The Handcrafted Soapmakers 2013 Conference will be in session from May 17 - 19.
Optional Half-Day Seminars will be held during the day on May 16, and early registration and certification
testing will be open that evening.
Please note the schedule is subject to change.
| Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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| 10:00am - 3:00pm |
Special Half-Day Seminars (lunch included):
Wholesaling and How to Determine Your Pricing (Marla Bosworth)
Good Manufacturing Practices: How to Get Your GMP in Place (Marie Gale)
Liquid Soap Making Solutions: An Intensive, Hands-On Liquid Soapmaking Workshop (Jackie Thompson)
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| 4:00 - 7:00 pm |
Registration
Vendors Open |
| 6:00 - 7:00 pm |
Certification Testing (members only) |
| Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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| 7:15 - 8:15am | Registration & Breakfast
Vendors Open |
| 8:15 - 8:45am | Welcome and Orientation |
| 8:45 - 10:30am |
Keynote Speaker - Ann Evanston
The Influence Factor in Sales and Marketing: Discovering Your REAL Edge in Your Business |
| 10:30 - 11:00am | Break - Raffle Drawings - Vendors Open |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
UPC Codes
(Debbie May) |
| 12:30 - 2:00pm | Networking Lunch |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm |
Search Engine Optimization: Tips and Tricks to Get Your Website Found
(Marie Gale) |
| Production Solutions For Your Handcrafted Business: Build It or Buy It?
(Dean Mayes) |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm | Break - Raffle Drawings - Vendors Open |
| 3:30 - 4:30pm |
Natural Shampoo Market: Trends, Opportunities and Formulating
(Marla Bosworth) |
| Hassle-Free Milk Soapmaking
(Joanna Schmidt) |
| Advanced Swirling - The Peacock Swirl
(Amanda Griffin) |
| 4:30 - 4:45pm | Break |
| 4:45 - 5:45pm |
Natural Shampoo Market: Trends, Opportunities and Formulating
(Marla Bosworth) |
| Hassle-Free Milk Soapmaking
(Joanna Schmidt) |
| Advanced Swirling - The Peacock Swirl
(Amanda Griffin) |
| 7:00 - ??? |
"Quest for the Best" Game Show Night hosted by Wholesale Supplies Plus |
| Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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| 7:00 - 8:00am | Certification Testing |
| 7:30 - 8:30am | Breakfast & Morning Announcements
Vendors Open |
| 8:30 - 10:00am |
Superfat or Discount? Identical or Different?
(Kevin Dunn) |
| 10:00 - 10:30am | Break - Raffle Drawings - Vendors Open |
| 10:30 - 12:00 noon |
The Soap Opera; 150 Years of Making Soap
(Jamie Bentley) |
| Natural Fragrances vs. Synthetic Fragrances
(Rob Brown) |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm | Lunch for Non-Members |
| 12:00 - 2:30pm | Lunch & Annual Membership Meeting (members only) |
| 2:30 - 3:30pm | Break - Raffle Drawings - Vendors Open |
| 3:30 - 4:30pm |
Soap Cupcakes and More: Decorative Piping with Cold Process Soap
(Ruth Esteves) |
| Make Your Own Single Cavity Silicone Molds
(Amanda Griffin) |
| Advanced Colorants
(Kathryn Hackney) |
| 4:30 - 4:45pm | Break |
| 4:45 - 5:45pm |
Soap Cupcakes and More: Decorative Piping with Cold Process Soap
(Ruth Esteves) |
| Make Your Own Single Cavity Silicone Molds
(Amanda Griffin) |
| Advanced Colorants
(Kathryn Hackney) |
| 7:00 - ??? |
Funtastic "English Village Fête" hosted by Essential Depot |
| Sunday, May 19, 2013 |
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| 7:00 - 8:00am | Breakfast & Morning Announcements |
| 8:00 - 9:30am |
Organic Certification: To What Standard and Why?
(Gay Timmons) |
| Trademark Strategies For Small Business
(Bryan Baer) |
| The Chemistry and Properties of Fatty Acids and Oils
(Kerri Mixon) |
| 9:30 - 10:00am | Break - Raffle Drawings - Vendors Open |
| 10:00 - 11:30am |
Organic Certification: To What Standard and Why?
(Gay Timmons) |
| Trademark Strategies For Small Business
(Bryan Baer) |
| The Chemistry and Properties of Fatty Acids and Oils
(Kerri Mixon) |
| 11:30 am - 1:00pm | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:00 - 2:30pm |
Retail Realities: What it Really Takes to Open a Store
(Jerell & Elissa Klaver) |
| Private Label: Making the Leap From Home Formulating to Outside Manufacturing
(Allison Kontur) |
| Design, Formulate, Organize Using the Soapmaker Program
(Michelle Rhoades) |
| 2:30 - 3:30pm | Break - Raffle Drawings - Finish with Vendors |
| 3:30 - 5:00pm |
Retail Realities: What it Really Takes to Open a Store
(Jerell & Elissa Klaver) |
| Private Label: Making the Leap From Home Formulating to Outside Manufacturing
(Allison Kontur) |
| Design, Formulate, Organize Using the Soapmaker Program
(Michelle Rhoades) |
| 5:00 - 6:00pm | Break |
| 6:00 - 6:30pm | Cocktail "Hour" |
| 6:30 - 8:30pm | Annual Awards Dinner |
