Gym Start-Up Bootcamp
with Gavin Heverly & Pete Ward
of Rise Above Consulting
at The Chattanoogan Conference Room
In this hands-on and collaborative half-day workshop you will get assistance fleshing out your business plan, the key drivers of your financial model and your pitch. This workshop is for anyone looking to open their first gym, refine their business plan, or seeking funding and planning expertise for scaling. Together, we will define your brand, the opportunity, your business model and give you tangible tools to execute. In addition you will get time with leading consultants and industry experts as well as collaborative time with other aspiring gym owners.
Hosted By Rise Above Consulting: Gavin Heverly & Pete Ward, with a combined 50+ years of executive level experience launching, operating and scaling climbing businesses.
Running a Climbing Gym Bootcamp
with Gavin Heverly & Pete Ward
of Rise Above Consulting
at The Chattanoogan Conference Room
In this hands-on and collaborative half-day workshop we will do a long form deep dive on climbing gym operations to help you and your managers develop best practices for running a successful gym. This session is designed for gym owners as well as any team leaders or managers. You’ll walk away with tangible action items to drive High Performance Culture, operationalize your values, as well as best practices for taking strategic control of your revenue and managing risk.
Hosted By Rise Above Consulting: Gavin Heverly & Pete Ward, with a combined 50+ years of executive level experience launching, operating and scaling climbing businesses.
The Future Climbing Gym
with Chris Ryan
Sponsored by Maverick Climbing Walls at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
The future climbing gym won’t be playing by the same rules as we have been for the last 10, 20 or 30 years. With the changes in economics of project development and business operations, client behavior, and competition from many different sources, it’s simply not enough to open a location, mark your territory, and hope for the best. This means that we need to do better, if you want to thrive as a business. This is an opportunity to get more from every aspect of a project; from the business model and the building design to the execution and build-out, we can put projects together in ways that create genuine community around strong financials, in meaningful spaces that inspire our users. That’s The Future Climbing Gym.
The State of Insurance for the Climbing Gym Industry
with PJ Hennessey
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
An overview of the state of the insurance in the past 12 months & what to expect in the coming year. Discussion will be provided on changes in the marketplace, rates, risk management best practices, 24-7/unstaffed operations, ancillary operations, & more. Following the initial discussion, a Q&A session will be provided.
What 26 Million Emails Taught Us About Gym Marketing
with Ryan Henrich
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
Personalized marketing delivers better results because it makes your customers feel like you know and care about them. At Approach, we’ve seen gyms that use customized marketing campaigns are able to drive conversions and enrich their relationships. In this session, we’ll share best practices for marketing personalization and real world examples of the successful workflows that are delivering tangible results for gyms.
How Successful Gyms Are Training And Retaining Great Staff
with Weigh My Rack
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
After interviewing 100’s of gyms, we’ll share 6 key characteristics that are common among the best training teams AND share tips on the most practical, actionable ways to reframe and reignite your training and onboarding processes to increase retention and improve culture along the way.
Top 10 Accounting Tips
with Allison Biek
in Expo Hall Lets Talk About it Space
Bookkeeping and Accounting are ancient skills developed to track the exchange of currency, goods and services. Abacus and Ink brings this timeless and necessary practice into the modern age with virtual services impacting climbing gym operations. We will be discussing common pain points for GMs and Gym Owners and offering real solutions so you can stop stressing about the numbers and focus on growth, your staff, your members and your gym guests!
Drive Success by Managing Your People
with Gavin Heverly
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
In order to maintain a healthy culture and workplace, we need to be transparent and consistent in how we approach performance management, including disciplinary action when needed. A good performance management policy helps drive a high performing culture, maintain employee engagement and satisfaction, and increase business results. In this session for anyone who manages people led by Rise Above Consulting, we will learn some performance management best practices and how to appropriately manage performance to build trust and achieve success.
Creating a Genuine Sales Culture without being Pushy
with Matt Ha
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
In this engaging speech session, tailored for Managers and Leaders in the climbing industry, participants are invited to explore the art of creating an authentic sales culture within their climbing gyms. Recognizing the pivotal role staff members play in influencing customers’ choices, the session sheds light on the importance of providing a hassle-free and comfortable environment for consumers. Attendees will gain insights into the complexities of consumer decision-making, emphasizing the need for staff to act as supportive guides rather than pushy salespeople. The session’s core objectives revolve around empowering attendees with practical tools and knowledge to enhance their staff training programs: Staff Expertise and Retail Sales
How to Get an SBA Loan
with Eric Hires
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
In this presentation and discussion we’ll discuss why you want to start a climbing gym, make sure you have a vision, and then dive into the nuts and bolts of the SBA loan process.
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