The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) has announced a series of interactive webinars focused on helping RV park and campground owners and operators deal with the current health emergency. The series will provide resources, tools and strategies from experts to safely and effectively manage a campground through this situation.
The webinars will take place every Monday and Thursday at 11 a.m. ET, beginning this Thursday, March 19, with “Planning and Marketing During an Emergency.”
The webinar series is open to everyone in the industry and registration is free.
The expert panel for Thursday’s webinar will feature an emergency planning presentation by Patrick Hardy, who is a Certified Emergency Manager, Certified Risk Manager and a FEMA Master of Exercise Practitioner. Hardy is CEO of Hytropy. The webinar will also feature a marketing presentation by one of the industry’s leading marketing professionals Brian Searl, CEO of Insider Perks. During the second half of the webinar, Mark Koep, CEO of CampgroundViews.com, also a marketing expert, will join the panel and the floor will be open to participants to ask questions and get answers from all three of our expert panelists.
Future webinars, called “Get Expert Answers to All Your Questions”, will feature a broader panel of experts in topics including insurance, advocacy and supply procurement, in addition to our emergency preparedness and marketing experts. The format of each webinar will be open forum to allow participants to ask questions and get answers to help them best navigate the current situation.
“During this unprecedented situation affecting everyone across the world, the speed that information has been changing and spreading is a constant challenge,” said Paul Bambei, president and CEO of ARVC. “In order to provide the best guidance and solutions, we want to open the communications window to everyone in the industry and connect them with experts to help our industry stay strong together in the face of this challenge. ARVC is looking out for all members of the industry and making sure anything we distribute is correct, useful and worth their time and energy. These webinars are just one of the many ways we will be working to transparently promote, advocate and protect the industry.”
The webinars are part of an ongoing strategy designed by ARVC to help protect the campground industry during this crisis and to create a shared learning environment to help promote a strong and united outdoor hospitality industry.
ARVC is currently engaged in a number of efforts to assist the industry, all of which can be viewed on our blog, Coronavirus: What You Can Do to Protect Your Park. The blog, which is updated daily, provides the latest information, links to all webinars and educational information, advocacy updates, resources and more.
Schedule of Upcoming Webinars
- Thursday, March 19 — Planning and Marketing During an Emergency
- Monday, March 23 — Get Expert Answers to All Your Questions
- Thursday, March 26 — Get Expert Answers to All Your Questions
- Monday, March 30 — Get Expert Answers to All Your Questions
- Thursday, April 2 — Get Expert Answers to All Your Questions
ARVC will re-evaluate the situation and schedule webinars beyond April 2 as needed.