Pest Management Professional, November 2015
off the cuff Music City Marvelous A nother fantastic PestWorld hosted last month by the National Pest Management Association NPMA is behind us There was so much to see do and cover that we will be bringing you news about it for issues to come The highlight of PestWorld for our staff was inducting the Pest Management Professional PMP Hall of Fame Class of 2015 on Oct 19 We have many photos online at PMPhalloffame com and in this issue starting on p 28 We also gave Editor at Large Jerry Mix a microphone and Digital Editor Kelly Limpert a video camera and let them go crazy in our booth with any attendee who happened by The results are awesome and on our YouTube channel PMP TV A few additional highlights that we packed into this issue as well as online at MyPMP net PMPPesttalk net and facebook com PMPmagazine include With eager attendees filling the hallways of the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center PestWorld 2015 kicked off with words of change from National Pest Management Association NPMA CEO Bob Rosenberg and a lively beat at the opening ceremony It embodied how the NPMA is adapting to as Rosenberg quipped meet the 21st century needs of 21st century members Three days later Rosenberg was honored with the NPMA Pinnacle Award recognizing his decades of dedication with the association before he retires early next year Other honorees included Deni Naumann president of Copesan Services Inc who received the 2015 Women of Excellence Award and Stanford Phillips vice president of marketing and business development for Northwest Exterminating who earned the 2015 Young Entrepreneur Award The NPMAs Professional Women in Pest Management PWIPM committee recognized Sheila Donatelli a Charlotte N C based certified trainer for Steritech with its 2015 Empowerment Grant She plans to use the funding for business education Our November issue also covers another important topic The 2016 State of the Industry We thank all our participants from sources to survey respondents to our sponsor Bell Laboratories for making this report and the resultant analysis and perspective possible Dont miss our exclusive in depth look at the pest management industry and predictions for whats ahead in 2016 PMP 8 November 2015 Pest Management Professional mypmp net illustration leo Michael Photos Kelly liMPert Top Gaylord Oprylands southern hospitality extended to its convention center facilities Bottom Booth 331 was the place to be See more PestWorld coverage on p 80
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