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DISC Training and Certification Become certified in the worlda ™s fastest growing professional human resources assessment and development tools. You will become a Certified Human Behavior Consultant and accredited to purchase DISC products at wholesale prices, produce your own reports, and conduct training using any of the assessment profiling and surveying tools. As a Certified Human Behavior Consultant, you will be  more...

Current Issues in Wetland Delineation ...s needed to develop comprehensive permit applications and build sufficient time for regulatory compliance into project schedules. Similarly many project opponents who grasp the regulatory process are adept at identifying inconsistencies in the implementation of the delineation process. This live audio conference helps the regulated community understand the importance of an accurate and  more...

Best Practices for Motivating Students ... of reproducible student worksheets and posters that help build students' motivation and interest in school. A special focus will be offered on motivating students who present behavior problems, have special needs, are troubled, or are failing in school. Working with unmotivated students doesn't have to be so difficult. This audio conference can help. This live audio conference is designed for  more...

Best Practices in Networking and Referral Generation ...arn techniques to create an effective elevator speech and build long-term business relationships. Discover how to use the Internet including social media, blogs, website development, emails, cell phones, videos, and other technologies to effectively build your network. Regardless of whether you plan to travel, or work exclusively with clients in your local markets, these techniques will help  more...

Best Practices in Networking and Referral Generation ...arn techniques to create an effective elevator speech and build long-term business relationships. Discover how to use the Internet including social media, blogs, website development, emails, cell phones, videos, and other technologies to effectively build your network. Regardless of whether you plan to travel, or work exclusively with clients in your local markets, these techniques will help  more...

Wood Use: Original and Cutting Edge ...e it one of the most romantically useful parts of what we build. The way wood is finished, or unfinished, adds to the extreme visual variety and tactile and sensual properties of this unique material. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to describe the nature of the material. - You will be able to discuss wood's uses as a structural element. - You will be able to explain wood's qualities.  more...

Making Friends: Social Understanding for Students with Autism and Asperger's ...resources to help a child with Asperger's Syndrome or ASD build lasting relationships in their school environments. This program will introduce strategies that were found to be successful while developing the social skills group, Friends' Club. The program will describe the 'lessons learned from Friends' Club' and what strategies helped teach these children to make friends. The program will  more...

Construction Management At-Risk Fundamentals ...ion. The adversarial nature of the traditional design-bid-build approach has led many to look for ways to create more collaborative approaches. Construction management at-risk is one such collaborative approach that is having more and more successes in the marketplace. Whether you are an owner, an architect/engineer, a contractor, or a trade subcontractor, this live audio conference will help  more...

The Open Enrollment Challenge: Strategies for Success BenefitsIs your benefits information often greeted by a yawn? Are you viewed as the enemy because you tell your employees how much more they have to pay for benefits every year? And why does the good news always get lost in the mix? Sometimes, it's not so much what you say as how you say it - and how often. Communications should never be an afterthought. Make sure employees appreciate all your  more...

Writing Job Descriptions ...proper job documentation and provide strategies on how to build and maintain a library of accurate job descriptions. We will discuss the tenants of job documentation components, formats, and technique. More importantly, we will discuss job analysis, tools available to assist in the documentation process, and how to avoid various legal pitfalls. Finally, we will discuss the inter-relations of  more...

Bankruptcy Section 363: Purchasing Distressed Assets ...ed access to growth capital for potential sellers and the build up over the last couple of years of 'dry powder' at investment funds present a perfect combination of increasing buy-side demand and seller-side supply creating conditions for a frothy future market for distressed sales and acquisitions. You will come away with a command of the process and significant benefits and opportunities  more...

The Essentials of Wastewater Grit Removal ...y designed and operated grit removal system prevents grit build up in unit processes, scouring and plugging in lines, and fouling of diffusers and membranes, all while preserving the intended service life of the downstream equipment. As we all experience tighter funding sources and fewer available dollars, protecting the plant infrastructure proves highly critical. As a result, knowledge of  more...

LEED Credits That Don't Break the Bank! ...nd rebates that are commonly available to high-performing buildings. Furthermore, teams rarely plan ahead and build the incentive opportunities into their design and construction strategies to ensure that all available dollars are captured. This results in projects going over budget, designers having to choose sub-par systems as a result of cost control, and a significant loss in value for  more...

