2011 Special Events Schedule

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Start Time End Time Event Location
2:00 PM 5:00 PM Exhibitor Check-In and Set Up Callaway Golf Center
5:00 PM 9:00 PM Demo Night at Callaway Golf Center: giving away 1,000 Pukka Hats, 200 Bugle Tees Callaway Golf Center
5:30 PM 7:40 PM Divine-Nine Industry Golf Outing: closest to the Pin win a private fitting session with Callaway – not the clubs just the fitting Callaway Golf Center
5:00 PM 9:00 PM Pro's Fore Charity Contests with prizes and contests facilitated by former Big Break contestants. Prizes include (3) Grip Guides for Golf (Chip Beck Training Aids) and (3) Tour Edge Drivers Callaway Golf Center
5:00 PM 9:00 PM PGA Sports Academy Skills Testing Callaway Golf Center
5:00 PM 8:00 PM SCOR Golf Media Contest Callaway Golf Center


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Start Time End Time Event Location
9:00 AM Grand Opening Venetian Ballroom
9:00 AM 5:00 PM Exhibits, Fashion FOREward Spotlight, New Product Zone Indoor Golf & Performance Center, Career Center Venetian Ballroom
9:30 AM 10:30 AM Butch Harmon – Coaching the World's Best Players Main Stage
10:45 AM 11:45 AM A Long-Term Player Development Plan: David Donatucci, PGA Performance Center Bellini 2102-2103
10:45 AM 11:45 AM Green Golfer Initiative: Joellen Lampman, Audubon International Bellini 2104-2105
10:45 AM 11:45 AM Develop Your Unique Selling Proposition: Kevin Strom, PGA Bellini 2002-2003
10:45 AM 11:45 AM Southwest PGA Section – Best Practices in Growing the Game in Southern Nevada Main Stage
11:30 AM 12:30 PM What Your Employer Wants Connecting Through Golf 2.0 - Jeff Beaudry, PGA , PGA Employment Consultant PGA Member Business Ctr.
11:30 AM 1:00 PM The Changing Faces of Women's Golf Fashion – Elizabeth Noblitt & Annmarie Dodd Spotlight Area
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Take the Game to the Customer: Bob Baldassari, PGA & Will Reilly, PGA Bellini 2102-2103
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Clever Approach to Develop and Sustain Your Customer Base: Kevin Strom, PGA Bellini 2104-2105
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Knowing Your Customer and Deepening
the Engagement with Women: PGA of America; A panel discussion moderated by Le Ann Finger, PGA.
Bellini 2002-2003
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Mastering Magical Persuasion: Traci Brown, Body Language & Persuasion Expert, Champion Cyclist Bellini 2004-2005
1:15 PM 2:00 PM PING putters are "Fit for Stroke" Main Stage
1:15 PM 2:15 PM Develop and Implement Your Player Development Program for Your Customers: Bob Baldassari, PGA & Ron Stepanek, PGA Bellini 2102-2103
1:15 PM 2:15 PM Successful Financial Planning: Vance Falbaum, CIMA
Royal Bank of Canada
Bellini 2002-2003
1:15 PM 2:15 PM Know the Customer: Using Social Networking to Make a Stronger Connection: Richard Brasser, PGA and The Targeted Group Bellini 2104-2105
1:15 PM 2:15 PM Pricing - Are You Short-Changing Your Shop?: Becky Wilkins, AGM Education Team Bellini 2004-2005
2:00 PM 4:00 PM Focus on Fashion with Annmarie Dodd Spotlight Area
2:15 PM 3:15 PM Learn to Manage & Balance Your Inventory in Less than an Hour: Becky Wilkins, AGM Education Team Bellini 2004-2005
2:15 PM 3:00 PM Mark Rolfing –Turning the Table on 20 Years
of Interviewing Golf's Top Players
Main Stage
3:00 PM 4:00 PM Town Hall: Allen Wronowski, PGA, President Joe Steranka, CEO PGA of America PGA Member Business Ctr.
4:00 PM 5:00 PM ASK an INDUSTRY EXPERT: Women in the Golf Industry is committed to helping members grow their businesses. Bellini 2001B
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Focus on Fashion with Annmarie Dodd Spotlight Area
5:30 PM 7:30 PM Welcome Reception presented by Elations TAO Nightclub
10:00 PM 11:00 PM LAVO After-Party LAVO Nightclub


Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Start Time End Time Event Location
9:00 AM PGA Expo Show Floor Opens Venetian Ballroom
9:00 AM 3:00 PM Exhibits, Fashion FOREward Spotlight, New Product Zone
Indoor Golf & Performance Center, Career Center
Venetian Ballroom
9:30 AM 10:30 AM GOLF 2.0 - Your Future: Dawes M. Marlatt, PGA Bellini 2002-2003
9:30 AM 10:30 AM Develop an Effective Plan to Grow Business and Manage Price Perception: Mark Black, PGA Bellini 2104-2105
9:30 AM 10:30 AM Observation & Physical Evaluation of the Player: David Donatucci, PGA Performance Center Bellini 2102-2103
9:30 AM 10:30 AM Golf Course Ownership Perspective–
Adding Value & Building Business
Main Stage
9:30 AM 10:30 AM Focus on Fashion with Annmarie Dodd Spotlight Area
10:45 AM 11:45 AM Peak Performance Coaching: Lynn Marriott, PGA & Pia Nilsson, PGA of Sweden Bellini 2102-2103
10:45 AM 11:45 AM Inside the Championship Mind: Traci Brown, Body Language & Persuasion Expert, Champion Cyclist Bellini 2002-2003
10:45 AM 11:45 AM Amplify Your Revenue with Social Marketing: Richard Brasser, PGA and The Targeted Group Bellini 2104-2105
10:45 AM 11:45 AM Team Building for Five-Star Service: Cary Cavitt, PGA Bellini 2004-2005
10:45 AM 11:45 AM "Know Your Customer" - PGA Merchandisers of the
Year Best Practices, presented by PGA Magazine
Main Stage
11:00 AM 12:00 PM Focus on Fashion with Annmarie Dodd Spotlight Area
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Grow Your Value Starting NOW - The Strategy of Golf 2.0: Bill Keys, PGA, PGA Employment Consultant PGA Member Business Ctr.
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Peak Performance Practice for Skill Development : Lynn Marriott, PGA & Pia Nilsson, PGA of Sweden Bellini 2102-2103
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Create and Deliver the Welcoming Service Model : Cary Cavitt, PGA Bellini 2004-2005
12:00 PM 1:00 PM PGA Sports Academy- Developing Lifetime Players Main Stage
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Making Your Voice Heard on Issues Affecting the Golf Industry Bellini TBA
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Golf Industry Votes: Making Your Voice Heard on Issues Affecting the Golf Industry; Panelists include: Tom Addis, Exec Dir. and CEO of the Southern California PGA; Craig Kessler, Dir of Governmental Affairs at Southern California Golf Association; Bill O'Brien, GM at Maderas Golf Club; Mike McCullough, Director of Environmental and Water Resources at Northern California Golf Association; and Steve Baker, California Alliance for Golf lobbyist. Bellini 2104-2105
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Visual Merchandising Tour & Ideas
from the 100 Best Shops: Becky Wilkins, AGM Eduation Team
Bellini 2004-2005
1:15 PM 2:00 PM Jim Huber – "Four Days In July" &
Twenty Years in Golf Journalism
(free book to first 50 attendees)
Main Stage
1:30 PM 2:30 PM Focus on Fashion with Annmarie Doddf. Spotlight Area
2:00 PM 3:00 PM What Are You Communicating to Your Players: Becky Wilkins, AGM Eduation Team Bellini 2004-2005
3:00 PM PGA Expo Show Floor Closes
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