Voice of the Green Industry

Congratulations to every student, sponsor, and PLANET individually and collectively.  The 35th Annual Student Career Days is in the record books!  Special congratulations to BYU-Provo for their first place finish.  Michigan State can take great pride in second place and I know that BYU-Idaho is equally proud of their third place totals. 
Here at Chattahoochee [...]

Only yesterday the opening ceremonies began and already it seems like we have been here forever… or for just the blink of an eye!  I should have taken notes because by now I can’t remember all of the things I learned.
Judith Guido was a super informative Keynote Speaker.  Practical ideas about personal branding were the [...]

Joliet Junior College is already a beehive of activity.  It has been for months, laying the groundwork for this week’s PLANET Student Career Days.  The adrenalin flows; the energy is absorbed from the very events themselves and from each other.
The industry representatives are especially interesting to watch.  They do stuff like this all the time; appear [...]

My brain has been waking me up every hour or two and so I have given up the fight. Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity.  The Chattahoochee Tech TeamPLANET left the Acworth, Georgia, North Metro Campus at 5:15 a.m. We were saddened that at 5:00 a.m. teammate Nanci Lee got a phone call and had to [...]

The uniqueness of PLANET’s Student Career Days (SCD) does not escape me. There is nowhere else I know that students have the chance to test their skills in realistic industry situations with the full support of potential employers and current educational mentors. Sort of a crash course internship while still in the comfortable cocoon of a supportive family.  [...]

Innovation happens because people have experiences, insights, ideas, and most of all because they interact with one another.

PLANET’s recent Executive Forum and Leadership Meeting at The Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida, held February 17–20, opened with leadership meetings and the installation of PLANET’s 2011–2012 board of directors, which go into effect beginning May 1, 2011.
This year’s Forum focused on Technology and Innovation. The keynote address featured Carmine Gallo, journalist and author of [...]