April 14, 2014

Downtown Davenport Cleanup Day

What: Downtown Cleanup Day

Where: Downtown Davenport and Bettendorf IA Date: Friday, April 25

Time: Davenport 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Bettendorf- 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. Davenport Registration: www.DowntownDavenport.com

Bettendorf Registration: www.Bettendorf.org/downtowncleanup or call (563) 344-4084

Event Description

Davenport

• The Downtown Davenport Partnership, a division of Quad Cities Chamber, is hosting its annual Downtown Cleanup Day Friday, April 25. More than 150 volunteers will grab gloves and trash bags as they set out to clean the streets in preparation for summer crowds and festivals.

• Volunteers will be treated to free tickets to a River Bandits game and a post-cleanup party. Downtown Cleanup Day is part of the nationwide initiative, The Great American Cleanup. The Waste Commission of Scott County's iLivehere program donates bags and gloves for all volunteers.

• Volunteers can sign up by visiting www.DowntownDavenport.com and clicking the link to the volunteer signup sheet. Download the form and return to us at 130 W. 2nd St., Davenport, IA 52801.

• The Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP), a division of Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, is a non-profit organization focused on the strategic growth and beautification of historic downtown Davenport. As administrators of the Self Supporting Municipal Improvement District, DDP provides leadership and advocacy for downtown economic development, planning, cultural vitality, events, marketing, and clean-and-safe initiatives.

Bettendorf

• The City of Bettendorf will also host its annual Downtown Cleanup Day on Friday, April 25th from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Volunteers will meet at 8 a.m. for a light breakfast (sponsored by Ascentra Credit Union) before setting out to clean up the downtown. Volunteers will receive free tickets to the River Bandits game on Saturday. Volunteers are asked to park in the back of the parking lot behind the Alter Building at 2117 State Street.

• The annual Downtown Cleanup Day is part of the nationwide initiative, The Great American Cleanup. The Waste Commission of Scott County's iLivehere program donates bags and gloves for all volunteers.

• Volunteers can sign up by visiting www.bettendorf.org/downtowncleanup and clicking the link to the volunteer signup sheet. To register, print the form and return it to the City Hall Annex, 4403 Devils Glen Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722, c/o Patty Copeland or call (563) 344-4084.

Sponsors

Speak at RSVP Volunteer Recognition Luncheon

WHO Congressman Dave Loebsack

WHAT Dave will speak at the annual event that honors local RSVP Volunteers

WHERE Fountains Senior Living Clubhouse, 3752 Thunder Ridge Road, Bettendorf

TIME 11:30am

Tour JMTC Ambulance Line

WHO Congressman Dave Loebsack

Col. David Luders, Commander JMTC

Rick Nesbitt, Deputy Commander JMTC

WHAT Dave will tour the facility and learn more about the ambulance line

WHERE Rock Island Arsenal JMTC, Building 210 on Rodman Ave

TIME 1:30pm

NOTE Due to timing, Dave will be available to speak with press about this tour following the CDBG event

Speak at Davenport's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Week Event

WHO Congressman Dave Loebsack

WHAT Dave will speak at the event celebrating the 40th anniversary of CDBG

WHERE The Freight House, 421 W. River Drive, Davenport

TIME 4:00pm

It's a simple fact of business: Without sales, no one else downstream can do their jobs, says veteran sales manager and business speaker Jack Daly. Because of how vital sales are to a company, CEOs frequently tend to misuse their best people, he says.

"There are three sins that minimize the sales management role, which ultimately holds the company back from achieving its growth," says Daly, author of "Hyper Sales Growth," (www.jackdaly.net).

"When they misallocate key players, small to medium-sized businesses tend to go into one of two directions. They either stay small to medium, or they go out of business. When you ask why, it most often comes down to a violation of one or more of these three sins of sales management. Having the right people in important spots is absolutely the secret to success."

To ensure continued growth, Daly says the people at the top must avoid the following:

Sin No. 1 ... is committed when the CEO or owner wears the hat of the sales manager. If you are doing that, you're essentially relegating both the CEO job and the sales manager job to part-time status. In effect, you're saying, "I'm going to grow my business part time." If you want your business to grow, you must grow your sales force, and you need someone doing that full time.

Sin No. 2 ... is to make the best salesperson the sales manager. It can work, but seldom does. The usual scenario, however, is you lose your best salesperson and get a mediocre sales manager. The role and the responsibilities are entirely different. A salesperson's role is to win new customers and nurture the ones you have, thereby differentiating you from your competitors. The sales manager's job involves recruiting, training, coaching, building and developing. Being effective at one of those jobs is not an indicator that a person will be equally effective in the other. Salespeople are used to immediate gratification, involving a deal-to-deal routine. Sales managers, by contrast, must take their time to recruit, train and coach. A salesperson might easily become disenchanted with the pace of the new role and look for another sales job, perhaps with your competitor.

Sin No. 3 ... is probably the most grievous of all. The best salesperson is made a sales manager, but he or she is also required to continue booking business. It's absolutely ruinous. The person's focus will remain fixed on the customer, as that is how their compensation is driven. Accordingly, the sales team will be underserved, missing the opportunity for leveraged growth.

The key to growth is to put the right people in the right places, Daly says.
"Since sales drive business, it's essential to match skills and personality types to the jobs, and to ensure the people can focus on their roles," Daly says.

About Jack Daly

Jack Daly, author of "Hyper Sales Growth," (www.jackdaly.net), is an experienced and inspirational sales trainer and sales coaching expert who, as a sought-after speaker, motivates audiences to take action in the areas of sales planning and training, and customer loyalty. Daly draws upon more than 20 years of business experience, with several successful stints as the CEO of fast-growing companies. He has a Bachelor's in Science degree in accounting, a Master of Business Administration degree, was a Captain in U.S. Army and is an accomplished author with audio and DVD programs.

The Old Creamery Theatre will host Courtyard Concerts this summer, one Friday per month, May through September featuring local bands and food. The concert will be free to everyone with a ticket to that Friday night's Main Stage theatre performance or $5 admission without a theatre ticket.

The shows will all take place from 5-7 pm in the Old Creamery's Courtyard on the following evenings: May 9, June 13, July 18, August 8, and September 12. The first Courtyard Concert of the season features Lojo Russo.

Lojo Russo is described "as a songwriter with a lot of lyrical power, a guitarist with powerful playing and a singer with one heckuva voice who performs with the energy and rocking empowerment of Ani DiFranco, the graceful folksiness of the Indigo Girls and the gritty blues of Susan Tedeschi."  Russo is comfortable making music no matter where she is - whether playing festivals or front steps, coffeehouses or concert halls her music, her style and her stories never cease to amaze and amuse. Her enormous stage energy, powerful voice and percussive playing style belie her small frame. As one promoter put it, "This is a one woman show that shows you only need one woman."

Each show will also feature a different food vendor. The first Courtyard Concert on May 9 will feature Maggie's Farm Wood-Fired Pizza.

Call the box office at 319-622-6262 or go online to www.oldcreamery.com for more details. Find out more about Lojo Russo at lojorusso.com