September Progress 2013

September 2013 Vol. 34 Issue 9 ModChamber.org

Measure E Funds Help Prepare Modesto Junior College Students for the Future Destination Graduation

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Mission Statement

To promote the region’s economic strengths and vitality; identify and promote services that are valuable to our members; advocate for public policy that is advantageous to the business community; and fully participate and partner in activities to improve quality of life.

Executive Committee Chairman Ralph Curtis, Curtis Legal Group Chairman-Elect David Gianelli, Gianelli & Associates Past Chairman Kathy Halsey, Individual Member Vice Chairman, Internal Operations Patricia Gillum, Patricia Gillum, CPA

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LEADERSHIP Message from the CEO

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What Are Charter Schools?

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COVER STORY Measure E Funds Help Prepare Modesto Junior College Students for the Future

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Awards and Achievements 52nd Annual Harvest Luncheon

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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Land of Opportunity

25 Work in Progress

Vice Chairman, External Operations Craig Lewis, Prudential California Realty Vice Chairman, Member Relations Bill Moreno, Fire2Wire

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NETWORKING & REFERRALS Ribbon Cuttings

Vice Chairman, Events & Special Projects Laura Ward, Ward Promotional Marketing Solutions

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Business Before and After Hours

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Directors Pamela Cullors, Sysco Food Services of Central California Dan Garcia, Tri Counties Bank David Halvorson, American Chevrolet Brad Hawn, CHG Doug Johnson, Reach Business Solutions Warren Kirk, Doctors Medical Center Steve Madison, STANCO Michael Moradian Jr., Peace of Mind Pest Control Inc. Ron Owen, Bank of the West Chris Ricci, Chris Ricci Presents, Inc. Jim Ridenour, Individual Member Eric Tobias, F&M Bank Ruben Villalobos, The Villalobos Legal Group Jeremiah Williams, Oak Crafts by Jeremiah Amy Wolfe, AgSafe

STANISLAUS GREEN TEAM

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EDITORIAL State of the Region 30th Annual Oktoberfest

EDUCATION

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Destination Graduation

Ambassador Corner

Ex-Officio Keith Boggs, Stanislaus County Chief Executive Office George Boodrookas, Modesto Junior College David Boring, Never Boring Greg Nyhoff, City of Modesto Cecil Russell, President/CEO Modesto Chamber of Commerce CRussell@ModChamber.org Publisher: Modesto Chamber of Commerce (209) 577-5757 • Info@ModChamber.org

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DOUG PERRY

I am a volunteer Ambassador for the Modesto Chamber of Commerce. I joined the Chamber to help promote local business; however, I have learned that the Chamber does much more than just promote business. Chamber Ambassadors help the Chamber keep its members informed of Chamber activities. As an Ambassador, I have visited many Chamber members and have found most members to be very public service oriented and extremely friendly. Being an Ambassador has had a positive effect on my life. I would encourage anyone to consider being a volunteer Ambassador.

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MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

By Chamber CEO Cecil Russell We are featuring Education in this month’s issue of Progress. We believe that education is fundamental to economic growth and development. On the front cover is the new Science Community Center on the West Campus of Modesto Junior College.

Our cover story features the four major facility improvements at MJC over the last few years. We are proud of the vision CECIL RUSSELL of the college trustees and thankful for CHAMBER CEO the f inancial support (bond measure) and investment that has occurred. Construction continues at both the East and West Campus libraries, the Career Development and Transfer Center is on track for completion in mid-September, and the outdoor plaza between Glacier Hall and the Science Community Center is complete.

The new facilities coupled with new leadership will serve our community well into the future. MJC President Jill Stearns is creative, innovative and a great communicator. Your Modesto Chamber Board of Directors was fortunate enough to tour the new additions on the West Campus and conduct one of our board meetings in a state-of-the-art classroom. We were very impressed with the design and high-tech features of the facility.

These additions will help take this learning institution to a new level of education. I am positive that after a visit you will be equally impressed.

We are also pleased with the permanent appointment of Dr. Sheley as the President of California State University, Stanislaus.

He has immersed himself in our communit y and brings an engaging and collaborative leadership style to our University. We look forward to a continued partnership with Dr. Sheley and his entire staff.

In addition, we congratulate Pam Able as she moves into her third year as Superintendent of Modesto City Schools.

Pam is a supporter of PeaceBuilders, a program that is made possible by a grant from the Stanislaus

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Community Foundation. The program helps to set expectations and reduce aggression, which will create a better atmosphere for learning. This practice supports our County Superintendent of Schools’ new initiative “Destination Graduation” (page 19).

We continue to partner with education and to convene business leaders with educators. We just held our 3rd annual State of Education Forum. It focused on education funding and how it impacts our community. The event also served as the platform for our County Superintendent of Schools, Tom Changnon, to launch the “Destination Graduation“ initiative. Likewise, we heard from students who spoke on how local education programs have changed their lives.

