Current logos available for use on Chapter websites
Listed below are the most current logos available for use on your Chapter websites. These have not been changed recenlty; we just wanted to make them more readily available.
If you have signed your Navigator and Summit agreements, sell Philips AEDs, promote a Million Acts of Safety,etc. please upload the appropriate logos, and let me know if there are any other logos you need.
Here is the information to listen to the
recording of the January 29 Chapter Network update call presented by John Ulczycki regarding the state of the nation.
Advocacy Update Are you helping to keep your employees safe from the #1 cause of workplace fatalities?
Nearly 1 in 4 crashes involve drivers using cell phones. Businesses without policies prohibiting cell phone use while driving are exposing their employees and themselves to increased risk and liability and putting the lives of everyone on our roads in harm’s way.
If you are an employer in California, consider joining us for a free one-day seminar where you will learn:
- Why cell phone distracted driving is dangerous and is a growing public safety issue
- How employers can be held liable if an employee is involved in a cell distracted driving crash
- What to include in a cell phone policy
- How to build management support for a cell phone policy
- How to educate employees about the policy and ensure compliance
Choose from two dates:
February 28, 2013: The San Diego Convention Center
*Register by February 14
April 25, 2013: The Long Beach Convention Center
*Register by April 11
We have received concerns from our Chapters regarding the renewal process and the role invoicing plays in the delivery of instructor cards. To assist and ensure that we all have a clear understanding of the renewal process and how invoicing integrates with instructor cards, your training center coordinator will contact you within the next two weeks to discuss and answer any questions or concerns you may have regarding the overall process.
Chapters can view reports to see if someone registered or not as emails may sometimes not fire or get dropped off.
1) Login to train admin site
2) Click Reports in the top navigation
3) Select the course for which they want to check registrations for.
Here are the PowerPoint presentations from the fall meeting last week in Orlando.
Pease note that three of the presentations have been revised:
NEW NSC Lift Truck Operator Program, presented by Felipe Reyes (no PowerPoint)
NSC LTO VIDEO
JSE - WORKPLACE SAFETY (IMPACT VIDEO)
First Aid Update,
presented by Donna Siegfried
Advocacy is accepting nominations for our annual Teen Driving Safety Leadership Award and I was hoping you could promote it in your chapter correspondence materials. Below is the verbiage you can use.
NSC is now accepting nominations for its prestigious Teen Driving Safety Leadership Award, which recognizes individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to reducing the number of crashes, injuries and deaths involving teen drivers. NSC is asking anyone who would like to nominate an individual or organization dedicated to teen driver issues to fill out a nomination form by visiting
nsc.org/teenaward.
Winners will be announced in October.
On Wednesday, July 25, we conducted a Chapter-exclusive webinar regarding our 100thanniversary Congress. Link to recording.
Here is a copy of the presentation along with some of the information provided during the webinar:
From the desk of Janet Froetscher
Thank you for your support of the National Safety Council and our efforts to encourage the U.S. Congress to take action to save lives associated with teen driving and distracted driving. From the beginning of the creation of our strategic plan in 2008, obtaining Federal incentives to states for GDL and distracted driving were top priorities. Since that time, NSC staff conducted and evaluated research, developed public policies and legislative strategies, advocated with legislators, and communicated with and engaged staff, chapters, Directors, delegates, members and advocates. In 2012 alone, 700 people sent more than 1,200 letters advocating NSC positions with 367 members of Congress. The President signed the MAP-21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century) legislation last Friday. READ MORE… BNA Employer Cell Phone Policy - Read the Article
A Chapter executive satisfaction survey was conducted prior to the 2012 Spring Chapter meeting. In continuing to recognize and appreciate differences and strengths in each other, we are sharing
all survey results with the Network. The very nature of the survey is to expose our weakest areas of performance so that we can gain an understanding of the results, identify specific areas where more input is required and develop the start of solutions to address these issues.
Not having received any feedback to the contrary; the comments are also included and will serve as added stimulus for conversation with Chapter volunteers in further defining our relationships.
The training DVD that included a self-explanatory (e.g. navigating CRM) overview for Chapters was shipped via UPS to all Chapter Executives the second week of May.
