n e w s Geek Week: Everything You Need to Know
PPG Announces Geek Week Competition Winners
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he countdown is on and it’s not too late to grab your ticket to Geek Week! If you haven’t already, check out the full schedule and the amazing Virtual Platform where the event is being hosted. You can also read the session descriptions in full and find out more about your pre senters.
Geek Week in a Nutshell •
134 Sessions delivered by 85 presenters education at less than $1.55 per hour. • 5 day event 24 hours a day to suit all time zones. • Live Q&A sessions. • Daily competitions, fun sessions and sponsor spotlights, virtual exhibitor booths, virtual swag bags, prizes, networking, geek apparel and more... • Access to session recordings for 12 months. • Registration: Member* $220 / Public $440. • Geek Week apparel is available in the PPG Store. • CEUs: PPAB 36, PPGA 24, INTODogs 30, KPA 36,CCPDT 30, IAABC 36. *Members of APDT Australia, Canine Arthritis Management, INTODogs, PPG Australia, PPG British Isles and PPG – discount codes are available on your respective websites.
Geek Week Gear
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PG has announced the first winners in a series of Geek Week ticket competitions.
Competition #1 – Share the Geekiness Congratulations to Marta Young (INTODogs) and CHAAMP Malamutes (PPG) for winning a free ticket to Geek Week!
Competition #2 Writers' Competition: Animals Can Be Geeks Too!
Check out the PPG Store for your Geek Week apparel, including (left to right) the Unisex Heavy Blend™ Crewneck Sweatshirt, the Unisex Heavy Cotton Tshirt, the Women's Long Sleeve Performance Vneck Tshirt, and the Women's Polo Shirt. Still want to find out more about Geek Week? Listen to Niki Tudge and Denise O'Moore, chair of INTO Dogs, discuss the event in this BARKS Podcast. Louise Ginman, president of The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) Australia, one of the co‐hosting organizations for Geek Week, was also a guest in this BARKS podcast, where she talked about her Geek Week pre‐ sentations, ‘Navigating Cancer from a Pet Parent’s Perspective’ and ‘Home Alone Program for Puppies and Dogs of All Ages.’
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BARKS from the Guild/November 2020
Congratulations to Devene Godau (PPG), Sonya Bevan (PPG Australia), and Kitty Lee (APDT Australia) for their winning entries to our writers’ competition. They have each won a free ticket to Geek Week. Congratu lations too to Gloria Schmidt (PPG) who was the very close runnerup and who has won a 50% discounted ticket to Geek Week. You can read the winning and runnerup entries in the writers’ competi tion on the BARKS Blog: A Creative Solution for the Dog Who Barks at Other Dogs by Kitty Lee Getting Willow: How the Loss of One Dog Taught Me How to Grieve and Love Again by Sonya Bevan Good Kharma: Lessons from a Retired Greyhound by Devene Godau The Fearful Rescue Dog Who Changed My Life by Gloria Schmidt
