Becoming an Infection Prevention Expert starts with a positive proactive mindset. There are plenty of resources easily available to help schools get on the right track to be proactive and not reactive. Join us on this podcast as we discuss this topic further.
David Reimann
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Podcast Topic: The importance of being an Infection Prevention Expert at Schools. Every year it is estimated that over 60 million school days lost every year to influenza and norovirus according to ISSA, costing schools billions of dollars in lost federal funding. And, according to the CDC, this year’s flu season is currently the worst over the past 10 years!
And consider this, according to a Keep Kids Healthy research conducted by Victory, over 40% of school custodians and administration admit to not having any infection prevention protocols.
Knowing these statistics, something needs to change! The way schools are cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting is not working. We want to help!
Becoming an Infection Prevention Expert starts with a positive proactive mindset. There are plenty of resources easily available to help schools get on the right track to be proactive and not reactive. Join us on this podcast as we discuss this topic further.
Steve Prentice is a speaker and writer who works in that murky space where people and technology try to co-exist. His background is in organizational psychology and project management, and for over 20 years he has helped people and their companies understand how to work with new technology and manage change.
Steve says that fear is our biggest issue when it comes to making use of advances in tech.
To start the year, 2020, Bill is here talking about how we store, move, and use chemicals in the cleaning industry. Did you know that liquids must not be stored on a shelf over 6′ from the floor surface? This is just one of the facts Bill shares along with understanding the importance of PPE.
Ask Bill about his Michigan story sometime?
Bill Fellows started his career in the cleaning industry over 53 years ago, February 1966. Bill’s experience includes working as a custodian, business owner, multi-site manager, international support person, ISO auditor, and consultant. He is currently an assessor for ISSA – CIMS & CIMS-GB certification, a verifier for CMI training courses and training centers, and a third-party custodial effectiveness auditor of buildings applying for or being re-certified in the LEED standard through USGBC. Along with his wife Patty, they operate Fellows Custodial Consulting, LLC, providing training and consulting services for existing cleaning organizations and assists individuals in starting new custodial businesses.
Patty & Bill Fellows
Making Cleaning Organizations and Their People Better!
In this episode, Aaron talks about hearing with your ears, listing with your mind and more than doubling both with your eyes. How we use these senses and how this affects communications when making a sales presentation.
Dr. Aaron Buchko is a professor of management in the Foster College of Business, Bradley University, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in Planning and Strategy and graduate courses in Executive Development and Business Ethics.
He lives in Peoria, Illinois with his wife, Dr. Kathy Buchko, a counseling psychologist, their daughter, Alex, and son Andrej. In his spare time, he is an avid fly fisherman, hockey player, and coach, motorcyclist, reader, and is a student of U.S. history, particularly for the period from 1840-1940.
This is our second LIVE stream podcast of 2020, and today Jude Charles joined us to talk about branding and marketing through the use of storytelling video.
Jude Charles is a story-driven filmmaker, brand strategist & speaker. For over 13 years, Jude has traveled the world, crafting stories for world-class brands such as Google & Steve Harvey. Through his Dramatic Demonstration of Proof™ process, Jude helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs bring their story to life. He lives and breathes YOUR brand. He digs deep to find the compelling story that no one else knows & then leverages it for higher impact.
Jude Charles
Three steps review:
Know your core values and focus on 5 of them.
Make a storyboard before you start.
Share, Share, Share.
and always remember to be HUMAN!
Oh, when you contact Jude, ask him if he has accomplished his personal list item yet! You’ll hear what it is at the end of this show.
Contact Jude Charles for his 70 ways to promote a video. jude@judecharles.co
True Health, a regional healthcare facility recently installed new VCT flooring and the typical wisdom was to put down chair mats for the rolling office chairs. It was quickly noted that the mats moved on the VCT and they were not the best solution.
After some consultation with the facility maintenance manager, it was suggested that the CasterTire Floor Savers from Expanded Technologies would be a ‘best practice’ approach. Here are some pics of them putting them on and how they fit on the chairs. We will update you later after they have had them in place for a while to see how they are doing for True Health.
Facilities Maintenance Technician, Mr. Thomas Vasquez installing the CasterTire Floor SaversMr. Glen Brathwaite installing CasterTire Floor Savers
CasterTire Savers will not mark the floor, so no need for a chair mat.
Angela Holley, Daniel Nunn, Chris Degado, Clinton Goodman, Migdalia Martell
Darryl Henry, Director of Facilities for True Health in central Florida signed up his team for the Accredited Infection Prevention Expert course online.
These individuals earned their certificates from the Academy this past December. Below are a few words from these graduates.
“The Academy of Cleaning Excellence truly has educated me and broaden my 2020 vision of applying proper cleaning techniques that will help me in my quest to help save lives. This is my new goal and 2020 vision as a True Health employee to provide true care and concern to anyone in my place of employment. I must admit, that in 27 years of cleaning experience, I have a new outlook and concern about how I clean. That it’s not about making an area of your responsibility to look clean or smell clean, but that true cleaning is about reducing and/or, eliminating those unseen pathogens, germs, and viruses that cause disease or illness.” – Clinton Goodman
“I am really grateful for the Cleaning Course. It’s always true that even if you know about something, there is still more to learn. I found the course to be complete and very informative. All though I have 38 years of experience, still, I found valuable information.- Daniel Nunn
“The class showed me a lot of things about cleaning and how to clean that I really didn’t know, I enjoyed taking the class and the test. Learning new stuff never hurts, it will help you in the long run.” – Angela Holley
“This course has opened my eyes to the true meaning of cleanliness.” – Chris Delgado
“What I liked the most was the reassurance that I was doing the right thing, and didn’t have to leave my work area to take this Training Course. It was Great! – Migdalia Martell
You too can join these new graduates by taking the class online or at a LIVE class at one of our regional campuses. Review class offerings HERE.
We will be streaming LIVE, 3 episodes of Beyond Clean this coming week, Monday, Thursday and Friday.
Jude Charles is a story-driven filmmaker, brand strategist & speaker. For over 13 years, Jude has traveled the world, crafting stories for world-class brands such as Google & Steve Harvey. Through his Dramatic Demonstration of Proof™ process, Jude helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs bring their story to life. He lives and breathes YOUR brand. He digs deep to find the compelling story that no one else knows & then leverages it for higher impact.
Dr. Buchko is a professor of Management at Bradley University and a regular contributor to the show. Aaron always has an interesting insight into people and behaviors and just published his second book, Performance Based Strategy. When it comes to insights, you have come to the right podcast!
Mr. Fellows will be a regular contributor in 2020 and will talk about safety and healthy cleaning. Be sure to have a few questions for Bill. He is currently an assessor for ISSA – CIMS & CIMS-GB certification, a verifier for CMI training courses and training centers, and a third-party custodial effectiveness auditor of buildings applying for or being re-certified in the LEED standard through USGBC.
