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Executive Sales Planning Sessions (ESPS®)

Registered ESPS Host Companies

During the Executive Sales Planning Sessions (ESPS®), you’ll schedule private, one-on-one business meetings with the partners who are most important to your business strategy. It’s not as rushed as speed-dating, but the principles are similar, allowing you to meet with several people in one day, without having to travel to multiple destinations.

The NFDA ESPS® appointments will be held in a ballroom. Each host will have a 6-foot table, chairs, and a sign with assigned table number. This format allows for more appointments over the two days and less time traveling from room to room.

How ESPS works:

NFDA Associate and Service Provider members who want to set up private appointments register as hosts.
Registered meeting attendees book appointments in advance with the hosts of their choice by using our scheduling app.
The schedule can accommodate up to 18 appointments.

Designed to facilitate executive-level interchange between trading partners, ESPS gives you the greatest amount of visibility and provides scheduling flexibility with the most companies in a single location.

ESPS Hosts

Companies that wish to be available for ESPS appointments are required to pay the ESPS host fee.
Only NFDA members are eligible to be ESPS hosts.
The ESPS host fee is in addition to the individual registration fees for your personnel who will attend the meeting and/or host appointments.
Only 30 host tables are available for this meeting.

NFDA members will be able to make appointments starting April 15. Non-members can make appointments starting April 29.

ESPS Appointment Scheduler
One primary contact for each company will be given access to the appointment scheduler unless a special request is made.

Additional hosts, attendees, guests, and anyone not attending the ESPS portion of the meeting will not have access.
When a host company or distributor attendee is registered, an email will be sent with an access link to the scheduler.

Appointment Scheduler Instructions

ESPS Host Tables

Each host company will be provided with a draped 6-foot table, chairs, and a sign displaying their assigned table number.
Please bring only items that fit on your table and can be quickly removed between sessions, such as literature, giveaways, product samples, and small signage.
Pop-up banners and any items obstructing the aisles are not allowed.
Electricity will not be available at the tables, but there will be basic Wi-Fi accessible in the ballroom.

Comments from 2024 ESPS

"I thought the format was perfect, you couldn't overhear any conversations from other tables. Wouldn't change a thing."

"I thought the lack of privacy would be a problem but in reality when we are focused on our own meeting, all the other people in the room talking is just ambient noise so I did not think any privacy issues existed."

"ESPS meetings were impactful, as well as the networking outside of the meetings."