Year
  3:30-5:30 p.m. 
  South 231
  Presenters: Patrick O’Toole, Qualified Remodeler Magazine, Arlington Heights, Wich.
  Jeff Hunt, CGR, CAPS, CGP, Heritage Construction, Houston, Texas

Great remodelers are great business people too. This program will highlight the 10 best practices that helped the NAHB Remodeler of the Year become a success in business. From estimating and pricing to design and construction, this program is a must for all diversified builders and remodelers.

Thursday, Jan. 22

• SHOW ME THE MONEY: Learn How to Read Financials!
  8:00-9:30 a.m. 
  North 255/257
  Presenter: Anthony Burruano, Burruano Group, Naples, Fla.

This presentation explains how to read your financial reports and how to identify what is critical and how to respond in order to maximize your profits and cash flow. You will learn how to use your financials as a sanity check against your "field reporting," "office feedback," "job cost reports," "project notes" and "sales and marketing" reports. You'll learn to use a balance sheet, income statement, working capital schedule and schedule of cost to complete.

• Remodeling Market
  8:00-9:30 a.m. 
  South 232
  Presenters: Gopal Ahluwalia, NAHB, Washington, D.C.
  William Apgar, Joint Center for Housing, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
  Kermit Baker, Joint Center for Housing, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
  Lonny Rutherford, CGR, CAPS, CGP, Legacy Construction, Farmington, N.M.

Where is the remodeling market headed in 2009? This session will examine the categories, cost and volume of residential remodeling activity over the next year.

• Green Remodeling: Meeting Your Market Where They Live
  8:00-9:30 a.m. 
  North 109/110
  Presenter: David Johnston, What’s Working, Berkeley, Calif.

This presentation will go room by room describing how to remodel them green. Each remodeling project presents different opportunities to add green features and improve the health and comfort of your customer's homes. It will be based on the book "Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time" by David Johnston. This is a surefire approach to getting out of the bidding game and having your customers wait for you to do their project.

• How to Determine a Fair Price, and Do It Quickly!
  10:15-11:45 a.m. 
  North 255/257
  Presenter: Mike Gorman, TechKnowledge, Lakeland, Fla.

Estimating can either create a bottleneck or streamline the process of getting new work. This presentation includes many aspects of estimating including how to determine a fair price for your work quickly and accurately.

• Your Business. Your Life. Taking the Struggle Out of this Balancing Act
  1:15-2:45 p.m. 
  North 255/257
  Presenter: Clay Nelson, Consulting Services Network, Santa Barbara, Calif.

What if you could have time to actually have a life and maintain your business, even in the most trying of circumstances? You can! Finding a balance between your business and personal life is one of the greatest challenges you face. Yet the answer to creating this balance is so simple. Learn how to integrate Taking Care of You (Balance), Commitment, Team and Leadership into all aspects of your life and business, and take the struggle out of the Work-Life Balancing Act.

• Cheap Tricks ‘09 Vegas-Style: Simple Technology Solutions to Big Business Problems!
  1:15- 2:45 p.m. 
  North 258/260
  Presenter: Joe Stoddard, Mountain Consulting Group, LLC, Lawrenceville, Pa.

Great technology for builders and contractors doesn't have to be an expensive gamble! This fast-paced session will show attendees the latest webware, software, hardware, internet services and handheld devices available today. We'll cover everything from free Office replacements to builder-specific utilities, to GenY hangouts, to complete online project collaboration systems. All new for Las Vegas in '09! Joe spends all year finding the best of the best to bring to IBS!

• Controlling Profits with QuickBooks: Tips, Techniques, & Opinions
  3:30-5:30 p.m. 
  North 255/257
  Presenter: Diane C.O. Gilson, CQBPA, Info Plus Accounting, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich.

This session will cover: In-house Accounting: Pros and Cons; Item List Secrets; Estimates and Change Orders as Cost Controls; Speed, Accuracy and Control with Purchase Orders; Time and Labor Burden; Promoting Profits with Variance Reports; Faster, Bigger Bank Draws; Cleaner Closings.

Friday, Jan. 23

• Business Planning for Profits
  8:00-9:30 a.m. 
  South 233
  Presenter: Vince Butler, CGR, CAPS, Butler Brothers Corp, Manassas, Va.

This program stresses the importance of developing and implementing a business plan to achieve financial goals. It demonstrates a simple and effective process for completing a basic business plan and introduces the financial concepts of budgeting, break-even analysis and performance ratios. Students are also introduced to long-range, strategic planning concepts.

• The Papertrail: Systems and Forms for a Successful Building Business
  10:15-11:45 A.M. 
  North 255/257
  Presenter: William Asdal, Asdal Builders LLC, Chester, N.J.

There are six competencies to be mastered to have a successful building business. These are Sales and Marketing, Construction Communication, Estimating, Production and Safety, Business Management and Financial Management. Each of these competencies will be built into a flowcharted system and explained. The forms that animate the system will be presented and discussed. An introduction regarding business planning, business cycle analysis, and the basics about systems thinking will be presented.

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