CB_HVAC TALK_ A Penton Media Property April 14, 2010 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/contractingbusiness/v/127 --The Un-Comfort Zone With Robert Wilson - Attaboy! Seventeen years ago, I became the president of my community association. It was a lively organization with scores of activist members who were busy gentrifying an inner city neighborhood. One of my responsibilities was to deliver a monthly speech and conduct a formal meeting with a loud and raucous crowd. 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To view the full article go to: http://contractingbusiness.com/news/milwaukee_tool_uponor_develop_expansion_tool_0412/ ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------------------------- --ICM Controls Names Pete Pierret Smart Energy Business Manager ICM Controls, North Syracuse, NY a leader in the manufacture and supply of electronic controls to the HVACR industry, has hired Smart Energy Business Manager Pete Pierret to lead the company's new Smart Energy sales initiative. To view the full article go to: http://contractingbusiness.com/news/ICM_Controls_Pete_Pierret_0413/ ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------------------------- --Enter the Contracting Business Quality Home Comfort Awards It's time to share your best work with the rest of the HVAC industry! ENTER THE CONTRACTING BUSINESS QUALITY HOME COMFORT AWARDS! Residential HVAC contractors are reminded to submit entries for the annual ContractingBusiness.com Quality Home Comfort Awards by April 23. Winning projects receive coverage in ContractingBusiness.com and a free registration to HVAC Comfortech 2010. Plus, you'll be able to use the prestige that comes with a QHCA award in your marketing programs. For a look at last year's winners, visit contractingbusiness.com/issue_20090701/ (http://contractingbusiness.com/issue_20090701/) Visit www.contractingbusiness.com/awards (http://www.contractingbusiness.com/awards) to download a copy of the contest guidelines. Submit complete entries to kate.kelly@penton.com (mailto:kate.kelly@penton.com), or mail to Contracting Business, 1300 E. 9th St. Fifth Floor; Cleveland, OH 44114 --Free Monthly Download Tracking your marketing results is paramount to achieving long-term business success. This Marketing Project Planner/Tracker Worksheet will make it easy to track the results of each project you run. 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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". Do you remember? Click here: bit.ly/oyQff (http://bit.ly/oyQff) Mike Eruzione's keynote appearance is sponsored by Trane. 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