Workshops and Key Notes Schedule

Don't miss this one-of-a-kind experience! You know we won't disappoint! We will make sure that you leave with all the tools you need to create a new revenue stream or strengthen your current business to beat this economy.


Thursday, July 16th
8:00am - 9:30amWelcome Opening by Greg Wittstock
9:45am - 10:45amPast Customers - Future Growth
Frank Stompanato
Changing Face of Retail
Yale Youngblood of Garden Center Magazine
Gettin' Geeked Out with Water Treatments & Pond Ecology
Scott Rhodes
11:00am - 12:00pmYou Can't Win If You Don't Know How
Dr. Erik Johnson
Debt is Dumb
Tony Sargeant
Public Relations: On a
 Shoestring Budget

Julie VanBuskirk & Jennifer Zuri 
12:00pm - 1:00pmLunch: Mega Center
1:00pm - 2:30pmWhy Harvest Rain?
RainXchange™ System Overview
RainXchange™ Step-by-Step Installation
Dave Kelly
Website: Doing it Yourself!
Randy Mauldin
Waterfall & Stream Construction
Chris Wilson
3:00pm - 4:30pmRainXchange™ Designing and Estimating
RainXchange™ Sales & Marketing
Dave Kelly
Aquascape's Pond Maintenance
Josh Duffy
How to Conduct a One Hour Seminar on Ponds 101 (The Seminar that Yielded $75,000)
Doug & Judy Harvey

Friday, July 17th
8:00am - 9:30amSustainability by Ed Beaulieu
9:45am - 10:45amExtreme Makeover Prep CourseThe Engineering & Application of the RainXchange™ System
Ed Beaulieu
Rain Gardens & Sustainable Landscaping
JF New
11:00am - 12:00pmWorking with Your Local Government
Ellen Beaulieu & Village of Sugar Grove
Q&A with Pond Guy & Panel
Greg Wittstock A.K.A. The Pond Guy
12:00pm - 1:00pmLunch: Mega Center
1:00pm - 2:30pmWhy Harvest Rain?
RainXchange™ System Overview
RainXchange™ Step-by-Step Installation
Dave Kelly
Water Features in Public Institutions
Jon Brangan
Systematization Sales Process Extraordinaire
Brian Helfrich
3:00pm - 4:30pmRainXchange™ Designing & Estimating
RainXchange™ Sales & Marketing
Dave Kelly
How to Succeed with Display Water Features
Rob Riccardo
Hitching Your Company to the Green Movement
Ryan Young