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At 4:00 AM, on April 22nd, I woke up knowing that we were going to make a difference that day, knowing that our PLANET Day of Service was going to be the biggest and best ever. Ā I could feel the excitement build as our convoy of volunteers pulled into the main entrance of the Ft. […]
Congratulations to every student, sponsor, and PLANET individually and collectively.Ā The 35th Annual Student Career Days is in the record books!Ā Special congratulations to BYU-Provo for their first place finish.Ā Michigan State can take great pride in second place and I know that BYU-Idaho is equally proud of their third place totals.Ā Here at Chattahoochee […]
Only yesterday the opening ceremonies began and already it seems like we have been here foreverā¦ or for just the blink of an eye!Ā I should have taken notes because by now I canāt remember all of the things I learned. Judith Guido was a super informative Keynote Speaker.Ā Practical ideas about personal branding were […]
My brain has been waking me up every hour or two and so I have given up the fight.Ā Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity.Ā The Chattahoochee Tech TeamPLANET left the Acworth, Georgia, North Metro Campus at 5:15 a.m. We were saddened that at 5:00 a.m. teammate Nanci Lee got a phone call and had to […]
The uniqueness of PLANET’s Student Career Days (SCD)Ā does not escape me.Ā There is nowhere else I know that students have the chance to test their skills in realistic industry situations with the full support of potential employers and current educational mentors.Ā Sort of a crash course internship while still in the comfortable cocoon of a supportive family.Ā […]
PLANET’sĀ recent Executive Forum and Leadership Meeting at The Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida, held February 17ā20, opened with leadership meetings and the installation of PLANETās 2011ā2012 board of directors, which go into effect beginning May 1, 2011. This yearās Forum focused on Technology and Innovation. The keynote address featured Carmine Gallo, journalist and author […]
For those of you that were following all of the action and developments leading up to this past week on Earth Day, our 2nd annual PLANET Day of Service….. we are pleased to share that it was a huge success! We had over 3,000 volunteers participating in more than 200 projects in 38 states and […]
When I was contacted about writing a blog entry about PLANET’s Student Career Days (SCD), I was quite surprised. Iām too old to compete in the events and donāt understand how my point of view might be helpful, but here goes nothingā¦ Ā SCD 2010 was the fourth consecutive year I attended, and the second […]
Europe, with its long tradition of craft guilds (masons, printers, textile workers, and tanners for example) that formed in the late Middle Ages, developed the practice of apprenticeships. An apprentice provided inexpensive labor to his master in exchange for formal training in a certain craft. Most started between the ages of 10 to 15 years […]
Green industry professionals came together October 28ā31, 2009, in Louisville, Kentucky, for the annual PLANET Green Industry Conference and GIE+EXPO. They networked with peers from around the country, attended educational sessions and round tables on hot topics such as sustainability and social marketing, checked out the latest products at the industryās largest trade show and […]