Education in our area is not limited to high school and traditional two and four-year schools. Modesto is fortunate to be home to many private universities, certification programs and a number of different kinds of schools. These range in curriculum from music & design (page 16) to computer technology programs (page 23).

Education is fundamental to economic grow th, prosperit y and quality of life. Whether a student is pursuing an MBA or earning an industry–specif ic trade certif ication, we are counting on area businesses to become involved in education to help learning institutions shape the programs that create the types of employees that businesses are looking to hire. P

G UEST COLUMN

WHAT ARE CHAR TER S CHOOLS?

By Judy Leitz, Stanislaus County Office of Education

JUDY LEITZ

Charter Schools are alternative public schools of choice that are funded with public money (except for their facilities). Chartering gives schools the f lexibility to tailor specialized programs. In other words, they are exempt from many regulations that apply to traditional public schools. This freedom has given Charter Schools certain advantages like having the independence to try new structure and formats. Examples of that would be homeschooling, multiage conf iguration and virtual schools.

They have the opportunit y to experiment, f inding the best methodologies to reach their students. However, they are accountable to the public for academic results through state testing and reporting and for upholding their charter through a review process.

Parents and educators are looking at chartering as a way to increase educational choice and innovation within the public school system. Currently, there are 26 charter schools in Stanislaus Count y. The count y off ice itself sponsors three charters: Valley Charter High School, Great Valley Academy (Modesto) and the newest, Comeback Kids. P

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Measure E Funds Help Prepare Modesto Junior College Students for the Future

By Jennifer Aries

Since 2004, the skylines of Modesto Junior College’s East and West campuses have been rapidly changing. With the passage of Measure E, an essential educational funding package, voters placed their trust in the Yosemite Community College District to implement plans for the future needs of the community with construction of several new buildings and full-scale renovation of others.

While the structures have brought modernization to the college, it is what’s happening inside the buildings that will bring longlasting benefits and growth to the community. A walk through any of the new buildings reveals fresh interiors, new furniture and state-of-the-art equipment. More than that, the visitor feels a sense of excitement — a buzz radiates through the facilities as teaching and learning are taking place. From classroom lectures in the Allied Health building to hands-on work with animals in the Agriculture Center for Education (ACE) Pavilion, the faculty and staff ’s commitment to the students and community is evident.

We open the doors to four of MJC’s newest facilities and invite you inside to experience the dynamic things happening in the classrooms and labs. We hope you’ll share in our excitement for the future of MJC, its students, faculty, staff and the community.

laboratory facility that offers students fantastic opportunities for hands-on learning.

“The diverse array of agriculture activities held in the facility has exposed more students to the industry as a whole,” said Mark Anglin, Dean of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. “This has resulted in greater opportunity for education, more highly trained, prospective employees for the County’s workforce and future enrollment in the program.”

A Focus on Science

With a national focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, MJC’s new Science Community Center on the West Campus is poised to offer students greater opportunities to advance in these f ields, as well. “Our goal is for the Science Communit y Center to be the go-to destination for science

Agriculture Programs

One of MJC’s most important instructional areas continues to be agriculture technology. For decades, MJC has led the way in Agriculture Business, Agriculture Sales and Service, Animal Science, Crop Science, Dair y Science, Poultr y Science, Soil Science, Environmental Horticultural Science, Mechanized Agricult ure and Veterinarian Technician. The new ACE Pavilion gives these programs a leg up and includes an advanced PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF DAVID TODD, MJC

Agriculture Center for Education Pavilion

Science Community Center

Allied Health Building

education in our area,” said Brian Sanders, Dean of Science, Mathematics and Engineering.

A 107-seat planetarium, an observatory with a 28-inch telescope and an innovative six-foot-diameter Science-on-a-Sphere display provide cutting-edge technology for students to study geology, climate change and outer space. Chemistry and microbiology labs provide hands-on learning experiences for students, working with the same state-of-the-art equipment and processes they will encounter at larger universities or in the workplace.

The Science Community Center will also be the new home of the Great Valley Museum. Its displays and live animal room will provide life science and natural history students with an impressive new learning laboratory. Biology classes will visit the museum to examine models of riparian and grassland ecosystems, migratory birds, native fish, tule elk and other local animals. The community will also be welcomed into the Great Valley Museum with open arms. “We want schoolchildren to come fall in love with science and return to us as college freshmen for the first steps in their journey to becoming scientists,” Sanders said. The new Great Valley Museum will continue its nearly forty-year mission

of science outreach and literacy throughout Stanislaus County.

In the next phase of Measure E programs, the previous science building on the East Campus will be remodeled to house computer and social science programs.

