PROGRAM AGENDA FOR ...
THE EXPERIENCE Convention & Trade Show - September 5, 6 & 7, 2018
At the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada!
TRADE SHOW HOURS:
September 5th – 4:00 - 8:00 pm
September 6th – 2:30 - 6:30 pm
September 7th – 12:00 - 3:00 pm
AND, PRE and POST-CONVENTION PROGRAMMING*
4 INCREDIBLE PRE-CONVENTION PROGRAMS - Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 |
1. High PROFIT Contents Restoration – Is it For You.
Join Kevin and Annissa Coy co-creators of Firehouse Education and Mobile Clean Systems and learn how to maximize your profits in this extremely lucrative and an often overlooked service. You will leave understanding what it takes to start and operate a profitable contents division. Kevin and Annissa will cover equipment, training, systems, billing, marketing, and what to do and what not to do while you are establishing yourself in your market place. There will be an open Q&A session at the end of this program.
TIME: 8:30 - 11:30 am
COST: Register on or before 8/4/18: $97 | After 8/4/18: $127
2. The Levels of Success Program™ SALES & MARKETING WORKSHOP
Mark Kennedy & Lisa Wagner. Mark & Lisa team up for an in-depth sales and marketing workshop focused on the proven path to dramatically higher profits. This workshop is for owners and key employees on the sales and marketing systems delivering the strongest results in today’s market. If you are looking to turn your company’s numbers around quickly, or want much faster growth, this workshop will reveal the recipe to achieve both.
TIME: 12:00 - 4:00 pm
COST: FREE if you register for the EXPERIENCE on or before 6/29/18 | Register 6/30 - 8/11/18: $77 | After 8/12/18: $147
3. Developing Commercial Business
Matt Johnson, MJ Consulting. Are you a residential restoration contractor dabbling in commercial restoration? Do you want more commercial restoration business? Do you have a commercial sales & marketing plan? Is your company structured to deliver sustainable commercial emergency service? Are you tired of being removed from insurance programs without notice? During this session Matt will present an exciting alternative that has had proven success, adding $millions in sustainable commercial restoration business to companies just like yours.
TIME: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
COST: Register on or before 8/25/18: $399 | After 8/25/18: $499
4. ARCS Technical Skills Day and the EXPERIENCE.
St Thomas A & B Rooms
ARCS, The Association of Rug Care Specialists, is offering all EXPERIENCE participants a chance to learn from some of the most experienced and skilled rug washers in the country.
THE DAY BEFORE THE EXPERIENCE FORMALLY OPENS
‘HANDS ON’ CLASSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, DISCUSSION, RAFFLE, & PRIZES
TIME: 8:30 am- 4:30 pm
COST: ARCS Members-Free |
$50 - Non Member Pre-event registration |
$100 - Non Member On-site registration
Come spend the day with fellow rug washers and restorers. Talk shop, maybe take a class. All are welcome. Limited spaces are available for the individual classes being offered. Be sure to sign up early to guarantee your spot.
CLASSES OFFERED:
These classes are hands on and designed to send you home with a valuable skill you can offer your customers. Entirely hands on you will receive training in basic rug repair techniques useful in any wash plant.
8:30 am - 12:00 pm – Repair - Ends & Sides with Jill Schuller, Robert Mann Rugs, Denver – Room: St. Thomas B
Securing ends of handmade rugs to prevent further raveling. Overcasting selvages (sides) to re-cover work and frayed edges. Valuable services your customers need.
9:00 - 10:00 am – The Rug Check-In Process, Meg Walker, Aladdin Cleaning & Restoration, San Antonio – Room: St. Thomas A
How small changes can make a large impact on your business. From inspection forms, to check-in procedures & photographing rugs, we’ll cover a variety of ways to improve your bottom line, all before the rug even hits the wash floor.
10:00 - 11:00 am – Finishing Cleaned Rugs: Randy Hyde, Renaissance Rugs, Portland – Room: St. Thomas A
Is a rug really ready to deliver straight from the dry room? No way! Review a range of finishing techniques that will eliminate customer ‘call backs’. Learn from the best.
11:00 am - 12:00 pm – Rug Cleaning Tips from the Experts: Randy Hyde, Robert Mann, Scott Ring, Meg Walker- Room: St. Thomas A
Rug tricks of the trade that will leave you wondering, why didn’t I think of that? A variety of cleaning tips from using protective screening to quick spotting techniques. Go over easy repair techniques including quick side repairs and how to make fringe.
12:00 - 1:00 pm – Lunch Break (on your own)
1:00 - 2:30 pm- Repair - Velcro Hanging Systems: Jill Schuller, Robert Mann Rugs, Denver - Room: St. Thomas B
Come learn the best way to hang a rug on a wall. Easy, very profitable, and your customers will love it. Simple to learn. Ever actually tried to hang a rug with a sleeve and a rod? Find out why it doesn’t make sense.
