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Connect * Learn * Grow Education and Events Monday at a Glance February 3, 2014 8 am - 5 pm Seminars 8:30 - 10:30 am 10:30 am - Noon Turfgrass Talk Show Time to Talk Business: Communication and Leadership Skills for Superintendent Success Cutting Unit Set-Up for the 21st Century Effectively Caring for the Trees on Your Course Career Hot Topics: Finding and Keeping a Job in the Digital Age 1 - 3:30 pm Agronomic Solutions I: Rebuilding and Renovating Your Greens 3:30 - 5 pm Innovative Green Maintenance Facilities The Turfgrass Talk Show 8:30 - 10:30 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room W311F #GIS14_Talkshow The 2014 Turfgrass Talk Show promises to be the "edutainment" event of the year. Talk Show host Thomas A. Nikolai, Ph.D., will interview university professors and superintendents alike on the subject of aerification. There are numerous reasons to aerify and just as many methods. Talk Show guests will provide insights into the pros and cons of this often-lambasted mechanical practice. Co-host and couch potato Dave Kopec, Ph.D., will be on hand to poke holes in everyone's beliefs. Hosts: Thomas A. Nikolai, Ph.D., Turfgrass Academic Specialist, Michigan State University David M. Kopec, Ph.D., Extension Specialist/Field Researcher for Turf, University of Arizona Guests: Dilution is the Solution Aeration and Soil Modification Strategies at Medinah Country Club Curtis Tyrrell III, CGCS, Director of Golf Course Operations, Medinah Country Club, Illinois Also featured: A special short film from Kurt Thuemel, Walnut Hills Country Club, East Lansing, Michigan Time to Talk Business: Communication and Leadership Skills for Superintendent Success 10:30 am - Noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room W311C #GIS14_Business A major portion of your job requires skills other than growing and maintaining turf. You communicate with facility leadership, golfers at your facility and your staff. You also manage the budget, plan projects of all sizes and train your crew. Don't miss this lively session filled with tips on how to improve your skills for all of your non-agronomic challenges. Roch E. Gaussoin, Ph.D., Professor and Head, Dept. of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chairperson: Gary W. Myers, CGCS, Sagamore Golf Club, Indiana +500 tons = +1 to the Winner Speakers: Matthew G. Shaffer, Director of Golf Course Management, Merion Country Club, Pennsylvania Island Aerification Kyle D. Sweet, CGCS, Sanctuary Golf Club, Florida 6 Bridge Your Budget Communications Gap: Using Concepts Understandable to Your Bosses to Help Sell Your Ideas Chris Carson, Superintendent, Echo Lake Country Club, New Jersey #GIS14 EDUC ATION AND E VENTS 1 - 3:30 pm Monday February 3, 2014 

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