(OS1) Symposium Goes Green in 2010
The Annual Event Will Be Held July 18-20, 2010, in Portland, Oregon.
It’s official! The annual (OS1) Users Symposium sponsored by the Simon Institute will be held July 18-20, 2010 in Portland, Oregon. The Embassy Suites Downtown has been selected as the site of the conference. The city of Portland was selected to highlight the fact that the symposium theme this coming year is “Blazing the Trail to Green Cleaning.” Portland was recognized as “The Greenest City in America” by Popular Science Magazine, and SustainLane. It is a uniquely suited location for the (OS1) Users to meet and Explore the World of “Green Cleaning.”
The Simon Institute Executive Committee met in Portland in early November and decided that the (OS1) trail led to Portland in 2010. The Embassy Suites Hotel-Downtown in Portland is located in the historic Multnomah hotel building, which dates back to 1912, right in the heart of Downtown Portland with easy and convenient access from Portland International Airport. You can take a taxi but the Portland Max Light Rail System has a stop just a block away from the hotel.
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| The Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Portland will be the host hotel for the 2010 (OS1) Users Symposium. |
Once you arrive at the magnificent, award-winning hotel you will feel that you have stepped back in time. The Embassy Suites has worked to maintain the history that the hotel bears. Much of the existing architecture and accents date back 100 years giving you a very unique experience seldom found on the West Coast.
(OS1) Users will also appreciate that modern day amenities that put the hotel suites-only rooms at the pinnacle of places to stay and meet in Portland. The Embassy Suites Hotel which is part of the Hilton Hotel chain was delighted to be selected as the host hotel and committed to adopting as many (OS1) Green Practices as was possible prior to the event. Watch for information about Symposium 2010 and plan to be in Portland during the month of July for the cleaning industry’s first Green Cleaning Symposium-
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Certified Coach Course Provides Trainers a Diverse and Educational Experience
Over 24 (OS1) Trainers attended the annual (OS1) Coach Class 2009. Nineteen of the twenty four attendees attended both (OS1) Coach class and (OS1) Expert Trainer class and earned the title of (OS1) Certified Coach through May of 2010.
Following are some of the highlights of the 2009 event held at Disney’s Grand California Hotel and Convention Center:
| Bobby Moddrell, President of the Cleaning Industry Trainers Guild, spoke to the (OS1) Coaches and shared his thoughts and vision for a collaborative effort of all (OS1) Trainers throughout 2010. |
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| Bay West was officially introduced to the (OS1) Trainers. Each (OS1) Trainer went home with a Simon recycled bag full of Bay West 100% Recycled Paper (consumable) samples and plans for next year’s Earth Day Arbor day observances in the (OS1) world. |
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| Brooke Gramer and Eileen Street of Transcendental Media joined the (OS1) Trainers on the first day of class. Transcendental Media has recently released a documentary called The Philosopher Kings directed by Patrick Shen. This film explores the lives of 6 different Janitors employed in academic settings including major universities across the country. The (OS1) Trainers were able to view a special screening of the documentary the evening after the first day of class. For more info visit The Philosopher Kings, Wisdom Found in Unlikely Places www.philosopherkingsmovie.com |
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| In reviewing the (OS1) Bakers Dozen lessons, for the month of May (Vacuum Specialist, Clean Air Month) Jose Alvarez of Service Point demonstrated with Mauricio Torres of PJS Houston how the ProTeam SuperCoach Vac should be properly fitted to each cleaning worker and how proper training of the Back Pack Vac will be instrumental in providing a safe and ergonomic work environment for the cleaning worker. |
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The Cleaning Organization’s role in Pandemic Planning is the topic for the February Bakers Dozen lesson plan. A new protect yourself program was unveiled to the (OS1) Coach group. The new Protect Yourself Playbook was provided for the group. A new Flow Chart for developing a pandemic plan was introduced. All new materials from the EPA, CDC, PortionPac and ManageMen simplified understanding how cleaning operations need to respond to pandemic threats including H1N1, Norovirus, MRSA and other unidentified risks.
| The long-awaited (OS1) operations book was introduced to the group as a training resource in 2009/2010. A copy of Functional Operations for Cleaning organizations SIMPLIFIED was presented to each member of the class. The book was reviewed. The new “functional” format was demonstrated to be a superior method of managing the information necessary to remove dysfunctional management and replace it with a functional model. |
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