The Future of Health Care Education

With the completion of the West Campus A llied Health building, MJC nursing and health students are even more prepared to enter the workforce as they learn in a brand-new, simulated hospital environment. “The College’s allied health programs keep pace with the rapid development of technology and industr y processes,” said Patrick Bettencourt, Dean of Allied Health, Family/Consumer Science. “Our partnerships with industry employers benef it our students with the latest in healthcare research, technology and patient care processes. In return, we are educating the County’s healthcare workforce.”

National and statewide employment databases show the fastest growing occupations are in the allied health industr y. MJC enjoys a reputation for educating many of the county’s registered nurses and healthcare industry employees. The College also SEPTEMBER

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Performing and Media Arts Center

boasts one of the few state nursing programs that provides a mannequin that can be elevated allowing students to easily see an instructor demonstrate hands-on assessments, such as the correct placement of a stethoscope for assessing heart sounds. The new high-tech mannequins simulate the human body providing lifelike scenarios that prepare students for clinical practice. The building also has a new 24-bed skills lab that provides students time and space to practice their skills on mannequins or each other to prepare for skills assessment.

Advancing the Ar ts

At MJC, the critical balance to allied health, agriculture and science are the fine and performing arts. Two well-known celebrities found their passion in the arts while attending school here; both George Lucas and Jeremy Renner have credited MJC with helping them discover their life’s direction. The MJC Auditorium is the hub of the Performing and Media Arts Center, and the Center provides a state-of-the-art home for students who study digital and performing arts with facilities on par with some of the largest universities in the country. Classroom and workspaces include the 794-seat auditorium, a 74-seat Little Theatre, a dance studio, audio recording and television studios and costume and scenery production studios.

Students are able to perform at their highest level in professional

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facilities designed to showcase each of their individual talents. The facilities were engineered to allow for the utmost quality in acoustic performance and were designed to model the facilities students will encounter in today’s workplace.

“The College’s vision was to provide the f inest educational performing arts facility in the County and we believe we’ve accomplished this,” said Mike Sundquist, Dean of A rts, Humanities and Communication. “The Arts at MJC have long been a hub of the community and this new facility takes the faculty, staff, student and community member experience to a much higher level.”

According to MJC President Jill Stearns, all of these projects are focused on one thing: providing essential support to students and the community. “The renovation and construction projects funded by Measure E provide facilities that support today’s instructional technology, are expandable to incorporate the technolog y of tomorrow and greatly enhance our energ y eff iciency. MJC has served the greater Modesto region since 1921 and I’m very pleased with the state-of-the-art instructional spaces that will serve the community for the next f ifty years.” P

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Pacher & Silva Del Monte Foods Delta Sierra Beverage DirectLine Technologies, Inc. The Eberhardt School of Business English Oaks Nursing &

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that Lucy, a Czech Republic national, joins the team on an international exchange as a marketing intern. She is here to learn the commercial real estate business in the United States. Lucy assists in property marketing and market reports. She joins us with a background in mortgages and financial services. Lucy earned two bachelor degrees and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Economics. She is utilizing her internship with NAI Benchmark to gain international experience in business. For more information, please call (209) 576-2240.

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Suzy has a unique blend of drive and focus as well as experience in land development and urban planning.

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AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS PMZ Commercial Real Estate is the proud recipient of the 2012 CoStar Power Broker Award. The Power Broker Award is presented annually by CoStar, a commercial real estate information provider, to recognize commercial brokerages whose transactions reach unsurpassed levels in their markets. “It’s an honor to receive the Power Broker Award for diligent efforts in commercial sales and leasing by the PMZ Commercial Team during one of the most difficult economic times in the last 70 years,” said Duke Leffler, President of PMZ’s Commercial Division.

Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group was honored by Civil Engineering News (CE News) with a Top Ten in the national “2013 Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For” program. The firm was ranked tenth overall of small, medium and large firms.

“Being recognized by CE News as a great place to work is an honor that reflects why Provost & Pritchard is able to recruit and retain quality staff who can successfully work with our valued clients, ” said Dale Melville, Provost & Pritchard’s president. For more information, call (209) 809-2300.

Evergreen Nursing & Rehabilitation Care Center has been recognized as a 2013 recipient of the Bronze – Commitment to Quality award for its dedication to improving the lives of residents through improved quality care. The three-step program honors facilities across the nation that have demonstrated their commitment to improving quality care for seniors and individuals with disabilities. The award will be presented to Evergreen Nursing & Rehabilitation Care Center during AHCA/NCAL’s 64th Annual Convention and Exposition, taking place October 6-9, 2013 in Phoenix, AZ. For more information, call (209) 577-1055.

Doctors Medical Center has received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry®–GWTG™ Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2013 – one of only 197 hospitals nationwide to do so. The award recognizes DMC’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients, and signifies that Doctors Medical Center has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations. For more information, please call (209) 576-3500.