Access to MS Dynamics CRM along with usernames and passwords was sent to all Chapter Executives via email on May 11, 2012.
The following reports are available in CRM for Chapters:
Chapter Commission Detail - Coming soon
Chapter Membership List – Parent Members and Non-parent Members (2 separate reports)
Chapter Renewals - coming soon
Chapter Retention
Chapter Sales and Terminated Members reports will available soon.
We are scheduling a webinar (date TBD), for Chapter Q & A.Please jot down any questions and/or concerns you may have about CRM prior to the webinar.
As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Jackie DeCicco.
The training DVD that included a self-explanatory (e.g. navigating CRM) overview for Chapters was shipped via UPS to all Chapter Executives back on Tuesday, May 8. All Chapters should now have their DVD in hand. A webinar was originally scheduled for May 24th as a Q&A for the Chapter Network on the CRM. We are rescheduling the webinar to an undetermined date while, we continue to develop an ERP system that works as laid out in the DVD for our Chapters.
In the interim, in addition to utilizing Customer service for customer access and order processing, and Jackie DeCicco for reports, a stand-alone email, will be sent to all of you with procedures on how to process membership sales.
Thank you, again, for your patience.
Strengthening Relationship, Lynda
Calococci, Director, Dale Carnegie
NSC Navigator Incident Management, Kevin
Mergens, Product Manager, Navigator
Here is a learning opportunity for Chapter staff. We would like them to share it with your members to expand our reach and the messages about cell phone distracted driving. Click here to view the announcement.
The training is free. Participants must cover the cost of travel and lodging.
Anyone interested should contact Bernadette Smith, x52246.
The NSC is continuing to move to a strong enterprise resource planning system (ERP) that will help all of us: simplify our lives; serve our customers better; automate our data capture and processing; and provide a foundation to build future initiatives successfully. As we moved data, items appeared that delayed our original communicated dates to the Network.
On Tuesday April 17th, we produced a product and membership commission report through our Great Plains (GP) system. The GP Excel reports are being sent to each Chapter individually by Jackie until the CRM commission reports are ready for access. Commission reports continue to be run every Tuesday with ACH deposits occurring each Friday.
Tomorrow afternoon, we will be reviewing a training DVD that will include a self-explanatory (e.g. navigating CRM) overview that Chapters will be able to use as an educational resource. We expect to make copies of the DVD and mail them out on Monday or Tuesday of next week. When you receive the DVD you will simply need to double click the file to launch.
Because of the delay we will move the webinar training to Friday, May 4th at 10:00 CST, it will also be recorded for those that cannot attend and future use. Please mark your calendars accordingly.
We continue to target May 9, 2012 as the day the New CRM system will be open to Chapters. Again, until then, there will be split responsibility for communication and inquiries from the Network that were handled through the Chapter Portal previously; Independent Chapters will reach out to Jackie DeCicco for reports and Independent Chapters will contact customer service for customer access and order processing.
If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Vago Galounis directly.
Reminder on Vision transition to MS CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
As first communicated at our Fall meeting in Philadelphia, the NSC is moving to a strong enterprise resource planning system (ERP) that will help all of us: simplify our lives; serve our customers better; automate our data capture and processing; and provide a foundation to build future initiatives successfully. As we move data, we will need to freeze our systems prior to launch. The Chapter Portal will be closed at noon March 29, 2012.
The New CRM system will be open to Chapters on May 9, 2012. During this “black-out” period, there will be split responsibility for communication and inquiries from the Network that were handled through the Chapter Portal previously; Independent Chapters will reach out to Jackie DeCicco for reports and Chapters will contact customer service for customer access and order processing.
With the change in our systems we will follow this schedule for commission processing during this period:
Run Commission Reports ACH Deposit
Tue, 03/27 Fri, 03/30
Thu, 03/29 Wed, 04/04
Tue, 4/10 Fri, 4/13 (normal schedule resumes)
A training webinar for the Network will occur on April 30th at 3:00 CST on accessing the new system, it will also be recorded for those that cannot attend and future use. We will also have short videos as a supplement to training. Please mark your calendars accordingly.
If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact
Vago Galounis directly.
