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BEMA-U

Photos courtesy of BEMA

BEMA-U provides
leadership training
for every level of an
organization.

volved with the association thanks to BEMA-U.
After all, an organization with so much experience
planning events is bound to excel in uniting bakers
and suppliers in all facets, especially education.
"The thread of connection is in everything we
do," Mr. Brown said. "If we had just one thing,
BEMA would be about connecting, and our education is built with that thread." Bakers aren't required
for BEMA-U to work, but they certainly enhance it.
For starters, when bakers and suppliers comprise an education or training workshop, it's a rare
opportunity for suppliers to understand a baker's
needs on a much deeper level than a typical sales
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needs and motivations that go beyond closing the
deal. "It's just a great opportunity to bring varied
members of the industry together," Mr. Brown said.
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bakers and half suppliers, and we had the spectrum from vice-presidents to line workers. It was
either going to be a disaster or magic," she said.
"It turned out to be magic because they were able
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Discovery model, not only enhance value for member companies but also deepen the level at which
they engage members with workshops.

The BEMA-U
education portfolio
Since 2015, BEMA has been developing and refining its BEMA-U program to
bring the best possible education offerings to member companies and the baking industry at large. In 2018, the association offers a full portfolio of leadership
and training that range from cohort-style
learning - where small groups meet
three times over the course of a year -
to traditional workshops, all of which are
built on the Insights Discovery format.
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* Transformational Leadership ThreePart Series
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* Learn to Train
* Sanitary Design Workshop
Emily Bowers, BEMA's senior director of education and operations, also
travels to member companies for on-site
training programs. For more information
and opportunities to host a customized
BEMA-U training course onsite, visit
www.bema.org/bema-u.

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