1:00 - 2:00 pm – Dye Spot Stripping: Randy Hyde, Renaissance Rug, Portland – Room: St. Thomas A
Discussion and demo of spot stripping techniques.
2:00 - 3:00 pm – Common Rugs and How to Clean Them: Robert Mann, Denver – Room: St. Thomas A
Thought you’d be cleaning old Persian Antiques? Restoration Hardware has changed everything. Shags, tufted, ‘loomed’, ‘banana silk’, and a lot of rayon are coming into wash plants everyday and they are cheaper than ever. What is a cleaner to do? Let’s talk about the problems facing us.
3:00 - 4:00 pm – Risk vs. Reward: Why we don’t clean area rugs in the home. Identifying problematic types of rugs and the damage that can occur: Scott Ring, Woodard, St. Louis – Room: St. Thomas A
Join us as we discuss a variety of red flag rugs- how to identify them & why to stay away from them. We’ll have rug samples and horror stories to share!
4:00 pm – Cocktail hour and sign up for the next day’s events. |
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| THE EXPERIENCE AGENDA - 5 Tracks |
| TRACK 1 – CLEANING AND RESTORATION |
| TRACK 2 – MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING |
| TRACK 3 – INDUSTRY TRENDS, HOT TOPICS, AND THE "GOOD LIFE" |
| TRACK 4 – ARCS RUG CLEANING |
| TRACK 5 – IICRC TECHNICIAN TRAINING |
| Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 |
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Early Registration (4:00 pm Cocktail Reception Networking Time, come meet and join the Fun!) |
Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 |
7:00 am - 4:00 pm
Exhibitor Registration (Exhibitor set up 8:00 am - 3:00 pm) |
7:00 am - 8:00 pm
Attendee Registration |
| 8:30 - 10:20 am –
TRACKS Begin ... |
TRACK 1 – Technology is Giving Cleaners and Restorers New Super Powers – Find Out How! John Otero, Pat Muller, Rick Aranda, Legends Brands. Get ready for an action-packed presentation that will help you save your customer’s world! Legend Brands continues to lead the industry in engineering improvements through innovative design, incorporating technologies like Cerakote, and constant testing and evaluation of current components and new component technologies. See how to avenge carpets with new solution technology that conquers the most despicable spots and stains. Plus, we’ll reveal the secrets of how to wield an impermeable shield that protects your customers after mold remediation, how to defeat hideous odors (for easy money!) and explore the latest in high-tech equipment tracking and data acquisition – because all super heroes need that! |
TRACK 2 – Discover, An AMAZINGLY POWERFUL & PROVEN Step by Step Online Lead Generation SYSTEM especially created for Disaster Restoration & Cleaning Companies that Consistently Works 24/7/365, Killit Online, Sonny Ahuja. After this easy-to-follow formula on How to get RELEVANT traffic to your website and how to get MORE visitors to call YOU instead of your competition you will be ready to capture a bigger market share and beat your competition where it really counts today: On the Internet! Over the past few years Sonny Ahuja has managed over 5 million dollars in Google AdWords spend, driving targeted traffic to hundreds of landing pages for companies in the restoration & cleaning industry while tracking their conversions. This presentation walks you through a BRAND NEW approach to Lead Generation that 99% of ALL Disaster Restoration & Cleaning Professionals have NEVER seen. |
TRACK 3 – The 6 Secret Keys that Carriers, Program Administrators, TPA’s, and Large National Vendors Use to Control the Restoration Market, Part 2. Presented by Howard Wolf – HW3 Group, LLC. Process – Production – Performance – People – Package – Perfection: These 6 secret keys may not seem secret, but when used together, they unlock the doors to opportunity in the restoration market. Howard and the team will help each participant identify and discover each key. This promises to be a highly interactive, high energy, and high impact event. Carriers, program administrators, TPA’s, and the large national vendors depend on your lack of knowledge and inability to coordinate these keys to maintain control over your work flow, pricing, cash flow and profit! At the end of this event, you will leave inspired, energized, and optimistic about your company again! |
TRACK 4 – ARCS
8:30 - 9:00 am – Welcome: Meg Walker ARCS President. ARCS is a non-profit organization dedicated to the art & science of rug care. If you are an in-plant cleaner this is the organization for you.
9:00 - 10:00 am – Dude, Where’s My Rug? Inventory Control and Documentation in a Wash Plant, Randy Hyde, Renaissance Rug. Has a customer ever asked how you know which rug is which, and will they be sure to get theirs back? Documentation and record keeping is a lot of work. Are you doing what you need to really protect your customer’s rugs, and yourself?
