July 14-16, 2010
BARTON CREEK RESORT & SPA
8212 Barton Club Drive Austin, Texas 78735 Reservations: 800.336.6158
Phone: 512-329-4000 Toll Free: 866-572-7369
Fax: 512-329-4597
Sponsored by
The SGA Residential and Commercial & Industrial Sales & Marketing Committees
and the SGA Communications & Public Affairs Committee
Co-Chairs for 2010 Marketing, Sales & Communications Conference
Get Involved!
If you have ideas on topics, speakers, sponsors or exhibits that you would like to see at the 2010 Marketing, Sales & Communications Conference, please contact one of the Co-Chairs, or Lisa Young at SGA.
Commercial & Industrial Sales & Marketing Track
This track has been designed especially for commercial and industrial sales representatives, supervisors, managers, directors and vice presidents of marketing. The commercial and industrial track offers a unique opportunity for attendees to learn about new commercial gas technologies, future trends, programs designed to increase market share and through-put loads in the commercial and industrial market areas.
Residential Sales & Marketing Track
This track offers a unique opportunity for the attendees to learn more about the residential market, new products and technologies, and proven solutions to issues facing your company in the residential marketing area. This residential track has been designed especially for residential sales representatives, supervisors, managers, directors, vice presidents of marketing.
Communications & Public Affairs Track
The SGA Communications Roundtable at the Fall Leadership Conference offers sessions and topics covering a wide range of issues facing the natural gas industry. General sessions, joint sessions, and focused round table sessions make this a valuable meeting for professionals from Communications and Public Affairs.
Download their Draft Agenda (updated March 17, 2010)
General & Joint Sessions
In addition to the Marketing, Sales & Communications tracks, the Planning Committees have been able to plan several general and joint sessions of interest to all conference attrendees.
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Below is information about the 2009 program.
Presentations from the 2009 Marketing Conference
John Snell - Natural Gas Supply & Pricing Discussion
Mike Wheeler - Managing Marketing Programs in Tough Economic Times
Mickey Ford - Best Practices for Improving Sales Productivity During Economic Downturns
Greg Johnson - NGV Panel Introduction
Steve Bernstein - CNG Fueling Systems - Station Construction & Technology
Mark Good - Fueling Natural Gas Vehicles
Ronn Jones - Breaking the Egg: Specifying & Getting CNG Vehicles that Work
Matt Dickman - The Future of Marketing
Ken Yagelski - Impact on the Natural Gas Industry of Recent Federal Programs
Jeff Havens - Uncrapify Your Life!
Presentations from the Commercial/Industrial Breakout Session
John Schumann - Save Energy Now Program - DOE Energy Audits
Ron Snedic - GTI End Use Solutions Commercial and Industrial Technologies
David Baker - Natural Gas Boiler Equipment Update
Rodney Dill - Natural Gas Industry's Key Accounts Website
Ralph Terrell - Working with Energy Service Companies
Greg Johnson - Piedmont Natural Gas Company's Key Accounts Advisory Board
Presentations from the Residential Breakout Session
Ron Snedic - GTI End Use Solutions Residential Technologies
Yvonne Merkel - Atlanta Gas Light's EnergyWise Print Campaign
Chris Cole - DTE Energy's Switch to Natural Gas and $ave
Margaret von Flatern - Texas Gas Service's Natural Gas Vehicle Rebate Program
Jim Hearing - Laclede Gas Company's Greening the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Ana Hargrove - CenterPoint Energy's Gas is Better
Conference 2009 Agenda and Roster
View and download the final program agenda for the 2009 SGA Marketing Conference.
View and download the attendance roster for the 2009 SGA Marketing Conference.
Questline Workshop
The 2010 Sales, Marketing & Communications-Public Affairs Conference will feature a free Questline workshop on Wednesday, July 14th at 4:00 PM Central Time. This workshop will allow all participants to become familiar with the Questline products and services that many SGA member-companies are currently using with great success. You must RSVP to Questline if you plan to attend this workshop! For more information, please contact Mary Ferguson at Questline: mferguson@questline.com or call 800-242-3654.
General Conference Information
How to register for the conference, make hotel reservations, and other useful information for your comfort and convenience. We wish to make your Conference experience as enjoyable and productive as possible!
CONFERENCE
On-Line Registration: Registration for this conference will be handled online at the SGA website. If you require a paper registration form, please contact Debbie Krawzik at 972.620.4012.
Registration Fee for SGA Members: $TBD. Non-Member Registration: $TBD. Please register and make your hotel reservations by: June 22nd, 2010!
Conference Dress
Attire for the conference is business casual. Although dress for the conference is casual, a few restaurants in the area may require jackets for men and similar attire for ladies. Hotel meeting rooms can sometimes be cool during the day; you may want to bring a sweater or light jacket to the sessions.
HOTEL - Barton Creek Resort & Spa
Reservations & Other Essential Information
Reservations may be made by calling the Barton Creek Resort directly: 800.336.6158. The cut-off date for the SGA room rate is: 5:00 PM CDT, June 22, 2010. Please identify yourself as part of the SGA/Southern Gas Association Group in order to receive the SGA rate of $139.00 per night (approximately $165.00 per night, including taxes and resort fee). Baton Creek Resort asks that you be prepared to provide the following information:
Any requests for special room arrangements must be made at the time of this call.
Self-parking is included in the resort fee for all SGA attendees.
The Barton Creek Resort Fee also includes: toll free, credit card and local calls, fitness center and steam room access, in-room coffee and tea, newspaper delivered Monday through Saturday, self parking, on-property transportation, nature trails, miniature golf as well as gratuities for golf bag handling and housekeeping personnel. As a “per room” charge (versus per person), the Resort Charge covers all registered room guests.
Questions??: Contact Lisa Young at SGA.
