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Friday, July 18 |
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7:00 - 8:00 am |
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Breakfast on Your Own |
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8:00 am - 6:00 pm |
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Registration Open |
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8:00 am - Noon |
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Decorator Setup |
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Booth Set-up begins |
9:00 AM |
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Convention Welcome |
Phil Riffel, FADRA President |
Opening comments |
9:05 - 10:05 am |
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Keynote Address |
Tom Andrade, Everett's Auto Parts |
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10:10 - 10:30 am |
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Gold Vendor Spotlight Sessions 6 @ 3 minutes each. |
Gold Sponsor reps to speak |
$5,000 and over Gold Sponsors will have the opportunity to take the podium and give a 3-minute introduction of themselves, product / company |
10:35 - 11:20 am |
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The Do's & Don'ts of Running a Successful Salvage Yard |
Rob Rainwater, Profit Team |
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11:20 am - 12:15 pm |
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Keeping You Out of the Slammer - HR Relations |
Craig Gleerup, LKQ Corporation |
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12:15 pm - 1:15 pm |
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Lunch on Your Own |
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12:15 - 5:00 pm |
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Vendor Set-up |
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1:20 - 2:05 pm |
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Ask the Experts Panel |
Tom Andrade, Everett's; Chris Sauls, GreenStar; Terry Thompson, Ole South; Shan Lathem, Cocoa Auto Salvage. Moderator: Mike Kunkel, ProfitTeam |
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2:10 - 3:10 pm |
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Using Social Media to Attract and Maintain Customers |
Heather Sauls, Dakota Todd, Green Star |
How to use various social media pages to boost your customer base and maintain them as valued customers. |
3:20 - 4:35 pm |
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Material Harvesting & Scrap Sales - Taking a Deep Dive |
Tom Andrade, Everett's Auto Parts |
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4:40 - 5:45 PM |
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Metrics - Daily, Weekly, Monthly..Evaluating KPI's |
Mike Kunkel, ProfitTeam |
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6:00 - 8:30 pm |
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Exhibit Hall Grand Opening |
Wine or Whiskey Tasting in Golden Sponsor booths |
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8:30 - 11:00 pm |
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FADRA Hospitality - Poolside |
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Open To All - Complimentary Beer served, live music. e. |
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Saturday, July 19 |
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Event/Session |
Speaker |
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7:00 - 7:45 pm |
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Prayer Breakfast |
Butch Thompson, Ole South |
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7:45 am - 5:00 pm |
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Registration Open |
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7:50 - 8:50 am |
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General Membership Meeting |
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Let's catch up on association business and hear from FADRA & ARA's Presidents. We will also announce the 2025 Scholarship recipients |
9:00 - 9:50 am |
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Tom Andrade, Everett's Auto Parts |
How do they grow to larger size with sales staff? How much revenue do you expect? How to manage a lot of inventory? What is your process for taking apart so many cars? Self-service. |
10:00 - 10:50 am |
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Making Sales Great Again |
Rob Rainwater/Mike Kunkel Profit Team |
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10:50 am - 1:00 pm |
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Brunch with Exhibitors |
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1:00 - 2:00 pm |
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Ask the Experts Sales Panel |
Danielle Aungst, LKQ; Adam Cody, Cocoa Auto Salvage; John Krause, GreenStar. Moderator: Mike Kunkel |
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2:00 - 2:50 pm |
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The Devil is in the Details: How to Get Your Parts Sold |
Miranda Wroten, AESOP Auto Parts |
Part comments and images are integral to selling parts online. |
4:40 - 5:45 pm |
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Inventory Deep Dive: Quantity On-Hand vs. Quantity Sold |
Mike Kunkel |
What does pivot point on price mean? |
4:00 - 4:10 pm |
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Refreshment Break |
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4:15 - 5:00 pm |
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Sales Trivia Competition |
Tony Quarno, Host and JC Cahill, VINMatchPRO |
Test your parts and automotive trivia knowledge |
6:00 - 7:00 pm |
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Recyclers Cross Dock Reception |
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7:00 - 10:30 pm |
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Majesty of Rock to perform |
Majesty of Rock to perform |
Majesty of Rock to perform |