The RV Dealers Association (RVDA)’s Convention/Expo Committee is seeking workshop proposals for the 2024 RV Dealers Convention/Expo, slated Nov. 11-15 at Paris Las Vegas.
The submission deadline is April 17.
The committee-selected workshops will be held Tuesday, Nov. 12 through Friday, Nov. 15. Review the request for proposal document on the convention website for this year’s in-demand topics, submission guidelines and link to the submission portal.
The event will feature 45- and 60-minute concurrent “tracked” non-promotional workshops for dealership principals, general managers and top-performers in parts, service, F&I, sales, digital marketing and business development centers.
In-demand topics for the committee-selected workshops include:
Dealer/GM
- Talent management: how to retain top employees
- An overview of successful management structures for multi-location dealerships
- Effective communication and collaboration: department to department, location to location
- Artificial intelligence (AI): Practical applications/strategies for RV dealers
Legislation/Compliance
- Marketing and advertising compliance issues: what do recent FTC enforcement actions mean for RV dealers? (i.e., junk fees and illegal discrimination)
- Labor Law – overtime, injury and illness rules, plus worker classification
- Dealer data and digital issues (issues when consumer order vehicles online, safeguards rule, state privacy laws, OEM data sharing principles, ransomware)
Fixed Operations (Parts, Warranty and Service)
- What are the strategies and tactics top performing service departments employ to improve RECT?
- Best practices to elevate service to industry-leading standards
- Management strategies to expand service facilities/capacity
- Parts and accessories – winning strategies for competing with internet-based companies
- Innovative training practices: what top performing companies do differently to retain talent
Digital Marketing/BDC/Social Media
- Working with social media influencers
- Content marketing: what is it, why it is so useful and how to create the content – quickly and cost effectively
- Reputation management
Business Innovation (Sales and F&I)
- Closing the sale in the age of well-informed customers (appropriate for sales & F&I personnel)
- Set yourself apart: creating your dealership’s competitive advantage
- Building relationships with your customers
- Seamless integration: sales & F&I
The committee welcomes submissions from “in-the-trenches” training professionals, consultants, dealership professionals, vendors and others who support the RV industry. The convention is sponsored by RVDA – the National RV Dealers Association, RVDA of Canada and the Mike Molino RV Learning Center.
Follow these steps to submit a proposal:
- Review the 2024 RVDA Convention/Expo Call for Workshop Proposals website and submission guide.
- Identify topics that (a) would benefit RV dealers and their key employees and (b) can be effectively presented in 45 or 60 minutes.
- Gather and enter the information in the portalby April 17.
Direct questions about the call for workshop proposals to Karin Van Duyse by email at kvanduyse@rvda.org. Companies interested in exhibiting, Vendor Training +Plus, or partnership and sponsorship opportunities can contact Julie Newhouse at (703) 364-5518 or send an email to jnewhouse@rvda.org.