Positive Strategies For Dealing With Problem Performers ...commitment through the use of coaching and other tools to build superior performers, examine companies that use positive strategies as a means of managing the workforce and those problem performers, and look at the concept of discipline without punishment. This audio conference will look at how to incorporate accountability and responsibility within the various levels of an organization. In  more...

Current Issues in Legal Holds: Are You Prepared? ...ving discoverable documents and data. You will be able to build a legal hold process that meets legal requirements, contains costs and manages risks, as well as align your legal hold process with other key initiatives, such as early case assessment, ordinary course practices for document and data management, and information privacy and security compliance. This audio conference is designed  more...

Owner Construction Risk: How a Controlled Insurance Program Can Protect Your Assets ... have ongoing maintenance projects or you are planning to build a large project, this audio conference will equip you with an understanding of your options for managing those project risks. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to identify those risks typically insured in construction projects. - You will be able to better explain and understand design and construction risk. - You will be  more...

Embracing Social Media to Build Concrete Relationships in a Bricks-and-Mortar World BenefitsTo many, social media may sound more like social waste of time. In reality, social media is a shift in how we communicate. It's about relationships, not technology. It's changing our business world faster than we thought possible. Many within the more traditional bricks-and-mortar A/E/C industry are getting left behind. Attend this audio conference and you will learn how some companies in  more...

Social Media Guidelines for Estate and Financial Planners ...gital/web presence. You will be able to identify steps to build an effective experience taking advantage of the latest web 2.0 features. This teleconference will teach you how to apply a top-down messaging model to craft positions along the 'long tail' and organize communications to reinforce your brand. Gain a better understanding of the role of integrated marketing campaigns to syndicate  more...

Common Principles for Successful Design-Build Projects ...build project delivery systems differ from the traditional design-bid-build system, how to evaluate whether design-build may be advantageous for your particular situation and project, how to structure a design-build approach to maximize the probability of a successful project in either the private or the public sector and how to select an appropriate contract format. Learning Objectives - You  more...

Not in My Backyard (NIMBY): Overcoming Development Resistance ...stening to them - and the process of deciding who gets to build what, where, was politicized. Today, land use decisions are political decisions. If a contentious development plan is to overcome opposition and win the approval of political decision makers, the proponents must first understand the local politics. This teleconference will explain why citizens oppose projects and how to overcome  more...

LEED Tax Incentives and Credits for Green Buildings ...buildings. Key elements of the program are water conservation, energy conservation and a reduction in waste going to landfill. Federal, state and local jurisdictions are looking for ways to incentivize improved performance in these key areas. The President is working with Congress to pass comprehensive legislation to protect our nation from the serious economic and strategic risks associated  more...

The Construction Bidding Process BenefitsThe federal construction bidding process is complex. This teleconference will review the complicated federal construction bidding process, including sealed bidding procedures and negotiated procurements. The teleconference will also review practical substantive issues which commonly arise in preparing a bid or proposal for federal construction work, such as proprietary specifications,  more...

Strengthening Self-Esteem, Resilience and Body Image in Adolescents ...how to talk back in order to change internal messages and build self-confidence. Learning Objectives - You will be able to discuss what helps to grow self-confidence and promote resiliency. - You will be able to recognize the role of the media in promoting insecurity and a sense of inadequacy. - You will be able to review strengthening self-esteem. Social service directors, social workers,  more...

Talent Management: Best Practices to Retain Top Employees ...managers and front line leaders, this teleconference will build a solid understanding of what it takes to engage and retain talent, and demonstrate the pivotal role managers play in this process. See how some of the best organizations deliver engagement and retention results year after year. You will leave knowing what you need to do to equip managers to take action to engage and retain  more...

Case Study: What Makes Dixon Schwabl One of the "Best Small Companies to Work for in America" ...itsLearn how to motivate, empower and excite employees to build a great place to work. Dixon Schwabl, Inc., CEO Lauren Dixon will share her experiences developing a company culture built on flexibility, freedom and respect for employees, inspiring an innovative approach to everyday workplace practices. No matter the size, geography or industry - any company can be a great place to work. Ms.  more...

