Total Solutions Plus, Day Four

We are experiencing very poor Internet connection services with the hotel today, so this may be a very short posting.

This is the big learning sessions day at Total Solutions. We started with a fantastic Futurist speaker, Dr Jay Lehr who gave us many great ideas about what we can expect to see in the future of our industry and how he suggests we all change and adapt to move into more success. Big idea of the day was Tile as art, not just as a floor or wall covering.

We then had a choice of 4 breakout sessions which were all extremely interesting and provided different viewpoints of situations that we all face every day in the tile business. It made for a very difficult choice as to which sessions to attend.

A fantastic awards luncheon followed the morning sessions and we were treated to several industry folks receiving achievement awards. Ed Metcalf, President of Laticrete was the receiptant of the CTDA award while James Woelfel was the NTCA receiptant.

After lunch we had a quick report on the CTDA and NTCA organizational activities for the year and it really made you tired just hearing everything that has been happening at each of these organizations.

Four more breakout sessions followed for the balance of the afternoon.

We ended the day with a 4 hour table top show where approximately 40 vendors had booths to show the almost 450 attendees different products and services that make our industry so great to be involved with.

Tomorrow (Friday) is the final day and again it will be morning and afternoon breakout sessions followed by the keynote address: Marcus Luttrell, author and hero to celebrate veterans day in a patriotic style. We close the week and show with a huge closing reception and Western Themed Dinner with lots of music and dancing. As I will be returning to Atlanta I won't provide any more updates on activities after this post.

I do want to express my deepest wishes that if you have been reading this blog from your home that you make a vow right now to attend next year in person and see for yourself how this quick week can inspire you and provide many valuable ideas for your personal and business growth throughout the entire year.

Steve