This week we review the recent Conecon Convention and Tradeshow with a list of the winners and grinners and some of the behind the scenes information.

If you are a member of NICRA and registered for the event, you can still view the recordings of the sessions up until the 10th of December 2020.

Just go to www.conecon2020.com and log in, and click  on Review Past Recordings

For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode, we talk Christine D'Amico of Over the Top Ice Cream. Christine is the Chairperson of the NICRA Ice Cream Clinic Committee which runs and oversees the ice cream and frozen dessert competitions at the Annual NICRA Trade Show and Convention.

With this year's convention being live-streamed, Christine covers the process of how to enter the competition, some of the ways that the judging will change, and how winning an award at the show can be great marketing fodder for your business.

Links to the information and registration pages are found at https://www.nicra.org/page/icecreamcomp

For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode, we talk to Sue Kloter, Chairperson of the Bryce Thomson Scholarship Committee about applying for the NICRA Scholarship Progam in 2020.

The Link and all information about the Scholarship can be found at www.nicra.org/scholarship

For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode, we feature the audio replay of our July 7 webinar with Thomas Yochim of the SBA. Tom's contact details as per his slide on the webinar is as follows:

Thomas Yochim, Deputy District Director

St. Louis District Office

U.S. Small Business Administration

314-539-6615

[email protected]

For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode, we spoke to Roger Trahin from Trahin Miller Insurance.

Trahin/Miller has been a great supporter of the association and an exhibitor at the show for many years. Roger discusses some very important insurance matters in this session and some of the areas you can save money.

Also, are you covered for all you need to be?? Regardless of who you use for insurance, this is very good advice.

Rogers website is https://www.trahinmiller.com/
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For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode, we chat with Garrett Clark of Rolling Monkey in Statesborough GA.

Garrett and his wife Meagan have been in the business for about 18 months and Garrett shares some insight into the process of recently opening a business, the pros and cons of Rolled Ice Cream, and a unique way of connecting with their customers through their YouTube Channel.

The links discussed in the episode are featured below:
https://succeedfeed.com/stephen-covey-4-quadrants-to-be-productive/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhU6MI5dZiQ
https://therollingmonkey.com/

If you would like to be on the NICRA Podcast, drop us a line at [email protected]

For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode we have Thomas Yochim from the St Louis Dist Office of the Small Business Administration. Tom shared some valuable insights into the SBA loan process 4 weeks ago and spent some time with us updating members on the current status of the PPP and EIDL programs and the Loan Forgiveness process.

Some of the links and documents he mentioned are below:

• https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/How-to-Calculate-Loan-Amounts.pdf
• https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/3245-0407-SBA-Form-3508-PPP-Forgiveness-Application.pdf
• https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/Interim-Final-Rule-Additional-Criterion-for-Seasonal-Employers.pdf

Toms contact details are as follows:
Thomas Yochim -
314-539-6615
[email protected]

For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

This episode, Steve Christensen, the Executive Director of the NICRA organization shares the top 5 things we should be focusing on as Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert retailers in a post-COVID-19 Market

If you would like to be on the NICRA podcast please feel free to reach out to the NICRA office at [email protected] or call 636 778 1822

For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

Webinar Replay of the Opening and Operating your Ice Cream Business Post COVID-19.

For more details, go to www.nicra.org

For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/

In this episode, we talk to Zelica Carr of the UK Ice Cream Alliance

Zelica is the CEO of the "NICRA" of the UK and discusses their challenges with COVID-19 and how the UK ice cream industry is faring.

Their website is http://www.ice-cream.org

If you would like to share some of your experiences during this challenging time in our industry and be on the podcast, please reach out - [email protected].

For information about the North American Ice Cream Assoc, and how you can open and grow your ice cream business with a community that will support you, go to https://icecreamassociation.org/