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CSSA Customer Experience Summit 2026

Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM EDT

BraeBen Golf Course, Highlands Dining Room, 5700 Terry Fox Way,, Mississauga, Ontario, L5V 2W2, Canada

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Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM EDT

BraeBen Golf Course, Highlands Dining Room, 5700 Terry Fox Way,, Mississauga, Ontario, L5V 2W2, Canada.

YOU ASKED. HE IS BACK. ALL DAY THIS TIME.

You remember Brad Anderson.

He ran one session at the CSSA conference and most of you were in the room for it. The feedback was strong enough that we went straight back and booked him again.

This time we have him for a full day.

 

Tuesday 29 September. BraeBen Golf Course, Mississauga. 9am to 3pm with Brad J. Anderson, President of Blueprint Training.

 

WHY THIS MATTERS

A parent calls your swim school. They ask what it costs. You tell them. They say they will think about it.

You never hear from them again.

Price gets the blame for that one. The real work happened earlier. By the time a parent asks what it costs they have already decided how they feel about your school. They decided it from how long the phone rang. From whether the person who answered sounded like they cared which child they were talking about. From whether anybody asked them a single question back.

 

A parent enrols because of how the whole thing felt. Six hours on how your team creates that feeling on purpose.

 

WHAT A FULL DAY CHANGES

At the conference Brad showed you the thinking. On 29 September you practise it until it is yours. A significant chunk of the day is role-play. Real phone calls, real front-desk scenarios, Brad in the room coaching you through it while you get it wrong and then get it right.

 

WHAT YOU WILL WALK OUT WITH

A repeatable way to run the parent experience from first contact through to enrolment. A way of working your whole team can run the same way, every time.

 

The day covers:

  • Strong first impressions with parents. Building trust, comfort and rapport quickly
  • A set of qualification questions that tell you who the parent is and what matters most to them
  • Working out how they heard about you and how familiar they already are with your programs
  • Turning your programs into the things parents care about. Safety, confidence, skill development, peace of mind
  • Value-based talking points your whole team can use the same way
  • Confidently asking for the enrolment. Recognising when a parent is ready to move
  • Handling the objections you hear every week. Price, scheduling, "she is not ready yet"

 

EXPECT TO PRACTISE

You will not be sitting still for six hours. Come ready to have a go in front of people who run the same business as you.

 

WHO SHOULD COME

Owners, managers, front desk and customer service staff. Anyone who answers your phone. Send more than one person if you can. The teams that get the most out of this are the ones who go back and practise together.

 

WHAT IS INCLUDED

  • Full-day workshop, 9:00am to 3:00pm
  • Printed, customised participant workbook
  • Lunch and all-day coffee and tea
  • Free on-site parking

 

TICKETS

CSSA member $149 + HST

Non-member $179 + HST

 

100 seats. That is the whole room. Registrations close on 1 September so we can get the workbooks printed with every name on them. Book early.

Cancellation policy

Full refund, less processing fees, on cancellations received in writing on or before 1 September 2026.

50% refund on cancellations received between 2 and 15 September 2026.

No refund after 15 September 2026. Catering and materials are committed by that date.

Name transfers are free at any time.  Email [CSSA events inbox] with the new attendee details.with the new attendee details.

If CSSA cancels or reschedules the event, registrations are refunded in full or moved to the new date at your choice.

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About Organizer

Canadian Swim School Alliance Organizer name

https://www.canadianswimschools.ca/

The Canadian Swim School Alliance (CSSA) was built to provide swim schools and others in aquatics with best-practice standards within our own industry. Organizations that are members of CSSA have resources that fuel their business, ultimately best servicing their customers. We also have a community that can advocate for each other and has a willingness to share resources. We're stronger together!

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Speakers

About Brad J. Anderson
President
Blueprint - Architects of Employee Training
Sep 29, 2026
09:05 AM

Session 1: Connecting and first impressions

09:05 AM - 10:30 AM
10:45 AM

Session 2: Discovery and qualification

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
01:00 PM

Session 3: Building value

01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
01:45 PM

Session 4: Closing and overcoming resistance

01:45 PM - 02:15 PM
02:15 PM

Role-play and live coaching

02:15 PM - 02:50 PM
02:50 PM

Wrap and next steps

02:50 PM - 03:00 PM

About Luke Daly
Chief Executive Officer
CSSA and ASSA
Sep 29, 2026
09:00 AM

Welcome from CSSA

09:00 AM - 09:05 AM
02:50 PM

Wrap and next steps

02:50 PM - 03:00 PM

Event Schedule

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Sessions on Sep 29, 2026

08:00 AM

Venue access, setup begins

08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
08:45 AM

Registration opens, coffee

08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
09:00 AM

Welcome from CSSA

09:00 AM - 09:05 AM
    speaker

    Luke Daly

    Chief Executive OfficerCSSA and ASSA

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    09:05 AM
      speaker

      Brad J. Anderson

      PresidentBlueprint - Architects of Employee Training

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      10:30 AM

      Break, 15 minutes

      10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
      10:45 AM
        speaker

        Brad J. Anderson

        PresidentBlueprint - Architects of Employee Training

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        12:00 PM

        Lunch, 60 minutes

        12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
        01:00 PM

        Session 3: Building value

        01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
          speaker

          Brad J. Anderson

          PresidentBlueprint - Architects of Employee Training

          SocialLink
          01:45 PM
            speaker

            Brad J. Anderson

            PresidentBlueprint - Architects of Employee Training

            SocialLink
            02:15 PM

            Role-play and live coaching

            02:15 PM - 02:50 PM
              speaker

              Brad J. Anderson

              PresidentBlueprint - Architects of Employee Training

              SocialLink
              02:50 PM

              Wrap and next steps

              02:50 PM - 03:00 PM
                speaker

                Brad J. Anderson

                PresidentBlueprint - Architects of Employee Training

                SocialLink
                speaker

                Luke Daly

                Chief Executive OfficerCSSA and ASSA

                SocialLink
                03:00 PM

                Finish

                03:00 PM - 04:00 PM