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The Intersection - Episode 4: Stop Calling It A Dealer Meeting: The Dealer Event That Changes How They Sell For You.

The Intersection - Episode 4: Stop Calling It A Dealer Meeting: The Dealer Event That Changes How They Sell For You.

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SummaryMegan Kacvinsky and Deneen Harper sit down with Jake Erickson (VP of Sales & Marketing, Kwik-Wall) and Mike Keller (VP of Business Development, Kalwall) to break down what makes a dealer summit genuinely move the needle. From factory access and awards design to follow-up cadences and betting-on-yourself energy, this is a masterclass in turning a meeting into a momentum-builder.Key InsightsTiming is everything: both Kwik-Wall and Kalwall delayed their events until they could show completed investments—not promises. Being 80% done is not a good story to tell in person.A factory tour is a conversion tool. Seeing the equipment, the product, and the people in action creates belief that no slide deck can manufacture.Distributor summits work best when the entire sales ecosystem is included—direct reps, distributor partners, and internal support teams all under the same roof.Awards should recognize specific behaviors you want to reinforce, not just top-volume performers. Newcomer of the Year, glass-specific awards, and internal team awards broaden the impact.Leadership visibility matters: when the CEO is indistinguishable from the rest of the team—touring the floor, fielding hard conversations—it signals organizational authenticity.Breakout sessions by product area, led by the engineers and specialists who built them, drive deeper belief and sales readiness than general presentations.Follow-up is where momentum lives or dies. Personalized post-event emails, distributor bulletins, photo shares, and rapid one-on-one follow-ups keep energy alive.The best summits create FOMO—distributors who couldn't attend should feel like they missed something genuinely worth attending next time.Practical Takeaways for ManufacturersStart planning six to eight months out. Logistics, agenda, and leadership alignment all require more runway than most organizations allow.Build your event around a strategic anchor—a clear 'why now.' New facility, new product launch, a company transformation story. Everything on the agenda should serve that narrative.Design a factory tour with multiple stations and tight time blocks. High-energy, focused stops outperform long machine demonstrations.Introduce a broader award set that recognizes growth rates, product-specific wins, and internal contributors—not just high-volume markets.Coach team members who are less comfortable presenting. Pair them with a more confident colleague, let them present in smaller breakout groups, or have them facilitate one-on-one conversations during tours.Within days of the event, send a post-event survey while impressions are fresh. Use the feedback to shape follow-up content and the next event.Send personalized recap emails to every attendee—not just a mass email—within two weeks of the event. Ask them to forward it to their relevant team members.About the GuestsJake Erickson is the VP of Sales and Marketing at Kwik-Wall, a manufacturer of interior wall systems. He has been with the company for nearly eight years, growing from National Sales Manager into his current leadership role. Jake led Kwik-Wall's distributor summit following the company's consolidation into a new 240,000-square-foot facility, using the event to unveil new products and reinforce the company's growth trajectory.Mike Keller is the VP of Business Development at Kalwall, a family-owned daylighting systems manufacturer. Having spent more than a decade in sales and many more years as part of the family business, Mike redesigned Kalwall's annual distributor meeting into an all-inclusive summit that combined direct reps, distribution partners, and internal teams for the first time—delivering a message of organizational renewal and product investment.Quotable Moments"…it's not just the top leadership showing you a shiny penny over here. Don't pay attention…we, went in every corner and showed how proud we are of the changes and updates. And a lot of the people that have again, done that work to present it rather than…you know, take the credit for it.." – Mike Keller“We really and we invite employees and even significant others to the evening events. so again, just that level of interaction and feeling like it's a family. that's one of our core values and something we focus on and I think that really speaks to it instead of just saying it…I think the morale is high and when everyone feels involved, it doesn't feel like there's this high level summit of people coming in that's scary. It's more of a ‘let's show what we're doing, why we do what we do. Let's show why we're making the investments and let's be a a family and a team with our distributors’. So getting to know them on the personal level and everybody being involved I think really helps with the spirit of of the get together.” – Jake EricksonNext Steps for ManufacturersIf you haven't held a dealer or distributor event in the past 18 months—or if your last one felt more like a slide deck review than a ...
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