10:00 - 10:20 am – The WoolSafe Organization - Ruth Travis. The WoolSafe Organization is a cleaning industry service provider, devoted to promoting best practices in carpet and rug care through maintenance, product evaluation, certification, education and training. |
TRACK 5 – What is the IICRC S540? David Oaks, S540 Standard Chair. S540 is the Trauma Standard. David was on the CB and heads the TAC creating the course. |
10:20 - 10:30 am
Networking Break |
10:30 - 11:45 am
TRACKS Resume ... |
| TRACK 1 – Creating the Optimum Drying Environment in Different Climate Conditions - Alex Lozecki, Larry Carlson, Mickey Lee, Barry Costa, Jeremy Reets, Howie Wolf, Darren Hudema and Chuck Dewald III. Join the Restoration Dream Team as they discuss how to create a drying environment that is Optimum for each particular project. This is fairly easy when you have a well-controlled building in a mild climate and can use any of your available LGRs, desiccants or heat-based equipment. But how do you create optimum drying conditions when working in a more severe climate, such as hot-dry (Phoenix), hot-humid (New Orleans) or very cold climate (Minnesota)? Restores should understand that all equipment technologies (i.e. refrigerant, desiccant, heat) have various “sweet-spots” in which they operate most efficiently. This class will discuss how to integrate the different technologies to achieve optimum conditions in different climates and building conditions. You will understand when and why it may be beneficial to pre-cool a desiccant unit, or when you may need to pre-heat a refrigerant unit or post-heat a desiccant unit. This class will be followed up by actual demonstrations in the Exhibit Hall on how to accomplish this and how to estimate what the performance would be. This session will be followed up in the exhibit hall with live demonstrations at the Experience Flood House. |
| TRACK 2 – Be a Five-Star Business - Laura Nelson, Broadly.com. Laura will discuss how cleaning and restoration professionals can deliver a five-star experience from end to end. Specifically, she’ll talk about what today’s communication looks like between consumers and local businesses, and how you can capitalize – from the initial search on Google, through evaluation on social media sites and your website…. all the way through the service appointment. Finally, she’ll present best practices for customer follow-up to maximize your best opportunities to earn five-star reviews. |
| TRACK 3 – The Tools of The Trade and How to Use Them for Productivity and Easier Application. Doyle Bloss and the HydraMaster team, and Shawn Bisaillon. This training track is ideal for technicians and owner operators who are seeking to become more proficient at the skills of the cleaning trade. With an hands-on and everyone participates approach, we will take you through a complete cleaning job from start to finish. If you are relatively new to the business, this intense training time will get you quickly prepared to tackle the most challenging jobs in a more profitable way. If you have more experience, it will serve as an eye opening refresher course and introduce you to some tools and techniques that will increase your profits. Your training will be led by and facilitated by Doyle Bloss and the HydraMaster team and with guest industry instructor Shawn Bisaillon. A few special surprise guests will drop by and join us to provide their creative insights and tips. |
| TRACK 4 – ARCS –
How Rugs are Made, Robert Mann, Robert Mann Rugs. Informative slide show/travelogue/ discussion that follows from sheep, to the loom, to your customers home. A step by step review of how rugs are made. |
| TRACK 5 – Resilient Floor Maintenance Technician (RFMT), Don Styka,Tarkett, and Spencer Luallen, Roppe Holdings. How to properly clean resilient flooring without damaging it. |
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch On Your Own |
1:00 - 1:30 pm
The EXPERIENCE Convention; The Cleaning and Restoration Industry Opening Session Welcome and Announcements – Larry Cooper, The EXPERIENCE Events. What is new at The Experience? How do you stay engaged at the show? We will have several drawings, must be present to win! |
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Bridging the Gap Between Infection Control and the Cleaning and Restoration Industry, International Executive Housekeepers Association, IEHA. Michael Patterson, MNA, MESRE, Executive Director - IEHA, and Rick Parker, MESCE. As professional cleaners and restorers you go about your normal day of cleaning and restoring property in many areas. The environment looks great overall. Have you ever asked yourself is the indoor environment safe from an infection control stand point. Appearance can be deceiving. Don't be fooled surfaces can harbor bacteria, contaminants and even major bugs such as Clostridium Difficile (C-Diff). How many times have you cleaned areas and didn't properly wear personal protective equipment (PPE) because it looked clean? During this presentation we will discuss infection control and the super bugs that you may not know exist, how long they can live on surfaces, chemicals needed to clean during the process and what you can do to protect yourself and team during the cleaning and restoration process. |
