Schedule At-A-Glance

                                                              Friday, July 18

1pm – 6pm

Registration 

5pm – 8pm

Welcome Reception/Exhibits  

Saturday, July 19

7am

Registration 

7am

Continental Breakfast 

8am – 8:55am

General Session – Welcome

Christopher Warzynski, Beyond Hello, Inc.

President, MSPA North America

 

9am – 9:55am

General Session “Business Etiquette and Netiquette”

Colleen Rickenbacher, CMP, CSEP, CPC

Colleen Rickenbacher, Inc.

 

10am

Refreshment Break

 

10:30am – 11:20am

General Session “The Virtual Office: Working from Home”

Colleen Rickenbacher, CMP, CSEP, CPC

Colleen Rickenbacher, Inc.

 

11:30am – 12:30pm

Luncheon

 

12:45pm – 1:35pm

Concurrent Session I “Casino and Cruise Ship Shopping”

Patty Bray, Service Sleuth

 

12:45pm – 1:35pm

Concurrent Session II “How to Serve the Actual Client”

Peter Thorwarth, BMA Mystery Shopping

 

12:45pm – 1:35pm

Concurrent Session III “Video Mystery Shopping?”

Scott Doering, Ann Michaels & Associates, Ltd.

 

1:45pm – 2:35pm

Concurrent Session I “Loss Prevention and Special Audits”

Mike Mershimer, The Mershimer Group

 

1:45pm – 2:35pm

Concurrent Session II “Shopping Restaurants”

Brian Caldwell, Cami Roth, IntelliShop

 

1:45pm – 2:35pm

Concurrent Session III “How to Score Superior Ratings on your Reports”

Lorie Sweet, Beyond Hello, Inc.

Amy Fiser, Second-to-None

 

2:40pm

Refreshment Break

 

3pm – 3:50pm

Concurrent Session I “Technology Update: SASSIE/JobSlinger”

John Hsu, SurfMerchants

 

3pm – 3:50pm

Concurrent Session II  “Shopper Idol: Learn from the Award
Winning Shoppers of our Industry”

Amanda Benson, Moderator, Customer Service Experts

 

3pm – 3:50pm

Concurrent Session III

 

4pm – 4:50pm

Concurrent Session I “Technology Update: ClientSmart”

Kimberly Peterson, ClientSmart

 

4pm – 4:50pm

Concurrent Session II “Smart Shopping: Ways to Increase Your Profits”

Susan Seiler, Market Force Information

 

4pm – 4:50pm

Concurrent Session III “Raise Your Game: A Guide to Improving Your Shopper Effectiveness”

Allyson White, Coast to Coast Scheduling Services

 

6:30pm

Awards Banquet

Keynote Speaker: “The Theatre of the Mind”

Robert Priest, Mindreader

 

Sunday, July 20

7am – 1pm

Registration

7:30am

Continental Breakfast

8:30am – 9:20am

Concurrent Session I “Working with Schedulers”

Sabrina Boone; Camille Gibbs; Lana Lenzini; Ketti Kluth

KSS Scheduling

 

8:30am – 9:20am

Concurrent Session II  “Shopping Banks”

Nancy Draude, Draude Marketing/PerformanceChek Mystery Shopping

 

9:30am – 10:20am

Concurrent Session I  Conversation with Companies”

Lorri Kern, KSS Scheduling, Moderator

Panelists: Arcadio Roselli, Service Evaluation Concepts; Carl Phillips, Customer 1-st; Christopher Warzynski, Beyond Hello, Inc.

 

9:30am – 10:20am

Concurrent Session II “Certification: Why we need it and you should have it”

Tom Mills, Service Sleuth

 

10:25am

Refreshment Break

 

10:45am – 11:35am

General Session “Scambusting! Stop the Crooks and Protect Yourself”

Cathy Stucker, Special Interests

 

11:40am – 12:30pm

General Session “Conference Wrap-Up”

Christopher Warzynski, Beyond Hello, Inc.