YARDLEY, Pa. – EvolveYT held its first virtual Knowledge Session on April 2. This event, which was attended by over 200 Pest Management Professionals (PMPs) from across the country, provided insight to help the pest management industry better navigate through this ongoing crisis. To further support the industry, Think Tanks will be created whereby industry professionals will be able to share the challenges they are facing.
Open to all pest management leaders, the Think Tanks will help monitor the changing environment and stimulate thought during these uncertain times. “We felt the interactive aspect of our knowledge session would provide a good support system to the industry,” commented Cooper, CEO. “It resonated with the attendees well beyond what I could ever have dreamed of and spurred on a host of new ideas to keeping the industry interacting.”
Two types of Think Tanks are being created moving forward each with different objectives, Discussion Groups and Data Collection & Trending. The discussion groups have weekly one-hour time commitment while the Data Collection & Trending is a quick three-minute survey twice a week.
The Discussion Group will focus on one of five major topical areas: Commercial Pest, Residential Pest, Public Health Pests, Seasonal Pests and Sterilization/Disinfection Services as it relates the ongoing crisis. The participants will meet virtually one hour per week where each attendee gets a minute or two to talk about what they are observing and then opening it up into a discussion group. A member of the EvolveYT team will moderate each group. Enrollment in the discussion groups is underway.
The Data Collection & Trending group will include up to 30 companies per topic with up to six multiple choice questions being asked twice per week. The goal is to look for changing consumer behavior within the industry with information being fed back to the National Pest Management Association and the entire industry in timely fashion. These Data Collection groups are now being formed and interested companies can register to help in this industry effort.
EvolveYT kicked off these initiatives with its 2020 Economic Crisis Virtual Knowledge Session held on April 2 and is available for ongoing viewing.
Five pest management leaders joined the EvolveYT team in an interactive session to stimulate thought and provoke conversation. The panelists included: Mike Rottler, CEO, Rottler Pest Solutions; Stacy O’Reilly, CEO, Plunkett’s Pest Control: Cleveland Dixon, Owner, Holiday Termite & Pest Control; Adam Vannest, VP of Training and Technical Services, Northwest Exterminating and Mike Panichi, Vice President, Platinum Pest Solutions.
Companies wishing to join the Discussion or Data Collection Groups can register with the kickoff of each scheduled mid-week April 6.
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