1:30 - 3:00 pm
How Technology is Changing the Restoration Landscape and What You Should Do About it:, Garret Gray, CEO and Founder of Next Gear Solutions. Both personally and professionally technology is changing everything about how we live and work. How we communicated with each other, got a ride, or made a purchase just 10 years ago is vastly different than how we do those things today. Looking forward, it is expected that how we live and work will change even faster than it did the last decade. The Restoration Industry is no different and those who can predict the future will be best positioned to thrive in it. This session will attempt to help Restoration Companies better predict the future of Restoration technology and how to be best positioned for the coming reality. |
| 3:10 - 4:00 pm TRACKS Resume ... |
| TRACK 1 – Hard Floor Care: Profits, Pitfalls and Trends - Bill Griffin, Cleaning Consultants. Learn where the money’s at and how to sell residential and commercial jobs. Learn how to avoid the pitfalls that get complaints and take the profit and fun out the job. Find out where the big money is and learn tip and secrets to hard floor care profit that you won’t get anywhere else. Learn what services are in demand, how to sell into this profitable market today and in the future. Bill Griffin will share his 40 years of experience with attendees and answer questions are part of the program. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn what you need to know to make money in the growing hard floor care market. |
| TRACK 2 – The 4 C’s of Insurance Purchasing, Kari Dybdahl ARMR Network. Ever wonder why purchasing insurance is so stressful? There could be a missing link in your insurance team. Come follow along with Kari Dybdahl, Executive Vice President of ARMR Network as she shares the 4 C’s of insurance purchasing. In this presentation, you will learn inside knowledge of what goes into the insurance policies you buy, how to know you are working with the right people, and most importantly if you are buying the right insurance for your company. Kari presents insurance topics in a fun and exciting way that is easy to understand. She loves an interactive crowd and can’t wait to see you there! |
| TRACK 3 – IOT for ROI: Opportunities for time savings, improved level of service, and data accuracy through IOT advancements in Water Damage Restoration, Erin Hynum, Phoenix Restoration. As smart phones, tablets, and cloud based software programs have become common place on the job site, some of the tools and technologies are already in place for improvements within our industry. The next step will be to allow communication between the tools used to do the job and the devices we are already using. Topics covered include existing and upcoming products, methods of transmission, opportunities for improvement, and the impact on industry stakeholders (homeowners, restorers, insurers, and others). |
TRACK 4 – ARCS – Panel Discussion: Setting Up a Wash Plant – Thinking about getting into the rug washing business? Want to set up your own plant? This is the session for you!
Moderator: Randy Hyde.
Panel: Robert Mora, Heirloom Rugs, Nathan Koets, Clean Oriental Rug, Joe Roberts, Revive-A-Rug, Tom Monahan, Area Rug Cleaning Co. |
| TRACK 5 – IICRC Track – Why become an Resilient Floor (RF), Inspector Paul Pleshek. Resilient Flooring is the fasting growing segment of floor covering and often goes unnoticed until there is a concern. Becoming a Resilient Flooring Inspector opens new opportunities in this expanding market. Learn the steps and processes involved and how you can become a certified inspector. |
4:00 - 8:00 pm
The EXPERIENCE Grand Opening of the 2018 Trade Show Hall ... The Largest Hands-On Production Ever – Inside and outside!
Inside: The EXPERIENCE Live Demonstrations in the trade show hall. Specific areas will be set up in the trade show hall for live demonstrations. The Live Demonstration Areas Include: Hard Surface Cleaning and Restoration featuring Shaw Industries, Stone Pro, Bryan Thomson and Bill Griffin; Flood House - Water Damage Restoration With 2 Flood Houses Including the EXPERIENCE Flood House with Bill Boyce, Barry Costa, Alex Lozecki, and the Phoenix Flood House; The ARCS Rug Alley; ISSA Pavilion; New Shaw Flooring Exhibit; Hands on Kiosks with HW3 Live Demos for Processing Insurance Claims; and Health and Wellness Pavilion.
