If you’re a healthcare salesperson, or you lead a sales team, plan now to attend HIDA’s Sales & Marketing Summit, November 6-7, 2024*. Hone your knowledge and skills for success in healthcare sales & marketing’s quickly-evolving world.


Advance Your Sales Skills & Strategy

Communicate & Engage More Effectively With Customers

Prepare Yourself (And, For Leaders, Your Team) For Tomorrow’s Customer Challenges

Who Attends

Join healthcare sales and marketing professionals such as:
  • Sales reps
  • Sales managers
  • National accounts executives
  • Customer service professionals
  • Marketing leaders
From companies including:
  • Healthcare Distributors
  • Manufacturers
  • GPOs
  • Software & Technology Providers

*Interested, but have a conflict? Registration includes full access to the session recordings through December 31, 2024.

AMS-accredited salespeople: Earn all your required continuing education points for the year by attending this conference!

For year-round healthcare sales training opportunities, visit HIDA’s Accredited in Medical Sales website.
 

Agenda

All sessions are listed in Eastern Time. Time and topics subject to change.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
1:00 – 1:30pm ET

How To Get More Meetings By NOT Sounding Like A Salesperson

Tired of being seen as just another salesperson? Learn how to transform your pitch into a compelling value proposition. Sales expert Tom Stanfill will share proven strategies to book more meetings, leave impactful voicemails, and close calls without sounding salesy. Discover the secrets to driving customer action and building lasting relationships.

Tom Stanfill

Tom Stanfill
Partner/Co-Founder
ASLAN Training

1:45 – 2:15pm ET

AI Tools For The Healthcare Sales Team

Learn to leverage AI for deeper healthcare customer insights, craft compelling content, and tailor persuasive pitches. This session will explore practical applications of AI tools like ChatGPT, demonstrating how to enhance your sales strategy and increase customer centricity. Walk away with actionable tips and a live ChatGPT demo.

Tom Schwieterman

Tom Schwieterman, MD
Chief Medical Officer & Vice President of Clinical Affairs
Midmark Corporation

2:30 – 3:00pm ET

Five Tips For Selling To The Health System C-Suite

Discover the top challenges and priorities facing health system C-suite executives in 2024. You’ll gain actionable insights on how to position your products or services to deliver exceptional value, build strong partnerships, and align with health systems goals. Walk away with five proven strategies to elevate your sales approach and drive growth.

Ingrid Lund

Ingrid Lund, PhD
Independent Healthcare Strategy Consultant & Former Executive Director
The Health Management Academy

3:15 – 4:00pm ET

ShareGroup Breakouts
Join live, peer-to-peer discussions on healthcare sales and marketing’s biggest topics. This is a great opportunity to learn from your colleagues in healthcare distribution and manufacturing. A guest expert and HIDA staff leads each group, posing questions to spur conversation and dialogue. Attendees are requested to be on camera and actively participate in the conversation.

4:15 – 4:45pm ET

Fireside Chat: Lessons From The Industry’s Best

Join us for a cross-generational panel discussion featuring experienced healthcare sales experts who will share insights on building trust and credibility, and how they became a trusted advisor for their healthcare customers. They’ll talk about everything from the best ways to open a call and best way to overcome objections.

Thursday, November 7, 2024
1:00 – 1:30pm ET

Your Buyers Are Changing – How Can You Keep Up?

Several key trends in buyer behavior have been slowly disrupting the market for distributors over the last few years. These changes present a real opportunity to redefine how health industry distribution leaders think about their buyers and how to service them effectively. In this session, John Nantz will introduce attendees to five key trends in buyer behavior and how your organization can respond effectively and make the most of these trends.

John Nantz

John A. Nantz
Partner
Redwood Advisors

1:45 – 2:15pm ET

How To Work With A GPO Rep To Grow Business
Panel Discussion

A GPO partner can be an invaluable resource to help you get in the door with your customers and land more business. Join this informative session on how to effectively collaborate with your GPO counterpart to identify growth opportunities, navigate provider-GPO relationships, maximize contract value, and increase wallet share.

2:30 – 3:15pm ET

ShareGroup Breakouts

3:30 – 4:00pm ET

Tips For High-Impact Joint Customer Calls

Join us for an insightful discussion on how to collaborate with your manufacturer and distributor counterparts in order to close the sale. Our expert panelists will share their proven strategies for effective preparation and planning for productive joint calls and post-call action steps.

4:15 – 4:45pm ET

Growing Your Sales Through Effective Questioning

Discover the power of effective questioning to drive sales success. Learn how to ask the right questions to uncover customer needs, build rapport, and position your solutions as the ideal choice. Learn effective strategies on how to research and plan for the right questions and how to adjust accordingly during a customer conversation.


Register Now!

The Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) is committed to a respectful and safe experience for all participants, regardless of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. HIDA does not tolerate discrimination, intolerance, harassment, or aggression at any HIDA event, either in person or via electronic communications. Any discriminatory, harassing, inappropriate, or aggressive behavior should be reported to an employee of HIDA or to the event staff immediately. Anyone engaged in inappropriate behavior is subject to removal from the event at HIDA’s discretion.

Distributor Contact:

Sarah Stensrud

Sarah Stensrud
Director, Membership
703-838-6104
stensrud@hida.org

Manufacturer & AMS License Contact:

Callie Barthel

Callie Barthel
Director, Associates Program
703-838-6116
barthel@hida.org

Education & Sales Training Contact:

Rosemarie Bundoc

Rosemarie Bundoc
Senior Manager, Virtual & Continuing Education
703-838-6112
bundoc@hida.org

“I learned so much from the Sales and Marketing Summit. The speakers’ experience and knowledge in their respective fields really came through in their presentations and kept me engaged throughout the program. Thank you to the HIDA team for hosting this conference!”

Nasha Khan, AMS, Strategic Marketing Specialist, Henry Schein Inc.