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Communications Corner: Inspirational quotes for the win

Posted By IAMU, Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Keep your team’s morale and productivity high by inspiring them with motivational or funny quotes. You can send quotes in an email and/or post the quotes throughout the workplace. Designate someone to oversee distributing the quotes. Send or post new quotes every week, or even every day, if you’re ambitious.

Here are some to get you started:

  • It is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary. – Elon Musk
  • By failing to prepare, you’re preparing to fail. – Benjamin Franklin
  • The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting. – Walt Disney
  • Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. – Winston Churchill
  • Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re probably right. – Henry Ford
  • Whatever you decide to do, do it with passion and all of the energy that you have. – Mary Barra
  • No great achiever – even those who made it seem easy – every succeeded without hard work. – Jonathan Sacks
  • Becoming is better than being.—Carol Dweck, Mindset
  • Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. —Michael Jordan
  • The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible. —Charles Kingsleigh, Alice in Wonderland (2010)
  • When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
  • It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. — Muhammad Ali
  • Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. —Thomas Edison
  • Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that. —Ellen Degeneres
  • Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. —Seneca
  • As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame, but for learning. —Margaret Heffernan
  • In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and – SNAP – the job’s a game! —Mary Poppins
  • Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.—Margaret Mead
  • Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves. —Chanakya
  • If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path. —Buddha
  • Tough times never last, but tough people do. —Dr. Robert Schuller
  • Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.— Conan O’Brien
  • The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. — Confuciusm, Confucius: The Analect

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IAMU Water Distribution & Leak Detection/Line Locating Workshop

Posted By IAMU, Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Registration is open for the spring IAMU Water Distribution & Leak Detection/Line Locating Workshops.  The workshops will take place May 25 - 26 at the IAMU Training and Office Complex.

Water Distribution Training topics will include:

  • Fire hydrant maintenance
  • Water main tapping / HydraStop
  • Water main installation / repair & fittings

Water Leak Detection / Line Locating topics will include:

  • Water leak detection
  • Line locating
  • Trenching & shoring
  • GIS Mapping

0.6 CEUs each day for Water Distribution

Cost:

Registration Deadline May 20, 2022

IAMU Members - $75/day or $135 both days

Non-Members - $115/day or $210 both days

 

*IAMU Members, please remember to sign-in to your member profile to receive member pricing.*

For more information about the workshops, brochure, and online registration, click HERE.

Questions?  Contact Steve Marsh at smarsh@iamu.org, or (800) 810-4268.

Tags:  CEUs  Leak Detection  Line Locating  Water  Water Distribution 

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IAMU Webinar - Benefits of Transmission Investing (April 27)

Posted By IAMU, Wednesday, April 20, 2022

IAMU will be holding a webinar on the Benefits of Transmission Investing presented by MCR (www.mcr-group.com). The webinar will take place April 27, 2022 via Zoom from 1:00-3:00 p.m. 

Preliminary agenda will include:

  • Introduction to MCR and its Transmission Practice
  • Escalating Transmission Rates
  • Benefits of Transmission Investing for Public Power
  • Level of Public Power Transmission Investment Compared to IOUs/Transcos and Cooperatives (MISO and SPP)
  • Typical Transmission Projects
  • Steps for Getting into Transmission
  • Summary of Key Messages

This webinar is open to IAMU Members only. You must register on the IAMU website HERE in order to receive the Zoom link. (You must be logged in to register. Please contact Josh if you don’t have this information - jtrout@iamu.org.)

**The Zoom link will be sent prior to the meeting to the email you provide at registration**

Tags:  Transmission  Webinar 

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A Guide for Hiring Safer Drivers

Posted By IAMU, Wednesday, April 20, 2022


Use these guidelines to develop a formal driver hiring process and keep your fleet safe on the road.

Click here to read the EMC Loss Control Insights article.

Tags:  EMC  Insights 

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New 10-Digit Dialing Causes Issues for Security and Emergency Alarm Systems

Posted By IAMU, Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Learn how changes to 10-digit dialing affect your security and emergency alarm systems.

Click here to read the EMC Loss Control Insights article.

Tags:  EMC  Insights 

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