Meet with other Kids 'R' Kids Owners!
The United National Owners Group would like to invite you to our third UNOG Conference in beautiful Boston, Massachusetts, October 2-5, 2022. This conference will be an opportunity to grow your business and provide you with information to make you more successful and learn from other owners who deal with the same things you do on a daily basis. You simply CANNOT miss this opportunity.
Please note this conference is for UNOG members. Would you like to become a UNOG member? Please reach out to Kevin Kilgore for details.
Next Conference: Boston, Massachusetts October 2 - 5, 2022
Meeting Details
Meeting Details
Sun, Oct 2, 2022 - Wed, Oct 5, 2022
➤ LOCATION
Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor
101 Harborside Dr
Boston, MA 02128
(617) 568-1234
2022 Conference Agenda
Monday 10/3
7:30-8:30: Breakfast
8:30-9:00: UNOG Updates
9:00-9:30: Hiram Claytor - KRK IT opportunities (Zoom Presentation)
9:30-10:15: Owner Brain Waves Therapy with Vernon
10:15-10:30: Break
10:30-11:15: Procare
11:15-12:00: Director Retreat (other owner topics)
12:00-1:00: Lunch (sponsors)
1:15-1:45: Beth Cannon
1:45-2:45: Beth and Sasha Onboarding
Tuesday 10/4
8:00-9:00: Breakfast
9:00-9:45: Kangarootime
9:50-10:45: Active Shooter Assailant Training
10:50-11:00: Break
11:00-11:30 Parent TV
11:35-12:20 Better Beans (Enrollment Stuck?)
12:20-1:30: Lunch
1:30-2:00: Rose Marketing Solutions (The Journey Ahead: Updates, Trends & Competitive Advantages)
2:00-2:45: Kendyl Strickland (How to Evaluate Your Business)
Tuesday Evening: Fenway Park!
Wednesday 10/5
8:30-9:30: Breakfast
9:30-10:30: David and Sasha
2022 Conference Speakers
Beth Cannon
Beth Cannon is an international speaker, educator, and entrepreneur known for her passion for engaging leaders and inspiring teams. With a heart for serving early educators through business and leadership strategy and team-building, Beth serves as a keynote speaker, conference presenter, coach, and consultant. Beth has been pouring into UNOG school directors for the past year in a monthly group coaching program helping refine systems and implement strategies for a multitude of issues that arise in our schools, as well as working with our corporate office to help redefine our new employee onboarding systems.
bethcannonspeaks.com
Ruth Ann Rose
Ruth Ann Rose, owner, founder, and CEO of Rose Marketing Solutions began offering her expertise in executing hyperlocal marketing plans to Kids 'R' Kids franchisees in 2008.
"Our relationships with our franchisees' clients average 8+ years and 57% have been with us since 2016! We know the KRK brand, love working with our individual KRK clients, and take pride in our long-term relationship with the franchise!"
Rose Marketing Solutions is a close-knit marketing agency based in Dallas, Texas with a specialized niche in childcare. As lifelong learners, the company's goal is to continue to innovate and research the latest childcare trends for our childcare clients and continuously offer our marketing tools and strategies that are distinctive, influential, and measurable.
rosemarketingsolutions.net
Scott Wayman
Kangarootime has built the leading all-in-one management platform for childcare. It brings automation to childcare and provides ECE professionals with the tools to scale their classrooms, digitize their businesses, and seamlessly communicate with their families and staff. The company’s cloud-based mobile application takes professional caregivers out of the revenue cycle, freeing up time for what really matters—the children.
kangarootime.com
Vernon Mason, Jr M.Ed.
Vernon has been called the trifecta of childcare. He grew up in an "in-home" program. As his company grew, he has been the owner-director of small, medium, and large programs. After 28.5 years, including a decade of multi-site ownership, he sold his schools to a large regional provider. Along the way, Vernon completed a Master's in Early Childhood, wrote a couple of books, and became a popular speaker. Today Vernon is Senior Vice President of Growth and Development for The Nest Schools.
