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Educational Seminars
8 – 10 a.m. The Design-Build Process
This class takes you step-by-step through the process to shift
your company into the design-build arena for higher profits,
increased job satisfaction and enhanced name recognition.
Wednesday, February 27
Landscape maestro Kent Gordon
England is the owner of Kent Gordon
England Inc.
8 – 10 a.m. Becoming An Exceptional
Performance Coach
This fun session explores the “Four Steps to Great Coaching”
to help managers develop leadership skills and encourage
employee motivation for long-term company success.
Bob Coulter is a professional landscape
industry motivational trainer with JP
Horizons.
8 – 10 a.m. Top Ten Employee Issues
Plaguing Landscapers/
’08 Labor Law Update
Covers the questions most frequently asked by landscape
contractors on the CLCA HR Hotline. The second half of this
session addresses new employment laws for 2008.
Stacy Rochelle is a regional director for
the California Association of Employers.
8 – 10 a.m. Job Costing For
Profit Vs. Existence
This seminar helps you to pinpoint how much your product
is worth based on costs, overhead, and after calculating what
you think is a fair return or profit.
Brian Van Bower is president of Aquatic
Consultants and Genesis 3 Design
Group.
8 – 10 a.m. Preserving Mature Trees
During Construction
Learn to thoroughly prepare trees to survive construction
activity, starting with the inception of site planning and
ending with satisified clients.
Barrie Coate is an ISA Certified Arborist
and owner of Barrie D. Coate and
Associates.
8 – 10 a.m. Implementing Water
Management Performance
Participants will prepare for the CLCA Water Management
Certification written test while learing specific procedures to
help their clients save water and money.
John Moore is program manager for
CLCA’s Water Management Certification
Program.
10:30 a.m. –
12:30 p.m.
Water Management
Certification Test
Written Test: $ 200 general public, $ 100 for CLCA members.
Noon – 3 p.m.
Creating Water Features
For Small Spaces
Explore high-profit strategies for taking advantage of new
technology for quick, efficient installation and maintenance
of water features. On-floor Demo
Steve Sandalis is founder of Mystic
Water Gardens. Aaron Blubaugh heads
the design and sales division.
1 – 3 p.m. Great Meetings And
Accountability
Discover how to make every crew meeting that you conduct
significant, impacting, and productive for everyone who
attends. Includes tips to energize and motivate employees.
Bob Coulter is a professional landscape
industry motivational trainer with JP
Horizons.
1 – 3 p.m. Beyond Xeriscape:
Sustainable Landscapes
For A New California
Water supply and environmental issues will soon force
a change in the typical Southern California landscape.
Come hear a discussion of how this new California-friendly
landscape style results in reductions in water, maintenance,
green waste and pollution.
Don Schultz is horticulture manager
for the Water Conservation Garden at
Cuyamaca College.
1 – 3 p.m. How To Develop And Meet
A Water Budget For A
Landscape Site
This seminar explores estimating plant water requirements using
weather data to calculate irrigation quotas, maximize irrigation
system performance and maintain a water budget.
Toni Monzon is director of the Bilingual
Training Institute.
1 – 3 p.m. LED Lighting: Technology
And Application
What’s new in LED lighting technology? How can landscape
contractors profit from this popular light source? Come and
learn.
Mike Bailey is product development
engineer for Kichler. Dan Doxsee is sales
manager (lighting) for Nichia America
Corporation.
1 – 3 p.m. (Spanish) When And How
To Trim Trees To Prevent
Pest Problems
Techniques for the proper management and maintenance of
trees are covered in this session, including selection, proper
watering, feeding, trimming and pest control.
Jose Huezo is a Certified Arborist and
licensed pest control operator.
1 – 3 p.m. Workers’ Compensation
101: Everything You Need
To Know To Manage The
Process
This seminar gives an overview of California’s Workers’
Compensation system, plus tips and strategies to help you
organize and manage the claims process.
Terry Mahlman, LCIS, along with Chris
Angelo, CFO of Stay Green, Inc., and
WC Defense Attorney Christopher
Galichon, Esq.
1 – 3 p.m. Certified Landscape
Technician Test
Preparation
After reviewing the written and hands-on CLT test
components, Team Certification will focus on the four most
troublesome test areas: Plant ID, Plant Sensitivity, Plan
Reading and Maintenance.
Members of the CLCA Certification
Committee.
Full Details Available Online At www.clca.us/lis
2008 Landscape Industry Show February 27–28, 2008 Los Angeles Convention Center