TTA Spring Training Agenda
(subject to change)

Tuesday, April 25
Time Finance Track Marketing Track Customer Service Track
12:30 - 1:00 PM Kickoff Meeting
1:00 - 2:30 PM Texas Sales Tax Grid
Debbie Broyles - HMV
Rebecca Van Nattan - HMV
Broadband Nutrition Labels - What You Need to Know
Guy Benson - JSI
2:30 - 3:30 PM Grants Management
Rebecca Van Nattan - HMV
Mitchell McCoy - HMV
How to Market Yourself As an Employer
Russell Kacer - YK Communications
3:30 - 4:00 PM Break
4:00 - 5:00 PM Software Tricks and Tips - Focus on Cybersecurity
Todd McElmurry - HMV
5:00 - 5:30 PM Break
5:30 - 6:30 PM Opening Day Reception
Cocktails & Hors d'Oeuvres
 
Wednesday, April 26
Time Finance Track Marketing Track Customer Service Track
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 AM Ethical Conundrums…Do The Right Thing!
Allison McLeod
E-mail and SMS Marketing: Making Communications Have the Wow Factor
Matt Wolski - Found
Brian Perry - Found
New Customer Service Tools/Emerging Tech
Kim Dudley - NISC
Tony Zappetillo - NISC
10:00 - 11:00 AM USAC - Common Inquiries / Audit Strategies
Brian Sullivan - JSI
Lauren Sanders - BBT
Steve Alexander - Eastex
Email Newsletters
Dave Shaw - Arrow
Bundling/Not Bundling – What do Customers Want?
Jennifer Pavlicek - Innovative Systems
Mcxie Hurst - People's Telecom
Zach Nichols - NRTC
11:00 - 11:15 AM Break
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Providing Ethical Leadership: Learning to be the Best Version of Yourself
Allison McLeod
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 PM Part 32 Update / Common Errors
Jason Miller - BSGM
Content Marketing – Social Media
Jackie Enlow - Pioneer
NSP Score Process
Chelsi Runyan - Calix
2:00 - 2:30 PM Break
2:30 - 3:30 PM Performance Metrics Panel
Blake Lackey - HMV
Kody Chapman - HMV
Lauren Young - BSGM
Live Events Panel
Anna Fuentez - BBT
Joe Robles - VTX1
Tara Zielinski - Nortex
3:30 - 4:00 PM Break
4:00 - 5:00 PM Fraud
Steve Dawson - Dawson Forensic
5:00 - 5:30 PM Break
5:30 - 7:00 PM WITT Reception & Putt Putt Tournament
 
Thursday, April 27
Time Finance Track Marketing Track Customer Service Track
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 AM BEAD Funding and Other Potential Grant Funding
Caleb Boone - Vantage Point
Internal and External Marketing: Training Technicians to Market in the Field
Amanda Hofer - CTTC
Joel Green - YK Communications
Customer Retention Strategies
Dave Shaw - Arrow
9:30 - 10:30 AM Employment Law / Work from Home Issues
Dennis Donley - Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, PLCC
De-Escalation – How to Turn Negatives Into Positives
Amy Morales - Kapeesh Marketing
10:30 - 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Lessons from TUSF Panel
Steve Alexander - Eastex
Susan Graves - Etex
Competition – CLEC Marketing Strategies
Michele Jones - Pivot

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