Heald College, which has 12 campuses, including one in Modesto, is celebrating its 150th Anniversary this year. To commemorate the milestone, a gala celebration was held in San Francisco on Thursday, August 8th and more than 40 local representatives, including leaders from the Modesto Chamber of Commerce joined Modesto Campus President Ezra Salas, in the celebration. During the event, San Francisco Supervisor David Chiu proclaimed August 8th as Heald College Day. Heald was founded in 1863

by Edward Payson Heald to prepare students for business careers.

Today, the college offers career education not only in business, but in the areas of technology, health care and law. For more information, call (209) 416-3700 or visit www.heald.com. P

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{ S MA LL BUSINESS SPOT LIGHT } MODESTO ACADEMY OF MUSIC & DESIGN Modesto Academy of Music & Design offers private music lessons for all ages, after school and home-school classes in music, art, robotics, computer graphics and programming, along with adult courses. We are dedicated to providing quality instruction for our community and to encouraging our students to develop a lifelong love of learning.

While teaching the individual subject areas, whether music to robotics or art to computer programming, our qualified instructors also guide students to develop life skills, such as creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, analysis and evaluation, along with personal skills of self-confidence and communication.

Our small classes and intimate student to teacher ratios allow opportunity for close teacher supervision and instruction and provide a wonderful setting for allowing students to build interpersonal relationship skills with classmates.

We are located in Salida along Highway 99. For more information, please visit our website modestoacademy.com or call us at (209) 545-6872. P

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5TH ANNUAL

STATE of the REGION October 30, 2013 Modesto Centre Plaza 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Please join the Modesto Chamber of Commerce and fellow business associates on October 30, 2013 as we discuss The Business Impact of Health Care: Are We Ready?

The Modesto Chamber of Commerce will present a luncheon with keynote speaker Steve Vincent, Director of Individual and Small Group Sales for Anthem Blue Cross, and a panel of our local hospital CEOs. The meeting objective is twofold — one, to provide a roadmap businesses can follow over the next 24 months regarding healthcare reform and two, answer and inform our region on how we are prepared locally to take on the changing climate and the impact healthcare reform will have on our community.

Submit your questions by October 25 for consideration at this event via e-mail to StateofRegion@ModChamber.org.

The event will include exhibits that incorporate a number of our health insurance companies and healthcare providers. The exhibiting companies will be staffed with professionals to answer additional questions that may not be covered within the event as well as inform you about the services they provide. Mark your calendar for October 30, 2013 and plan to attend the 5th Annual State of the Region event. Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, call Elizabeth Facanha (209) 577-5757 or e-mail EFacanha@ModChamber.org. P

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631 15th Street, Modesto, CA 95354

(209) 524-3536 • www.societyforhandicapped.org

Johnson & Associates CPAs, Inc. is a full service accounting firm in Modesto. The firm was founded by Casey Johnson, Katherine Passmore, and Michelle Matos who have over 65 years of combined experience in public accounting. We and our entire staff pride ourselves on providing the highest quality accounting services.

© Modesto Irrigation District

For 65 years, the Society for Handicapped has enhanced the quality of life for people with disabilities in Stanislaus County. The Society provides recreational programs, teaches sign language classes, is a resource and referral agency, runs the largest loan closet of adapted medical equipment, and operates two thrift stores.

Donations welcome!

(209) 236-1040 • www.jacpainc.com

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MODESTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & AG COMMUNITY CELEBRATE HARVEST, AWARD VOSS-BERRYHILL MJC SCHOLARSHIPS

By Mark Anglin, Dean of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, MJC For 90 years, the Modesto Junior College Agriculture & Environmental Sciences Program has prepared students for their future endeavors in the agriculture industry. The program provides students the opportunity to attain agriculture education and skills training to immediately enter the workforce and allows them to pursue higher educational ambitions at the university level. The MJC Agriculture staff serves as a MARK ANGLIN model of professionalism providing handson skills training and developing educational foundations for student success. With an outstanding reputation, MJC Agriculture enjoys a great deal of notoriety for its exemplary programs and leadership opportunities for students. Most recently, the program was named the ‘Outstanding Community College Agriculture Program’ in the state by the California Agriculture Teachers’ Association.

52 Annual Harvest nd

Luncheon

Friday, September 13, 2013 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Graceada Park, Modesto Each year, outstanding MJC Agriculture students have the opportunity to further their education because of scholarships made Join us in celebrating the foundation of our area’s economy: the agriculture industry. available though the generosity of agriculture-related businesses $25 for adults $10 for seniors/children under 12 and supporters. One such supporting organization is the Modesto Chamber of Commerce’s Harvest Luncheon. The tradition of the Tickets & sponsorships currently available online Harvest Luncheon dates back to 1956 when a Modesto Junior College at ModChamber.org or by contacting the Modesto Scholarship was generated from a lunch honoring the richness of Chamber of Commerce: Stanislaus County agriculture. The tradition of giving thanks for the CAnderson@ModChamber.org or (209) 577-5757. bountiful California harvest of over 350 agricultural commodities has continued to this day, and is celebrated through the Voss-Berryhill MJC Agriculture Scholarships.