Outside: Come outside with Shawn Bisaillon and sponsors to try out truck mounted equipment! - This year's truckmount cleaning demonstrations will be held under the coolest tent in all of Vegas. Beat the heat with cool misters, fans, Free Drinks! Arrive early to get in the shade to try the very hippest extraction tools, the NEW HydraMaster XDrive and the very latest from Aerotech, Sapphire, Cleanco, MasterBlend, Steam Action and lots more to come! Mr. Gadget will have many surprises in store for a great time! |
6:00 pm
Industry Reception sponsored by Odorcide. Celebrate In the Huge Trade Show – Snacks, refreshments and Networking. Join the fun! |
7:45 pm
MyExperience App: Apple-A-Day Give-A-Way (Must be present in the trade show hall to win!) |
| Thursday, September 6th, 2018 |
8:00 am - 6:30 pm
Attendee Registration Desk Open |
| 8:30 - 9:20 am – TRACKS Resume ... |
| TRACK 1 – The Theory, Science and Application of Engineered and Solid Hardwood Floor Drying, Roy Reichow and Barry Costa. Have you ever wondered when you should or shouldn’t dry wood floor? It’s important to have a great understanding of the different wood types, finishes along with different flooring installation methods and wood surface textures. Many times, a restoration professional doesn’t have the experience, tests to be performed and knowledge to work with wood flooring and their attempts to restore may result in a disaster if improper methods are not used. Roy will go into detail of solid/engineered wood flooring systems with some simple tests that you can perform while Barry explains a science in drying of wood flooring. Upon completion of these sessions you’ll have a better understanding of wood flooring behavior and drying systems. The first part of this program will be in lecture style while the second will take place at the Flood House! Please experience both for a better understanding of wood floor drying!!! |
| TRACK 2 – The Ultimate Customer Experience, Rubin Mier, House Call Pro. This presentation will break down the data-proven customer experience model that guarantees an increase in your bottom line. The track will explore exclusive tips and tricks to ensure repeat business and referrals from existing customers. All of the best practices covered in this presentation are derived from real-time, real-pro data that has been analyzed and vetted. The presentation is broken down into several sections, covering pro tools, tactics, strategies, and touch-points for the optimal marketing execution. |
| TRACK 3 – NEW – The "Good Life" Track - Powerful insight on how to craft work/life balance personally and how to create an energetic, positive, and productive team - Presentations by Successful Women Entrepreneurs
8:30 - 9:10 am – Light The Fire, Start The Flood - How To Find, Grow, and Maintain Energy, Focus and Opportunities as an Entrepreneur / Business Leader, Tryna Giordano Cooper. You impact your business, profession, community, family, and life! IT STARTS WITH YOU! As an entrepreneur or business leader, you light the fire and open the flood gates of change and opportunity. But how do you do it? How do you stay balanced, focused, clear, centered, motivated and moving?
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project – Napoleon Hill
Energizing and improving you, and what you do creates changes and improvements in your business. Learn about igniting you into a take charge mode and create change mode. Clean and restore you, so you can clean and restore for your clients. Spend time with Tryna and you will get answers and tools to use to keep you and your staff at the top of your game. |
TRACK 4 – ARCS
8:30 - 9:30 am – How to ID rugs: Ellen Amirkhan, Oriental Rug Cleaning Co., “Go to” books when I need ID help. |
| TRACK 5 – IICRC Track – IICRC S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration, Jeremy Reets. |
| 9:30 - 10:20 am – TRACKS CONTINUE ... |
TRACK 1 – Floor covering trends 2020 and Why It Will Affect The Professional Cleaning Industry, Jim Mannes, National Director of Shaw Total Care and Darrell Hagan, Manager of Product Support and Technical Services, Shaw Industries. Jim and Darrell are excited to share all the changes that are happening in soft and hard surface floor covering, new product, new installation and how it affects your professional cleaning business. This session will give you an understanding of the new opportunities for additional revenue streams and developing expertise in these new and emerging categories. Right size your business to the floors of today and tomorrow. |
| TRACK 2 – The Keys to Holding People Accountable, Matt Johnson, MJ Consulting. Business owners and managers’ greatest challenge is holding their staff accountable, including themselves. A formal accountability process and structure will positively impact customer service, efficiency, staff turnover, and cost reduction, resulting in increased profits and reduced frustration – for all. During this session we will present 6 steps that you can implement in your company to holding people accountable. We will also discuss the primary roles and specific accountabilities within the restoration business. |
TRACK 3 – The "Good Life" Track
9:10 - 9:45 am – How To Transform Stress Into Success, Lisa Wagner, RugChick.com. What if the frustrations, worries, and obstacles that pop up in your day could be converted into actual progress toward your goals? Lisa shares productivity tactics for getting the important things done, delegating effectively, and uncovering the opportunities that you truly want to be charging toward. Lisa taps into her decades of consulting and coaching experience to reveal the best practices that are the foundation for many of the most successful businesses in our field today.
9:45 - 10:20 am – Time Freedom - How To Create Your Dream Life, Annissa Coy, Firehouse Education. Live a life you don’t need to take a vacation form is Annissa’s motto. She lives life by her rules and puts a priority on her time freedom. She used just 3 simple but powerful tools to create her perfect life and wants to show you how you can do the same. |
| TRACK 4 – ARCS – Antique Rugs, Dr. Ted Mast, author and curator. Antique rugs become less common by the day but your knowledge of old rugs, and how to care for them, is still the benchmark clients use when they compare you to the competition. Spend an hour with a real expert |
| TRACK 5 – IICRC S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration, Jeremy Reets - continued |
10:20 - 10:30 am
Networking Break |
10:30 - 11:30 am –
TRACKS resume ... |
| TRACK 1 – Carpet Cleaners America Counter Rotating Brush and Low Moisture Cleaning; Commercial, Residential, or Both? Dane Gregory. Everyone has an opinion on using CRB and low moisture, but is it better to use in commercial or residential setting? Or can this process be used in either location? Which makes sense for your cleaning company? Should you still use your old rotary shampoo machine as an agitation device? This session will explore the variety of carpet cleaning equipment approved or recommended by CRI and carpet manufacturers. The segment will also look at the science of agitation devices and their effectiveness in the removal of soil. |
TRACK 2 – Carpet Seam And Repair Workshop. Robert Varden, CFI. Explore the construction of many types of carpet including woven material to gain a better understanding of why certain materials must be cut, sealed and seamed a certain way to give less visibility to the repair. Attendees will have the opportunity to be hands-on in touching, cutting and even constructing seams in various types of materials.