Author of:
Don't Go! A practical guide for tackling employee turnover.
Get Out! But before you go…..Practical steps to turn your Zero into a Hero or set them free!
Both available on Amazon.
Lynn Wenger
Lynn Wenger is the VP North American Operations at 1Place Childcare. For over 25 years Lynn has been assisting business leaders create repeatable processes and automated systems that tie to bottom line profit. She firmly believes the use of technology dramatically equips leadership teams to proactively manage and measure what works well, and to pivot quickly once they have identified areas for improvement.
Lynn brings her expertise to Early Childhood Education to help leadership analyze and digitize their paper-based systems surrounding quality best practices and compliance. Lynn has a heart for children of all ages serving as VP North America Operations at 1Place Childcare, and as an advocate and former board member of the Pregnancy Center of the Upper Valley, and co-founder of Youth on Main serving middle school students.
1placechildcare.com
Anna Leichter
Anna Leichter is an Enterprise Account Manager at Procare Solutions. She works closely with Enterprise clients to help them identify opportunities and offer strategies to enhance their business operations. A former director of high school administration and humanities teacher with 15 years of education experience, Anna has worked in various public and private schools throughout Los Angeles. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master of Arts degree in English and Rhetoric from California State University, Northridge. For the last 9 years, Anna has worked solely in EdTech with child care centers, preschools, and K-12 public, private and faith-based organizations to offer guidance in the areas of tuition management, enrollment, accounting, and payment processing. Anna loves helping Procare clients establish best practices to increase productivity and offer strategies on how to grow and sustain their businesses.
procaresoftware.com
Jason Gibson
Jason Gibson is a leading US parenting educator, author and the director of the Babb Center for Counselling providing guidance to leading counselling centres in Tennessee. Jason has worked with schools, early learning centres and treatment facilities across the US as a learning and behavioural consultant, supporting children and adolescents with social, emotional or behavioural issues.
With degrees in psychology, social work, and education, Jason’s peer-reviewed research has been published in journals such as “Topics in Early Childhood Special Education”, “Closing the Gap”, and “Education and Treatment of Children with Developmental Disabilities”.
babbcenter.org
Patric Nephin
Patric Nephin joined Church Mutual in April 2022 as a risk control specialist focused on nonprofit and human services. He comes to us with 10 years’ experience in risk control. Patric is passionate about helping nonprofit and human services organizations find custom solutions to proactively manage their risk. Patric holds a Bachelor of Science in safety studies from Keene State College in addition to ASP designation from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Outside of work, Patric enjoys fly fishing, golfing and spending time with his wife and four children.
Patric Nephin, ASP, RRE Risk Control Specialist | churchmutual.com
John Cotton
With over 20 years of experience with Bank of America, John D. Cotton is currently the National Sales Director for the Small Business Franchise Lending Team. In this role, John is responsible for leading a team of Business Development Officers located across the United States in delivering small business lending solutions to franchisees. Hired by the Bank in 1998 to join a team that provided technical support for the ATM servers, John was offered an opportunity to begin his sales career with Practice Solutions in 2002. During his time with Practice Solutions John held positions as an Account Manager, Business Development Officer and Inside Sales Manager. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, John majored in Management Information Systems, graduating from Bowling Green State University. John resides in Dublin, Ohio with his wife and two children. He actively volunteers his time with various charities including Junior Achievement of Central Ohio, Boys and Girls Club of Columbus and local schools.
bankofamerica.com
Sam Jockel
Sam Jockel started her career as a social worker working in schools and community development. She first launched into the digital world in 2010 when she started her first Facebook community for parents which grew from nothing to over 170,000 followers and counting. In 2012 she co-founded Social Media Agency Good Funny Smart and established another online community called School Mum which has grown to over 460,000 followers. In 2017 she ventured into the tech startup world and launched ParentTV a video streaming website personalizing parenting advice from the world's leading research-based parenting experts direct to parents via any digital device. Supporting the well-being of early learning centers, educators, and families to ensure access to great information to make the world a better place is what Sam is all about!
