NASMM 2025 Update
NASMM Is Now Accepting Learning Lab Proposals for NASMM 2025
Inspire Integrate Innovate is the theme for NASMM 2025! This event is an inclusive opportunity for all NASMM members to engage in exceptional learning experiences for professional development, individual productivity, and organizational success.

Do you have experience and/or expertise in any of the areas noted below, and are you willing to present a one-hour session at NASMM 2025 at the Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, TX? Do you know one (or two) other people within NASMM with whom you’d like to present? We'd love to hear from you!

Learning Lab submissions are due by Friday, January 24, 2025.
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Make your Hotel Reservations for NASMM 2025
Downtown Dallas is the backdrop for NASMM 2025 – and the luxurious Fairmont Hotel is where all the magic of NASMM 2025 will happen! Rooms are $230 single or double occupancy.

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Register for NASMM's Upcoming Free Business Development Webinar: Selecting a Mover – Making the Right Choice
Date: January 8, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm ET
CE: 1.0
Live participation is not required. All registrants will receive a copy of the recording and a CE verification form.
To Register – Click Here

With so many types and choices of moving companies available in the marketplace, assisting your clients in making the right choice can be a daunting and time consuming process, but it doesn't need to be. Your role in facilitating appropriate mover selection not only makes your job as a move manager easier, but will ultimately ensure a smoother and stress-free moving experience for your client.

Learn from three well-known NASMM Industry Partners as they highlight important considerations in mover selection and equip you with practical knowledge to simplify the mover selection process. You will gain valuable insight to guide your clients in making an informed choice and selecting the right mover for their specific needs.

After participating in this presentation, you will better understand how to:

• Identify the various types of movers and their differences
• Research a specific moving company
• Facilitate mover selection and ensure a smooth working relationship
• Identify essential elements of moving estimates and key contract specifics
• Identify the "red flags" of unscrupulous business practices
• Explain choices regarding moving liability and valuation coverage
• Avoid common packing mistakes
• Facilitate specialty shipments
• Avoid common client mistakes

To Register Click Here

Mark Your Calendars for the Next Installment of NASMM's Hello Series Featuring Liv Now Relocation
Save the date: February 4, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET
Learn how partnering with LivNow Relocation can streamline your operations and expand your revenues. More information on this program and registration information will be available in early January.

NASMM Holiday Hours
NASMM will be closed December 24 – January 1 in observance of the holidays. We will reopen on Thursday, January 2.

A Moving Company Helps Seniors Make a Smooth Transition
On the Thursday morning before Thanksgiving, 87-year-old Brad Shaw relaxed in a brown suede easy chair as a quartet of movers carefully packed his belongings.
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Payments Are Going Digital, But Many Seniors Still Rely on Cash
Anne Ronan, 70, a retired attorney, walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., a few times a week. After the three-mile-plus trek, she sometimes stops at one of two local cafes. Neither accepts payment in cash.
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Home Prices May Fall 20% as the Housing Market Thaws — And Help Get Baby Boomers Moving, Research Legend Says
Home prices are poised to fall by up to a fifth as the frozen housing market thaws — and that could help baby boomers to sell at last and younger people to become homeowners, Meredith Whitney said.
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Baby Boomer Homeowners Got Rich From Skyrocketing House Prices. Now They Can't Find Retirement Housing.
Baby boomers have been the big winners in the US housing market, but as the generation retires, its members are facing a new challenge in finding accessible housing. It's a problem they had a hand in making.
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As Boomers Retire With Record Housing Wealth, Finding Accessible Housing Is A Challenge
'Is it aging in place or is it stuck in place?' one housing expert asks.
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The National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM) is the leading membership organization for Senior Move
Managers in the United States, Canada and abroad. NASMM is recognized for its innovative programs and expertise
related to Senior Move Management, transition and relocation issues affecting older adults.

NASMM
PO Box 209, Hinsdale, IL 60522
Phone: 877.606.2766
www.nasmm.org