The tradition lives on through the dedicated efforts of the Modesto Chamber of Commerce Harvest Luncheon Committee members who work throughout the year to make this “Celebration of Agriculture” a reality. The success of the Harvest Luncheon is made possible through the generous donations of agribusiness and agricultural producers and processors from throughout the region along with all who purchase table sponsorships.

The Modesto Junior College Agriculture and Environmental Science Division is proud to be part of this activity. We truly appreciate the opportunity to provide scholarships that have meant so much to so many agriculture students. Over the past 60 plus years, more than 450 MJC agriculture students have received well over $250,000 in scholarships. The significance of this support for the agricultural industry cannot be measured, nor can the farreaching benefits of education in agriculture that the scholarships make possible. P

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DESTINATION GRADUATION:

SCOE BEGINS NE W COUN TY- W I D E I NI TI ATI V E

By Tom Changnon, Stanislaus County Office of Education Superintednent

TOM CHANGNON

Stanislaus County Office of Education (SCOE) is launc hing Destination Graduation as a new initiative. The goal is to increase graduation rates for this county. Students have brighter futures with diplomas in hand. Research shows that high school graduates earn higher salaries, have healthier families and more options.

Certainly, kids are the impetus for the initiative, but more high school graduates paint a better future for our community

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too. Businesses seeking new locations ask a potential community if it has an educated work force, and we want to say, “Yes, we do!”

This SCOE initiative has already created new partnerships. The United Way simultaneously focused on the same issue, linked arms with us. Sierra Vista, through Expect More Stanislaus, focused on mentors, and we are collaborating to stage a Mentoring Summit slated for mid-November. SCOE is opening the doors of Come Back Kids this month to catch 19–22-year-old drop outs who want to change that status. And, this is just the beginning. P

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This two-hour workshop includes a comprehensive self-assessment to identify your behaviors. Each participant will have completed an online DISC assessment and will receive a comprehensive report during the workshop. The DISC assessment will describe the “what” of your daily behaviors. Only those completing the pre-assessment can attend Members this workshop. $29.00

First Step in Great Leadership, Sept. 12, 2013 Getting to Know Yourself – Part 1 9:00 am – 11:00 am Dynamic Communications Objectives: The Corporate College • Understand benefits of applying behavioral communications model.

• Understand your own behavioral design.

• Recognize, understand and appreciate behavioral design of others.

• Identify behavioral design by observing tone of voice, body language and pace.

Dealing with Difficult People SinglePoint Outsourcing, Inc. To register for all SinglePoint Outsourcing, Inc. classes, call (559) 625-4800.

Managing the Growth Curve The Corporate College

Knowing how to approach those “difficult” people, work with them, or give them Sept.17, 2013 with positive results is a challenge. This class has been designed to give 10:00 am – 12:00 pm feedback supervisors strategies on how to have difficult conversations with their staff. You will also learn how to recognize typical defensive behaviors and how to respond to them.

This workshop will help you identify the 7 Stages of Growth, to help you understand where you’ve been, where you are and where you need to go next to be the successful company Sept. 24, 2013 you want it to be.

8:30 am – 11:00 pm • Discover the value of 27 Challenges facing your company, and how they allow for alignment, engagement and implementation.

• Learn the importance of facilitating the turbulent and chaotic periods of change, and how you must adapt your leadership style to each stage of change in the growth This two-hour workshop includes a comprehensive self assessment to identify your workplace motivators and values. Each participant will have completed an online Workplace motivator assessment prior to the seminar and will receive a comprehensive report during the workshop. Only those completing the pre-assessment can attend this workshop. Each Participant will receive a workbook for this session.

First Step in Great Leadership, Oct. 8, 2013 Getting to Know Yourself – Part 2 9:00 am – 11:00 am Objectives: Your Attitude is Showing • Know which attitudes drive your life, actions and decisions.

The Corporate College • Understand each attitude and interaction of each

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• Recognize driving forces in others lives • Understanding others’ viewpoints and dialogue convincingly by seeing the world through their eyes.

*All Chamber University courses are provided at the Modesto Chamber of Commerce, unless otherwise noted; call the Chamber to register: (209) 577-5757.

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CENTRAL VALLEY VOLKSWAGEN

Join the fun and rock the night away with Flying Blind at the 30th Annual Oktoberfest. Stroll through the more robust wine and cheese garden and sample local favorites from Hilmar Cheese, Rizo Lopez, Gallo Winery, Bava Family Grove Olive Oil, Olio Bello d’ Olivo, Inheritance Vineyards and more.

