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HARDI Members Achieve New Performance Levels with Steve Coscia, Customer Service Expert
Having good customer service means more sales and better customer retention. HARDI (Heating, Airconditioning, Distributors International) members are always looking for ways to improve customer service. So, what's the secret?...
HARDI Joins Call to President to Start Over on Healthcare Reform
Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) joined 247 other organizations as part of the StartOver! Coalition in urging President Obama to scrap the current healthcare reform proposals passed last year by the House and Senate ...
The Importance of Our Workforce
Hopefully, when this issue reaches your desk, winter is about over or will be very soon. It was quite a winter for much of the United States and Europe;...
Workforce Issues: A View from Wholesalers
The danger of producing any article or special issue is that, as an editor or writer, you presume to know what your audience is thinking. Because this special issue focuses on workforce matters, we wondered what was important to HARDI members....
Resources: The HARDI Option
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Wait, I know the first thought when you hear these words is spend money and resources in this economy to develop my staff? Good...
HARDI Announces Its Lineup of Spring Meetings, Sales Bootcamp and Congressional Fly-In
HARDI's first three regional meetings this year focus on Sales & Marketing Optimization....
HARDI Members: Who Are They?
Though it sounds very simple, one of the greatest challenges of any trade association is keeping current with the changes in its member organizations. HARDI recognizes that — just like staying on top of market information and changes in the HVACR industry — it is important to update and improve our knowledge of our members. ...
HARDI Introduces HVACR-Specific SEEARP Resource for Members
Recognizing the need for rapid industry deployment to effectively compete with appliance retailers, Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) will release exclusively to HARDI member companies access to a new Webpage providing the only HVACR-specific resource and listing of each U.S. state's Energy Star appliance rebate program....
New HARDI Members
Distributor Members Don Stevens Inc. Egan, MNDave DeSutter, V. Pres.Sponsored by: David McIlwaine, HVAC Distributors Inc. Distribuidora Guaticobre LLC...
Strategizing for 2010 and the Future
Just in case you haven't noticed, it's February already, and we're almost halfway through winter. It has certainly been a robust winter for the majority...
What Changed?
Something has changed with HARDI, and it has been dramatic. I've witnessed it firsthand and, between observing it and writing about it, I still find the...
Texas A&M Sales & Marketing Optimization Research to be Focus of Regional Sales Summits
All four of HARDI’s regional meetings in 2010 will feature Dr. Barry Lawrence of Norm Clark from Texas A&M’s Supply Chain Systems Laboratory who will present the findings of their most recent research consortium on distributor Sales & Marketing Optimization...
HARDI’s SEEARP Resource Now Available to Members
HARDI’s exclusive guide to each state’s HVAC-specific appliance rebate programs is now available to member companies. ...
HARDI and the AHR Expo
Your first opportunity for the Each One Reach One program is to bring a prospect (or less than active member) to the HARDI Icebreaker and HARDI booth (#3266) so they can see first-hand what HARDI has to offer them and benefit their business. ...
Don't miss the HARDI Icebreaker in conjuction with the AHR Expo
One of the great traditions that became a part of HARDI is the Icebreaker held in conjunction with the annual International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo). The AHR Expo moves to Orlando in 2010 and will be held at the Orange County Convention Center, January 25-27. ...
Events Calendar
For more information, visit www.HARDInet.org. 7th Annual HARDI Professional Development RetreatJan. 11-13, 2010Vail Mountain Resort & Spa, Vail, CO HARDI...
HARDI, Reclamation and the Future HARDI Task Force in Beginning Phase
Attendees at HARDI's Annual Conference in Orlando last month couldn't say R-22 often enough, given how important the issue of refrigerants was to them....
Newest HARDI Members
The industry is recognizing the importance of HARDI membership. Join us in welcoming these newest additions. Manufacturer Members AmericanAirFilterLewisburg,...
Upcoming HARDI Events
7th Annual HARDI Professional Development RetreatJan. 11-13, 2010Vail Mountain Resort & Spa, Vail, CO HARDI Icebreaker Reception & 2010 AHR ExpoJan. 25-27,...
HARDI 2010 Professional Development Retreat
The 7 hour educational program will be presented over the course of two days with strategic level focus on new research strategies for the new norm. ...
The Economic Recovery, Effective Leadership, Opportunities For Innovative Distribution – a dynamic trio of best presentations from the HARDI Annual Fall Conference available for download or CD purchase!
The HARDI Fall Conference just finished and showcased some of the best presentations about strategic and tactical issues for the HVAC/R Industry. Hope you were there, but if not for the first time ever HARDI is making available three of the keynote workshops by audio recording for you and members of your staff. ...
Controls Council Offers In-Depth Look at Issues During Difficult Economy
In recent years at HARDI conferences, the Controls Council Program has presented the significance of relationships — especially related to Supplier/Distributor partnerships, and how good relationships lead naturally to good business....
New HARDI Members
Join us in welcoming these new HARDI members who are now among the best and most successful in the industry. Distributor Member Brock Air Products Inc.Troy,...
A Farewell with Heartfelt Thanks
It is very hard to believe that I am writing my final article as president of HARDI. This year has flown by and has been one of both challenge and immense reward — a year I will remember forever....
HARDI Is Not Participating in the Recession
An intimate but dynamic group of HARDI members gathered in Ottawa, Ont., Canada, June 25-27, to put the finishing touches on plans for HARDI's 2009 Annual Fall Conference. The Nov. 1-4 Conference, themed “Turning Up the Heat on Recovery: Education, Leadership, Technology,” will be held at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes, Orlando, Fla. ...
