Young Entrepreneur Award presented by Rentokil-Steritech. This award recognizes young entrepreneurs (40 years of age or less) working in the professional pest management industry who have helped create or develop an industry business and/or those who have stewarded a meaningful industry concept to fruition. Click here for more information and to nominate a candidate. All nominations must be received by August 29.

Women of Excellence Award sponsored by Target Specialty Products. This award is open to women across the pest management industry who demonstrate outstanding leadership and have made notable contributions to the development and growth of the profession, their business, and other women in the industry. Click here for more information and to nominate a candidate. All nominations must be received by August 31.

Find your next employees on the NPMA Career Center, an online job posting board providing pest management companies with a targeted approach to promote their talent needs. Whether you have a job to fill or are seeking employment, NPMA’s Career Center can support you! Click here to post a job today!

As July comes to a close I’m excited to report that we’ve just completed another successful summer conference series. Two weeks ago, myself and the NPMA team traveled down to Palm Beach, FL for our annual Academy meeting. This event, the brainchild of the Leadership Development Group (LDG), brought together 200 emerging leaders in our industry for a week of topics focused on how to work on your business (not just in it)! The program culminated with the Academy Olympics, which provided a fun forum for attendees to network and build long lasting relationships with their peers to share in ideas and successes over the next 365 days and beyond.

Following the Academy, I had the opportunity to travel down to North Carolina to attend the Mid-Atlantic Summer Conference. This meeting brings together pest professionals from across the Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia. Ahead of the official start, I joined the South Carolina Pest Control Association for their Board of Directors meeting and then sat in on the North Carolina General Membership Meeting as they inducted their new executive Committee and Board for the 2018-2019 membership year.  I also had the opportunity to spend time with NPMA Past President Billy Tesh, NCPMA Past President Steve Taylor and several other industry colleagues throughout the conference and during the exhibit hall time.

This week I’ll be traveling with NPMA President Dennis Jenkins, as we join leaders of the Canadian Pest Management Association for two days of meetings in Toronto, to discuss the future of our industry and how to best position our associations for success and growth.

Finally, as we begin to make final arrangements for PestWorld Orlando, taking place October 23-26, I’d like to thank all of our members for your tremendous work in protecting public health and property this summer. From keeping homes safe from termites to controlling mosquitoes in backyards, I can confidently say the services we provide both during the busy season and throughout the whole year are instrumental in allowing our customers to have peace of mind when enjoying family vacations, summer camps and outdoor BBQs. I wish you a productive next couple of months and look forward to seeing everyone soon in Orlando.

Dominique Stumpf, CMP, CAE
NPMA Chief Executive Officer

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Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators is pleased to announce a series of internal promotions to the company’s Executive Committee.

Plunkett’s Pest Control, Inc., recently announced their acquisition of Bugeaters Pest Control, based in Lincoln, NE and L&S Termite and Pest Control, based in Columbus, OH.

Fox News
Pest control company Orkin recently released its Top 50 Bed Bug Cities list, compiled with data of the places where Orkin performed the most treatments for bed bugs from December of 2016 to November of 2017.

The Atlantic
The story of the misplaced virus—a discovery that Michael Eisen describes as one of the wackiest of his career—began with some plates of fruit.

Smithsonian
As temperatures rise, the spider dines differently, resulting in a cascade of effects in the Arctic.

NPR
How do you know if your particular bite represents a high-risk case?

WUSA
D.C. logged more than 700 complaints for every 100,000 residents.

LeadToday
A good work environment is dependent upon many factors. None are more important than open, consistent, and honest communication.

Forbes
Research found that the skills and motivations required to be a top sales person vary significantly from those required to be a top-performing sales manager.

Inc.
Targeting your ideal audience should be like shooting fish in a barrel.

Entrepreneur
There are multiple reasons to move toward push campaigns and reach users that might be interested in your company but are not familiar with you.

Forbes
Five successful founders agreed to share their key insights on how they moved from challenging situations to effective solutions.

National Geographic
High temperatures make arctic wolf spiders ditch their favorite food, indirectly helping the environment.

Newsweek
Multiple Air India passengers out of Newark International Airport complained about bed bugs crawling on their seats throughout the more than 15-hour flight.

New York Post
People with Type A blood are more likely to be bitten by ticks, a study has found.