Spring Break BTA Southeast hosts event in Orlando by: Elizabeth Marvel, Office Technology Magazine
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TA Southeast hosted its Spring Break event March 13-14 at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resort in Orlando, Florida. The event featured a keynote address, “Lead Your Evolution,” presented by Judson Laipply, a motivational speaker and dancer who created “The Evolution of Dance” viral video that has more than one billion views on YouTube. The schedule also included six additional educational sessions, time to network with peers and exhibitors, a welcoming reception, and an afternoon and evening at a Disney theme park. The additional sessions: “Selling From the Heart — How Your Authentic Self Sells You,” Larry Levine, Selling From the Heart; “Business Social Media in 2020: What’s Changing How You Can Use It to Grow Your Dealership,” Darrell Amy, Convergo; “Purposeful Prospecting & Your Sales Legacy,” Dale Dupree, The Sales Rebellion; “Preparing for the Future,” Ken Edmonds, Kedmonds.biz; “Things to Consider When Creating a Flat-Rate Billing Program,” Kim Louden, GreatAmerica Financial Services Corp.; and “Recruitment & Selection,” Larry Coco, Coco Training & Coaching LLC. The exhibiting sponsors: ACDI, AgentDealer, ARLINGTON, Brother (lunch sponsor), Clover Imaging Group, Compass Sales Solutions, ConnectWise, CRANEL, Crexendo, Digitech Systems, Epson, ESP AMETEK, FORZA, FP, GreatAmerica, Green Project, Hytec, Laserfiche, Lexmark (keynote sponsor), Mars International, Miramar Copies, Muratec, NA Trading and Technology, OKI, OPEX, Polek & Polek, RingByName (breaks sponsor), Sentry File, Static Control, Supplies Network, Technology Assurance Group (breakfast sponsor), TonerCycle/InkCycle, Toshiba, Troy, Upland, WatchGuard, Wells Fargo and Zultys. BTA’s next event, Capture the Magic, will be held Aug. 26-27, 2020, in Coronado, California. Visit www.bta.org/BTACoronado for more information or to register. n Elizabeth Marvel is associate editor of Office Technology magazine. She can be reached at elizabeth@bta.org or (816) 303-4060.
Clockwise from top: The Spring Break event featured a keynote address, six additional educational sessions, time to network with peers and exhibitors, a reception, and a trip to a Disney theme park; 2019-20 BTA Southeast President Adam Gregory serves as the event’s emcee; (left to right) Ken Edmonds of Kedmonds.biz visits with DJ Hastings of Hogland Office Equipment, Lubbock, Texas, and Juan Maldonado of UBEO Business Services, San Antonio, Texas, during the event; (left to right) Warner Yang and Shawn Brown of Green Project Inc. visit with Adam Gregory II, Advanced Business Solutions LLC, St. Augustine, Florida, during a break; and Laipply performs his “Evolution of Dance” during the keynote.
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