Topics/Takeaways: Identification of cutting tools and techniques, woven carpet seam cutting, and various seam sealing methods. |
TRACK 3 – The “Good Life” Track
10:30 - 11:05 am – 8 Ways to Jump-Start Your Happiness with Ami's Umbrella, Ami Ahuja.An umbrella serves literally as a shield that guards us from the elements – from drenching rains and from harsh, direct rays of sun. In this case, the elements cause physical harm and damage, some of which may be permanent. In this presentation Ami Ahuja talks about how to easily overcome destructive and discouraging actions, words, thoughts faced by small business owners – using a figurative definition and use of the word umbrella. Ami’s Umbrella safeguards and defends against negativity (that is, against the harsh elements life sometimes serves us) while simultaneously leading a positive lifestyle everyday.
11:05 - 11:30 am – The Good Life Panel Discussion, Tryna Cooper, Lisa Wagner, Annissa Coy and Ami Ahuja. |
TRACK 4 – ARCS – Marketing Rug Cleaning: Panel Discussion. How do you get rugs to clean? Web sites, SEO, radio ads, post cards, FaceBook, reviews, signs, walk in, referrals, wholesale subcontractors, decorators, spin off business from another service you offer; the possibilities are endless. So, where do you begin?
Moderator: Robert Pettyjohn.
Panel: Tim Miller, Randy Hyde, Tom Monahan, Meg Walker |
| TRACK 5 – The Chemistry Behind Your Cleaning, Jim Smith. A look into the chemistry behind cleaning products and how they work or don’t. Understand the impact of the types of chemistry in our industry and their effectiveness on the soils and surfaces they are designed for. We will look at the real science not marketing hype. |
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch On Your Own |
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Special Guest Keynote Presentation – Making Sense of Your People Puzzles! Dr. Robert Rohm. Everyone faces challenging situations every day when dealing with other people. These situations can often drain the life out of you! Have you ever wondered why you get along so well with some people and can hardly stand being around others? The goal for this session is to learn how to reduce stress in your personal daily life and increase productivity by understanding the needs and drives of different personality styles! The free handout you will receive in this session may become the most important document you possess! |
2:30 - 6:30 pm
The EXPERIENCE 2018 Trade Show Hall Opens... The Largest Hands-On Production Ever – Inside and outside!
Inside: The EXPERIENCE Live Demonstrations in the trade show hall. Specific areas will be set up in the trade show hall for live demonstrations. The Live Demonstration Areas Include: Hard Surface Cleaning and Restoration featuring Shaw Industries, Stone Pro, Bryan Thomson and Bill Griffin; Flood House - Water Damage Restoration With 2 Flood Houses Including the EXPERIENCE Flood House with Bill Boyce, Barry Costa, Alex Lozecki, and the Phoenix Flood House; The ARCS Rug Alley; ISSA Pavilion; New Shaw Flooring Exhibit; Hands on Kiosks with HW3 Live Demos for Processing Insurance Claims; and Health and Wellness Pavilion.