MARCH 2012
Lead Distribution for the Network: Recently, we have been sharing leads with the Network demonstrating support of our Chapters. We are very pleased with the recent work we have done together and hope you feel the same. With today’s CRM tools, managing leads in a direct selling environment is relatively straightforward: sale leads are collected, qualified, and then deposited into the NSC’s CRM system for sales conversion.
We ask that you show your continued commitment to our lead management program by:
Be proactive. When assigning the lead to someone within your Chapter, set clear performance expectations, including standard response time and manner of response. At the NSC and at many of your locations, we use a standard of calling as soon as possible but no later than a twenty four hour period accompanied by an email.
Report back. The goal of this system is to make it easy for the Network to record and report on lead activity. The NSC asks you to simply use the reply button on the original lead for this purpose, in this way; we will be able to measure the success of our marketing programs.
Through this repeatable process we can build on our success and continuously drive efficiency and revenue for all of us.
JANUARY 2012
Transportation Reauthorization Bills - email from Janet Froetscher Click here to view a sample email being sent to NSC Transportation safety advocates the week of January 23, 2012.
We received an email from Lee Anne Jilling, deputy director of OSHA's Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs which included an article entitled "What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You: The Dangers of Hair Smoothers for Salon Workers and Owners."
We would like to share this article with you.
January 13, 2012
Final Questionnaire 2011 Customer Service Satisfaction Survey
2011 Customer Satisfaction Report
Customer Satisfaction Addendum
2011 Customer Service Satisfaction PowerPoint
Overall Satisfaction charts
Open ended comments
January 04, 2012
Introduction letter of Todd Lafayette, Court Sales Representative, National Safety Council
DECEMBER 2011
Please follow the instructions below to listen to the most recent Executive Committee conference call dated December 14, 2011:
Playback via the Internet
1. Click on the link below or paste the entire URL into your browser: http://www2.eintercall.com/moderator/presentation/Playback?id=fa4707b0-05ce-4c63-8c9d-403b2672e799.rpm
2. At the prompt, enter your name and email address.
3. Click "Submit". The playback will begin.
Playback by Phone
1. To access the conference specified above, dial the phone number shown below according to your locale.
US/Canada - 888-899-7904
International/Local - 706-679-5560
2. At the prompt, enter the Playback ID shown above followed by the pound sign (#).
3. The playback will begin.
The following keypad commands are available during the conference playback:
3 Fast forward 30 seconds
7 Rewind 30 seconds
# Pause/Resume playback
* Exit playback
December 09, 2011
Up and Away and Out of Sight
Here is information about new CDC campaign to prevent child medication poisoning (overdoses). We plan on posting a link to campaign on our poison prevention page. The page went live with campaign info on Monday afternoon. READ MORE...
December 07, 2011
On Tuesday, December 6 The Allstate Foundation, in conjunction with NSC, released a report entitled “License to Save” which included some never released national and state statistics. The report finds that if all states implemented comprehensive graduated driver licensing (GDL) laws, an estimated 2,000 lives could be saved. Further, if all 50 states were to enact comprehensive GDL laws, it could generate savings of $13.6 billion per year. Because state specific statistics will also be released, there is a possibility that NSC Chapters may receive calls from local media.
Here are links to the final documentation:
License to Save press release
Allstate Foundation License to Save Report
Final License to Save Q&A
One of the parking lot items from the Chapter Network meeting in Philadelphia was general commission parameters regarding our Employee Perception Surveys. This communication defines those parameters.
Chapter's commission on Employee Perception Surveys shall be 20% of the gross revenue from a new sale sold in Chapter’s territory when the Chapter closes a sale and presents it to the NSC for fulfillment. When the Chapter closes a renewal sale and presents it to the NSC for fulfillment, the Chapter's commission shall be 10% of the gross revenue. READ MORE...
NOVEMBER 2011
November 30, 2011
Click here for a list of the copyright dates for the OSHA Compliance series. Allstate releasing state estimates of impact of GDL
On Tuesday, December 6 The Allstate Foundation, in conjunction with NSC, is releasing a report entitled “License to Save” which will include some never released national and state statistics. The report finds that that if all states implemented comprehensive graduated driver licensing (GDL) laws, an estimated 2,000 lives could be saved. Further, if all 50 states were to enact comprehensive GDL laws, it could generate savings of $13.6 billion per year. Because state specific statistics will also be released, there is a possibility that NSC Chapters may receive calls from local media.
