Talking Clean in a Dirty World
Talking Clean in a Dirty World Podcast originates from GEM Supply in Orlando, FL. Here we chat with people in the cleaning industry; frontline staff, custodial supervisors, and industry experts. Hear what we talk about and do beyond just cleaning the fixtures in a building. Learn what it takes to provide healthy facilities for others.
Episodes

Thursday Dec 12, 2019
BCWG S3:E20 Sean DeVore is LIVE talking about Luxury Vinyl flooring.
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
We are trying something new in advance of the 2020 season. LIVE streaming! This is our first attempt and it didn't go too bad.
Sean DeVore is with Mannington and is here to talk about the Luxury Vinyl flooring. Things like plank and tile. Wear layers. Wood and fake wood.
Sean will be on the show as a regular contributor during the 2020 season, so if you take care of floor surfaces, be sure to listen when Sean comes on the show.
Reach out to Sean: sean_devore@mannington.com
Reach out to Dave: dthompson@academyofcleaning.com
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Monday Dec 02, 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Jeff Gargas is the COO and co-founder of the Teach Better Team (Creators of www.teachbetter.com, The Grid Method, and Teach Further) and the co-author of "Teach Better." He works with educators to increase student engagement and improve student success. He also offers 1-on-1 coaching for teachers who have a product or idea they want to share with others to better education.
Prior to co-founding Teach Better, Jeff was the owner of ENI Multimedia, an online marketing firm, where he worked with entrepreneurs and small businesses, assisting them with web design, social media, content marketing, and brand awareness.
Prior to all of this, Jeff was an adjunctive professor at Kent State University and spent 10+ years in the music industry. He has spoken at conferences around the country, and has successfully promoted more than 500 events and launched 7 businesses in a variety of industries.
Dave Thompson is the Director of Education at the Academy of Cleaning dthompson@academyofcleaning.com
You can visit the Academy here: www.AcademyofCleaning.com
Beyond Clean With GEM is powered by GEM Supply in Orlando, FL. Reach out to them here: GEMSupply.net

Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Over the last two years, Brian and Atlanta MRO Supply have been partnered with the Academy and have had some great experiences. Brian talks about the most recent one, the Rock Star Custodian program.
Some sessions with the Academy have been LIVE and in person at a few Atlanta locations, while others have been utilizing technology and the web.
Listen as the two tell you what you can expect to get when you join the ACE family of regional campuses.
Contact Brian at brian.consolino@atlmro.com
Contact Dave at dthompson@academyofcleaning.com
Engage the Academy at www.AcademyofCleaning.com

Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Mike Seebeck with Earthlabs/HDOX and Dave with the Academy of Cleaning Excellence were both in the GEM Supply booth at the FSPMA conference this week in Orlando, FL. The two guys talk to distributors around the country as to the benefits of professional development and partnering with operations such as GEM Supply.
The Rock Star series of motivational sessions was on Mikes's mind as he attended a couple of sessions and then applied the thought processes while on the show floor.
You and reach the Academy of Cleaning Excellence at www.AcademyofCleaning.com or email us at education@academyofcleaning.com
Mike can be reached at mike@hdoxinfo.com

Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Dr. Aaron Buchko has signed on to be a regular on our show and first of all, we want to say THANK YOU.
Aaron is a professor at Bradley University and during this conversation with Dave, he speaks about the classroom and cleaning from his perspective. How the changes in the classroom affect him and his student's ability to both teach and learn.
If you thought that you as a custodian, janitor, cleaner, technician or whatever you want to call us, didn't have an impact, listen to this.
You will also want to listen to the end of the show to find out what the guys have to say about "Changing Habits", driving a different way and the Dutch Owens classic.
Don't forget that voting for the Rock Star Custodian for 2019 is now open and the twelve finalists have over 85,000 votes so far. Go to www.RockStarCustodian.com
You can reach Aaron at aab@bradley.edu
You can reach Dave at dthompson@academyofcleaning.com

Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
S3:E15 - Dan Wagner with Triple S talks about the "Power of Clean"
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Dan says that once we understand the why to cleaning, that then creates the passion for obtaining the end result.
He goes on to explain the Triple S program he presents as, "The Power of Clean." That has now become the "Power of Why."
They talk about the 22, ACE regional campuses around the U.S., most of which are Triple S members. You can now get the Academy professional development the two are talking about from almost anywhere across the U.S.
Did you know that Dan and his wife both gave up being lawyers?
Contact Dan Wagner: dwagner@triple-s.com
Contact Dave Thompson: dthompson@academyofcleaning.com
Engage the Academy

Monday Aug 26, 2019
Monday Aug 26, 2019
As the two guys continue, Aaron is talking about the experience in development. Learning is the power of experience.
Smell and Vision are the two most powerful forms of experience.
Aaron talks about, "Everything you need to know you learned in Kindergarten".
The single most important word in management; PLEASE
Two most important words in management are; THANK YOU
Three most important words in management are; I NEED HELP
If you like what you are hearing with Aaron and Dave, stay tuned as Aaron plans to be a regular on the show.
Be sure to subscribe and follow so you will get the next broadcast of Beyond Clean With ACE.
Connect with Dr. Aaron Buchko; abuchko@comcast.net
Connect with Dave Thompson; dthompson@academyofcleaning.com

Saturday Aug 17, 2019
Saturday Aug 17, 2019
Please pardon the background noise as the two guys are by the pool while Aaron is on vacation at Disney.
Dr. Aaron Buchko is a professor of management in the Foster College of Business, Bradley University, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in Planning and Strategy and graduate courses in Executive Development and Business Ethics.
He lives in Peoria, Illinois with his wife, Dr. Kathy Buchko, a counseling psychologist, their daughter, Alex, and son Andrej. In his spare time, he is an avid fly fisherman, hockey player, and coach, motorcyclist, reader, and is a student of U.S. history, particularly for the period from 1840-1940.
You might remember Aaron from an earlier podcast when he was in Orlando at GEM Fest 2018, https://beyondclean.podbean.com/e/dr-aaron-buchko-speaks-at-gem-fest-2018/
You can get Aarons latest book, Managerial Intelligence: https://books.google.com/books/about/Managerial_Intelligence.html?id=6ZqSDwAAQBAJ
Today, Aaron talks with Dave about the use of gamification in learning and the differences between education/learning and training. The two couldn't get all the conversation in on this session, so stay tuned for the follow up to this end of this engaging exchange of information.

Rock Star Professional Development
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