Feeling lucky? Take a chance inside the expanded Midway with

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ring toss, basketball, Laser Quest, bowling, face painting and an added photo booth. Stroll around and meet our sponsors, eat a delicious brat meal and of course, sample a wide variety of craft beer. Spend the evening with the Modesto Chamber as we celebrate 30 years of Oktoberfest. Tickets go on sale Monday, August 26, 2013. P

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ST ANI S LA US GREEN TEAM

STANI SL AUS G RE E N TE AM The Stanislaus Green Team and the Modesto Chamber of Commerce congratulate Gianelli & Associates, A Professional Law Corporation for earning the first Stanislaus Green Team Green Certification! The SGT and the Modesto Chamber recognized this accomplishment with a green ribbon cutting after the monthly Green Team Meeting on Thursday, August 15th.

Gianelli & Associates began the certification process with a visit from the Stanislaus Green Team REACON Team. The free assessment suggested ways in which the law firm could become more environmentally responsible and provided resources so that making these changes would yield a financial savings. The checklist provided at the time of the assessment served as a guideline by which to complete the “green certification” process. Gianelli & Associates is already reaping the benefits of their environmentally friendly choices in lower electricity costs and a more efficiently powered office.

RIKKI KEENAN COORDINATOR

Could your firm be the next local business to benefit from the knowledge of the Stanislaus Green Team REACON Team and a lower cost of doing business? Contact the Modesto Chamber today to schedule your assessment!

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Green Team Supporters

REACON Team Members

Interested in REACON Team membership or Stanislaus Green Team sponsorship? Call (209) 577-5757 or e-mail RKeenan@ModChamber.org.

Prime Shine Car Wash presents:

LAND OF OPPORTUNITY ...a series spotlighting entrepreneurial achievement

George Rawe COMPUTER TUTOR Computer Tutor is an accredited career college focused on educating students in essential office skills in certificate programs lasting two to eight months. The independent locally-owned college was founded in 1986 and has been owned by CEO George Rawe since 1997.

GEORGE RAWE What are your current services? Do they differ from the services you offered in the beginning?

We started as just a small career college. Now, we have over 100 students enrolled at once. Some of them come to us with a lot of skills already, and just want skill enhancement, others have little or no skills and learn everything they need for a successful career here.

How many employees do you have?

We maintain 12 staff members because we offer a lot of support services.

Our clientele is unique and often needs a lot of additional services, or they utilize government programs that give them free tuition. These can be pretty work intensive to administrate. We have staff members that basically just file paperwork on the students’ behalf to make sure they qualify.

What have you done in your professional career that has led you to where you are now?

I worked for a development company for eight years before stepping into my lifelong love, which is teaching school. I taught business and computers at Escalon High for several years. While I was teaching during the day, I also put together my resume, went around to colleges in the area and offered to teach computers in the evening. The owner of this school let me create a night program. Then, after I’d worked for her for about a year, she asked what I thought about running the school. I told her it was intriguing if there was an opportunity to buy when she retired. I went to work for her and bought the school a year later.

What challenges have you had to overcome in your professional life and how did you achieve that?

Staying on top of government regulation is always challenging. In our industry, you see this pooling of career colleges under larger umbrellas because we’re all highly regulated. We’re the only mom and pop left in this market, but we’re not interested in being a big fish. We’re satisfied with who we are and what we’ve been doing for 26 years.

What are some of the accomplishments of which you are particularly proud?

Accreditation was the most difficult thing to do and maintaining it is very rigorous. I’m proud of any school that accomplishes that.

What is the single biggest reason that you have achieved the level of success you have?

It helped that my family taught me to work hard and be organized. But you have to genuinely love and care about the people who come through the door, too. I want to see them succeed.

What do you like about your job?

The interaction with people. If you sign up to come into our school, we take good care of you. We go to extraordinary lengths to help our students. If they’re struggling, we give them tutoring, if they’re having trouble with their car, we help them with it. We help them overcome their circumstances and succeed. We also focus on getting all our graduates jobs and offer them all the help and polish that we can give them.

Do you participate in any community outreach efforts or clubs?

I’m very involved with the Boy Scouts of America. I believe that we have to train our young men to be good citizens and give back to their communities. I like that the Boy Scouts gives me an opportunity to train young men in good environments.

What advice do you have for business people when it comes to achieving their goals?

You have to have knowledge. If you don’t know what you’re doing, get help.

Also, be fiscally conservative. Rainy days happen to everyone, so stockpile a savings account and don’t fall into the trap of living paycheck to paycheck.

What do you like about doing business in the Modesto community and why do you think this is the Land of Opportunity?

I love this community. I grew up here and I want to see it improve, so I buy local and live local. I believe in building the community from within and I believe that if my neighbor succeeds, I succeed. Life is good, Stanislaus County is good, Modesto is good, but we’ve got some things we’ve got to fix in our community and we’re all going to need to chip in to make that happen. We just have to keep getting up every morning and giving back.

