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RVDA Convention/Expo Committee Seeks Workshop Submissions for 2023

RVDA’s Convention/Expo Committee is seeking workshop proposals for the 2023 RV Dealers Convention/Expo, Nov. 6-10 at Paris Las Vegas. The committee-selected workshops will be held Tuesday, Nov. 7 through Friday, Nov. 10. Review the Request For Proposal on the convention website for this year’s in-demand topics, submission guidelines, and link to the submission portal.

As the premier networking and education-focused event for North American RV dealers and dealership professionals, 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:

• Fixed Operations Track: What are the strategies and tactics top performing service departments employ to improve RECT?
• Fixed Operations Track: Best practices to elevate service to industry-leading standards
• Fixed Operations Track: Parts and accessories: Winning strategies for competing with Internet-based companies
• Digital Marketing/BDC Track: Adapting to the 'cookieless' future
• Digital Marketing/BDC Track: Operating a highly effective business development center
• Dealer/GM Track: Building a culture of succession
• Dealer/GM Track: Successful management structures for multi-location dealerships
• Dealer/GM Track: Cybersecurity - emerging threats, privacy and security in the cloud, establishing and maintaining a security-minded culture, and steps to take after an intrusion.
• Legislation and compliance update: Costs and compliance with the revised Safeguard Rules
• Legislation and compliance update: Labor Law - Overtime, injury and illness rules, worker classification

More in-demand topics may be found in the Submission Guidelines documentThe 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 your proposal:

• Review the 2023 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 portal by March 15, 2023.

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.

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