From Snow Magazine, we bring you Joshua Ferguson, who advises snow pros to reexamine their contract language amidst the pandemic.

What to say in contract negotiations

Kevin Guzior, COO of Pioneer Landscape Centers, discusses building relationships with landscapers, leading during COVID-19 and other topics.

Turnaround Tour podcast: Pratt's Lawn Care & Landscapes

Gary Hardy is learning to slow down and delegate, and it’s helping Brunner’s grow.

Turnaround Tour podcast: Brunner's Lawn and Services

From Snow Magazine, our sister publication: Landscaper Joe Kujawa just sold his family business and has become a consultant at Bruce Wilson &amp; Co.

Jumping into a career change

While serving three years in a correctional facility for his drug trafficking conviction, Charles Ellis took a horticulture course that inspired him to start his own company. For our March cover story on second chances, Ellis tells us all about Backyard Detail and how his time in prison gave him a new appreciation for the work involved with landscaping.

Prison horticulture classes can spark second chances

From food trucks to business cards, Frank Niccoli talks about some of the hiring and retention practices that succeeded at his company, the Village Gardener, for 40-plus years.

Ideas to improve staffing issues

Andrew Bray

The VP of government relations talked about H-2B reform and other industry issues he'll tackle in the coming months.

A conversation with NALP's Andrew Bray

Regular installments of the latest business information, management best practices and technical updates from market-leading manufacturers.

Was interested in Christmas decorating as a new serviceline, so I was glad to see there was an episode on the Decor franchise.  Definitely helped, whether that&#39;s the route we go or not.  Looking forward to digging in to the other episodes.

Helpful and on point

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Kevin Wilson, CEO of Mosquito Joe, talks about the similarities between the lawn care and the nuisance pest control industries, the challenges LCOs face when adding the service and whether the company would consider adding the lawn pest service to its portfolio.

Beyond the lawn

Disney's Debbie Mola talks about how to have a place for everything and everything in its place.

Organize for better efficiency

With its pay-per-lead system, Google Local Services could redefine how your landscaping company gets noticed.

Using Google to reach new clients

In April, Lawn &amp; Landscape talked to several spouses in the landscaping industry on how to achieve work-life balance. Rich Arlington, CEO of Arlington Lawn Care, and his wife of 24 years Crystal Arlington, CEO of Affiliated Grounds Maintenance Group, expand on that topic. Both CEOs share their tips for achieving work-life balance.

Finding a work-life balance

Find out what is happening during the GIE+EXPO in Louisville this year, why you should attend and how dog adoption is playing a role in 2018's show.

Mowers, mutts and more

Joy Gendusa, CEO of Postcard Mania, says direct mail marketing is still a good way to market a landscaping company. Listen in for some strategies.

Strategies for effective direct mail marketing

Lisa Fiore, president of the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association, talks about what the association is doing in its area to combat uninsured landscapers and support a professional and competitive market.

Dealing with the uninsured

Bob Mann, director of state and local government relations at the National Association of Landscape Professionals, gives us a rundown on some big pesticide and leaf blower noise bans that went through in the last year, one of which passed in Portland, Maine, on Jan. 3. Also, Mann offers suggestions on ways LCOs can become more involved in preventing these bans from passing.

Considering pesticide and leaf blower bans

You might use door hangers and post on social media to market your company, but that doesn't mean you have a marketing plan. We spoke with Chris Heiler, founder and CEO of Landscape Leadership (www.landscapeleadership.com), about why, when and how you should hire a marketing person to develop a marketing strategy for your company.

You might use door hangers and post on social media to market your company, but that doesn't mean you have a marketing plan. We spoke with Chris Heiler, founder and CEO of Landscape Leadership (<a href="http://www.landscapeleadership.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.landscapeleadership.com</a>), about why, when and how you should hire a marketing person to develop a marketing strategy for your company.

Hiring a marketing person

NALP recently released a collection of sheets and videos of facts for landscape professionals to hand out to anyone interested in more information on the green industry and how it affects the environment. We sat down with Missy Henriksen, vice president of public affairs, to talk about what you can do with this information.

The root of happiness

Dr. Mike Goatley, Jr., professor and extension turfgrass specialist at Virginia Tech University, gives an overview of the importance of soil testing and how performing it can help your customers’ lawns.

Dirt doctors

Chris Walton, senior operations manager at Swingle Lawn, Tree &amp; Landscape Care, explains how to get rid of the pest.

Japanese beetle pressure is growing

In this podcast, presented by Syngenta, Matt Giese, a field technical manager for Syngenta, addresses the basics of insecticide application, what can hurt the effectiveness of insecticides and the most damaging pests this time of year.

Investigating insecticides

When an employee leaves the company, they could be taking some of your business with them. Jason Cupp, former business owner and now growth consultant, covers some of the ways to cover your clients.

Protect yourself

What do you do when an employee asks to be fired? Jason Cupp, former business owner and now growth consultant, shares HR horror stories and talks with editor Chuck Bowen about the importance of documentation.

