2006 Dri-Eaz Restorative Drying Symposium
(in conjunction with Connections Convention & Trade Show)
Top national speakers and leading industry experts in one place.
September 20 - 21, 2006 - Restorative Drying Symposium
September 21 - 23, 2006 - Connections Convention & Trade Show
Las Vegas Hilton
3000 Paradise Rd.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
 Click here to register by Sept. 1 and save $50 -$150!
We're bringing together cleaning and restoration experts and suppliers for the industry's
largest trade show event! Take advantage of back-to-back education events - join us for the
Dri-Eaz Symposium and the Connections Convention and Trade Show! The events will offer a comprehensive line-up of drying, marketing and business experts to help you build an even more successful business.
TOP FIVE REASONS TO BE AT THE SYMPOSIUM SEPTEMBER 20 - 21
- Obtain new perspectives to help your business prosper.
- Gain profitable business solutions.
- Find out how to avoid pitfalls and learn from experts who have new ideas and answers.
- Learn new ideas that can be applied immediately to your everyday business.
- Networking — mingle with and learn from other top drying and restoration professionals.
SCHEDULE
Keynote and General Session Speakers
Stephen M.R. Covey - Business at the Speed of Trust
CEO of CoveyLink
From his informed perspective as a highly successful CEO and as a key strategist that propelled his father's best selling book
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen M.R. Covey will share his expertise on two important measures in business-Speed and Cost. He will illustrate how to increase your speed and lower your costs, how to turn a Trust Tax™ into a Trust Dividend™ and transform the way you do business on all levels. Learn how great companies create cultures of high trust that produce extraordinary organizational dividends. Recognized as a leading authority on creating high-trust, high-performance organizations, Covey's new book on this topic "The Speed of Trust," is expected to be published in Fall 2006.
Jay Conrad Levinson - Secrets for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business
Creator of Guerilla Marketing
Back by popular demand, Jay Conrad Levinson is the author of the best-selling marketing series in history, titled
"Guerilla Marketing." His guerilla concepts have influenced marketing so much that today his 25 business books appear in 39 languages, and are required reading in many MBA programs worldwide. Levinson will share practical marketing tips for making big profits from your small businesses, taking a different angle from his top-rated 2005 Symposium presentation.
Jim Williamson - Lessons Learned
CEO of Advantage Learning Services
What are the common denominators for success? What separates the truly high performers from the average? Jim Williamson brings passion and humor to his focus on improving morale, changing attitudes, and empowering employees. His audiences have included big names like Boeing and AT&T, but also many small businesses seeking to improve their overall performance.
John Straube - Separating Fact and Fiction in Drying Science
University of Waterloo
John Straube will share his expert knowledge on the water damage industry's use of psychrometry and related sciences. As co-author
of Building Science for Building Enclosures, John will offer new insights into the science of drying based on his audits. He will separate fact from fiction, discussing what restorers really need to know and how to apply it properly.
Restoration Panel - Keeping Pace with Change
Tim Fagan, Coach's Catastrophe Cleaning, Ypsilanti, MI; Ron Beatty of Ron's Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, Altoona, PA; Larry Weinberg, Superior/Coit Services, Seattle, WA
This specially invited panel of restoration company owners will share stories of successful and not so successful redesigns of their businesses, including how to adapt to rapid change in the restorative drying industry. They will also address changing technology, insurance market pressures, catastrophic loss and other key drivers in the industry.
Breakout Sessions
Heat and Air Exchange Drying (repeated)
JOHN STRAUBE, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
John Straube offers his professional insight on the facts related to the application of heat and air exchange drying: what makes it work, what special concerns must the restorer be aware of and how to decide when this type of application is practical.
Insurance and Restorers: Working Better Together (repeated)
DAN CUCCIA, SAFECO INSURANCE
Dan Cuccia will provide insights into the needs and pressures in the insurance community, and the common problems that prevent claims from closing. This information is sure to be valuable in future interactions with insurers; understanding what insurers need will improve upon successful claim completion and reduce time to payment.
Job Costing and the Restoration Industry (repeated)
BILL LOVELAND, XACTWARE
Estimating and final job invoicing are a critical part of successful business operation in the water damage restoration industry. How can you become an active part of the process that so dramatically influences your business? How can you maximize the effectiveness of estimating and invoicing tools that are widely accepted in the insurance community? Bill Loveland will provide insights into their estimating program and their vision of tomorrow.
Jim Williamson - Negotiating Lessons Learned
CEO OF ADVANTAGE LEARNING SERVICES
"Life is an endless succession of agreements (or disagreements)," Jim Williamson writes in his Lessons Learned book on negotiation. That's certainly true in the world of water damage restoration, and everyday negotiations with insurance adjusters, homeowners and other contractors. Williamson will share his ideas for successful negotiating, no matter what the context.
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