Prime Shine Car Wash is proud to present The Land of Opportunity. Each month this series provides a forum in which to showcase the entrepreneurial achievements of a Stanislaus County business owner. Prime Shine Car Wash is proud to recognize the entrepreneurʼs ability to overcome obstacles and to honor their successes in their industry and in the community.

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LEADERSHIP MODESTO It ’s time for a new Leadership Modesto c lass and we are excited! The c lass has been chosen, the year has been planned and we are preparing to leave for a retreat to kick-off the year. The leadership committee and day chairs have logged many hours in review and planning to ensure that new students will have an amazing Modesto education. As a steering committee, we are focused on providing a continued leadership growth experience. The class will be mixing all the traditional Leadership Modesto days of years past, with an emphasis on working with a new and diverse team of other local current and future leaders.

Melissa Heath of Warden’s Office Products and Kris Helton of NAI Benchmark are the co-chairs for this year’s steering committee. They are both graduates of the ’07-’08 LEMO class. Please contact the Chamber to be added to next year’s class waiting list at (209) 577-5757. P

New Class Memebers Ms. Yamilet Valladolid, El Councilio “Council for The Spanish Speaking” Ms. Brenda Thames, Modesto Junior College Ms. Amy Taylor, Stanislaus County Library Mr. Pablo Tagre, Tagre Law Office, APC Mr. David Strong, Stanislaus County Office of Education Mr. Harpreet Singh, Western Singh Brokers Mr. Mark Semone, Health Plan of San Joaquin Ms. Melina Pallotta, Stanislaus County General Svcs. Agency, Purch Div. Mr. Jeremy Matthews, All Health Services Ms. Audrey Maring, Modesto Irrigation District Mr. Vincent Jamison, Ross W. Lee, Inc. a Professional Law corp.

Ms. Tera Chumley, Stanislaus County Chief Executive Office Mr. Jeff Cipriano, Jaunt Adventure Gear Mr. Andrew Campbell, The Associated Students of Modesto Junior College Mr. Patrick Burda, Oak Valley Community Bank Mr. James Baker, F&M Bank Ms. Constance Anderson, Modesto Chamber of Commerce Ms. Andrea Decker, Central Valley Autism Project, Inc. Mr. Jon Jacobson, Dakota Information Group Ms. Frieda Alessi, Memorial Medical Center Ms. Lorry Quintero, Memorial Medical Center Ms. Tina Husman, Heald College Mr. Mark Basnight, Doctors Medical Center Mr. Tyson Huffman, Heald College

{ F R O M THE EXPER TS }

CYBER SECURITY

By Jon Jacobsen, Dakota Information Group, LLC As small business owners here in the Central Valley, we might think we are immune from the dark and seedy world of hackers and cyberattacks. The reality is that we are especially vulnerable because of the “it can’t happen to me” attitude. According to the online security giant Symantec in their 2013 Internet Security Threat Report, companies with fewer than 250 employees were the focus of 31 percent of all cyber-attacks in 2012. That’s a dramatic jump from 18 percent in 2011.

We are going to start with “Cyber Security 101.” It is crucial that you develop and train your employees in cyber-security principles and practices. Establishing a policy of “Strong” passwords and appropriate Internet usage policies as well as detailed guidelines on protecting customer information will go a long way. A great tip I learned years ago to develop a “Strong” password that I can remember is to take a verse from my favorite song, and then take the first letters from the words in the verse, coupled with a # sign followed by my favorite actor’s birthday.

So a secure password would look like this: WTTJWHFG#03211958.

Secure and easy to remember. I’ll give a Sciabica’s Olive Oil gift pack to anyone who can name the song and the actor!

Over the next few months, we will be exposing you to this underground world. You will learn some new terms such as: Black Hat, Zero-Day, Botnets and learn some new acronyms that can, and probably have, affected you, such as DOS, RAT and DDOS. Most importantly, you will discover how to effectively deal with these threats, and steps you can take today to minimize your exposure and help eliminate your likelihood of becoming a victim to a cyber-attack.

In our next cyber security article, we will talk about how to keep your computer and network clean, and bug and malware free.

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Jon Jacobson is a CA Licensed Private Investigator #28183, an Industry Certified Cyber Intelligence Professional and founder of Dakota Information Group, located at 1129 Kansas Ave in Modesto.

He regularly advises and counsels business owner’s pre and post cyber-attack. Jon can be reached at jon@dakotainfogroup.com. P

WORK IN Howard Training Center: H ELPING DISAB LED AD ULTS FOR OV E R 6 0 YE ARS

SERVICE WHEN YOU NEED IT

For more than six decades, Ceres-based nonprofit

disabled adults more independent and a greater part

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of our local society and community.”

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a difference in the community by providing opportunities for adults with disabilities. Over its

“We are helping disabled adults become more

63 years in operation, the long-running nonprofit

successful and independent,” adds Joe Machado,

has developed partnerships, pursued solutions and

one of the nonprofit’s Directors. “That is the priority

established a wide variety of programs that have

of everything we do.”

made life better for countless community members throughout Stanislaus County.

