In This Edition:
  • EXCLUSIVE: CHARLIE GREER AND MATT MICHEL - EVEN ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM CAN COST YOU
  • EXCLUSIVE: ROB 'DOC' FALKE - REPORT WRITING ESSENTIALS
  • THE UN-COMFORT ZONE WITH ROBERT WILSON - THE REWARD IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
  • BRIGHTHOMES ARE ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES
  • BUILDING PERFORMANCE EXCHANGE LOOKS AT GROWING BUSINESSES
  • MICHAEL NOELKE NEW EXECUTIVE VP AT TECUMSEH
  • CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2010 COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
  • WE SHOOT! WE SCORE! ERUZIONE AT 2010 HVAC COMFORTECH!
  • OUR SPONSORS
  • This Week At Contracting Business Interactive January 20, 2010
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    EXCLUSIVE: CHARLIE GREER AND MATT MICHEL - EVEN ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM CAN COST YOU

    Not only can plagiarism cost your company; it can cost you, your company. That’s right; you can lose your company over plagiarism, even without malicious intent on your part.

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    EXCLUSIVE: ROB 'DOC' FALKE - REPORT WRITING ESSENTIALS

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    THE UN-COMFORT ZONE WITH ROBERT WILSON - THE REWARD IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

    In the early 1970s I was a young teenager who was completely caught up in the Zeitgeist. I admired the longhaired rebels and radicals who were engaged in protesting the establishment and developing the counter-culture. I didn’t really know what any of that meant, but to me it was all about empowering youth and declaring our independence from the adults. My parents in particular.

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    NEWS & EDITORIAL

    BRIGHTHOMES ARE ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES

    BrightHome Energy Solutions, a home energy consultant and building contractor based in Elmsford, NY, has hired 23 employees since its kick off in August 2009.

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    BUILDING PERFORMANCE EXCHANGE LOOKS AT GROWING BUSINESSES

    The California Building Performance Contractor Exchange will explore "Growing Your Businss in a Difficult Market," Jan. 26-27, at the Energy Resource Center, Downey, CA. The event is presented by Building Performance Institute with Electric & Gas Industries

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    MICHAEL NOELKE NEW EXECUTIVE VP AT TECUMSEH

    Michael A. Noelke has been named executive vice president, sales, marketing and engineering at Tecumseh, Ann Arbor, MI.

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    CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2010 COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR

    Contracting Business.com is seeking nominations for its Fourth Annual Commercial Refrigeration Contractor of the Year award.The winner will be announced in a feature article in the May, 2010 edition of Contracting Business.com magazine.

    Deadline for nominations is Feb. 12, 2010.

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    WE SHOOT! WE SCORE! ERUZIONE AT 2010 HVAC COMFORTECH!

    Come celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the “Miracle On Ice” with an Opening Keynote Event at HVACR WEEK like no other. U.S. Olympic hockey team Captain Mike Eruzione will captivate the audience with uplifting stories on overcoming the odds, the benefits of hard work, and the belief that anything is possible. HVACR WEEK attendees will walk away inspired, moved and ready to take Mike’s message right back to their own businesses.

    Mike Eruzione is an American sports legend and icon. As captain of the 1980 U.S. Olympic “Miracle on Ice” hockey team, Eruzione led the Americans past the heavily favored Soviet Union and Finland to capture the Gold Medal. Sports Illustrated rated the U.S. upset of the Soviets as the “#1 Sports Moment of the 20th Century”.

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    HVACR WEEK 2010 – September 22-24 – Baltimore Convention Center – Baltimore, MD

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