Outside: Come outside with Shawn Bisaillon and sponsors to try out truck mounted equipment! - This year's truckmount cleaning demonstrations will be held under the coolest tent in all of Vegas. Beat the heat with cool misters, fans, Free Drinks! Arrive early to get in the shade to try the very hippest extraction tools, the NEW HydraMaster XDrive and the very latest from Aerotech, Sapphire, Cleanco, MasterBlend, Steam Action and lots more to come! Mr. Gadget will have many surprises in store for a great time! |
7:30 - 10:00 pm
The EXPERIENCE Pool Party & Reception Sponsored by IICRC – Entertainment, Food and Drinks with Live Band. Great time to network and meet new friends or just relax and connect with old friends. Dinner is included, cash bar and live Music. |
8:15 pm
Announcements, Prizes, Special: Shaw Industries and The EXPERIENCE Award and the Ralph Bloss Industry Award. MyExperience App: Apple-A-Day Give-A-Way (Must be present to win) |
| Friday, September 7th, 2018 |
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Attendee Registration Desk Open |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am – TRACKS resume ... |
| TRACK 1 – Toxins Produced During Combustion, Joe Dobbins – Fire Restoration. This seminar covers information regarding fire and smoke behavior, toxins produced during combustion, safety and health measures undertaken according to OSHA regulations, and subsequent restoration processes. Fire and smoke restoration is one of the most, if not the single most, detail oriented projects restorers work on. It can also encompass water damage, mold remediation, asbestos and lead concerns, carpet cleaning, upholstery cleaning, duct cleaning, and much more. However, it is quite possibly the single most under-educated section of the restoration and insurance industry. Many companies performing fire and smoke restoration work are doing so without the proper education of not only best practices in how to complete restoration, but also the science of fire and smoke behavior, heat transfer, temperature thresholds of materials, and most importantly, safety and health regarding the hazards presented from combustion. This seminar covers the extreme basics of what restorers face and is designed to urge anyone in the restoration and insurance industry to further their education in the proper steps necessary to protect themselves during the restoration process. It also covers basic principles of cleaning and restoration. |
| TRACK 2 – 5 Powerful Marketing Secrets to Quickly Grow Your Cashflow, Mark Kennedy and Lisa Wagner. In this session Mark Kennedy and Lisa Wagner pull back the curtain to reveal five top strategies they use with consulting clients to dramatically increase profits. They will share real world examples of marketing strategies working in today’s highly competitive environment, and step-by-step analysis so you can replicate these ideas successfully in your own company. |
| TRACK 3 – Natural Stone Do’s and Don’ts, Bryan Thomson. Natural stone has such varying mineral structure and variations in characteristics, that can cause frustration and trouble on the job unless fully understood. This seminar will teach you how to identify individual stone categories and specific characteristics that must be appreciated and dealt with properly to keep you from getting yourself in big trouble. Also applying the basic stone characteristics with the proper cleaning tools, procedures and polishing methods will assure greater outcomes and better customer satisfaction. Come learn how to keep from making preventable mistakes and achieve greater results for just implementing the “basic rules” of stone cleaning and restoration. |
| TRACK 4 – ARCS –Dying Oriental Rugs: Melody David, Americolor Dyes, Practical techniques for dying rugs. |
| TRACK 5 – IICRC Track How to Use the IICRC YM Software, Kim Stone, IICRC. YM is the software we use at the IICRC. Registrants and Certified firms have special access and abilities. Kim will be covering how technician’s access and use YM for everything from tracking registrations, CEC’s, keeping your certified firms documents updated and paying your renewals. |
9:40 - 10:50 am – TRACKS continue ... |
| TRACK 1 – PPE for Cleaning & Water Damage; Making Health & Safety a Priority Personal Protective Equipment & Safety Equipment, Carey Vermuelen, Indoor Air Management Canada. Today’s Cleaning, Restoration & Remediation technicians are faced with many dangerous and hazardous situations as they travel one job to the next. Whether it be Cleaning technicians using preconditioners, spotting agents, disinfectants or soil and stain protectors; Water Restoration technicians, dealing with water damage, pre-existing conditions, regulated / hazardous materials, Category # 3 / sewage / blood borne pathogens or confined space situations; Fire & Smoke Restoration technicians working in a variety of dangers from soot particles, off-gassing of a multitude of burnt materials or fall protection; Mold Remediation technicians faced with some of the most potent carcinogens known to man and often in confined space situations; Trauma and Crime scene technicians cleaning up blood and body fluids and an open-ended list of hazards. This segment will cover different types of Personal Protective Equipment and also Safety Equipment like Gas Detectors and Fall Protection Equipmen. |
| TRACK 2 – 5 Powerful Marketing Secrets to Quickly Grow Your Cashflow, Mark Kennedy and Lisa Wagner - continued |
| TRACK 3 – Understanding your Disinfectants to Reduce Your Liability, Mark Robertson, Benefect. If you are using any disinfectants in your business, this seminar is a must. After only 70 minutes, you will be able to answer any antimicrobial related question that you customers or adjusters may ask you. Reduce your liability by knowing how to use your antimicrobial products properly. Keep your staff and customers safe while increasing your bottom line. Please note that the information in this course is applicable to all brands of disinfectants sold in the United States and Canada. |
| TRACK 4 – Front Office: Jenifer Colaco, Oriental Rug Cleaning. So you figured out how to clean rugs, but how are you with customers? Rug cleaning is a service business. Customer satisfaction depends very much on their experience with you and your staff. Come listen to Jenifer and it will change how you deal with your customers. |
| TRACK 5 – IICRC/ANSI S100 - Different Methods of Cleaning and How to Combine Them, Craig Jasper, IICRC Instructor. Craig will explain and include a description of each of the different methods, how they work for maintenance, restorative, and salvage cleaning, how the methods could be combined, explain the way each one removes soil from the fiber. |
11:00 am - 12:00 pm – TRACKS continue ... |
| TRACK 1 – You can Hire and Inspire a Winning Team, Bruce DeLoatch, The Cleaning Coach. If your company is going to grow and create profits, you will need a team to do, manage and direct the work of serving customers. People can be challenging, and human behavior is unpredictable. But if you understand a few simple facts about personality and teach them to your team, you can eliminate many of the “people problems” that inevitably create most “business problems”. |
| TRACK 2 – 5 Proven Tactics to Booking More Jobs, Jeff Cross, executive editor of the Cleanfax media brand. As we collectively dive into how to use strategic marketing tactics to increase cleaning and restoration market share and – of course – increase profits. We only have an hour, so be ready for a fast-paced presentation. We will discuss, deliberate, and enjoy some friendly debates on business building ideas and concepts to help you – as a business owner and entrepreneur – to analyze your company and see where you can enhance your operation. From how to hire better workers to trends in the marketplace to social media and website strategies, this session is one you will not want to miss.
