USCA Spring Meeting Agenda
Thursday, April 4th
4:00pm-6:00pm | Executive Board Meeting | Aloft Meeting Room |
6:00pm | Dinner on Own | The Battery |
Friday, April 5th
TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
7:30am – 8:00am | Continental plus breakfast sandwiches (biscuits, egg, and bacon, fruit, etc.) & Check-In on first floor of TK Elevator | Sponsored by TK Elevator Check in on first floor of TK Elevator Google Maps: TK Elevator Corporate Office: 788 Cir 75 Pkwy SE Suite 500, Atlanta USCA meetings are on the 4th floor in the Horizon Ballroom. |
8:00am – 8:30am | Welcome – Lenita Davis, President TK Elevator Logistics – Scott Inks | Check in on first floor of TK Elevator |
8:30am-9:00am | School Introductions (Ice Breaker – favorite bucket list item to be done) Acknowledgment of Visitors – Anita Dale | |
9:00am – 9:15am | Outstanding Member Awards – Lenita Davis | |
9:15am – 9:45am | USCA Strategic Plan Update – Lenita Davis | |
9:45am – 10:15am | Spring Meeting Proposal – Andrew Loring | |
10:15am – 10:30am | Break | Elevation Room @ TK Elevator |
10:30am – 12:00pm | Best Practice Session: Positioning your Sales Center: Perspectives from former USCA Dean Award Winners Panelists: Dr. Eli Jones Professor Peggy Mays Eminent Scholar Former Dean of Mays Business School Dr. Todd A. Shawver Dean, Zeigler College of Business Bloomsburg Commonwealth University Dr. Jared J. Llorens Dean and E. J. Ourso Professor E. J. Ourso College of Business Louisiana State University | |
12:00pm – 1:00pm | Lunch & Speaker – Adam Luckey, District General Manager, TK Elevator | Sponsored by TK Elevator |
1:00pm – 1:30pm | Best Companies to Work For (External Relations) – Andrea Dixon | |
1:30pm – 2:45pm | AI + Role-Play Demo – Lenita Davis & Scott Inks | |
2:45pm – 3:00pm | Break | |
3:00pm – 4:00pm | Research Grant Award Presentation – Stephan Volpers Revisiting Buyers´ Role In Value Creation: From Suppliers´ Helpers To Sources Of Relationship Value | |
4:00pm – 5:00pm | Optional Tour of TK Elevator | |
5:00pm – 7:30pm | Cocktail Hour & Appetizers & Dinner Location: Elevation Room @ TK Elevator | Sponsored by TK Elevator |
Saturday, April 6th
TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
8:00am – 8:30am | Full Breakfast Location: TK Elevator 4th floor | Sponsored by the Kennesaw State University Center for Professional Selling |
8:30am – 9:00am | Re-Cap of Previous Day | |
9:00am – 10:30am | Best Practice Session: Student Engagement Survey Results and Facilitated Discussion – Andrew Loring | |
10:30am – 11:30am | Committee Meetings | |
11:30am-12:00pm | Committee Updates | |
12:00pm – 1:00pm | Box Lunch & Announcement of Fall Meeting – Andrew Loring | Sponsored by the Kennesaw State University Center for Professional Selling |
Additional Information
HOTELS: The USCA hotel is the Aloft Atlanta at The Battery Atlanta, 950 Battery Avenue., Atlanta, GA 30339 1-678-272-4288.
Click Here to Book the Hotel. The USCA Rate is $199.00/night. You have the option of checking out of the hotel on Saturday or Sunday (meeting ends at 1:00pm on Saturday). Deadline to book: March 4. You’ll be a 4-minute walk to TK Elevator.
NOTE: The USCA was allotted 20 rooms to start. Once we hit the cap, they will allot additional rooms (if the block is full when you book, please email Andrew Loring: aloring@mays.tamu.edu). Parking at the hotel is $30.00/night and parking at TK Elevator is $50.00/day.
Secondary Hotel: Embassy Suites by Hilton Atlanta Kennesaw Town Center: hilton.com/en/hotels/atlkses-embassy-suites-atlanta-kennesaw-town-center/ ~$173.00/night. No Group Code. Make a reservation at the link. This hotel is 13.7 miles from TKE.
TRANSPORTATION: If you are Ubering, keep in mind that leaving the Battery area around the Atlanta Braves baseball game will
spike Uber prices.
FLIGHTS: If you are flying on Saturday, April 6, please schedule flights no earlier than 3:00pm or later
It is highly recommended that you Uber/Taxi from the Atlanta airport to the hotel because parking at The Battery is scarce and expensive. The airport is 22 miles from TK Elevator.
If you have any questions, please email Andrew Loring (aloring@mays.tamu.edu)