Please join John Ulczycki for a conference call on Monday, December 5 at 10:30 a.m. Central time to bring you up to speed on the report, the findings and anticipated questions from media. You will receive additional materials to review before the call. Call-in information is below.
Conference call information:
Dial in number: 1.866.448.4318
Conference code: 4724523445
Meet your Executive Committee!
November 16, 2011
The purpose of the Executive Committee is to represent the interests of Chapters and serve as liaisons to help communicate information between the National Safety Council and the Network. The Network is guided by an Executive Committee of nine executives with varied years of experience. Each spring, the full slate of Executive Committee members is presented to the Network for acceptance. READ MORE...
Click on the links below for details and background information requested during the 2011 fall Chapter Network meeting:
FY11 Impact by program
FY11 Lives Saved-Injuries prevented
On Sunday, October 30th, in conjunction with Congress, the DDC Group hosted a new event - the DDC Program User's Forum. The goal of this event was to allow our network of DDC Training Centers to exchange information with and learn from other DDC users. Two Chapters participated as presenters at the forum - the Safety Council of Central & Western New York and National Safety Council, Nebraska. Many, many thanks to Irene Scruton and Bill Mulherin who shared stories of their successes with Alive at 25 and DDC 8/6. READ MORE...
November 11, 2011
With the recent revision of the Team Safety, Ergonomics, Safety Inspections and Incident Investigations each Chapter will receive one Facilitator Guide for each of these courses free of charge. The changes in these one-day courses will not force any immediate content changes for the ASC courses. We are formulating a plan for updating the 4-day ASC classes and the remaining one-day course, Job Safety Analysis. As always, the Chapter Network will be informed of planned updates once we have them determined.
OCTOBER 2011
October 19, 2011
The Fall Chapter meeting is just around the corner. Links to the presentations are listed below. We will not be sending hardcopies of the materials to Philadelphia. Please download and bring copies with you if you'd like them.
Also below are the Future Trends White Papers for your reference.
2011 Chapter meeting presentations
Future trends that NSC is considering as part of our new strategic planning process which we will tie to our 100 year anniversary:
White Papers
Final agenda The 2012 DDC Catalogs have been mailed!
From the desk of Debra Cortell
Product Line Manager, Defensive Driving Courses
National Safety Council
1121 Spring Lake Drive
Itasca, IL 60143
630-775-2130
debra.cortell@nsc.org
Please let me know if you have not received your shipment of Catalogs.
It has come to my attention that the product numbers listed in the 2012 DDC Catalog for DDC Attitudinal Dynamics of Driving and Attitudinal Dynamics of Driving for Young Adult course guides are incorrect. Click here for pages 10-11 containing the correct product numbers.
In addition, the 2012 General Materials Catalog contains an incorrect product number for the DDC Professional Truck Driver Facilitator Kit (pg. 35) and DDC Attitudinal Dynamics of Driving for Young Adults courses guides (pg 63). Those product numbers have been corrected.
You can also view online versions of all catalogs at the NSC website.
If you have any questions regarding the DDC Catalog or any DDC product, please do not hesitate to contact me.
October 12, 2011
Here’s the e-mail that Chapters can send out to their members and/or DDC prospects for the DDC Catalog.
Instead of a link to the NSC Chapter Directory, individual Chapters can replace this URL with a link to their website or a Chapter e-mail address.
October 05, 2011
The one-day ASC courses have undergone a refresh. While this is not a full revision it has been updated to a make sure they are technically correct and have proper logos and branding. The new materials will be available to order on Oct 31, 2011. In order to make the transition go smoothly we will have the current material available on an as-needed basis. Please contact your Chapter liaison for further details.
SEPTEMBER 2011
September 28, 2011
Click here to view Janet Froetscher’s keynote address to the opening session of the Governors Highway Safety Association annual meeting.
The theme of the speech is “Business Leadership of Safety Culture”. In the speech, Janet draws comparisons between safety culture at work and on our roads.
