ACA’s 2020 Virtual Convention & Expo engages members through a golf tournament, Jeopardy!™ and more. Reminder: Expo Hall exhibitors and select sessions are available on the virtual platform until Sept. 30.
7/22/2020 11:30
ACA International’s 2020 Virtual Convention & Expo may have looked a little different this year after the association pivoted to a virtual, interactive event, but members were still able to join in fun activities and a little friendly competition.
Leading up to the event, ACA hosted a virtual golf tournament July 1-13, allowing participants to play on their favorite course and report scores through photo proof of their score card.
Congratulations to the players with the top individual scores, including ACA CEO Mark Neeb (76); Pete Pitchford, director, sales, at Account Management Resources in Oklahoma City (80); and Dan Russell, IFCCE, MCE, CEO/owner of CollectionCenter Inc. in Loveland, Colorado.
As part of the virtual event, ACA hosted a classic game of Jeopardy!™ sponsored by BillingTree, with the help of Rick Perr, attorney at Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, who led the game show. More than 80 attendees joined ACA at the virtual lobby bar and 47 participating players competed for leaderboard dominance by racking up points in three rounds of interactive JEOPARDY!™
Categories included FDCPA 101, Pop Culture, Out of Space, Don’t Songs, Animals, and 80s Fun.
Ultimately, three players came out with a win, including Jack Gordon, CEO of WebRecon LLC, in first place with $37,600 and 89% accuracy; Scott Stearn, director of compliance at Credit Control LLC in Hazelwood, Missouri, in second place with $28,000 and 79% accuracy; and Ben Peters, team leader development manager at Americollect Inc. in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, with $18,400 and 72% accuracy.
ACA also recognizes its most engaged participants and game leaders on the virtual platform during the convention. Participants earned engagement points through activities such as attending sessions, chatting with exhibitors in the expo hall, accessing resources and contributing to ACA’s online membership survey.
The most engaged participants include:
- Mindy Chumbley, owner and manager at Discovery Financial Services in Vancouver, Washington (prize: Apple AirPods Pro)
- Courtney Reynaud, president, Creditors Bureau USA, (prize: Echo Show)
- Evan Bell, regional sales & marketing, ezPay365, (prize: Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones)
- Cindy Burns, senior account executive, Intelligent Contacts Inc., (prize: Bose Soundlink Bluetooth Speaker)
- Nora Golden, sales and client support, WebRecon LLC, (prize: neck and Back massager)
Participants also interacted through a poll in the social lounge, which asked:
What are your travel plans through the rest of 2020?
- I am so ready to go but will probably stay in the rest of the year (45 votes)
- I already have plans to travel but will do so cautiously (34 votes)
- Not planning on going anywhere (24 votes)
- Business travel is in the plans but we will do so cautiously (20 votes)
- Business travel has been cut for the entire year (10 votes)
Thank you to all our speakers, sponsors and exhibitors for helping make the 2020 Virtual Convention & Expo a huge success!
If you attended and missed any of the Convention sessions or would like to revisit them, select sessions were recorded and are now available on the Convention platform for registered attendees until Sept. 30, at no extra cost. (Legal education sessions are not available on-demand.) The opportunity to interact and discuss products and services with vendors in the expo hall also remains available through Sept. 30. Don’t forget there are 12 more sessions to watch under “Resources.”
Registered attendees may log in to the virtual platform here.
Members may also support ACA’s political action committee, ACPAC, through a silent auction that ends July 31.
Check out our coverage of the 2020 Virtual Convention & Expo:
ACA’s First-Ever Virtual Convention is a Huge Success
3 Takeaways From Day One of ACA International’s 2020 Virtual Convention & Expo
Inspiration and Leadership in ACA’s Virtual Convention & Expo Keynote