Educational Program and Schedule 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25

11:00 AM  Group Outing event (Topgolf/ Gun Range) 

2:00  - 5:00       Managers Summit

• 2:00 - 3:00 Contactless World, Really Tired of Covid, with Jim Mooney, Freedom Storage Management
• 3:00 - 4:00 Manager’s Influence on Marketing - Grace Totty, Absolute Storage Management
• 4:00 - 5:00     What Great Managers Do To Avoid Auctions - Donna Morgan-Esquibel  & Mary Anne Ballard

5:00 -  7:00        Welcome Reception  with Exhibitors 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER  26

7:30 - 8:30        Breakfast Buffet              

8:15 -  9:00        Seamless Integration of Paperless Operations - Tommy Nguyen, StoragePug

9:30 - 10:15    4 Steps for Easy Revenue Management -  Anne Ballard, Universal Storage Group 

10:30 - 11:15      Breakout Sessions

• SEO and Marketing - Jess Casto, Storage Business Owners Alliance
  
• Auctions and Sales in Georgia & South Carolina - Pete Whittingslow, StorageAuctions.Com
• Building, Buying or Expanding Your Self-Storage Facility Using SBA Financing - Anne Mino, Live Oak Bank

11:30 AM - Lunch is Served     

12:00  - 1:00     LUNCH AND LEARN - Look Outside for Best Business Practices - Bob Vamvas, HansRoberts

1:00 - 3:30      EXHIBIT HALL OPEN          

3:45   - 5:00     Storage and Pandemic: Lessons Learned - Kenneth Woolley, Extra Space

5:30 - 7:00     Reception and Auction with Exhibitors 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27                                        

7:30   - 8:30        Breakfast buffet served

8:00  -  8:30        GASSA/SSASC Membership Meetings    

8:30   - 9:30        Georgia & South Carolina Rent Survey Reviews -  Stacey Gorman and Mike MacManus, the Gorman Group, Marcus & Millichap

9:45   - 10:45     Roadmap to Buying and Selling - Ben Vestal, Argus

10:45     11:00     BREAK  

11:00     12:00    Self Storage Tenant Trends: Unpacking Behavioral Changes and How to Shift Your Operation - Jon Loftin, OpenTech Alliance

12:00     12:30     Lunch Buffet and Break

12:30     2:30        LUNCH AND LEARN: Legal Review and Update with Scott Zucker