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Leaving Your Business
Without Losing Your Shirt
Emerald Hill Golf Club
July 9 - Okoboji
Member Appreciation Best
Ball
Tournament Club of Iowa
Bi-Annual IA Advanced Manufacturing
Conference
FFA Enrichment Center
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To foster a favorable business, economic,
governmental and social climate within the State
of Iowa so that our citizens have the opportunity
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  Legislative
News
President Obama Appoints ABI Past
Chair Andringa to Export
Council
President
Barack Obama on Wednesday, July 7 appointed Mary
Andringa (Vermeer) to serve on the President's
Export Council. Mary
Andringa is current Vice Chair of the National
Association of Manufacturers and Past Chair of
the ABI Board of Directors. Continue
reading>>>
Legislative
Spotlight: State WARN Act
As
mentioned in last week's e-News found here, the laws passed
during the 2010 legislative session are now in
effect.
One proposal advocated for multiple years
by Iowa Workforce Development related to a state
version of the federal WARN notice. Continue
reading>>>
Iowa Workforce
Development Requests Feedback Ex-Offender
Survey
IWD
has requested ABI members' participation in a
survey to gain a better understanding of
employers' views about hiring ex-offenders. Continue reading>>>
Candidate
Information-See Who's
Running
Although
the election is four months away, candidates are
already putting together winning strategies,
walking in parades, and knocking doors. The
candidates are energized and want to earn your
vote. Continue reading>>>
IIPAC
Board to Meet-Are You on the
List?
The
IIPAC Board will meet on Wednesday, July 14 to
make endorsements and campaign contributions. Continue
reading>>>
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From the Desk
of...Michael
Ralston
While
many of us are navigating a busy summer, we have
just begun a new fiscal year at ABI. That's
an exciting time for us and we hope it is for
you, too.
It's
exciting because it provides another opportunity
to do things even bigger and better. Thanks
to strong leadership from the board of
directors, ABI is doing very well. Sarah
McDonald Hasken of A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co. in
Dubuque is the new Chair of the ABI Board of
Directors and Sarah is leading us to a year that
promises to focus on member service and value.
Continue
reading>>>
Did you miss the
Monday Memo from ABI President Mike Ralston? For
this week's memo click
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Health
Care Reform Resource Center... Brook Rosenberg
Healthcare Reform: Grants
for Workplace Wellness
Programs
Wellness
is an element of the recently enacted national
health care reform, including a provision to
provide grants to small companies to help them
provide workplace wellness programs. Continue
reading>>> |
Top 10 Tips for Using
Instant Messaging for Business...
Instant messaging benefits businesses that
work in teams or on projects more than it does
many retailers, independent professionals and
others. Why? Because IM enhances collaboration,
but does not lend itself to opening new
relationships. However, aside from the
opportunities for time and cost savings, there
are risks and downsides to its use.
Whether you're a business owner or
an avid IM user, or both, here are 10 instant
messaging do's and don'ts.
1. DO: Adopt
a user policy for instant messaging.
If you're an
owner, your employees need to know whether you
view instant messaging as an appropriate vehicle
to communicate with, say, customers or business
partners. Any policy should contain at least
general guidelines for its use. Continue
reading>>> | |
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