Professional Development

Providing quality training for the building products industry has always been part of the mission of the Northwestern Lumber Association.  Dealers have repeatedly sent people to our courses because this NLA’s training has consistently prepared employees for advancement within their companies.

The new NLA Education schedule has now been set and here is a summary:

Dates

Days

Course

Location

Instructor

NLA Member Price (1 attendee)

Jan 25-26, 2012

W-Th

Project Estimating

Wausau, WI

Gary Thompson

$425

Mar 13-14, 2012

T-W

Project Estimating

Bismarck, ND

Gary Thompson

$425

Mar 20-21

T-W

Project Estimating

Roseville (Saint Paul), MN

Gary Thompson

$425

Click HERE to see the complete Education brochure, which contains content and logistical information for Project Estimating and a registration form. For questions contact Director of Education Suzanne Lechtman, (763) 595-4050 or (800) 469-8744, slechtman@nlassn.org.

Webinars
New webinars will be posted here as information becomes available.

Did you miss a webinar you wanted?  Archived webinars are a good value.  For $149, you get one week of access, 24/7, as many times as you like for as many people as you like.  You can have your employees view the webinar one at a time so they don’t have to be away from their job all at once, or you can hold a meetin, project the webinar on a screen or connect your computer to a video monitor, and make the webinar the basis for a discussion to follow.  Click HERE to see a list of available archived webinars.

To learn about webinars, read THIS ARTICLE.

Roundtables
Two Roundtable groups have just completed their Spring 2011 meetings.  As more meetings are planned, information will be posted here.

Future Lumber Leaders
Future Lumber Leaders is meeting in three states- Iowa; Nebraska and Minnesota. Click HERE for more information on upcoming meetings.

Scholarships
Click HERE for information on scholarships.