SFA Announces 2014 Workshop Lineup

LAS VEGAS – The Stone Fabricators Alliance (SFA) announced their 2014 schedule on Friday, starting with a big event here this month.

The MegaWorkshop – what the group calls the “show within a show” – is set for Jan. 29 at StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. The free four-hour session, beginning at 10:30 a.m., will feature “mini-sessions” on a variety of topics, including:

• Branding and Marketing with Joey Marcello of Mario & Sons in Liberty Lake, Wash.;
• Internet Marketing with Mark Lauzon of Advanced Fabrication Solutions in Seattle;
• Production Efficiency with Matt Lansing of Stone Innovations in Plover, Wis.;
• Planning for Business with Ron Hannah of Cadenza Granite & Marble of Concord, N.C.;
• Diversify and Profit with Dustin Broadway of Blue Water Surfaces in Wilmington, N.C.; and
• The Buying Experience with Dan Riccolo of Morris Granite in Morris, Ill.

Roundtable discussions will follow the presentations for reviewing topics and answering questions. The SFA will provide coffee and lunch.

The MegaWorkshop will be in the South Seas F conference room at the Mandalay Bay convention center. Pre-registration is recommended.

The SFA will also be back on the event floor from Jan. 28-30 at booth B1132.

The group will also make the show rounds at Coverings at the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 28-May 2, and at the second StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas at The International Surface Event East on Oct. 19-22 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Fla.

The SFA’s in-the-field workshops return in 2014 with four shop locations around the United States:

• March 6-7: Delta Stone LLC, Mobile, Ala. (Host: Tony Neylon)
• June 12-13: Graniteworks, Portage, Mich. (Host: Angel Rosario)
• July 10-12: Salem Stone and Amanza Marble & Granite, Kernersville, N.C.
• Aug. 7-8: Mario & Sons, Liberty Lake, Wash. (Host: Joey Marcella)

To register for any of this year’s SFA events, or for more information, go here.