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Educational Seminars Thursday, February 28
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.
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. 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. Ki Is Key: Developing And
Maintaining A Positive,
Powerful Presence
Discover how to understand your clients and
contemporaries and be better able to interact accordingly
with the powerful techniques revealed in this seminar.
Brian Van Bower is president of Aquatic
Consultants and Genesis 3 Design Group.
8 - 11 a.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.
8 a.m. - Noon CLT Test New written test and retake texts. CLCA Certification Committee.
12 -1 p.m. College Student Seminar:
How to Use Certifications
to Broaden Your Career
Opportunities
Earn the CLCA Water Certification, Certified Landscape
Technician and Pest Control Advisor certifications while
in college and provide keys to your future in the green
industry. Free for students with student ID.
Panel discussion led by Jon Singley,
a past-president of the California
Landscape Contractors Association and
owner of Blue Spruce Landscape.
1 - 3 p.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.
1 - 3 p.m. Great Meetings
And Accountability
Discover how to make every crew meeting significant,
impacting and productive. 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 Californiafriendly
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. (Spanish) 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. 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.º
Terry Mahlman, LCIS, along with Chris
Angelo, CFO of Stay Green, Inc., and
WC Defense Attorney Christopher
Galichon, Esq.
Full Details Available Online At www.clca.us/lis
February 27–28, 2008 Los Angeles Convention Center 2008 Landscape Industry Show