Education Schedule
Check out our action packed schedule and plan your groomfest va experience. Expand your knowledge, network, and put your skills to the test.
Schedule is tentative and subject to change, final schedule will be released closer to GroomFest VA.
FRIDAY
CPR & First Aid
10:00am - 4:00pm Pet Tech CPR & First Aid Class
Business Class Series
10:00am - 11:00am Social Media & Marketing 101: Connecting with Clients with Jordan Cross
11:00am - 12:00pm Finance 101: Know Your Books with Gabriela Rudnick
12:00pm - 12:30pm Break
12:30pm - 1:30pm Pricing 101 with Guzal Adekoje
1:30pm - 2:30pm No One Loves Your Business Like You: Setting Expectations for Employees with Gabriela Rudnick
2:30pm - 3:30pm Curating the Customer Experience: The Good, The Bad, and The Blacklist with Deanna Rudnick
3:30pm - 4:30pm The Important Things - Banking, Wills & Trusts, and Taxes with Gabriela Rudnick
4:30pm - 6:00pm Troubleshooting Employees Panel with Gabriela Rudnick, Guzal Adekoje, Tosha Thompson
Saturday
Room One
9:00am - 2:30pm Poodle Class with Jennifer Anders
9:00am - 10:00am Prepping a Poodle for Competition
10:30am - 12:00pm Modern on a Standard
1:00pm - 2:00pm One Poodle, Two Styles
2:00pm - 5:00pm Doodle
Room Two
9:00am - 9:45am Handling: The Big, The Bad, and The Unruly with Stephanie
10:15am - 11:00am Tool Maintenance is Key with TBD
11:30am - 12:30pm All Things Mobile with Guzal Adekoje
12:30pm - 1:00pm Live Demo: Stacking Best Practices - Stephanie
1:00pm - 1:45pm Safety: Cleaning/Restraints/Preventative/Class Prep Class with Tosha Thompson
2:15pm - 4:15pm Schnauzer - Nadia Bongelli
5:00pm - 7:00pm English Cocker - Nadia Bongelli
Sunday
Room One
9:00am - 11:00am Hands on Scissoring Class includes model dogs with Pina Pinkusevich
11:00am - 12:00pm Faces with Guzal Adekoje
2:00pm - 4:00pm Bichon Class with Pina Pinkusevich
Room Two
9:00am - 11:00am Asian Fusion with Guzal Adekoje
11:00am - 12:30pm Corrective Grooming with Pina Pinkusevich
2:00pm - 4:00pm Skin and Coat Class - TBD
