Discover STIMULATE's 2024 STIMULATE+Workshop Agenda Below! 

Over 30 Educational Sessions + 70 Plus Vendors to Explore! 

October 28, 2024 | Monday

9:30 | STIMULATE+Workshop Presented by NuSensuelle Opens

9:30 to 10:30 | Registration + Product Discovery 

10:30 to 11:00 | STIMULATE+Workshop Session #1 
Meet Your “Professors”, Workbook Distribution + What to Expect  

11:00 to 11:45 | STIMULATE+Workshop Session #2 
The Red Carpet Treatment: Lessons in Customer Service For Store Staff + Management Presented by Nicole Leinbach Hoffman, STIMULATE Founder + Author of Retail 101 from McGraw Hill + Professor of Retail Marketing at Columbia College 

11:45 to 12:15 | STIMULATE+Workshop #3 
The Retail Experience Tour: Explore Sexual Wellness Brands + Products Within a Store Concept to Better Support Your Own Store Environment Presented by Lynx Innovation + Design Well Spent

12:15 to 1:15 | Lunch, Mix + Mingle + Product Discovery 
Enjoy lunch from Maggianos as part of your confirmed registration while networking with industry peers. Attendees are encouraged to explore vendors + all workshop activations during this time, as well. 

1:15 to 2:15 | STIMULATE+Workshop #4
Visual Merchandising 101: What Every Store Needs to Know to Optimize Displays + Sales Presented by Georganne Bender, a Consumer Anthropologist and Award-Winning Retail Strategist 

2:15 to 3:00 | STIMULATE+Workshop #5
Products You Need to Know About: 10 Products Every Merchant Needs to Better Understand Presented by Various Brand Leaders 

3:00 to 3:30 | Social Break + Product Discovery 
Attendees should engage with brands, ask questions and explore products at their own pace during this time

3:30 to 4:00 | STIMULATE+Workshop #6
Enhancing Product Sell-Thru: A Retail Tutorial on How to Increase the Average Units Per Transaction Presented by Nicole Leinbach Hoffman + Georganne Bender with Various Brand Leaders 

4:00 to 4:30 | STIMULATE+Workshop #6
To Be Announced Soon! 

4:30 to 5:30 | Social Hour + Product Bingo 
Get to know each other, products + brand representatives with this fun, interactive social hour! Details of this social and product mixer to be shared onsite. 

October 29, 2024 | Tuesday

9:30 | STIMULATE+Workshop Presented by NuSensuelle Opens

9:30 to 10:30 | Product Discovery + Brand Connectivity

10:30 to 11:00 | STIMULATE+Workshop Session #7
Product Bundling: What Is It, Why It Matters + How to Apply It to Both Sales + Merchandising Presented by Georganne Bender

11:00 to 11:45 | STIMULATE+Workshop Session #8
The Retail Experience: Ways to Strengthen Your Existing Store Footprints with Enhanced Merchandising Strategies, Selective Fixture Updates + Floor Plan Changes Presented by Lynx Innovation + Design Well Spent

11:45 to 12:15 | STIMULATE+Workshop #9
The Path to Purchase: Understanding How Consumers Truly Shop + Why It Matters in Order to Keep Them Shopping With You Presented by Nicole Leinbach Hoffman, STIMULATE Founder + Author of Retail 101 from McGraw Hill + Professor of Retail Marketing at Columbia College 

12:15 to 1:15 | Lunch, Mix + Mingle + Product Discovery
Enjoy lunch from Maggianos as part of your confirmed registration while networking with industry peers. Attendees are encouraged to explore vendors + all workshop activations during this time, as well. 

1:15 to 2:15 | STIMULATE+Workshop #10
Retail Tech: The Good, The Bad + How It Can Truly Help Your Retail Business (No Matter the Size) Presented by Nicole Leinbach Hoffman, STIMULATE Founder + Author of Retail 101 from McGraw Hill + Professor of Retail Marketing at Columbia College 

2:15 to 3:00 | STIMULATE+Workshop #11
Understanding the Details of Various Sex Tech Products Presented by Various Brand Leaders 

3:30 to 4:00 | STIMULATE+Workshop #12
Closing Presentation To Be Announced Soon 

4:00 to 5:00 | Product Discovery + Closing Hour of Workshop

SPEAKERS to look forward to welcome + learn from include:

  • Susan Allen Augustin | Co-Founder, Here We Flo 
  • Komel Caruso | Co-Founder + Chief Operating Officer, HerMD
  • Jessica Drake | Marketing + Product Development, Wicked Sensual Care
  • Evan Goldstein | Proctologist, Founder of Future Method + Bespoke Surgical
  • Joshua Gonzalez | Urologist + Co-Founder, Popstar Labs
  • Jane Hanson | Forbes Contributor + Communications / Media Expert
  • Dan Jablons | Partner, Retail Smart Guys
  • Somi Javaid | Gynecologist + Co-Founder, HerMD
  • Nicole Leinbach | STIMULATE Founder, Professor + Author
  • Jenna Lloyd | Founder + Fractional CMO, Made for More Marketing
  • Claire McCormack | Senior Editor, Beauty Independent
  • Amy Pearlman | Urologist, Prime Institute
  • Bob Phibbs | Global Retail Expert + Author, The Retail Doctor
  • Sean Quinn | CEO, All Point Retail
  • Kim Rosas | Founder, Period Nirvana 
  • Brian Steixner | Urologist + Co-Founder, Popstar Labs
  • Michael A. Reed | Gynecologist, The Cosmetic Gyn
  • Tatum Zoeee, Podcast Host | Girl, Stop Talking
  • + More to Be Announced Soon!

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