A few words about the NAW Executive Summit

I hope that you are planning to attend the 2009 NAW Executive Summit in January. I know that the economy is tough and many executives are cutting back on travel, but this is one meeting that I believe will pay for itself. I strongly recommend that you attend.

NAW’s meetings are unique because they bring together executives from all sectors of the wholesale distribution industry. Speaking from personal experience, I know that the various sectors have many more similarities than differences. So, it’s a great place to network and get ideas from peers at non-competing wholesaler-distributors. Check out the comments from recent attendees.

I’m also looking forward to hearing about the economic outlook from Alan Beaulieu of the Institute for Trend Research. Alan is a sophisticated economist with a down-to-earth manner. I’ll be curious to see how his forecast compares to my 2009 Economic Forecast webcast from November.

After last year’s meeting, I wrote about last year’s Executive Summit in Strategies for Surviving a Slowdown, which has turned out to be one of my most widely read and linked to posts on the Distribution Trends blog.

If you read this blog and run into me at the meeting, please let me know what you think about Distribution Trends. I’ll also welcome any ideas for 2009’s top post.

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No, the picture above does not depict Washington DC weather in January. It's actually the summit of Mt. Everest.