Select from the options below, or to register by phone, please call 1-888-530-6714. Workshop registration fee for all locations is $195 per attendee.

John “The Rock” Davis has had ten years of fabrication experience, and owned and operated “Rock Counter-Tops Inc.” Rock will be repeating his successful “Hands-On” seminar, teaching: countertop production tips and techniques.

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If you are looking for quality education for your sales associates and shop employees, this seminar is your best starting point. This seminar covers every facet of stone sales, fabrication, installation, and effectively managing a stone business. Existing and start-up companies will want to make this seminar part of their continuing education program.

Day 1 is a sales and showroom overview where you will receive the knowledge and skills needed in the showroom to boost your natural stone sales to residential customers. Anyone who interacts with the customer should attend this seminar. A networking reception caps off the first day.

Day 2 is a fabrication and installation overview designed to enhance your skills and perspective needed to produce superior products while exceeding customer expectations. This seminar addresses key fabrication and installation issues that must be addressed in the sales documents (ranging from proposal documents to installation checklists) used in a successful stone company.

The Stone Fabrication Workshop is an intensive, 1-day seminar that delivers cutting-edge information and practical tips from respected industry experts.

The Marble Institute of America will hold the first of three advanced residential countertop sales and production seminars in Knoxville, TN, March 2-3, 2006, an event that has been described as the best combination in the marketplace today of classroom instruction on countertops coupled with hands-on equipment demonstrations.

The first advanced seminar will be hosted by VIC International, headquartered in Knoxville. Other advanced sessions are slated for Portland, Oregon on July 13-14, 2006 and to Boston on August 17-18.

We're pleased to host the site of the first advanced countertop seminar and support the MIA s regional education program, said J. Vic Green, President of VIC International. This seminar is for companies thinking about growth in the future and it will help identify markets, sales targets, equipment and procedures that must be in place.

Principal instructor will be G.K. Naquin, a 33-year industry veteran who was named Fabricator of the Year by Stone World Magazine in 2005. Naquin and his partners operate Stone Interiors LLC, with facilities in Loxley, Alabama and Columbia, South Carolina. Naquin is considered one of the industry s leading countertop experts.

The first day of the seminar will focus on classroom discussions on sales and marketing and taking fabrication and installation businesses to the next level. Day two will offer leading edge equipment demonstrations in a production setting, designed to help increase production and productivity.

Attendees can take part in one or both days of the seminar and fee structures have been designed to accommodate either one or two-day attendance. The MIA member rate is $329 for both days, with substantial discounts for multiple company attendees. Non-members can register for $379 for both days. Early registration discounts are also available.

The Stone Fabrication Workshop is an intensive 1-day seminar that delivers cutting-edge information and practical tips from respected industry experts, Kevin Padden, Keith Graves and Fred Hueston.

Attendees will learn how to run their shop more efficiently to increase output and profits. Spring sessions drew over 200 attendees—don't be left out!

Experience countertop restoration first hand with instructors, Josveek Huligar of Huligar Stone Restoration and Michael Meyer of Stonehenge. Your three-day course will be packed with skills training that can only be learned through a hands-on experience. One on one tutoring based on your individual skill level. Each student has the opportunity to perform repairs and polish various types of stones. No seats. No stories. No sales pitch or geology lessons.

Learn how to make repairs and seams look and feel like a natural product, remove scratches, factory blending, chip repairs, color blending and matching, seam repairs, honing, and the widely coveted knowledge of top polishing.

Successful participants receive not only the knowledge, but also a complete set of tools necessary to perform typical surface repairs.