by Gail | Jan 28, 2016 | Great Lakes Floral Expo, Professional Florist
BUSINESS SESSION: Building Corporate Sales “Corporate sales?!? Where do I start? Do I have time for this?” Maybe you have said something like that out loud, or it was just a passing thought, but corporate sales are an essential part to your everyday business. Click...
by Gail | Jan 26, 2016 | Great Lakes Floral Expo, Professional Florist
HANDS-ON SESSION: Unique Plant Ideas! Join us Saturday morning as a couple new twists to an old standby are presented. Students will create two plant garden ideas to take home. The first will feature everyday plant varieties and the second will consist of popular...
by Gail | Jan 21, 2016 | Great Lakes Floral Expo, Professional Florist
BUSINESS SESSION: Working Around Changes in the Floral and Funeral Industries Changes in the funeral industry like the increased popularity of cremation, “in lieu of flowers” messaging and free websites from floral order gatherers have made sympathy work harder to...
by Gail | Jan 19, 2016 | Great Lakes Floral Expo, Professional Florist
BUSINESS SESSION: Building/Maintaining/Monitoring Relationships With Funeral Directors In this interactive session, Clay Atchison will show you how to get through the door and connect with funeral home directors. Click here for link to download Great Lakes Floral Expo...
by Gail | Jan 14, 2016 | Great Lakes Floral Expo, Professional Florist
Flower Chopped –The MFA Pro-Am Tournament! Live and in full color…the Michigan Floral Association’s version of the Food Network’s popular “Chopped” program. MFA, together with floral industry suppliers, will bring you the thrills and chills of ‘floral” reality...
by Gail | Jan 12, 2016 | Great Lakes Floral Expo, Professional Florist
All- Day Hands On Session: #Events With Jacob Do your event floral designs wow your customers, or are they just ho-hum? Are you interested in learning how to create and execute a stunning special event or party that will be talked about for months to come? Spend the...
by Gail | Jan 7, 2016 | Great Lakes Floral Expo, Professional Florist
The Michigan Floral Association’s Design Contest
is one of the most prestigious contests in the nation. Your skills can earn certificates, cash prizes
and recognition in The Professional Florist magazine. The contest is a perfect opportunity to show off designs and...
by Gail | Jan 5, 2016 | Great Lakes Floral Expo, Professional Florist
“Together We Bloom”, the 2016 Great Lakes Floral Expo, will be held in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel/Devos Place, March 4-6. The event is sponsored by the Michigan Floral Association. Registration Online Today! This...
by Gail | Dec 7, 2015 | Holiday Decorations
MFA member designers donated two days of their time and talent to help decorate the Governors Residence for the Holiday season. On Thursday December 3rd, the Governor and First Lady hosted a meet and greet for the volunteers and personally thanked them for all the...
by Bil Bitz | May 13, 2015 | Funeral Flowers
“In Lieu Of” Handout: This is an excellent handout about the importance of Flowers at funerals that everyone should download and print, or save this PDF and email to your local funeral directors. Help spread the word, FLOWERS are important and “IN...
