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From the desk of Jerry Whitehead
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Preliminary Schedule for the Pawn Symposium
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September 12th – 15th 2011
Ritz Carlton – Naples Florida
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have developed our initial schedule of speakers and events for our upcoming Pawn Symposium & Conference scheduled for September 12th – 15th in Naples Florida.
I am very pleased to announce that from our select client list we have exceeded more than ½ of our allotted attendance space.
On behalf of myself, my team and the many other souls assisting us with this epic and historical event, I would like to remind all of you that may be “sitting on the fence” to get your requests on over to us ASAP if you would like to get on our list.
Due to the extreme intimate nature of our attendee feedback mechanisms, attendance has to be limited for this event.
We have tentative pricing structures for the event. Your admission fee of $3499 per attendee gets you a room at the Ritz Carlton for the 4-nights of the event, all attendance to the functions, cocktail reception, all meals excluding two nights, attendance to the dinner show and closing ceremony. Additional attendees that do not require a room admission fees will run $3299 per person.
There are room upgrades available and we are offering Golfing and Fishing expeditions outside of the days of our event. For those of you who may choose to stay longer, our room rates are at a discount and you may add nights at your leisure.
If you would like to do some golfing and or fishing, you may go directly to our reservations online page which will be online in the next week or so.
Tentative Schedule is as follows:
Monday September 12th 2011
- 3:00 – 6:00 PM – Attendee registration and credentials
- 6:00 – 9:00 PM – Welcoming Cocktail Reception
Tuesday September 13th 2011
- 8:00 – 9:00 AM – Breakfast Served
- 9:00 – 9:30 AM – Jerry Whitehead – Opening Remarks – Symposium Agenda, Format and Whitehead vision
- 9:30 – 9:45 AM – Intermission
- 9:45 – 11:00 AM – John Thedford – Creating Corporate Culture
- 11:00 – 11:30 AM – Feedback Session
- 11:30 – 11:45 AM – Intermission
- 11:45 – 12:45 PM – David Johns – Employee Selectivity Processes
- 12:45 – 1:15 PM – Feedback Session
- 1:15 – 2:15 PM – Luncheon
- 2:30 – 3:30 PM – David Johns – Employee Productivity Programs
- 3:30 – 4:00 PM – Feedback Session
- 4:00 – 4:15 PM – Intermission
- 4:15 – 5:30 PM – Brad Huisken – How to engage your teams to instill BEST practices in customer service, retention and increasing productivity
- 5:30 – 6:00 PM – Feedback Session
- Adjourn
Wednesday September 14th 2011
- 8:00 – 9:00 AM – Breakfast Served
- 9:00 – 10:30 AM – Kevin Prochaska – Utilization of Financial Benchmarks to set the standards for your business
- 10:30 – 11:00 AM – Feedback Session
- 11:00 – 11:15 AM – Intermission
- 11:15 – 12:15 PM – Kevin Prochaska / Jerry Whitehead – Financial Benchmarking session with open participation on how and what financial measures to create and utilize for your business
- 12:15 – 12:45 PM – Intermission
- 12:45 – 1:45 PM – Luncheon
- 1:45 – 2:45 PM – John Thedford – Creating a Strategic Path to define your growth program for your organization
- 2:45 – 3:15 PM – Feedback Session
- 3:15 – 3:30 PM – Intermission
- 3:30 – 4:45 PM – Stephen Krupnik – How to gain a competitive edge in your gold lending/buying strategies in your business
- 4:45 – 5:15 PM – Feedback Session
- 5:30 – 9:00 PM – Cocktail Social
Thursday September 15th 2011
- 8:00 – 9:00 AM – Breakfast Served
- 9:00 – 10:00 AM – Dispelling the Myth’s about Insurance underwriting, what to have and not have to make sure your covered and how to reduce underwriting fees
- 10:00 – 10:15 AM – Intermission
- 10:15 – 11:30 AM – Joe Zahn / Jerry Whitehead – Discussion on CashWiz Lending platform, gold refinery services, Ecommerce platform launch, Pawn business outside the USA
- 11:30 – 12:00 PM – Feedback Session
- 12:00 – 1:00 PM – Luncheon
- 1:00 – 3:00 PM – Buttermilk Media / Justin Whitehead – Website design and integration, analytics, social media integration, cultural concepts for social media, social media for today’s generation and more
- 3:00 – 3:30 PM – Feedback Session
- 3:30 – 3:45 PM – Intermission
- 3:45 – 5:00 PM – Jerry Whitehead / Wayne McMahon – International Pawn Conference discussion, Symposium Formats, Introduction to Industry Focus Group Concepts
- 5:00 – 5:15 PM – Intermission
- 5:15 – 6:30 PM – Jerry Whitehead / Kevin Prochaska / Wayne McMahon – Open feedback session for attendees – Discussion on event (likes/dislikes), future events, ask the Pawnbrokers anything you want, wrap up and more!
- 6:30 – 8:00 PM – Cocktails
- 8:00 – ? – Dinner Function
- Event Close
Friday September 16th 2011
- Scheduled Departure Day
- Golfing / Fishing / Leisure
Stay tuned, much more to follow!
Sincerely,
Jerry Whitehead
Pawn Shop Consulting Group, Inc.