parenttv.com
Charles Barnett
Charles Barnett is the President and founder of the Barnett Capital Group and has been in business for the last 20 years. He and his firm are the largest sellers of Franchise Schools in the Country. He has sold over 200 schools, which include various franchise brands and non-franchise brands. He has sold 30 plus Kids R Kids locations to date including 10 in the last year. Some of these include, Sugarland, TX (New Territory), two in Katy, TX (Fry Rd. and FM 1463), Bradenton FL, Richardson, TX, Arlington, TX, Conroe, TX, and Tampa, FL just to name a few. He also currently has three more Kids R Kids locations in escrow. His knowledge of the industry, integrity, and many years of experience allow him to successfully lead sellers to closing so they can start the next chapter of their lives.
barnettcapitalgroup.com
Teddy Hook
Teddy Hook is the VP of Customer Operations at ChildcareCRM. Teddy has enjoyed working in early-stage SaaS companies, successfully helping them implement mature processes & grow. What started as a desire to support customers quickly turned into the study of Customer Success. Currently, Teddy takes on the role of Vice President of Customer Operations at ChildcareCRM where he is constantly learning and implementing new ways to design the optimal Customer Journey & Experience.
childcarecrm.com
Elliott Tarrant
Elliott Tarrant is an Account Manager at Procare Solutions specializing in enterprise accounts. Elliott has spent the past 5 years working in the tech industry where he has held various roles supporting both hardware and software. Elliott brought his knowledge and technical skills to Procare in 2018 and has become a product expert for our team. Elliott lives in Medford, OR, and loves spending his free time outdoors and with his three daughters.
procaresoftware.com
Dr. Vanessa Lapointe
Dr. Vanessa Lapointe is an author, parenting expert, and registered psychologist who has been supporting families and children for more than fifteen years. Author of Discipline without Damage: How to get your kids to behave without messing them up, a regularly invited media guest and contributor, educator and speaker, a Huffington Post Parent blogger, and a consultant to research projects and various organizations promoting emotional health and development, Dr. Vanessa is known for bringing a sense of nurturing understanding and humanity to all of her work.
drvanessalapointe.com
PLEASE REVIEW FENWAY PARK GUIDELINES
www.mlb.com/redsox/ballpark/information/security
The link above will go over the fan experience at Fenway Park with details on staffing / operations, security, prohibited items, and medical screening. Other important key takeaways include:
Bags must be 5"x9"x2" or smaller (the size of a small purse or clutch). Backpacks, drawstring bags, duffel bags, tote bags, oversized purses, and other similar style bags are NOT permitted. Exceptions will be made for diaper bags and bags containing essential medical equipment.
For the remainder of the 2022 season, single-compartment clear bags measuring no larger than 12"x12"x6" will also be allowed. Bags must be clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC. Clear backpacks are not allowed. These single-compartment bags must be completely clear without anything concealing part of the bag.
Fans who arrive to an entry gate for a game with a non-permitted bag will have the option of storing their bag for a fee with a third-party locker company. This locker truck is located on top of the Lansdowne Garage across from Gate E.
All tickets will be digital using the MLB Ballpark App (see section below on Mobile Ticketing). You’ll need to download the MLB Ballpark App, sign up with an email + password, then verify the email to have access to your digital tickets. Once that step is complete, you can forward tickets digitally to your guests who also need the MLB Ballpark App.
MOBILE TICKETING - MLB BALLPARK APP
www.mlb.com/redsox/tickets/mobile
Step 1: Download the MLB Ballpark App to your phone.
Step 2: Sign up with an email + password.
**Get with Kevin and he will forward you the ticket(s) through the app
Step 3: You will receive an email from MLB.com and click the link they provide to verify your email. Then your tickets will appear on the MLB Ballpark App (may need to swipe down to refresh the page).
Guests can meet their Red Sox host at 14 Lansdowne Street at 6:00pm to collect their VIP Lanyard. Once guests scan their digital ticket, they will be brought up the staircase to the 521 Overlook space. Ipswich Street is also an easy place for transportation to drop off and pick up guests as well.