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SUMMARY:Plant Tour
DESCRIPTION:Location:  Rinker Materials \nBuses will load at the Embassy Suites Convention Center parking lot. \n\n6:25am – 1st bus leaving\n6:35am – 2nd & 3rd bus leaving\n6:45am – 4th & 5th bus leaving\n\nTours are approximately 2.5 hours and will require each participant to sign a release on the bus.
URL:https://pipeschool.org/session/plant-tour/
LOCATION:Rinker Materials
CATEGORIES:Adv Production & Plant Mgmt,Engineering,In-Person,Marketing,Production,Production 1,Production 2,Quality School,Tour,Transportation
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SUMMARY:Differentiate Yourself Through Personal Branding
DESCRIPTION:Location:  Frisco 3\, 4\, & 5 \nSpeaker:  Michael Kremer – American Concrete Pipe Association \nPresentation Description \nAll too often we focus so much on the product or service that we are representing and forget to focus on ourselves. We know our product is the right one for the situation and pour countless hours scouring for advantages\, creating presentations\, and trying find ways to provide our customers the best solution. But is your product the only thing you’re selling? Beyond the brand of your product\, what does your personal brand say about you? \nProducts aren’t the only thing that need to be differentiated in the market: so do sales and marketing experts. \nWhen you are trying to sell a product or influence a stakeholder\, you aren’t just selling them a product\, you’re selling them a package that you are a part of. How do you differentiate yourself to add value to that package? Is it through the information you provide? How you provide it? Do you focus on relationship building or problem solving? \nDifferentiating yourself through your personal brand can be as integral to the success of the project as the product itself. \nAttendees of this presentation will walk away with the following: \n\nUnderstanding of the importance of differentiating yourself through your personal brand\nWay of determining how to find and define their personal brand\nTool and techniques to refine and leverage their brand\n\nSpeaker Bio\nMichael Kremer is the Vice President of Marketing at the ACPA and has spent almost 20 years in marketing. Throughout his almost 20 year career\, Michael has worked for a variety of different organizations including Caterpillar\, Intertek\, AgriSyng (an ag-tech start-up)\, and even ran his own business\, Eighty35 Marketing. In addition to his current role at the ACPA\, Michael teaches an intro to marketing class as his local community college. Throughout his marketing career Michael has found success by differentiating both himself and the product/brand that he is representing.
URL:https://pipeschool.org/session/differentiate-yourself-through-personal-branding/
LOCATION:Frisco 3\, 4\, 5
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Marketing
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SUMMARY:Data Visualization Best Practices
DESCRIPTION:Location:  Frisco 3\, 4\, & 5 \nSpeaker:  Ashley Kizzire – Advancing Organizational Excellence (aoe) \nPresentation Description \nWhen used properly\, charts and graphs are a very effective way to communicate data. However\, simple missteps in design can muddle your data\, weaken your message and confuse your audience. Avoid common mistakes by following best practices to ensure that your message is heard – loud and clear! \nYou’ve been tasked with making a presentation on some important business figures – financial updates\, results of marketing efforts or other key data – and rather than create text-heavy slides with lists of numbers\, you know that putting the data into a graphical format will be more interesting and visually appealing to your audience. When used properly\, charts and graphs are a very effective way to communicate data. However\, simple missteps in design can muddle your data\, weaken your message and confuse your audience. Avoid common mistakes by following these best practices to ensure that your message is heard loud – and clear! \nLearning objectives for this presentation include: \n\nUnderstand the importance of background information and knowing who your audience is before developing your presentation. Having that information can drastically change the direction your presentation will take.\nUnderstand the importance of choosing the right visuals for your presentation\nUnderstand the importance of focusing your audience’s attention on your data and the best ways to accomplish this\nUnderstand the importance of designing presentations and visuals for all audience members – including those who may be colorblind. We will discuss how using some color combinations together\, such as red and green\, in the same chart or graph might be difficult for some folks to interpret. In this presentation\, we will discuss which colors are colorblind-friendly alternatives to make your presentation accessible to a wider audience.\n\nFollowing the rules of data visualization will help you create charts and graphs that are trustworthy\, unambiguous and persuasive. In turn\, they will convey your data in a much more powerful way. \nSpeaker Bio\nAs Vice President of Marketing at AOE\, Ashley helps clients plan and implement communications strategies to reach their target audiences. In addition\, Ashley is responsible for achieving AOE’s objectives related to marketing\, client referral strategy and implementation\, branding\, and team member development regarding client relations.
URL:https://pipeschool.org/session/data-visualization-best-practices/
LOCATION:Frisco 3\, 4\, 5
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Marketing
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SUMMARY:Pipe Show - Wednesday - Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Location:  Frisco 6 \nVIEW THE EXHIBITOR LIST \nThe Pipe Show is a trade show created exclusively for the concrete pipe industry and is open for all Pipe School attendees.  With 28 exhibitors showcasing their products\, services\, and people\, there is something for everyone to see at the Pipe Show!