The paper trail

The best podcast episodes about true crime. For any thrill seeking podcast listeners who just can't get enough of the captivating stories of murderers and criminals. This topic has all the best episodes from many different true crime podcasts.  Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

OwlTail

When Axton Betz-Hamilton was 11 years old, her parents' identities were stolen. At that time, in the early 90s, consumer protection services for identity theft victims were basically non-existent. So the family dealt with the consequences as best they could. But then when Axton got to college, she realized that her identity had been stolen as well. Her credit score was in the lowest 2%.  As she was working to restore her credit, she inadvertently discovered who had stolen the family's identity. It would change everything forever.   View the photograph Axton describes here.   Criminal is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please review us on Apple Podcasts! It's an important way to help new listeners discover the show: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our newsletter, The Accomplice. If you'd like to introduce friends or family members to podcasts, we created a How to Listen guide based on frequently asked questions. Artwork by Julienne Alexander.

Criminal

When Axton Betz-Hamilton was 11 years old, her parents' identities were stolen. At that time, in the early 90s, consumer protection services for identity theft victims were basically non-existent. So the family dealt with the consequences as best they could. But then when Axton got to college, she realized that her identity had been stolen as well. Her credit score was in the lowest 2%.  As she was working to restore her credit, she inadvertently discovered who had stolen the family's identity. It would change everything forever.   View the photograph Axton describes <a href="http://thisiscriminal.com/episode-51-money-tree-8-23-2016/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.   <a href="https://thisiscriminal.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Criminal</a> is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please review us on Apple Podcasts! It's an important way to help new listeners discover the show: <a href="http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&amp;id=222e220f7c&amp;e=08e90c50c7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes.com/CriminalShow.</a> Say hello on <a href="https://twitter.com/CriminalShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsCriminal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/criminal_podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. Sign up for our newsletter, <a href="http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&amp;id=a7d08cb6bd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accomplice.</a> If you'd like to introduce friends or family members to podcasts, we created a <a href="http://www.thisiscriminal.com/about#howToListen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Listen guide</a> based on frequently asked questions. Artwork by <a href="http://www.yssrs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Julienne Alexander</a>.

Episode 51: Money Tree

[Part 3 of 3] You may think you know the story, but do you… This is the chilling conclusion to Jonestown. Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host Researched and written by Milly Raso For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-60-jonestown-part-3

Casefile True Crime

[Part 3 of 3] You may think you know the story, but do you… This is the chilling conclusion to Jonestown. Episode narrated by the <a href="https://twitter.com/casefilehost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anonymous Host</a> Researched and written by Milly Raso For all credits and sources please visit <a href="http://casefilepodcast.com/case-60-jonestown-part-3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://casefilepodcast.com/case-60-jonestown-part-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">casefilepodcast.com/case-60-jonestown-part-3</a>

Case 60: Jonestown (Part 3)

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What is this?
1 quote, 3 ideas & 1 question from a carefully curated podcast episode.
Every Monday & Wednesday.

Want a 3rd insight and episode every week? Email me at curation@owltail.com.

How our mind explains things:[topic-start]
“The way that the mind works, very frequently, is that we start from a decision, or we start from a belief, and then the stories that explain it come to our mind. Conclusions come first, and rationalizations come later.”[topic-end]
How we come to believe things:[topic-start]
"The real cause of your belief in a political position, the real causes are rooted in your personal history. They’re rooted in who are the people that you trusted and what they seemed to believe in, and it has very little to do with the reasons that come to your mind, why your position is correct and the position of the other side is nonsensical."[topic-end]
Who is Daniel Kahneman:[topic-start]
Nobel prize winning psychologist and economist who helped created the field of behavioural economics.

The Nobel Prize-winning psychologist on why we think and act the way we do — and why facts matter less than we think in forming our beliefs.
With his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman emerged as one of the most intriguing voices on the complexity of human thought and behavior. He is a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in economics for helping to create the field of behavioral economics — and is a self-described “constant worrier.” It’s fun, helpful, and more than a little unnerving to apply his insights into why we think and act the way we do in this moment of social and political tumult.
Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

On Being with Krista Tippett

Daniel Kahneman — Why We Contradict Ourselves and Confound Each Other

Real scenarios of a hospital during a war:[topic-start]
“... we were hand squeezing his ventilator as we ran out of oxygen" and when we finally found the physician to get more oxygen, he said "We don't have any oxygen left, you're going to have to let him go"[topic-end]
Who is Sheri Fink:[topic-start]
An investigative journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of Memorial Hospital (the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina).

Sheri Fink on the tragedy of being forced to choose who's life to save

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Reported by Sheri Fink.  In the book that inspired this episode you can find more about what transpired at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina, Sheri Fink’s exhaustively reported Five Days at Memorial You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: www.nytimes.com/triage Very special thanks to Lilly Sullivan.  Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security.  Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate.    

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When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Reported by Sheri Fink.  In the book that inspired this episode you can find more about what transpired at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina, <a href="http://www.sherifink.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheri Fink’s</a> exhaustively reported <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Five-Days-Memorial-Storm-Ravaged-Hospital/dp/0307718972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471783956&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=five+days+at+memorial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Five Days at Memorial</a> You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/triage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/triage</a> Very special thanks to Lilly Sullivan.  Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security. Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/radiolab-it/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=radiolab-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radiolab.org/donate</a>.

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