Business Networks Presents….

A Gathering of Eagles 2012

A Business Networks Business Development Conference

February 12-14, 2012 

Generate management strategies, business development ideas, production solutions and a refreshed outlook on the industry! 

Gathering of Eagles 2012 is a Business Networks business development conference that provides a unique educational format for restoration and remodeling business owners to achieve amazing professional growth within a short time period. Advanced business management ideas and thought provoking discussions are intended to guide participants in improving business skills and company performance. Bring the whole family! There are exciting recreational options for participants, family and guests designed to complete the conference with a full range of experiences that will energize and benefit everyone. 

• Industry Meetings

• Trade Show

• Financial Analysis

• Advanced Discussions 

This years Gathering of Eagles will be held at the Snowbird Resort and Conference Center in Snowbird, Utah. Snowbird – the most accessible world renowned four season mountain resort in the USA. The resort is among the finest anywhere with a world class health spa, conference center, and the world’s largest privately held collection of oriental rugs. The 11-story atrium, which connects the original building with a new wing, offers a spectacular view. Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort includes the finest facilities the skiing world has to offer combined with an unparalleled accessibility to a major metropolitan city and international airport. Snowbird has also fostered a reputation for its environmental stewardship, for which it also has been awarded numerous prestigious awards. Snowbird was named the No. 1 ski resort in North America in 2008 by Outside Magazine. 

Gathering of Eagles 2012 Agenda as of 1/26/12 

Sunday, February 12

Pre-Conference Workshops

q     PSA - 8 am-noon and 1:00-5:00 pm (Free) 

q     Sandler Sales - 8 am-noon and 1:00-5:00 pm (Free)

Conference Schedule: 

q     5:30 pm Welcome Network Cocktail Party 

Monday, February 13 

q     8:00 am Keynote Speaker "How High Can You Bounce?"

q     9:30 Network Breakout Groups with current HOT Topics

q     10:45 Panel: "How Do I Grow My Business in Today's Economy?" Jud Eades, Rich Piltch 

q     12:30 Lunch and/or Skiing on your own 

For Non-Skiers: 

q     1:30 About Time Technologies Training Session

q     1:30-2:30 Omegasonics Training Session

q     1:45 Snowmobiling Adventure in the mountains

q     3:00-5:00 Luxor Training Session 

Tuesday, February 14 

q     8:00 am Interactive Program Panel Discussion With the Audience - Fair or Foul? Panelists: Alacrity, ARS Flood & Fire Cleanup, Code Blue, State Farm, Xactimate.

q     9:45 Panel "How Do Others Keep On Top of Everything?" Rich Piltch

q     11:30 Lessons Learned from Gathering of Eagles 2012

q     12:30 Lunch and/or Skiing on your own 

For Non-Skiers:

q     1:30 About Time Technologies Training Session

q     1:30 Next Gear Solutions DASH Training Session

q     1:30 Sandler Sales Training Session 

q     5:30 Networking with attendees in the bar on the 9th Floor 

Wednesday 15 - By Invitation ONLY 

q     8:00 am (This is an Industry first) Industry Think Tank SUMMIT - "How Do We Effect Change in Our Industry?"

q     12:30 Lunch and/or Skiing on your own 

Tentative list of attendees:

To register click here or for more information contact Debbie at 800-525-1009 ext. 17  

Business Networks helps business owners and their teams continually improve their companies.  You will be placed in a network with other like companies, but not competitors with each other.  Remodelers will work together with other remodelers, restorers will work together with other restorers and home builders will work together with other home builders. 

Together you and your team will learn best practices from each others ongoing businesses.  By working within our time proven system, you and your team will become a continually better team in this time of economic change.   Together, network members observe and evaluate each other's companies in real time, learn from each other’s successes and generate positive solutions to your business opportunities through a process that Business Networks invented and pioneered for businesses.  Meetings are held twice per year; each company takes home new ideas and SMART Goals that they work to implement in their companies.  The ideas have concrete action plans, steeped in accountability and leadership.  Some examples of this include job descriptions, standard operating procedures, better prepared to manage difficult employees and learning to better utilize your financials.  In a nutshell, this means you don’t have to re-invent the wheel. 

In the 1980’s Business Networks started and maintains the only data base of its kind for both business development and financial numbers.  We use it as a teaching and comparison aid to allow our clients to know what real numbers are.  A lot of companies talk about being the best, at Business Networks, we have a system that allows you to compare with each other on a line item by line item basis and know what best is.  This will allow you to see where you are doing a good job and where you have opportunities to improve.  

In addition to focusing on your business, there are social activities and networking.  Network members attend both dinners and social events together. Close friendships and bonds often form among network members which last a lifetime. 

From simple to complex operations, from small to large volumes, Business Networks can help.