Beyond Clean with ACE

Sean DeVore is back on the show to talk about the different types of LV flooring and what you need to know before trying to maintain it.   You will learn that it isn't as simple as taking a picture and asking what to do. Sean DeVore: sean_devore@mannington.com Dave Thompson: dthompson@academyofcleaning.com   Watch the video of this podcast on YouTube  

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 t...

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-found...

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...

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...

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, clea...

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 ar...

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 m...

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 Buch...

Beyond Clean With Dave starts Season 3 with this review of the partnership with Talbot House Solutions in Lakeland, FL.  The Academy of Cleaning Excellence and GEM Supply partners with Talbot House Solutions to provide professional development knowledge and to instruct focused skills to the homeless in the region. Here, Raphel talks with Dave to explain the partnership and how it is affecting the...

David Swindle ll with A2D Cleaning Solutions and your host Dave Thompson talk about what they have found works when you blend real-world personal interaction with the virtual world of the internet, as it pertains to the cleaning industry. Listen as they share what ACE and A2D are doing with product-agnostic education, eLearning, and virtual hands-on classes.  If you're a distributor of janitorial...

Dave chats with Jen Richardt with Earth Laboratories about health, Dad, HDOX, sustainability, the Indy 500, silk, and the "High Heel Challenge". What was the worst place you have taken your product to and what happened? How did HDOX come about? What prompted this change in your career?  Listen to find out the answers to these and the challenge Dave didn't see coming. Contact Jen Richardt:  jrichar...

Heidi Wilcox is Dave's guest today.  Heidi is known as the end-users scientist and she tells us all about her history of how she came to be involved in science-based cleaning, TURI Labs, what she is passionate about and the value of what we do.   WILCOX EVS - Sustainable, Innovate Green Cleaning & Infection Control Solutions  Dave and Heidi are fresh from seeing each other at the National School P...

Chris Croy is a professional photographer, husband, father, marketer, ....and now, well, you just have to listen as he tells Dave why they now have more in common than before. Dave and Chris meet through Tip Club in St. Louis over 4 years ago.  At the time, Chris was marketing electronic business cards.  Since then, Chris and family have traveled the world through their photography. However, Chris...

Dan Weltin, Editor-in-Chief for Contracting Profits and Cleanlink talks with Dave about the Clean Building Expo held in Baltimore this March for the first time. Both guys heard a number of attendees saying that it was great to have a show for them.  That is, CBE is designed for the users, not distributors like the annual ISSA show.   Dan also brings up that the Mid Atlantic states normally do not...

Apparently, some podcasters have been wondering why we haven't been on the air, so Dave is here to catch you up. Clean Buildings Expo, you heard about it on the last podcast from Dan Weltin.  Mark from Ashley Furniture in Mississippi was there and had the Academy bring the first session of the Rock Star Program to them at the plant.  Dave talks a bit about it here. Triple S had the national confer...

Jeff and Dave meet each other a number of years back when Jeff spoke at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Columbia, MO.  It was at a time when Dave was just getting started in his career of public speaking and as the two will share, they found they had some common interest as well. Jeff has two books, Self Marketing Power and Selling Saturdays which you can find on his website; https://jeffbeals.co...

Earlier this year in March, Denise and Willard along with over a dozen of their colleagues had the opportunity to choose which seminar they wanted to attend at the 1st Annual Clean Buildings Expo in Baltimore. Denise Meyer, Associate Director, Environmental Services, University of Maryland, Baltimore denise.meyer@umaryland.edu Willard Moore, Environmental Services Technician, University of Marylan...

Today, Bobby Zagers with GEM Supply in central Florida joins Dave and takes this opportunity to catch you up on what is going on at both GEM Supply and the Academy. Joe Anacleto is the newest member of the GEM family, and as Bobby tells us, a specialist in restroom care.  You can reach Joe at  JAnacleto@gemsupply.net At the time of this broadcast, Dave is in Ruston, LA getting ready to present the...