February 8 - 10, 2024 in the Fort Worth Stockyards
Convention schedule OVerview
Thursday
February 8
Hotel Check-In
3:00 - 6:00 PM
Welcome Reception
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Dinner On Your Own
7:30 PM
Friday
February 9
Opening Remarks
9:00 - 9:30 AM
Teamwork & Leadership
9:30 - 10:45 AM
Team Building
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Products, Products, Products 2:00 - 2:45 PM
Mental Health
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Dinner On Your Own
5:00 PM
Saturday
February 10
Commercial Opportunities
9:30 - 10:45 AM
Stockyards Field Trip
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Operations in Sundek
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Sales Techniques
2:45 - 3:30 PM
Marketing Tools
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Owners Meeting
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Awards Banquet
6:30 - 10:30 PM
Things to do
in the Fort Worth Stockyards
Eat
6th floor
3 min walk
4 min walk
5 min walk
6 min walk
8 min walk
13 min walk
Activities
Cowtown Coliseum
Ghost Tours
Visit one of the many Saloons
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
Information
SpringHill Suites Fort Worth Historic Stockyards
Address: 2315 N Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76164
Parking: Self Park is $15 a day, Valet is $20 a day
Check In: 3:00 PM
Check Out: 12:00 PM
Breakfast: 6:30 - 10:00 AM
Sessions: Niles City Ballroom. Walk past the lobby and breakfast area to find the stairs down to the ballroom.
While at Convention
- Submit a question or topic suggestion in the suggestion box.
- Vote on your favorite photo for the Dealer’s Choice Award.
- Southeast & West regions complete ballots for their Dealer Council Representative.
Thursday
February 8, 2024
Check-In at SpringHill Suites
3:00 PM - 6:00 pm
Check into your room at the SpringHill Suites. Explore the stockyards just a couple blocks away before the convention activities begin.
Welcome Reception
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Join us at Ático. Reunite with SUNDEK Nation for old and new stories. Wear your Western attire and boots. Light hors d'oeuvres & cocktails.
Dinner on your own
7:30 pm
Friday
February 9, 2024
Opening Remarks: A Concrete Experience
Don Snider, SPI
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Announcements, new dealer introductions, and connecting with Sundeck Products team members.
Teamwork & Leadership
Colonel Garth Massey, CommandReady
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Colonel Garth Massey discusses communication, delegation, and perseverance in this interactive key note.
BREAK
10:45 am - 11:00 am
Team Building
Colonel Garth Massey, CommandReady
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Colonel Garth Massey leads a team building activity for Sundek Nation.
Colonel Garth Massey
CommandReady
Colonel Garth Massey serves in the US Marine Reserves as an infantry officer. He has traveled the world with the military and now professionally teaches leadership lessons that work in the corporate and civilian world.
We believe that leadership is a process, is a journey. Through continuous learning, practical application of ideas and personal reflection, leaders can shape environments.
LUNCH
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Products, Products, Products
Amanda Fuller & Kevin Toczek, SPI
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Learn how to scale your business by expanding the products you install. Get your questions answered on how to sell and market new products.
BREAK
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Joe Whiteman
ASCC
As Director of Safety Services, Joe oversees all safety and risk management activities. He provides safety bulletins, newsletters, training, and other direction for ASCC members.
Joe has 20 years of safety experience for Turner Construction, Barnhart-Heery, and Mortly Builders Inc., where he amassed his wide range of concrete construction safety experience.
Mental Health in Construction
Joe Whiteman, ASCC
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Joe Whiteman, ASCC’s Director of Safety Services, discusses mental health with his course VitalCog - Suicide Prevention in Construction
Dinner & evening on your own
5:00 pm
Saturday
February 10, 2024
Commercial Opportunities
Bob Miller, Sundek of Washington, Deidre Dann, SPI
9:30 am - 10:45 am
How to get in front of General Contractors and Architects. Hands-on training on how to read contracts, plans, specs, and other documents.
Stockyards Field Trip
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Watch the Old West Gunfight Show and cattle drive in the Stockyards.
LUNCH
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Best Practices & Operations in a SUNDEK World
Doug Snider, SPI
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Best practices and operations in a SUNDEK world.
BREAK
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
SUNDEK Nation Sales Techniques
Jim Peterson, Concrete Network, Deidre Dann, SPI
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
How to level up your sales team with tactics from previous podcast guests. Come prepared with questions on how to improve your sales in 2024.
Marketing Tools
Lori Snider & Jasmine Hodgson, SPI
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Tips, tricks, and tools to excel in marketing SUNDEK! Hear about helpful resources in the Portal, ordering apparel online, and capturing great photos.
Owner’s Meeting
Don Snider, SPI
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Owners and General Managers meet with the Sundeck Products leadership team: Don Snider, Marshall Seavers, and Doug Snider.
Sundek Awards Banquet
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Join us at the River Ranch Stockyards for the SUNDEK Awards Banquet!
It is located less than half a mile (~8 min walk) from SpringHill Suites.
Schedule:
Appetizers, Cocktails & Photo Booth
6:30 PM
Awards Presentation
7:00 PM
Dinner, Live Music, Dancing & Cocktails
8:15 PM
Venue Closed - after party on your own
10:30 PM
INfo:
- Dress code is casual western. Boots and nice jeans are preferred, jackets and dresses are also welcome.
- A photo booth with be set up to take pictures. Photos will be printed & emailed.
- Walk, drive, or Uber/Lyft to the venue. It is a few blocks from SpringHill Suites. Parking is free.
- There will be a live band providing music.
- The venue will close at 10:30 pm. Visit one of the many bars in the stockyards afterwards!