RTOHQ: The Magazine, Spring 2018
Spring 2018 11 2018 Meeting of the Minds Takes on Music City Rent to own professionals from across the country gathered March 3 6 in Nashville for the 2018 Meeting of the Minds Expo hosted by TRIB Group The event included a hot show Buy Fair Expo and a member dinner at the Wild Horse Saloon This years agenda included two back to back days of RTO open discussions panels and breakout sessions that covered topics such as company culture engagement cash flow Customer Relationship Management Systems CRMs digital marketing and tires in a traditional RTO store APRO Executive Director Jill McClure led a Young Professionals breakout session and discussion focused on the next generation of rent to own leaders followed by her APRO association update in the Ryman ballroom At the Hot Show a special tribute was made to APRO member TRIB Group board member and Smart Way owner Ben Bost who suffered two strokes in November that left him a quadriplegic The buying group raised more than 56000 to help fund a specialty van for Bost Another highlight of the event included the announcement of the buying groups Norman W Slats Slatton Sr Presidents Award recipient Shannon Strunk Shannon Strunk has selflessly given his time and efforts to the rentto own industry for many years both in his role as board member and president of APRO as well as board member and President of TRIB His efforts towards establishing the APRO Education Foundation Scholarship Fund has led to 177 recipients being awarded nearly 700000 in scholarships says TRIB Group President Dan Fisher For more on this event visit the APRO website at www rtohq org 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Nicholas Papoccia Mike Ceruzzi Scott Harvey and Casey Pristou 2 Chris Kale Sr leads a session on cash flow 3 Al and Mary Benson 4 RTO Young Professionals at YP Networking event 5 Jill McClure shares perspective at the Young Professionals breakout session 6 APRO President Louis Garcia right with APRO board members Sandi Frye and Chris Kale Sr 7 Digital Marketing Panel including Kelly Martin Shirin Kanji and Erika Sparrow 8 Dan and Tricia Fisher with Mark Windsor center 9 Lyn Leach emcees Hot Show
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