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ICP Alliance Partner Update
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Activities and Accomplishments
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- Save the Date! The ICP Alliance Partner meeting
will be held April 3-4 at the College of DuPage in Glen
Ellyn, Ill. Be on the lookout for a fomal invite soon.
The meeting will give all participants the opportunity to
meet and discuss the work that needs to be done to
broaden the pool of qualified and informed sales and
customer service candidates for industrial
distributors.
- On January 19, a total of 26 students were in
attendance for "Business Fundamentals of Industrial
Distribution," the first class offered by Mohawk College
as part of its new Industrial Distribution Leadership
Program. Congratulations to all School and Industry
Champions and Alliance Partners who participated in
working so hard to make the class a
reality!
- We are steadily working towards the development
of the online "Essentials of Industrial Distribution"
course curriculum. To ensure that the curriculum
meets the needs for a variety of industries, we need
input from all Alliance Partners. Please contact Craig
McAtee at
cmcatee@industrialcareerspathway.org to
offer your input.
- In a recent update, ICP alerted partners that the
Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA)
recently developed a new progression ladder as
well
as job descriptions and salary ranges for careers in
industrial distribution.
ICP plans to add this
content to
the ICP Web site soon, and we'd like your feedback
whether the information encompasses the career
progression of your industry. This is your
opportunity
to review the interactive content. Contact Cathleen
Loud, communications manager, at +1.312.516.2100
or cloud@ptda.org no
later
than Feb. 15 with your
comments and suggestions.
- The Henry Ford Community College Advisory
Committee met Friday, January 25 to discuss the
next offering of "Essentials of Industrial Distribution."
HFCC has scheduled the course to begin in mid-
March. We will provide an update on course details in
next month's communication.
- Phyllis Russell and Craig McAtee visited Bucks
County Community College in Newton, Pa., in early
January. With a renewed group of School and Industry
Champions, the college plans to offer "Essentials of
Industrial Distribution" in the fall.
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Key Events
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- Feb. 20: ICP Champions Conference
Call
Monthly phone meeting of ICP staff and industry and
academic volunteers to discuss recent school
activities and initiative updates.
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. CST
- April 3-4: ICP Conference
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
A working conference to lay the pipeline for the ICP
initiative for Alliance Partner staff and volunteers,
Industry Champions, Academic Champions,
Community Advisory Members and those invested in
broadening the pool of qualified and informed sales
and customer service candidates for industrial
distributors.
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Help Sustain the Initiative
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- Metropolitan Community College in Omaha,
Neb. is in need of an instructor for its "Essentials of
Industrial Distribution" course for the fall semester.
Would one of your members in the Omaha area be a
good candidate to teach the course? If you know
someone who might be interested, please contact
Phyllis Russell at prussell@ptda.org
or
+1.312.516.2100.
- We are beginning to build the ICP Web site and
our web presence to appeal to a younger audience
and potential employees. We want to make sure all
Alliance Partners have a voice in ICP
communications, messaging and on the Web
site.
Interested in talking about messaging or online
marketing and how to reach a younger audience?
Contact Cathleen Loud at cloud@ptda.org
pr
+1.312.516.2100.
- To continue to build awareness of industrial
distribution, we want to broaden the reach of our
messages. We'd be happy to send the quarterly ICP
newsletter to any companies that you think may
benefit. Contact Cathleen Loud at +1.312.516.2100 or
cloud@ptda.org
to add names to the distribution list.
- Is the ICP
URL a link on your association's Web site? If not,
contact ICP
staff, and we'll tell you how you can help promote
the initiative to your members through your site!
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