Acsys Interactive puts focus on professional, personal development
Posted: March 26, 2012 at 9:26 am
At Farmingtons Acsys Interactive, a full-service digital agency, management doesnt just talk about work-life balance it practices it.The companys focus on encouraging both personal and professional growth has created a culture where employees feel supported and respected.
Stan Valencis, president and CEO, said employees get a positive vibe from the work atmosphere, and theres a reason for that.
If you want to have a good culture, it needs to be authentic; our senior management really cares about the people, Valencis said.People can sniff out if somethings phony. If theres not a genuineness behind it, people feel it.
The employees are clearly happy.Last year alone, the company hired 25 employees, growing 50 percent to nearly 75 people.
We didnt use any outside recruiting firms to do that, Valencis said.It was all through employee referrals.
About two and a half years ago, an employee approached management, asking to go on sabbatical in order to spend six months hiking the Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine.Management agreed to allow him to go, without pay, while assuring him he would have a job when he returned.
The day he came back, he came in with all his gear and announced he had just completed hiking 2,176 miles and everyone cheered, said Deb Peterson, vice president of human resources.It was something we wanted to help him do.We thought it would be an experience of a lifetime, and it built up a lot of teamwork, discussions in the hall.
Health and wellness is a priority at Acsys.The company offers a program which includes fitness classes conducted by a company-paid trainer four times a week, fitness and wellness competitions, campus flu shots and health and wellness screenings.
Peterson said the fitness classes are offered both during the workday and in the early evening, allowing employees to take a class before heading home. And, Peterson said, the trainer goes above and beyond just classes.
If you want to go for a run, hell get some people together, she said.People really take advantage of this.They have access to a personal trainer thats huge.
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Galaxy Systems, Inc., Provides Online Tool for USPTO’s IP Training Efforts
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BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Timothy Trainer, Galaxy Systems, Inc.s President stated The Patent and Trademark Offices use of our online intellectual property (IP) tool for its training and education efforts is a great development. This reflects our goals to make IP education fun and informative. While there continues to be significant emphasis and focus on enforcement, our tool facilitates a different way of focusing on the positive aspects of IP by allowing users to see the links between IP and economic and business development.
Galaxy Systems, Inc.s online interactive tool is aimed at demonstrating the value of intellectual property to those who may have no legal or technical background. For years, government and industry have been searching for effective messages to address the rampant violation of copyrights, trademarks and other forms of intellectual property.
The enforcement message is important, but the message that intellectual property is something to be recognized and applied in daily business and economic activity needs the same level of attention. There is a positive intellectual property message that should be promoted. We hope that this is just the beginning of adding a new and active element to raising awareness about intellectual property. Our tool seeks to enable individuals to interact and become familiar with intellectual property, think about it and learn while playing, Trainer said. Hopefully, for those who are negatively predisposed to IP, the use of our online tool will help people see IP in a different and positive light.
Mr. Trainer established Galaxy Systems, Inc., in 2007. The enterprise aims to provide a creative and broad-based learning approach that focuses less on the legal and technical aspects of intellectual property and promotes the general application of intellectual property to grow businesses. A video communicating IPs benefits is available at http://www.galaxysystemsinc.com/ipr. Mr. Trainers intellectual property experience includes positions as past president of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, an attorney at the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is an adjunct professor at American Universitys Washington College of Law.
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Pilates party
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Resolve to be Healthy party in support of Dodson House, presented by Connect Fitness, Thursday, April 5 at 7: 30 p.m. at Milestones at Park Royal Shopping Centre, West Vancouver. Admission: Free. Guests encouraged to order off the menu. Raffle tickets: $10. RSVP: chrissy@connectfitness.com. Info: http://www.connectfitness.com.
CHRISSY Ramstead knows a thing or two about healthy living.
The personal trainer and pilates instructor is the founder of Connect Fitness, a mobile fitness company offering personal and group training, and pilates classes to primarily female clients on the North Shore, Burnaby and Vancouver.
In January, the company launched an initiative entitled 12 Weeks of 2012: Resolve to be Healthy.
"We encouraged our clientele to make healthy choices in their life for 12 weeks," says Ramstead, a North Vancouver resident.
Each week, Connect posted a YouTube video and sent out its link to clients, presenting a different health tip, from using measurements rather than the scale to monitor weight loss, to cleaning out your kitchen.
The initiative was well-received and to celebrate its success, as well as the positive changes made by those who followed along, Ramstead and her fellow Connect Fitness trainers are inviting community members to a Resolve to be Healthy party April 5 at 7: 30 p.m. at Milestones in West Vancouver.
"We want to just invite the entire community, anybody who just loves health or wants to be healthy, we just want to invite them to join us in a celebration," she says. "It's totally just an open, happy, healthy celebration."
Proceeds from the event will support members of C3Church Vancouver with their visits to Dodson House in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The congregation prepares a monthly healthy meal for residents. "I have a real heart for the city and just seeing people be healthy and happy, so to join with them, for me, is to go to that place in the city where people's health has been neglected way too long," says Ramstead.
The fundraiser is an opportunity for people on the North Shore, who are "quite able to make choices and spend money on living healthfully to actually give to that community that could use a little bit of health," she adds.