September 21, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Hauppauge, New York
Cost: Free
Safe teen drivers don't just happen.
At the NSC Forum to Keep Teen Drivers Alive, your peers in safety, education and law enforcement will share their success stories on how they were able to reduce motor vehicle teen fatalities in their communities by implementing Alive at 25.
"Through the active involvement of our schools, police departments, community groups and corporate sponsors, we have reduced teen driving collision numbers in New Jersey by 10,000 crashes over five years. Alive at 25 is the key component of this effort." William Margaretta, Executive Director, New Jersey State Safety Council
The National Safety Council applauds the National Transportation Safety Board recommendation to ban all cell phone use, both handheld and hands-free, by commercial motor vehicle drivers (except in emergencies). This ban is one of 15 new safety recommendations issued by NTSB this week.
The call for a cell phone ban for commercial drivers follows the investigation of a March 2010 crash involving an 18-wheel semi truck. The truck driver was cited with distraction from cell phone use as the probable cause of the crash that killed 11 people. The investigation found the truck driver had used his cell phone 69 times in the 24 hours prior to the crash, and four calls were made in the minutes leading up to the collision. READ MORE...
September 14, 2011
Click to view the latest Green Cross Quarterly: http://list.nsc.org/membersonly/index.php/development/mail/
September 08, 2011
Here are links to a few articles in Saflety + Health:
Ten years after the tragedy (intro) http://www.nsc.org/safetyhealth/Pages/911TenYearsLater.aspx
Rescuing the rescuers (about 9/11 worker health problems) http://www.nsc.org/safetyhealth/Pages/911RescuingTheRescuers.aspx
Overcoming a stalemate (on chemical plant safety regs) http://www.nsc.org/safetyhealth/Pages/911OvercomingAStalemate.aspx
AUGUST 2011
August 31, 2011
A big Thank You to David Henderson, Larry Kingston and the Chapter Network Executive Committee for creating a new National level award for NSC Chapters, which will replace the Outstanding Chapter Awards Program. This award has concise, measurable areas of achievement, is simple to monitor progress and will be awarded without Chapters having to apply. To be considered, Chapters cannot be on probation and must be current with their required annual submissions.
Click here to view the criteria.
August 30, 2011
On September 6 NSC will launch "Understanding Distracted Driving" a 12 segment video series that answers the most frequently asked questions about distracted driving. The videos can be viewed via YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL337F74DED367FDE7
NSC encourages businesses to help spread the message that cell phone use while driving can be a deadly combination. Businesses can post the videos to their intranet or website, help promote via social media, and encourage employees to share the videos with their loved ones. To download the videos, please visit:
http://downloads.nsc.org/UnderstandingDistractedDrivingVideoSeries/
A press release will be going out September 6. A final copy will be posted when it is available.
August 25, 2011
We updated the sell sheets for Family Safety & Health magazine.
Please feel free to email this out to your Family Safety & Health prospects.
Hurricane Irene is currently a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and is located in the area of the Bahamas. The latest forecast calls for it to possibly strengthen today and tomorrow and pass well offshore of the east coast of central and north Florida. Although there are a number of different computer models showing its track, most forecasts project it to “brush” the North Carolina coast this weekend and then head directly up to New England.
Under this scenario, the mid Atlantic region is forecast to receive high winds and a substantial amount of rain beginning as early as Saturday afternoon and continuing throughout Sunday. For your information, the building is doing the following in preparation:
• Checking the exterior of the roof and perimeter of the building to ensure nothing is loose that could blow around and cause damage;
• Checking to ensure that all roof, garage/driveway, and other drains are clear;
• Verifying that sump pumps are operational and not impaired;
• Checking to ensure that adequate tools & supplies (e.g. wet vacs, floor fans, dehumidifiers) are operational and ready to go;
• Checking the emergency generator to ensure it is fueled and ready to operate if needed.
We’ll keep an eye on the forecast throughout the day & tomorrow and provide updates as conditions warrant.
