Mikey P
Administrator
OK here we go!
Joe, thanks for asking to take a turn here.
After Werner's session I have to say it takes guts.
Granted you are no where near the controversial figure Mr Braun is, but non the less.
I want to remind every one participating tonight to respect our guest. Feel free to disagree with him but do so with the same courtesy you would with one of your clients.
Here are the pre-asked questions and answers.
Take your time and read through them all and then we'll start with the live questions.
You are a carpet cleaner, a disaster restoration contractor, a supplier, and a trainer. If you could only do one, which would it be, and why?
Trainer. My dream and goal since 7th grade was to be a school teacher. Being a trainer enables me to teach as well as to be an active participant through teaching in the carpet cleaning and the disaster restoration business through the different courses that I teach.
Additionally, when not teaching, it also allows me time to be an active participant through on-site performance in cleaning and disaster restoration business. As a supplier, I also am able to meet others that wish to better their business and help them through providing quality products and training them in how to use them through on-going relationships with them as a customer. All of the divisions are very inter-related.
Having family working in business with you has quite a few challenges. How do you make that work for you?
It is not a problem since all do their job well and complement each other.
My daughter, Alyson, oversees the cleaning division as well as marketing division through developing mailings and monthly implementation of these mailings / programs, sales leader for the distribution staff and bookkeeping for the disaster restoration business.
My wife, Janet, is the financial officer of the company spending all her time in A/R and A/P. She also is the new Examinations Chair for the IICRC overseeing the administrative side of the 24 exams, not the technical side, as a volunteer position that will take her an average of 10 hours per week, sometimes more.
My son-in-law Scott, as Vice-President, oversees the disaster restoration business (fire and water mitigation crews, construction crews, and administrative billing of insurance claims) as well as the two insurance industry-marketing people within our business. He is also the Technical Advisory Chair for the IICRC over the Water Damage Restoration Technician (WRT) course and Cleaning Division Chair of the Certification Council overseeing seven different cleaning related courses. Therefore, he reports to me in two segments of his daily work within the IICRC as well as the business. He is very busy in his work and we see eye-to-eye on most everything we do. Further, he was raised to do a great job with good work ethics while supporting your company and your employer. Therefore, I guess it makes itself work as we all have a job to do in making the business successful.
(On a side note, Scott’s brother is project manager of the restoration business with a fantastic work ethic).
Several years ago, Lee Pemberton proposed that certification be made available on line. Why did the IICRC not approve and institute that concept?
I find NO fault with anything that Lee has ever presented with the deepest respect ever for him and his ideas. Presently CECs are available on-line for a good many courses. Whereas there is no rule presently that states it cannot be a viable means in some cases for training, it is my opinion, as others, that the foundation of teaching is the communication between a qualified, trained, experienced and caring educator. This is tracked back to preschool for our children.
Without these characteristics, the learning through training of the young person would be greatly compromised. I try to view all my students, while respecting them as adults, as a young student in an attempt to learn a subject matter as well as a trade. These characteristics must be also a beacon in their learning experiences.
If we reduce the qualifications of teaching to video or DVD, our universities could also be reduced to video sites. The direct ability of the teacher to communicate the information and answer questions is the PRIMARY issue of this learning experience technique. Where there is no interaction, learning is reduced to either visual or printed communication. The “art of teachingâ€ÂÂ
Joe, thanks for asking to take a turn here.
After Werner's session I have to say it takes guts.
Granted you are no where near the controversial figure Mr Braun is, but non the less.
I want to remind every one participating tonight to respect our guest. Feel free to disagree with him but do so with the same courtesy you would with one of your clients.
Here are the pre-asked questions and answers.
Take your time and read through them all and then we'll start with the live questions.
You are a carpet cleaner, a disaster restoration contractor, a supplier, and a trainer. If you could only do one, which would it be, and why?
Trainer. My dream and goal since 7th grade was to be a school teacher. Being a trainer enables me to teach as well as to be an active participant through teaching in the carpet cleaning and the disaster restoration business through the different courses that I teach.
Additionally, when not teaching, it also allows me time to be an active participant through on-site performance in cleaning and disaster restoration business. As a supplier, I also am able to meet others that wish to better their business and help them through providing quality products and training them in how to use them through on-going relationships with them as a customer. All of the divisions are very inter-related.
Having family working in business with you has quite a few challenges. How do you make that work for you?
It is not a problem since all do their job well and complement each other.
My daughter, Alyson, oversees the cleaning division as well as marketing division through developing mailings and monthly implementation of these mailings / programs, sales leader for the distribution staff and bookkeeping for the disaster restoration business.
My wife, Janet, is the financial officer of the company spending all her time in A/R and A/P. She also is the new Examinations Chair for the IICRC overseeing the administrative side of the 24 exams, not the technical side, as a volunteer position that will take her an average of 10 hours per week, sometimes more.
My son-in-law Scott, as Vice-President, oversees the disaster restoration business (fire and water mitigation crews, construction crews, and administrative billing of insurance claims) as well as the two insurance industry-marketing people within our business. He is also the Technical Advisory Chair for the IICRC over the Water Damage Restoration Technician (WRT) course and Cleaning Division Chair of the Certification Council overseeing seven different cleaning related courses. Therefore, he reports to me in two segments of his daily work within the IICRC as well as the business. He is very busy in his work and we see eye-to-eye on most everything we do. Further, he was raised to do a great job with good work ethics while supporting your company and your employer. Therefore, I guess it makes itself work as we all have a job to do in making the business successful.
(On a side note, Scott’s brother is project manager of the restoration business with a fantastic work ethic).
Several years ago, Lee Pemberton proposed that certification be made available on line. Why did the IICRC not approve and institute that concept?
I find NO fault with anything that Lee has ever presented with the deepest respect ever for him and his ideas. Presently CECs are available on-line for a good many courses. Whereas there is no rule presently that states it cannot be a viable means in some cases for training, it is my opinion, as others, that the foundation of teaching is the communication between a qualified, trained, experienced and caring educator. This is tracked back to preschool for our children.
Without these characteristics, the learning through training of the young person would be greatly compromised. I try to view all my students, while respecting them as adults, as a young student in an attempt to learn a subject matter as well as a trade. These characteristics must be also a beacon in their learning experiences.
If we reduce the qualifications of teaching to video or DVD, our universities could also be reduced to video sites. The direct ability of the teacher to communicate the information and answer questions is the PRIMARY issue of this learning experience technique. Where there is no interaction, learning is reduced to either visual or printed communication. The “art of teachingâ€ÂÂ