2012 Schedule of Events
| 2012 CLOSETS CONFERENCE | ||||||||||
| Tuesday, February 14 | ||||||||||
| 9:00am-5:00pm | No Exhibits | ACSP Board of Directors Meeting (board members only) | ||||||||
| Wednesday, February 15 | ||||||||||
| 9am-noon | Opening General Session (W010) | |||||||||
| Conference Welcome & Event Overview Rich Christianson, CLOSETS magazine; Jeff Klein, President, ACSP | ||||||||||
| Opening Keynote Address Vince "Mr. Invincible" Papale | ||||||||||
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Marketing in the New World, Liza Hausman, VP Marketing, Houzz.com |
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| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Peer2Peer Lunch (WP2P) | |||||||||
| 1:30pm-2:30pm | Breakout Session 1 | |||||||||
| Session A (W111) Angela Ploetz, NAPO Austin How Leaders Get More Done While Wearing Multiple Hats |
Session B (W112) Andreas Messis & Stuart Reisch, Co-Founder TransFORM Selling Outside the Closet |
Session C (W113) Vince Gatti, Ajax Social Media How to Close More Sales |
Roundtable 1 (WRT1) Topic: Business Metrics, Facilitated by Jeff Turner, Closets to Go |
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| 2:30pm-2:45pm | Break | |||||||||
| 2:45pm-3:45pm | Breakout Session 2 | |||||||||
| Session A (W221) Angela Ploetz, NAPO Austin How Leaders Get More Done While Wearing Multiple Hats |
Session B (W222) Andreas Messis & Stuart Reisch, TransFORM Selling Outside the Closet |
Session C (W223) Vince Gatti, Ajax Social Media How to Close More Sales |
Roundtable 2 (WRT2) Topic: Successful Showrooms, Facilitated by Dave Skinner, We Do Closets |
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| 4:00pm-4:30pm | ACSP Designer Certification Update - Paul Donohoe, Ridgewood Closets | |||||||||
| 5:30pm-7:30pm | Presentation of Top Shelf and Pioneer Awards & Industry Networking Reception (WANR) | |||||||||
| Thursday, February 16 | ||||||||||
| Exhibit Hall Open 10am-5pm | ||||||||||
| 8:30am-9:30am | Breakout Session 3 | |||||||||
| Session A (R311) Dave Skinner, We Do Closets Five Ways to Tweak Your Bottom Line |
Session B (R312) Derrek Holland, Closet Doctor Driving Sales Outside the Closet into the Garage & Other Spaces in the Home |
Session C (R313) Sue Tinker, Closet Works How to Increase Sales by Developing Win-Win Professional Partnerships |
Session D (R314) |
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| 9:30am-9:45am | Break | |||||||||
| 9:45am-10:45am | Breakout Session 4 | |||||||||
| Session A (R421) Dave Skinner, We Do Closets Five Ways to Tweak Your Bottom Line |
Session B (R422) Derrek Holland, Closet Doctor Driving Sales Outside the Closet into the Garage & Other Spaces in the Home |
Session C (R423) Sue Tinker, Closet Works How to Increase Sales by Developing Win-Win Professional Partnerships |
Session D (R424) |
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| 1:30pm-3:30pm |
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| 3:30pm-5:00pm | Breakout Session 5 | |||||||||
| Session A (R511) Janet Valenza, Closet Revolution How to Increase Sales by Focusing on Overall Space Planning |
Roundtable 3 (RRT3) Topic: Sales & Marketing Ideas, Facilitated by Janet Stevenson, Closet City Ltd. |
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| 3:30pm-5:30pm | NCG Meeting (members only) | |||||||||
| 5:30pm-6:00pm |
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| 6:00pm-7:30pm | ACSP Reception | |||||||||
| Friday, February 17 | ||||||||||
| Exhibit Hall Open 9am-3pm | ||||||||||
| 9:00am-10:45am | Closets Closing General Session (F020) - Rm | |||||||||
| Closet Pros Turning Downtime into Uptime, Laurel Didier, CLOSETS magazine | ||||||||||
| The Closets & Home Organization Industry: Looking Forward, Jeff Turner, Incoming President, ACSP | ||||||||||
| 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Wood Tech Summit: Digital Marketing: What Are the Best Practices, free interactive presentation by Steve Riess, VP of Vance Publshing Corporation |
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| 3:00pm-7:00pm | Industry Plant Tour (FPT1): Janov Millwork & Manufacturing |
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