The educational breakout sessions at the 2003 School of Management not only offer attendees a choice of topics, but they also offer access to some of the best management minds in the industry. The breakout education seminars are scheduled for the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 11, and will include presentations from noted consultants and business owners with years of actual experience running and operating successful landscape companies.
The seminar schedule includes the following sessions:
7:45 – 9:00 a.m. Structuring Maintenance Contracts
Speaker: Jack Mattingly, Mattingly Associates
Sales Strategies: Closing With Success
Speaker: Ed LaFlamme, Grass Roots Consulting
9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Building For Success
Speaker: Drew St. John, Symbiot Business Group
A Case Study In Success: Quality Seasons
Speaker: Derek Blumberg, Quality Seasons
10:45 a.m. – noon Measuring Crew Efficiency
Speaker: Jack Mattingly, Mattingly Associates
Marketing Outside In
Speaker: Ed LaFlamme, Grass Roots Consulting
For complete descriptions of the sessions, please log on to www.lawnschool.com and click on Seminar Descriptions.
Attendees should also consider starting off their trip to the 2003 Lawn & Landscape School of Management with an informative tour of Stiles Landscape, a Lawn & Landscape Top 100 Company, or by attending the lawn care professional training seminar and see how to grow lawn, ornamental and tree care operations. Either way, attendees will take home a notebook full of new ideas and tips on expanding or refining operations.
The facility tour, always a popular event with School of Management attendees, will take place on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003 from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. The host company, Stiles Landscape, is a full-service outfit with more than 145 full-time employees and is a major player in the South Florida landscape market. Attendees will tour the company’s facility and have the opportunity to talk with the Stiles Landscape management team, ask questions about how they run their operation, pick up new ideas for your business and compare notes with fellow contractors. The cost is $20 per person and includes round-trip transportation and refreshments. Advance registration and payment is required.
The School of Management is scheduled for Feb. 8-11, 2003, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and is geared toward managers of lawn and landscape companies of all sizes who are interested in furthering their knowledge of business management practices.
A full conference registration is $245 per person or $195 per person group registration for groups of three or more from the same company. Discounted hotel rooms ($105 per night) are available for attendees at the Ft. Lauderdale Marriott North.
Call 800/456-0707 to register for the conference or register online at www.lawnschool.com.