Sunday Education Seminars
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Decoding Your Computer's Secrets for Greater Productivity: Alf Nucifora
Marketing expert Alf Nucifora and computer guru Clyde Lerner will conduct an online clinic and demonstration of computer tips, programs, processes and productivity tools aimed at helping the novice, average and even expert user get the most out of their computer. You’ll learn about automatic back-up, clean-up and recovery procedures, databases, effective email distribution, spam filtering, anti-virus protection and security management, office productivity tools, and much, much more. Attendees will be able to ask questions during the course of the program and will be able to interact with the instructors in a Q & A format at all times.
Building Your Team Foundation: Brian Blasko
Is your team running on all of its cylinders? Would you feel comfortable in the car for an 8-hour journey with your co-workers? Come join Brian Blasko as he shares his team building strategies for success. A team of co-workers is like a Pit-Crew - everyone is important. In this high-energy program participants will gain a wealth of practical tips for team cohesiveness.
Fuel For Thought On Diesel, Alternative Power Sources, Pump Prices and Maximizing Mileage: Jay Thompson
This special session focusing on fuels will provide insight into the many variables affecting the fuel that goes into every motorcoach tank. Topics will include Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel, ethanol, Biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel; the relationship between crude and pump price; Diesel Exhaust Fluid (Urea) for Selective Catalyst Reduction exhaust systems; and fuel savings tips to benefit every operator.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Operator Seminar
Business Leader Forum
Hear from the country’s most innovative motorcoach operators in a lively panel discussion about the entrepreneurial challenges facing the motorcoach industry. Learn how leading operators have made their businesses excel, and how to grow yours by better marketing motorcoach travel as an experience, empowering customers by offering choices, and differentiating yourself from the competition.
Product Management for the Not-So Dummies: John Kennedy
Whether you are new to the industry or a seasoned pro, join John Kennedy as he shows you the ropes of project management. John will take a relevant project in our industry, dissect it, break it into pieces and then glue it back together…one step at a time. This seminar will help you identify the “triple considerations” to every successful project, build capacity to breakdown any given project into “task-level” steps, and manage the big picture without losing site of the brush stroke.
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Attraction Representatives Meeting
Receptive Operator Representatives Meeting
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Project 2010: Bridging Border-To-Border By Building Business-To-Business
ABA and OMCA have partnered together for Project 2010, envisioned to be the premier online internet application in real time for the searching and booking of hotels, attractions, food services, transportation and related components of packaged travel by tour operators. It will also serve as a source of information, networking, training and education for its users. Ultimately, Project 2010 will provide a portal for connecting the two organizations' operators, travel partners, and other product and service providers in North America. This presentation promises an informative glimpse into the next wave of travel 2.0 applications on the web.
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