Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a one-year delay of EPA鈥檚 final designation of counties that are not attaining the 2015 ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). The 2015 standard tightened the existing 2008 standard from 75 parts per billion (ppb) to 70 ppb. Designations for the 2015 standard were originally due by this October. EPA is taking this additional time to review and re-evaluate many of the complicated issues that 乌鸦传媒 raised in its comments on the proposed version of the 2015 rule.
Danielle Feroleto, Small Giants
I鈥檓 going to go out on a limb and confess and unpopular view鈥 hate selfie sticks. I actually will alienate myself from almost every reader and tell you I also hate selfies. Now, before you stop reading and throw this offensive article in the trash, let me tell you why.
I love networking! Every single little thing about it鈥.from the first uncomfortable conversation to the rewards you reap in relationships built throughout your career, it is, in my opinion, The most important business skill you can acquire. It鈥檚 not for everyone and it鈥檚 not as easy as most think to do it well.
I will give you some of the best tips I have learned in networking all through the reasons I believe your selfie stick is ruining your networking life!
Kathy Nanowski, Fuss & O'Neill
Along with many of you, I receive many marketing journals and articles about the newest trends in managing marketing and business development processes. I bring most of these articles home and highlight what might be relevant to me and my firm. Of course, if I did half the things I highlighted, I would run around frantically, driving senior leadership crazy.
Unfortunately, what many people do instead of selectively committing to some of the work is do none of it. What is the best process or metric or program that will give you the biggest return on your investment? Because let鈥檚 face it, any new program will require an investment of time and money, both of which are very precious.
There are numerous marketing and business development metrics out there. Some of the most popular include: total sales, sales dollars spent versus winning rates, hit rates, and the list goes on. I measure more than seven different sales metrics on a monthly and YTD basis.
Managing the workforce is a focal point at the Associated General Contractors of America Annual Convention in Las Vegas, where it's been noted that competition for top talent has heated up.
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Craig Clark, President and CEO of Dynalectric and Chair of the Specialty Contractors Council, was selected as Chair of the Year by 乌鸦传媒 President Mark Knight from a list of impressive nominees.
At the Associated General Contractors of America's National Convention, Tim Sinclair, chair of 乌鸦传媒's Specialty Contractors Council, took part in a forum on preconstruction best practices -- a list of which is included in this article.
乌鸦传媒 of America鈥檚 Past Chair of the Lean Construction Forum Steering Committee, Jeff Esgar, Sundt Construction, was asked to contribute an article based on 乌鸦传媒鈥檚 Lean Construction Education Program鈥檚 Unit One course entitled: 鈥淰ariation in Production Systems鈥 for the Lean Construction Blog.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | 2:00 p.m. 鈥 3:00 p.m. (ET)
This lively, information-packed WebEd, brought to you by the 乌鸦传媒 of America Business Development Forum, presents industry experts, Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America and Cliff Brewis, Vice President of Operations for Dodge Data Analytics as they provide construction industry leaders and Business Development professionals national and regional construction market predictions in light of a new presidential administration.
The Business Development Best Practices are an ongoing effort by the 乌鸦传媒 Business Development Forum Steering Committee to bring more BD resources and best practices to the 乌鸦传媒 membership. Written and developed by industry experts in Business Development, these best practices cover a wide range of topics, from relationship building and sales to marketing and proposals.