Green Works/VNLA Winter Meeting and Trade Show – 2014

Green Works Winter Meeting and Trade Show is coming up on February 13, 2014 at UVM-Davis Center, Burlington, VT.

Walk-in Registration only!  

 $15 additional for walk-in registration.

Parking:  A parking permit and information will be emailed to you one week before the meeting.  Parking will be @ Gutterson Garage.

SCHEDULE

8:00 – 9:00 am – Trade Show Registration

8:00 -10:30 am – VCH Exam

9:00 – 10:00 am – Keynote Address w/ Jeffrey Scott, MBA, landscape business expert, and facilitator of the Leader’s Edge peer group presents:

“ARE YOU ACCOUNTABLE? A Game Plan for Achieving Wildly Successful Results. 

Learn a simple stress-free approach to greatly increasing the trust, efficiency, quality and results within yourself, your work teams/crews and your organization.  

There are 5 proven paths to promoting accountability, and thus performance, within an organization. You will learn how to apply these within your company.

Jeffrey’s inspiring message will help you become a better manager of people and leader of teams. You will become more confident and productive in your day-to-day work environment.

10:00 – 10:30 am – Visit with Vendors/Trade Show

10:30 – 11:30 am – Green Works Business Meeting  (includes presentation of awards)

11:45 – 12:45 pm – Lunch Grand Maple Ballroom

1:00 – 2:30 pm – CONCURRENT SESSIONS

PROFIT BUILDERS WORKSHOP with Jeffrey Scott:  Are you maximizing Your growth & profitability?
What first made you successful may now be getting in the way of reaching your next level of success.  This workshop will wake you up to specific methods for improving efficiency, productivity, margins, and net profits.

You will make more money in 2014 by learning how to:

• Sell and produce at higher margins.
• Organize your company for improved efficiency
• Get more done with less labor
• Create ownership thinking among your staff


Highly interactive networking opportunity.  This is an interactive peer group discussion that is good for established companies looking to reinvigorate their profit focus and younger ones still building their systems. You don’t want to miss this inspirational workshop that will show you concrete ways to make more money in 2014.

OR

The 10 PRINCIPLES of Sustainable Landscape Planning and Design with David Raphael:  Join David, licensed landscape architect and planner, principal owner of Landworks, and a faculty member of the UVM Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources.  David will identify and discuss the 10 principles of sustainable landscape planning and design he has established in his landscape architectural practice:

• work with terrain and topography
• respond to climate & microclimate
• conserve soil
• conserve energy
• go local & recycle
• conserve water
• right plant, right place
• everywhere a garden
• create and support habitat
• create beauty

These principles will be illustrated by case studies and specific sites and projects – and also draw in some academic work David has been undertaking at UVM. The discussion will invite input from participants with regard to their own experiences, challenges in implementing sustainable practices, and other related ideas and examples of sustainability. Joining David in discussions will be Asst. Professor, Plant & Soil Science Dept., Stephanie Hurley, who teaches a course entitled “Ecological Landscape Design”.

2:30 – 2:45 pm. – Visit with Vendors/Trade Show

2:45 – 3:45  pm  – Green Works Industry Award Winners Presentation of Projects.

The winners of the 2013 Industry Awards Program will present their winning entries complete with a description of their project and photos.

4:00 – 5:00 pm – 50th Anniversary Social

We hope you can join us in celebrating 50 years of our Association!   Snacks and cash bar will be set up in the Grand Maple Ballroom.

 

Speaker Profiles

Jeffrey Scott

Jeffrey Scott, MBA, Landscape business expert, grew his landscape company into a successful $10 million enterprise, and he’s now devoted to helping others achieve profound success. He facilitates The Leader’s Edge peer group for landscape business owners who want to transform and grow their business. His members achieved 27% profit increases in their first year.  To learn more visit www.GetTheLeadersEdge.com

David Raphael

David Raphael is married to Diana Morris and has 3 children and 5 grandchildren and is a resident of the lakeshore town of Panton, Vermont, where he has been chair of the town Planning Commission and Development Review Board. He is a licensed landscape architect and planner with undergraduate and graduate degrees from Tufts and Harvard Universities. Currently Mr. Raphael is Principal of LandWorks, a multidisciplinary consulting firm in Middlebury, VT, and he is also on the faculty of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Mr. Raphael was recently named chairman of the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Council.

Costs For Full Day Registration – Member/Non-Member Professionals:

To register for this event and make payment online, please use the add to cart buttons below. Please enter the attendee’s name. If you need to register more than 1 person, please add each to the cart individually.

Member Registration $45

 

Non-Member Registration $55

Additional Attendee Registrations from your company (each) $30

 

Students Free

Lunch $20

 

VCH Exam-Member $10

 

VCH Exam Non-Member $25

Green Works 2014 Winter Mtg Attendee Registration DOWNLOAD HERE