URL:https://pipeschool.org/session/pipe-show-wednesday-lunch/
LOCATION:Frisco 6
CATEGORIES:Adv Production & Plant Mgmt,Engineering,Exhibition,In-Person,Marketing,Production,Production 1,Production 2,Quality School,Transportation
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SUMMARY:PowerPoint Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Location:  Frisco 3\, 4\, & 5 \nSpeaker:  Tryve Hoff\, PE – American Concrete Pipe Association \nPresentation Description\nPowerpoint can be a powerful tool in the communication toolbox for most engineers and technical promotions professionals. But with great power comes great responsibility. Creating a great presentation that is both eye-catching and informative can be difficult. To ensure that we develop both credibility and a reputation for keeping the audience’s attention\, we must use the tools we have efficiently. This course will cover some of the rules of thumb for an entertaining and informative presentation. The workshop format allows attendees to work on their own slides during the session\, and practice some of the rules and tricks addressed in class. \nSpeaker Bio\nTrygve Hoff\, PE\, is the Northeast Region Engineer for the American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA). Tryg graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and his professional experience ranges from environmental consulting in Ohio\, to architectural engineering in beautiful Lake Tahoe\, California. Tryg has been promoting resilient infrastructure with the ACPA since 2012.
URL:https://pipeschool.org/session/powerpoint-workshop/
LOCATION:Frisco 3\, 4\, 5
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Marketing
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SUMMARY:Training Victories
DESCRIPTION:Location:  Frisco 3\, 4\, & 5 \nSpeaker:  Palisha Sthapit – Rinker Materials \nPresentation Description \nThe Texas Concrete Pipe Association’s Technical Marketing Committee\, led by John Dutschmann\, developed a training strategy that combines the assets from eight member companies to deliver effective and engaging training.  The TCPA is utilizing a combination of both virtual and in-person training to raise awareness about concrete pipe and precast products.  If you want to learn how they are chalking up training victories\, attend the training. \nSpeaker Bio \nPalisha Sthapit is Product Resource Specialist at Rinker Materials.  \nShe lives in Houston and covers San Antonio/Austin\, Louisiana and Houston regions promoting precast concrete drainage products\, national standards\, and specifications\, as well as conducting training.  \n  \nShe received her bachelor’s degree in Architectural/Civil Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington with leadership honors. In her senior year of college\, Palisha worked as an intern for American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA). Working under QCast program at ACPA\, she reviewed quality audits of precast drainage products from various producers. After graduation\, she worked as a structural engineer at Tower Engineering Solutions where she worked on design and analysis of tower mounts. Beside her role\, she is also a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and American Public Works Association (APWA).  \nPalisha came to the states in 2017 from Nepal to pursue her education. She speaks four languages and is very passionate about dancing and writing poetry. She loves exploring and meeting new people.
URL:https://pipeschool.org/session/training-victories/
LOCATION:Frisco 3\, 4\, 5
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Marketing
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SUMMARY:Pipe Installation
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Matt Childs\, PE – Turner \nPresentation Description \n“Pipe Installation” will be an interactive presentation of the best practices of gravity\nPipe installation. Students will have the opportunity to discuss with experts from the precast concrete\nPipe industry as well as experienced contractor\, inspector and engineering professionals to improve\nThe important stage of pipe installation that\, along with proper design and materials\, will lead to a successful gravity pipe project. \nSpeaker Bio \nMatt Childs is Chief Operating Officer with TurnerCo\, a precast concrete products producer with facilities in Rhome and Lockhart\, Texas. He has more than 20 years of experience in the infrastructure industry. \nChilds earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Baylor University and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington. \nBefore joining the American Concrete Pipe Association in 2000\, Childs worked as project engineer and project manager with two engineering firms in Fort Worth\, Texas working on infrastructure design\, market development\, and recruiting. He served as ACPA’s Director of Engineering Services before becoming President in August 2005. He left the ACPA in 2017 and joined HawkeyePedershaab as V.P. Sales for the North American Market. In 2020 he joined TurnerCo as COO. \nWhile President of ACPA\, Childs led the expansion of the ACPA throughout the USA and influenced concrete pipe industries in several countries while recruiting a technical team to help producer members expand market share.
URL:https://pipeschool.org/session/pipe-installation/
CATEGORIES:Marketing,Production,Streaming Transportation Track,Transportation
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SUMMARY:Pipe Show - Wednesday - Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Location:  Frisco 6 \nVIEW THE EXHIBITOR LIST \nThe Pipe Show is a trade show created exclusively for the concrete pipe industry and is open for all Pipe School attendees.  With 28 exhibitors showcasing their products\, services\, and people\, there is something for everyone to see at the Pipe Show!
URL:https://pipeschool.org/session/pipe-show-wednesday/
LOCATION:Frisco 6
CATEGORIES:Adv Production & Plant Mgmt,Engineering,Exhibition,In-Person,Marketing,Production,Production 1,Production 2,Quality School,Transportation
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