Seminar Overview
Whatever challenges you face, you’ll take home the best thinking and the newest ideas for better business management, marketing, sales and technology when you attend HVAC Comfortech 2008 Seminar Sessions.
Sustainability in the Residential Market:
Running with the Green Machine
Topics:
- Survival Strategies for 2009: Become Lean, Green, and Mean
- Steve Saunders, CEO, Tempo Mechanical
- Selling Comfort in a Green World
- Benson Green, Benson’s Heating & Air Conditioning & Vicki LaPlant, Vital Learning Experiences (VLE)
- Get in the Green With Precision Combustion Efficiency Tune-ups
- Jim Davis, National Comfort Institute
- LEED, Energy Star, and the Residential HVAC Contractor
- Ellis Guiles, TAG Mechanical
- Selling Service Agreements in a Green World
- Andrew Oser, Cropp–Metcalfe
Sponsored by
‘Green’ Ventilation Seminar Series
Topics:
- A House is a System
- Tex McLeod, The McLeod Associates
- Understanding Ventilation in Green Building Programs
- Don Stevens, Panasonic Home and Environment Co. & Paul Raymer, Heyoka Solutions
- Indoor Air Quality Solutions – Knowledge Makes the Difference
- John Ouellette, M.D.
- Installation – The Key to Making Ventilation Work
- Rob Ferris, Fantech & Gord Cooke, Air Solutions, Inc.
Business Management Seminars
Topics:
- 15 Traits Successful Contracting Companies Have in Common
- Tom Grandy, Grandy & Associates
- Transitioning From New Construction to Service: Avoiding the Pitfalls
- Don & Kathie Todd, Central Oregon Heating and Cooling
- 20 Days to Transform Your Business
- Ron Finklestein, AKRIS, LLC
- 15 Tips for Growing Your Service Business
- Eric Knaak, Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning
- Sell Air... Not Boxes
- Larry Taylor, HERS Raters of Texas
- Making Nice With Your Local Media: A Look At How They Can Benefit Your Business
- Mitch Leff, Leff & Associates
- Using the Internet to Find Employees
- Barry Abernathy, E. Smith Heating & Cooling
- Do You Really Need a Headhunter?
- Milt Baum, International Service Leadership
- Get Connected & Creative: A Multicultural Approach to Recruiting
- Valerie Stakes, Multilingual Training Solutions
Sales & Marketing Seminars
Topics:
- Take Your Marketing to the Radio and Grow
- Gene Slade, Jr., Air Genie
- Tough Times Never Last — Smart Contractors Do
- Robert Wilkos, Peaden Air Conditioning & Heating
- 12 Essential Ideas to Help Keep Your Customers Yours
- Steve Coscia, Coscia Communications, Inc.
- How to Make the Most of Home Shows
- Matt Michel, The Service Roundtable
- 12 Essential Ideas to Help Keep Your Customers Yours
- Steve Coscia, Coscia Communications, Inc.
- Turn Your Technicians Into Customer Service Superstars
- Bill Raymond, Frank & Lindy Plumbing & Heating
- Mission Possible: Make Your Brand the Focus of Success
- Steve Miles, Jerry Kelly Heating and Air Conditioning
- Can You Sell $2 Million in Replacement and Service in Your Marketplace?
- Donny Buckingham, Cropp–Metcalfe
Technical Seminars
Topics:
- Understanding Electric Radiant Heating Systems
- Steven Bench, Heatizon Systems
- What You Need to Know About Airflow and Duct Leakage
- Tim Offord, Alabama Power
Business Opportunity Seminars
Topics:
- A Convenient Truth – Using Replacement Geothermal to Increase Profits
- Presented By Phil Albertson, WaterFurnace International
Hosted By WaterFurnace International - Using Financing as a Sales Tool: Success Strategies to Increase Sales and Crank Up Your Business
- Presented by Bob Maisel, GE Money
Hosted by GE Money - Nexstar: Delivering Proven Operating Systems, World Class Training & Business Solutions to Independent Contractors. Are You Ready for the Next Level?
- Presented By Bill Raymond, Frank & Lindy Plumbing & Heating
Hosted by Nexstar - Using the Internet in a Systemized Approach to Replacement Sales
- Presented By Doyle James, Aire Serv
Hosted By Aire Serv - 2010: The Countdown is On. Get Ready with Emerson
- Presented By Karl Zellmer, Emerson Climate Technologies Air Conditioning
Hosted By Emerson - ACCELERATE! A Race to the Top
- Presented By David Hazel, Mitsubishi Electric HVAC Advanced Products Division
Hosted By Mitsubishi Electric HVAC Advanced Products Division - How To Fit Home & Duct Performance Diagnostics Into HVAC Sales
- Hosted By Comfort Institute
- Turning Comfort into Green: Introducing the World’s First ECM Retrofit Motor
- Presented By Christopher Mohalley
Hosted By GE ECM by Regal Beloit - How Extended Service Agreements…Enhance Your Bottom Line
- Presented By Jeff Evans, Equiguard
Hosted By Equiguard
