PLANET's upcoming educational events

Lawn Care Summit '14
PLANET and the National Pest Management Association will co-host the Lawn Care Summit, an educational program offering both technical and business management sessions for lawn care professionals, including owners, managers and technicians. Stay current, connected and informed about lawn care. With a program dedicated to the lawn care segment, you'll network with professionals just like you and learn about better ways to run your lawn care business or business segment.

The summit will be held Dec. 3-5 at the Westin Tampa Harbour Island Hotel in Tampa, Fla. The registration cost for PLANET members is $349 and $399 for non-members. Onsite registrations will be charged an extra $50. Click here to register.

Build-A-Better-Landscape-Business Workshops
PLANET is hosting two Build-A-Better-Landscape-Business Workshops in December. These two-day workshops will take place in Chicago, Ill. from Dec.4-5 and Boston, Mass. from Dec. 9-10. For PLANET members, the cost is $199 and for non-members, the cost in $249.

During the two-day event, owners of top-100 landscape companies will open the hood on their operations and explain the systems that got them to the top. Bring your numbers (all financials are kept confidential) and learn the simple systems proven to build more efficient, more productive landscape companies.

In just 2 days, you’ll create real planning and estimating systems for your company, ready to be used the very next day. All you need is a laptop computer with a wireless network card. Internet access will be provided free at the event. Click here to learn more and register.

Upcoming webinars
PLANET hosts weekly webinars from 1:30-2:30 p.m. EDT. The webinars are free for PLANET Members and cost $99 per webinar for Nonmembers $99. If you join PLANET within one month of attending a webinar as a nonmember, PLANET will take the $99 off your new membership dues.

All webinars (including slides) are archived in the PLANET member center for on-demand viewing at your leisure. PLANET membership is required to access archived webinars

Webinar schedule:

Wednesday, Nov. 12
How to Maximize the Value of Design Build Business – Exit Plan for the DB Entrepreneur
Jeffrey Scott, Jeffrey Scott Consulting, PLANET Consultant Member
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Thursday, Nov. 13
Irrigation - Retrofitting Sprinklers with Drip
Mike Jacobson, Jain Irrigation
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Wednesday, Nov. 19
What the Heck is Emotional Intelligence?
Bryan Mour, Mours Group, PLANET Consultant Member
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Thursday, Dec. 4
Maximizing Your Membership
Mike Caprio, PLANET Membership Chairman and PLANET Staff

Wednesday, Dec. 10
The 4 Simple Systems that are KEY to Maximize your Landscape Sales for 2015
Domenic A Chiarella, 7 of 7 BEST Business and Life Strategies, LLC, PLANET Consultant Member
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