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BUSINESS Q&A: Woman aims at balancing mind, body and soul with yoga instruction
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Photo by Justin Zamudio
B. Ramadoss rests upside down while holding a pose during an afternoon yoga class at Concho Yoga, 227 N. Main St., last week. Ramadoss was supported by a chair as his shoulders held up most of his weight on a pillow.
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Photos by Justin Zamudio/San Angelo Standard-Times Women participate in an afternoon yoga class instructed by Stacie Jones of Concho Yoga, 227 N. Main St., last week. Jones primarily holds her classes at the North Main Street location, but also holds sessions at other locations for beginner and advanced participants.
What: Yoga classes and private lessons.
When: Class times vary.
Where: 227 N. Main St., Suite C.
More information: 325-370-2942 or http://www.concho-yoga.com.
SAN ANGELO, Texas Each week, yoga instructor Stacie Jones visits various studios to teach multiple classes at affordable prices just so San Angelo can experience mind-body health.
Fourteen years before Jones became owner of Concho Yoga, she was a single mom searching for inexpensive ways to stay in shape. Jones had always been athletic but couldn't afford a gym membership, she said, so when a church friend and yoga instructor invited her to try a class, Jones jumped at the opportunity.
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Yoga part of 12-step program at Kenai facility
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by Jerzy Shedlock / Peninsula Clarion Fairbanks Daily News Miner
"I had read about and personally experienced the therapeutic benefits of yoga and decided to explore yoga as an option for our residents," said Bower in an email.
Serenity House is part of Central Peninsula Hospital's behavioral health services. The center offers recovery goals and ongoing support to clients through its 12-step program. It has a wide range of services to help people recover from alcoholism and drug abuse.
A local yoga-studio owner leads a group of the program's clients twice weekly in a restorative yoga class, which focuses on relaxation and stress management rather than the physical aspects regularly associated with the practice.
Long-held postures aided by props, such as blankets, blocks and straps, allow the participants to turn inward, focusing on breathing and calming the mind, said Kelsey Cusack, owner of Yoga Sol.
She said she's heard restorative yoga referred to as an organized nap.
"It's soothing, not nearly as physically demanding as some more traditional styles of yoga," she said. "People spend most of the class either sitting or lying down."
Restorative yoga triggers the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS); responsible for balancing the body and bringing its response system back to equilibrium. Stimulating the PNS helps lower heart rate and blood pressure, and it stimulates the immune system, she said.
Researchers are studying restorative yoga. Dr. Suzanne C. Danhauer of Wake Forest University's School of Medicine conducted a pilot study about the health benefits of restorative yoga on women diagnosed with ova rian or breast cancer. The majority of women were undergoing cancer treatment at the time of enrollment for the study. Danhauer concluded significant improvements were seen for depression, anxiety, mental health and overall quality of life.
Bower said she sent a request to various yoga instructors in the Kenai Peninsula, and Cusack was the sole responder. Cusack offered her studio for less than half her normal rate and volunteered to provide an additional lesson at Serenity House. She has taught about two months of classes.
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Auriemma On Coaching Kids These Days
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I asked Geno Auriemma on Saturday whether coaching 17-year-old girls was different now then it was 10 years ago, when he was young, perhaps filled with more energy, etc.
I have less patience for these guys now than I did when I was 30-something, Auriemma said. I used to try and see things from their standpoint. Now I am like a lot of old people [he is 58] that dont really give a crap about anybody but themselves.
Have you ever been to a place where I am signing autographs? Well, there will be nine 8-year-olds in line and some 75-year-old will just knock the kids over to get an autograph. Theyll just bulldoze the kids thinking you know what, Im 75 and I dont have much time left and you have the rest of your life so get out of my way.
Im getting to an age where I have less patience. Ive been doing this for 30 years and if I do something, then do it. Dont look at me and ask why. When I was 35, I would say OK and then explain why we want to do [something]. So is there a difference in me? Yes, I guess I just have less patience and they have less of an attention span. That is not a good combination.
Im trying to teach them to have more patience, better concentration for longer periods of time. And theyre testing my patience.
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Hallsville makes coaching change
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By Rus Baer
Sunday, March 25, 2012
John Morris was hired in May of 2005 to build a high school football program at Hallsville.
After almost seven years laying the foundation, the 38-year coaching veteran was voted out of his coaching and administration position last month by a 4-3 vote of the school board.
"My career has consisted of starting programs, restarting programs and putting life back into programs," Morris said. "Sometimes you have to make decisions that aren't the most popular in the world, but they're the best for the program.
"I don't do politics. I do what I think is right and make decisions on what I think is right, and if there are negative consequences, then I accept those consequences."
In four varsity seasons, the Indians won only one district game against winless Southern Boone in 2008 and compiled an 8-32 mark. The past two seasons, Hallsville finished 3-7 after winless district slates against state-ranked powers Centralia, Macon and Brookfield.
With the playoff format changing next season and Hallsville moving to the Tri-County Conference, Morris was looking forward to the next step of the Indians' excavation.
"The thing that upsets me more than anything else is I poured my life into this thing, and we were coming," Morris said. "We were getting close.
"Even if I'm the only one that thinks so, I think I've built a hell of a foundation for a pretty good program."
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