Today, HTC has about 250 participants benefitting

(Courtesy of Never Boring) When business is booming, advertising is the last thing on your mind. But when times get tough, an aggressive ad campaign becomes the last thing you want to spend money on. By maintaining an advertising presence through thick and thin, you can keep your business rolling, stay at the top of your customers’ minds and keep slowdowns to a minimum. Never Boring is an industry expert at creating unique, effective and affordable advertising. Find out how we can keep your business moving forward, visit us today at neverboring.com

from its variety of programs for disabled adults. The Howard Training Center (HTC) was established in 1950

nonprofit also serves around 140,000 meals each year

by a group of four families looking for options for their

to homebound seniors through its Meals on Wheels

disabled loved ones. Today, the

program, and nearly 50,000 through

organization offers a myriad of

its 13 Congregate sites which

can earn a paycheck.

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Brown, HTC is particularly notable because it offers its

hot meal.

in 1950 by a group of four families looking

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places where they can get a healthy,

for options for their disabled loved ones.

MODESTO MEANS BUSINESS The Chamber stands by this statement.

We practice it on a daily basis. As an organization, we use Chamber Members exclusively. We hope we can ‘count on you’ to practice using Chamber Members to meet all of your business needs.

According to Machado, these huge numbers are made possible by federal grants, occasional fundraisers

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are agencies that do parts of

donations from the community.

what we do, but no one but us does it all,” says

“Sequestration has been a challenge for all of

Brown. “We provide everything from direct support

us, but we are committed to supporting our

to vocational training to placement in homes, as

community and keeping up the good work for

well as a pretty comprehensive employment and

adults with disabilities.”

You can find new and current members online at www.ModChamber.org.

Progress Magazine is the voice of the Modesto Chamber of Commerce, and the leading business publication in Stanislaus County. For more information or advertising info call (209) 526-9136.

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BUSINESS BEFORE HOURS:

TSM Insurance Services Location: 1701 Coffee Road, Suite 2 Time: 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

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HARVEST LUNCHEON 2013

Location: Graceada Park 401 Needham Street Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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TEAM MEETING

Location: Kirk Lindsey Center 1020 10th Street, Suite 102 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

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30TH ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST

Location: John Thurman Field 601 Neece Drive Time: 5:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Location: Rabobank 1407 I Street Time: 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

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Mitchell’s Modesto Harley-Davidson

Location: 500 N. Carpenter Road

Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

BUSINESS BEFORE HOURS

TEAM MEETING

Location: Kirk Lindsey Center 1020 10th Street, Suite 102 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

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Modesto City - County Airport Location: 617 Airport Way Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

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DoubleTree Hotel Ballroom Location: 1150 9th Street Time: 7:00 a.m. eggsactly!

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Location: Martin G. Petersen Center, 720 12th Street Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Location: Modesto Centre Plaza 1000 L Street Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

DoubleTree by Hilton announces our newly renovated “Napa Room.” Previously known as Club Max, the newly renovated Napa Room boasts over 2,200 square feet of elegant space for special events and conferences. With new lighting adequate for a seminar for 150 persons or dimmed for an elegant yet modern social event, this versatile room is perfect for any occasion!

Stop by for a visit and ask our Sales Department about special incentives for renting this event space for your next event. For more information, call (209) 526-6000.

Soroptimist International of Modesto announces the 38th Annual Pancake Breakfast and Craft Fair. It will be held Sunday, October 20, 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Masonic Center, 800 Rose Avenue. The event benefits local scholarships and awards. Tickets are $5.00 and will be available at the door. For more information, call Catherine at (209) 521-0609.

United Way of Stanislaus County welcomes Actress “Dot” Marie Jones of the FOX series, GLEE, as keynote speaker for the 16th Annual Women’s Leadership Council Power of the Purse Luncheon, October 9. Born in Turlock and raised in Hilmar, Jones is a 3-time Emmy Nominated actress and former athlete, having won the World Arm Wrestling Championship 15 times.

She will share her humorous and uplifting story, “From Hilmar to Hollywood.” Event proceeds benefit local programs for women and children. For more information, e-mail jjensen@uwaystan.org.

On Saturday, October 5, 2013 Brandman University will hold “Innovate Education” at Modesto Junior College from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. This conference brings best practices and replicable solutions to help California educators transform their classrooms for 21st century learners. Register at www.innovate-education.com. P

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When it comes to matters of the heart, experience counts: 45 years of cardiac excellence If you or someone you love is at risk for cardiac disease, trust your heart to the Valley Heart Institute of Doctors Medical Center. DMC offers integrated cardiac services from emergency heart attack treatment to interventional cardiology and A 10-minute online test mAy help sAve your life.

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