PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- The most extensive education conference ever offered at the PGA Merchandise Show will provide attending PGA Professionals, retailers and golf business executives access to proven business leaders addressing the game's most relevant issues, Jan. 17-19, in Orlando, Fla.
Nearly 75 seminars, presented by The PGA of America and the Association of Golf Merchandisers, will cover wide-ranging relevant topics including Emerging Global Trends, Custom Clubfitting, General Management Best Programs, Developing Junior Golf Programs, Growing Your Women's Golf Business and more
"The PGA Show education conference offers a great line up on a broad spectrum of the right topics to address the important issues of today's professional," said 2007 PGA Golf Professional of the Year Brent Krause, PGA Master Professional of WynLakes Golf & Country Club in Montgomery, Ala. "With the myriad of different programs, you can really build your own custom experience to focus on individual career and facility needs."
Education Conference Topics (seminar details available at www.pgashow.com):
--Architectural Design
--Basic Money Management Concepts
--Before, During and After the PGA Show-Set Yourself Up for Success and Accomplish ---Your Retail Goals
--Best of the Best? How Do You Measure Up?
--Best Practices-General Management
--Best Practices-Ownership/Leasing
--Build an Instruction Business Plan to Market Yourself
--Build an Instructional Program
--Building a Successful Junior Golf Program
--Business Etiquette
--Clubfitting Technology
--Custom Clubfitting-Cornerstone of Instruction
--Dollar per Round: Forecasting Sales & Motivating Staff
--Emerging Global Trends in the Golf Market
--Financial Reality-Owning a Golf Course
--Five Key Retail Terms Every Buyer Needs to Know
--Future Trends and Issues in Private Clubs: A Management Perspective
--Golf Instruction for Individuals with Disabilities
--Golf Yoga
--GPS-Its More Than Yardage
--Instructor Roundtable- Influence Your Student to Make a Change
--Key Performance Indicators
--Making Par with Your Excess Inventory
--Managing and Profiting from Food & Beverage Operations
--Margin Builders- Enhancing Your Bottom Line
--Marketing Roundtable-Build Your Women's Golf Business
--Markup and Markdowns-The Real Factors of Profitability!
--No POS? No Problem!
--Objectively Analyzing Your Business for Increased Profitability
--Off-Course Facilities / Retail Roundtable
--Ownership/Leasing Roundtable-Beware of the Pitfalls
--PGA Certified Program
--PGA PAR- Skills Assessment
--PGA Performance Trak Resources to Measure Your Business
--Planning Inventory: How Much Inventory Do You Need?
--Player Dev. Programs to Increase Rounds, Revenues and Retention
--Private Club / Retail Roundtable
--Promoting and Marketing for Under $100
--Public Facilities / Retail Roundtable
--Purchase to Compete as a Boutique Green Grass Retailer
--Putter Fitting to Improve Your Students Fundamentals
--Retail Best Practices
--Retirement Planning
--Rules- You are the Expert
--Running a Major Tournament
--Shrinkage: Controlling the Loss
--Staff training: Create a Win-Win Experience Among Your Staff, Management and Customers
--Strengthen Your Game: The Next Generation of Golf Performance
--Success Triangle for Golf-Six Winning Factors of Body, Mind & Swing
--Taking Your Shop on the Road for Added Revenue
--The Basics of Investing
--The Body Swing Connection-Titleist Performance Institute
--The PGA's Brand Assessment Study
--Think Pink and Increase Equipment Sales to Women
--Three Key Points to Creating a Profitable Vendor Partnership
--Time Management
--Tips from the Top Visual Merchandising Pros
--Understanding Credit Reports and Consumer Rights
--What is Expected from the PGA Professional Through the Eyes of General Management
--What's Hot in Apparel- Trends that will Make You More Money
--Why Are We Here? Staff Training
--Working as a Team-PGA, CMAA, GCSAA
--Your Career Path-Retail
The PGA Merchandise Show education conference will be offered daily, Jan. 17-19, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Orange County Convention Center. PGA members are able to earn up to 12 MSR (Member Service Requirement) hours through their participation in the education conference (a maximum of four daily) and a Show total of 29 MSR hours through their additional participation in the 91st PGA Annual Meeting, Demo Day, Product Preview and Buyers' Reception, PGA Merchandise Show, and Members Town Hall.
Industry professionals may view the complete calendar of education sessions and register to attend the PGA Merchandise Show education conference at www.pgashow.com. A full conference pass including unlimited seminars throughout the conference, all course materials and admission to the exhibit hall is available to PGA members for $325 and to non-PGA members for $375. A single day pass including unlimited seminars, course materials throughout the day of your choice and admission to the exhibit hall is available to PGA members and non-PGA members for $200.
The PGA Merchandise Show returns to Orlando one week earlier than usual, Jan. 17-19, boasting more than 1,200 leading golf companies, 10 miles of exhibit aisles and more than 45,000 industry leaders at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC). Market leaders such as Callaway Golf, PING, Nike Golf, adidas, the Titleist Performance Institute, Srixon, Ahead, Cutter & Buck, Antigua, Bridgestone, Gear For Sports, Tehama, Bobby Jones, POLO, Club Car, Greg Norman, Fairway & Greene, E-Z Go, EP Pro, Ashworth, Yamaha, Wilson Staff, Nickent, Imperial, Adams, Mizuno, Tommy Bahama, Harry Vardon, PING Collection, Byron Nelson and many more are among golf's top participating vendors at the 2008 PGA Merchandise Show.
The game's most influential leaders including executives from worldwide PGAs, global golf companies and national golf organizations join grassroots PGA Professionals and retailers to amass more than 45,000 attendees focused on growing the business of golf. Interactive exhibits, product testing, education seminars, fashion shows, industry awards, trend reports, professional networking, merchandising workshops, best practices presentations and more pack unprecedented value into the industry's biggest week of golf business. Additional announcements regarding new and enhanced PGA Merchandise Show programs will be made.
For more information or to register for the 55th PGA Merchandise Show, visit www.pgashow.com.