Current Issues in Digital Billboards and Sign Regulations ...rnments, elected officials, municipal lawyers, zoning and building officials, and professional planners face increasing litigation threats due to the proliferation of digital signs. One national expert has predicted a wave of litigation at localities across the country that is trying to maintain attractive communities and prevent visual blight. What is the role of the Federal Highway  more...

Affordable Housing: Finance and Development, How to Maximize the Available Resources ...neral economy. As a result, finding capital and equity to build affordable housing has become more and more difficult as investors sit this one out while the market stabilizes. This teleconference will highlight the issues, problems, causes, recent trends, what can be done and what is being done to address and stabilize the affordable housing market. It will also discuss how the various  more...

Construction Project Management in Remote Locations: Site Considerations and Unique Challenges ...locations are increasingly demanding comprehensive design-build solutions for projects where the defined scope is often little more than a half-page concept of the desired output or regulatory result. The client expectations: technical and commercial analysis, scope of work development, a detailed execution plan, a detailed CPM schedule with day certain financial closing and a fixed price lump  more...

Automated Meter Reading and Advanced Metering Infrastructure: A Guide for Municipal Water and Energy Utilities ...s. This teleconference will provide a road map for you to build a business case for AMR/AMI for your utilities and identify appropriate technologies. Practical guidelines for procuring, deploying and integrating systems, including negotiating solid contracts, creating robust project controls, and managing and effectively using all the information provided by the system will be discussed.  more...

Developing a Community Nonemergency Response System ...ill provide municipal leaders the information required to build a business case to deploy a non-emergency call center. During this discussion, we will explore conducting a cost-benefit analysis and calculating return on investment which is even more critical in these lean times. In addition, we will focus on how to develop a change management program to help ensure that changes enabled by a new  more...

Planning to Avoid Estate Litigation BenefitsEvery estate plan, no matter how well-intentioned, can be challenged and in today's litigious society, those challenges are even more commonplace (and costly) than ever. This teleconference helps you recognize potential issues, learn techniques to diffuse future hotspots and protect yourself from common mistakes that leave plans susceptible to challenge. Through true-life examples, the  more...

A Guide to Hybrid Coding ...st in using zoning regulation to better realize a desired building form. Zoning codes have always contained the basic bulk relationships that create the three-dimensional building envelope, such as minimum lot area, lot coverage restrictions, required setbacks and maximum height, but additional design-oriented elements to better refine that form have not, traditionally, been part of the  more...

All About Insulating Concrete Forms ...and disaster-resistant exterior walls for a wide range of buildings up to15 stories. They are widely used in high-LEED projects based mostly on their energy efficiency and indoor air quality properties. However, many owners and designers who might benefit are not familiar enough with them to specify them comfortably or use them to full benefit. Many contractors do not bid ICF projects because  more...

Best Practices in Budget Development and Analysis ...eet the realities of revenue constraints, set priorities, build consensus, and avoid unproductive budget negotiations. You will learn how to invest your time upfront to gather the data and other information, as well as use effective tools to analyze, prepare and propose an effective budget that meets the fiscal and policy objectives of your governmental unit. County and municipal officials,  more...

Developing an Effective Property Management Plan nThe world of real estate and finance has changed dramatically. Are you interested in making more money? Having more free time? Living life with less stress? If you are a professional HOA property or community manager, or if you are thinking of becoming a HOA property manager, you will want to know what's new in property management. Become acquainted with the newest technology and how you can  more...

Avoid Wrongful Termination Lawsuits: Strategies to Keep Your Managers Out of Legal Trouble nThis teleconference will review tried-and-true methods for eliminating employment litigation risks, will build managers' confidence in dealing with a range of common-place employee issues, and sharpen their understanding of workplace practices and policies which will dramatically reduce exposure to litigation risks for themselves and their companies.  more...

Asset Protection Planning and Techniques: Safeguard Your Retirement and Other Assets Benefits When building retirement wealth for yourself or your clients, you want to protect it. For this reason, asset protection strategies for retirement are necessary as part of your wealth building strategy for the future. This teleconference will give you the tools to protect yourself or your client's retirement wealth, help build more wealth and help secure your future.  more...