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Women of Excellence Award
Submit a nomination for the annual Women of Excellence Award, sponsored by Target Specialty Products. This award is open to women across the pest management industry - pest control companies, manufacturers, research organizations, etc. - 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, 2021.
Young Entrepreneur Award
Submit a nomination for the annual Young Entrepreneur Award, presented by Rentokil North America. 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. Nominations are dues by August 31, 2021, click here for more information.
Challenging times call for creative solutions. Commercial customers are demanding that only vaccinated employees can enter their facilities. You cannot operate your routes when unvaccinated employees are out sick due to Covid. Join NPMA on Tuesday, August 31 at 2:30 PM EDT to hear candid feedback from pest control company owners on what is working to encourage a vaccinated workplace and what is not and engage with panelists during an interactive Q&A portion of the discussion. During these challenging times we need to work together to help our industry continue to succeed and prosper.
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Paper Wasp Nest
As a membership benefit, NPMA has developed a gallery of
pest images at My.NPMAPestWorld.org for use by NPMA members.
National Fit Testing Service
National Fit Testing Service offers you an easy economical way to achieve OSHA compliance. At your convenience, National Fit Testing Service's technicians come to your site and perform Qualitative or Quantitative fit testing of your employees in accordance with OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard 29 CFR 1910.134.
Help protect your valued employees health and well-being as well as comply with OSHA regulations, by scheduling your respirator fit testing and training session. Contact Linda Lane for special NPMA member pricing today!
The Pest Management Foundation requests the pleasure of your company at a special gala dinner in conjunction with PestWorld 2021 on November 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to benefit the programs it funds. Your $1,000 donation per plate, or $10,000 donation per table of ten, will help the Foundation advance the pest management industry through education, research, and outreach. Reserve Your Seat Today!
| UPMA Business Webinar |
August 26, 2021 |
Virtual |
| WVPMA Fall Conference |
September 9-10, 2021 |
Roanoke, WV |
| IPCA Fall Conference |
September 16-17, 2021 |
Springfield, IL |
| CTPCA Fall Seminar |
September 21, 2021 |
Wallingford, CT |
| NCPMA Premier Tech |
September 29-30, 2021 |
Raleigh, NC |
| IPCA Pest Academy Workshop |
September 28, 2021 |
Virtual |
Cornell University is offering a certificate course on the biology of arthropods — both insects and related forms — that impact human health. You will explore the fascinating biology, behaviors, and disease-transmission processes of a range of organisms, with special emphasis on the most important groups, including ticks and mosquitoes.
Aruza Pest Control has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., landing at No. 256 on Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 5000 list.
Fox News
Officials warn the spotted lanternfly could do some serious economic damage.
NBC 26
Experts said recent rainfall "set the stage" for the increase in mosquitoes we've seen buzzing around Northeast Wisconsin lately.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Nearly 19% of housing units reported sightings of mice or rats, a higher share than the roughly 11% that reported sightings in the New York metro area.
Entomology Today
The world’s largest emergence of periodical cicadas occurred this spring in the mid-Atlantic and eastern Midwest regions of the U.S., with billions of them rising from the earth after a 17-year wait, making a bunch of noise, mating and reproducing, then swiftly dying.
California News Times
If you’ve ever run horribly with a sly snake, you’re not alone. There are snake invasions in some communities in Southern California.
David Burkus
If you want a truly high-performing team—a team with psychological safety but also accountability—then you can’t just tolerate low performing employees.
Linked In
While anxieties and doubts about our jobs are normal and can even be healthy, persistent feelings of unworthiness when it comes to our achievements can hugely shake our confidence and put unnecessary extra pressure on us.
Michael Hyatt & Co.
Unfortunately, too many leaders don’t see vision as a crucial ingredient. This is a dangerous mindset to maintain, because the stakes are so high.
Entrepreneur
Although the stigma remains that break-takers are lazy or unmotivated, this belief is unfounded. Breakthroughs in neuroscience research unveil proof that goes against everything we thought we knew about achievement.
Forbes
Here are just three of the many notable strategies every business should consider if they have not already.
HR Morning
You have great managers, and no one would ever quit on them – that is, until a manager makes a leadership mistake. That’s right, even the best managers and supervisors make mistakes that compel employees to quit.
Hartford Courant
First seen only in pockets near the coast, the blood-sucking, disease-carrying ticks have spread into other parts of the state.
Smithsonian Magazine
The sighting was reported two miles from where officials found a nest in October 2020.
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