TPI 2025 CONFERENCE EDUCATION SESSION HIGHLIGHTS Jeff McManus
Keynote Speaker – Grow Your Team’s Greatness Trough High Results
General Session – Having an Eye for Details Sets Your Company Apart We are thrilled to announce that Jeff McManus will be giving two presentations during
TPI’s 2025 Education Program. Jeff's impressive track record in cultivating both plants and people, along with his innovative approach to leadership, promises to deliver invaluable insights. With his expertise and engaging presentation style, Jeff is sure to inspire and motivate all attendees. Don't miss this double opportunity to learn from one of the industry’s leading voices on growing and developing talent.
As the landscape leader at the University of Mississippi, Jeff McManus grows plants….he grows people….and he grows fresh ideas. Taking his team, affectionately known as “weeders,” and cultivating them into “leaders” has reaped acres of rewards in the form of national recognition by the USA Today, Princeton Review, Newsweek, and Te New York Times. Building on that momentum, Jeff has designed a professional development course that allows other organizations to duplicate the success of working smarter and not harder. It’s called Landscape University. Check it out at the link that follows.
https://olemiss.edu/depts/landscape/landscape-university.html
Jeff graduated from Auburn University in Horticulture, he is a Professional Grounds Maintenance Society Certified Grounds Manager (CGM), and an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist. Jeff works with problem-solvers across the country—those who understand that doing more with less is a key to being productive and profitable. Jeff knows that great leaders grow great leaders, and as a professional speaker and a member of the National Speaker Association, his message focuses on enriching, entertaining, and inspiring industry leaders looking to grow their team’s performance.
Flora Delaney Outsmart the Competition: Strategies Beyond Just Pricing With rising costs and customers tightening their budgets, competing solely on price no longer works. Learn how to leverage your company’s strengths—whether it’s superior customer service,
high quality products, or unmatched convenience—to win more contracts and stand above your competition. Learn actionable strategies for integrating your strengths into every customer interaction—even when you have to raise prices. You'll get actionable steps you can start implementing immediately. Look at your company with a fresh perspective and gain at least one game-changing idea for building loyal relationships that will sustain your company for years.
Flora Delaney, President of Delaney Consulting, is a sought-after speaker and author who helps businesses apply the fundamentals of the retail industry to their own business. Focusing on timeless principles: Strategy, Customer Service, Merchandising, Pricing, Marketing, Management, and Operations always drives business success. It's why customers ranging from Amazon to Tractor Supply to the California Strawberry Board engage with her and her team.
Ryan DeMay
2025 Sports Field Market Report for Sod Producers As we head into 2025, we'll dive into what your buyers are looking for, how architects are specifying projects, and what sod producers need to know as they compete with synthetic turf options in the marketplace.
Based on current market data and daily interactions with school districts, park systems, universities, and professional sports teams, we will provide tangible information and actionable tips on how to increase your market share, better position your sod product and soft goods, and understand what the natural grass industry is up against when it comes to synthetic turf options in the marketplace.
Ryan DeMay, Principal, Field Source, has over 26 years of experience in the turfgrass industry. He spent his career taking a big-picture approach to managing sports fields, golf courses, and fine turf. As a sports field manager, he spent eight years working for Columbus (Ohio) Recreation
16 TPI Turf News November/December 2024
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