Prepare for Your One-on-One Business Appointments
One-on-one business appointments are scheduled by PartnerLinx® 2.0, HDA’s online business appointment scheduling system. The user-friendly system intelligently matches your preferences with available appointment requests and generates your team’s appointment schedule. To navigate the system with ease, download HDA's PartnerLinx Tips or Phase II User Guide.
All attendees must adhere to the 20-minute appointment duration to ensure equal meeting time with trading partners. There will be a five-minute break between appointments to allow for travel time. To take full advantage of each appointment, it is recommended you bring an agenda to help drive your discussions, come fully prepared and bring the right people. In the event that you are unable to keep an appointment, as a courtesy to your trading partner, contact that person so that he or she can effectively use the open appointment time.
HDA manufacturer members with five or more attendees may have multiple teams participate in the one-on-one business appointments. Each team will have a unique team name or topic and will be available in PartnerLinx 2.0. The additional teams will be managed by HDA.
For more information, contact Lisa Gallagher, Senior Director, Member Services; or Michelle Leslie, Associate Director, Membership and Education.
How to Maximize Your One-on-One Business Appointment Experience
| Register your team members | Select and prioritize meeting requests |
| Set up business discussion topics | Block up to three time slots for private appointments |
| Share promotional materials | View the conference attendee list and plan your time based on your strategic goals |
| Communicate with trading partners | View, save and print your appointment schedule |
Important Dates to Remember
January 30 to March 31, 2023: Distributor coordinators work on creating their tables; manufacturer coordinators may update their team name and description
April 3 to May 5, 2023: Conference coordinators and table/team captains select and rank appointment requests in PartnerLinx (three time slots may be blocked for private appointments)
Week of May 8, 2023: PartnerLinx will close so schedules can be created
Week of May 15, 2023: Schedules are made available to attendees (Please note that your company's registration invoice(s) and HDA dues must be paid to receive your schedule)
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