You will learn…
- How to locate and hire better workers
- What it takes to work with the millennial generation
- All about better practices to dealing with customer challenges
- How to create the best front-line cleaning technician
- Which trends in the industry we should analyze and adjust to
- How to use social media advertising campaigns to reach your marketplace
- Better SEO tactics to improve website traffic and conversions
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| TRACK 3 – The Carpet and Rug Institute: Tools and Resources for You, Paul Tucker, CRI.
The Carpet and Rug Institute, Inc. (CRI) is the trade association for the North American carpet industry. Our purpose is to educate consumers, commercial stakeholders, and the industry about carpet. CRI holds resources and tools on numerous subjects, including carpet cleaning and maintenance, indoor air quality, and sustainability, on our website at www.carpet-rug.org. We also regularly update our social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and LinkedIn with the best information on carpet. |
TRACK 4 – Panel Discussion: Color Run, Oxidizers and Reducers, Can color run be corrected? Is it easy to do? Yes, but it takes skill and practice.
Moderator: Robert Mann
Panel: Randy Hyde, Larry Cobb, Robert Mann, Ellen Amirkhan, Natahan Koets |
| TRACK 5 – IICRC/ANSI S100 – CONTINUED - Different Methods of Cleaning and How to Combine Them, Craig Jasper, IICRC Instructor. Craig will explain and include a description of each of the different methods, how they work for maintenance, restorative, and salvage cleaning, how the methods could be combined, explain the way each one removes soil from the fiber. |
12:00 - 3:00 pm
The EXPERIENCE 2018 Trade Show Hall Opens... Last Chance to See the Largest Hands-On Production Ever – Inside and outside!
Inside: The EXPERIENCE Live Demonstrations in the trade show hall. Specific areas will be set up in the trade show hall for live demonstrations. The Live Demonstration Areas Include: Hard Surface Cleaning and Restoration featuring Shaw Industries, Stone Pro, Bryan Thomson and Bill Griffin; Flood House - Water Damage Restoration With 2 Flood Houses Including the EXPERIENCE Flood House with Bill Boyce, Barry Costa, Alex Lozecki, and the Phoenix Flood House; The ARCS Rug Alley; ISSA Pavilion; New Shaw Flooring Exhibit; Hands on Kiosks with HW3 Live Demos for Processing Insurance Claims; and Health and Wellness Pavilion.
Outside: Come outside with Shawn Bisaillon and sponsors to try out truck mounted equipment! - This year's truckmount cleaning demonstrations will be held under the coolest tent in all of Vegas. Beat the heat with cool misters, fans, Free Drinks! Arrive early to get in the shade to try the very hippest extraction tools, the NEW HydraMaster XDrive and the very latest from Aerotech, Sapphire, Cleanco, MasterBlend, Steam Action and lots more to come! Mr. Gadget will have many surprises in store for a great time! |
2:30 pm
MyExperience App: Apple-A-Day Give-A-Way (Must be present in the exhibit hall to win! |
| POST CONVENTION PROGRAM INFORMATION* |
THE COMMERCIAL FLOORCARE CONTRACTING CLASS*
Saturday, September 8th ONLY |
With Larry Cooper, Dane Gregory, and Representatives from Shaw Industries Technical Services
YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
- Full Turnkey Operations – Creating a maintenance program
- Specifying Textile Performance – Learn to identify and specify products for the job
- Marketing and Sales of Commercial Accounts – How do you get jobs, close jobs
- Cleaning With the Pros – Hands-on experience
- Developing and Maintaining Relationships – How do you maintain your accounts
- Forms, Contracts, Tracking and Scheduling – All the administrative info!
TIME: September 8th, 2018 • 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
COST: $179 per person - Lunch Included |
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*Not part of the EXPERIENCE programming. Separate registration fee.
Fee Includes Manual, Breaks, Lunch |
If you have any questions, please call THE EXPERIENCE, INC. at 888-881-1001 x 102,
or 303-469-0306 x 102 for more information. THANK YOU! |
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