August 24, 2011
As part of the Council’s ongoing efforts to save lives and prevent injuries, we are continually examining the best sources of revenue to fund our impact areas while wisely managing our resources. We have decided to close the Chapter’s in Kentucky, Orlando, and Dallas. We know that this is a big change. It will be difficult for all of us. The last day of operation for the three offices will be Monday, September 5. We thank our colleagues in these offices for their hard work and dedication to the Council’s mission. READ MORE...
August 16, 2011
This past week OSHA gave final approval to the following two NSC-OSHA Alliance fact sheets:
Fact Sheet 2 focused on effective powered industrial truck training.
Fact Sheet 3 (final) focused on protecting workers on foot in road construction work zones.
The fact sheets will soon be posted to the OSHA-NSC and NSC-OSHA Alliance websites.
Per Chapter Network request, we are providing copies of any products that the Council develops as part of our Alliance with OSHA. Please note that all products created as part of the Alliance program must be made available to the public free of charge.
August 10, 2011
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $1 million in safety and health training grants to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines. The Brookwood-Sago grants program was established through a provision in the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, and fiscal year 2011 funding will target the development and implementation of training and training materials for mine emergency preparedness as well as mine emergency prevention in underground mines.
http://www.msha.gov/MEDIA/PRESS/2011/NR110803.asp
http://www.msha.gov/MEDIA/PRESS/2011/NR110803.asp
August 03, 2011
The National Safety Council has partnered with First Student, the largest provider of student transportation services in North America, to share important back-to-school safety information with the public. Millions of students will head back to school in the next month, along with thousands of school buses. All motorists should know how to safely share the roads with school buses, pedestrians and bicyclists. It also is a good time for parents and children to talk about how to stay safe at school.
NSC and First Student have provided fact sheets and a video covering important safety topics, such as: driving tips for motorists, bus safety, pedestrian safety, bicycling safety, backpack safety, playground safety and bullying.
For more information on back-to-school safety, visit nsc.org/back2school.
From the desk of
John Ulczycki
Group Vice President - Strategic Initiatives
I want to share some exciting news out of the U.S. Capitol. We have made significant progress in having National Safety Council strategic initiatives included in Federal legislation. And each of us can take pride in what the entire NSC team has done to achieve this progress.
One of the key elements of our teen driving safety strategy is to get a Federal law passed encouraging states to enact Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) laws. Last week, the Chairman of the Republican-majority House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Congressman John Mica (Florida), issued the committee’s blueprint for the Reauthorization of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The Chairman said that the committee’s bill, when issued, will include incentives to states to enact comprehensive GDL laws. This morning, the Senate Commerce Committee chose to include similar GDL language in its proposed bill. We have now achieved, for the first time, support from a Republican-majority House committee and a Democrat-majority Senate committee to provide incentives to states to enact GDL legislation. READ MORE...
August 02, 2011
The latest programs to hit the shelf are NSC Spanish First Aid, CPR & AED and NSC Advanced First Aid, CPR & AED. Pediatric First Aid, CPR and AED will be available on August 10th. Order now and take advantage of launch pricing before it expires. Click here for pricing.
New Online Grandfathering Application
We have created a new online grandfathering application. This interactive tool will allow new instructors, who are qualified to grandfather in, the ability to submit their application and credentials through an online form. https://www.nsc.org/forms/NSC_First_Aid_Instructor.aspx
Candidate Instructor Enrollment in DDC Instructor Development Courses
To: National Safety Council Chapters
From: James A. Solomon,
Defensive Driving Courses, Program Development and Training Director
Date: August 3, 2011
RE: Candidate Instructor Enrollment in DDC Instructor Development Courses
In the last few months there have been incidents involving improper IDC enrollments. We all need to remain vigilant in following and maintaining our integrity. A loss of a state regulated program can have a devastating impact on the Chapter, training center and the NSC.READ MORE...
JULY 2011
July 20, 2011
The past several months exciting information has been relayed about the NSC Navigator product.
As has been conveyed through webinars and other means, the NSC Navigator is a secure, Web solution that will revolutionize the way your customers manage their safety systems and improvement process. Based on trusted National Safety Council content and powered by patented ICertainty technology, this effective new tool is more secure, accurate, efficient and up-to-the-minute than anything in the marketplace today. READ MORE...
July 13, 2011
Do you fully understand the dangers of cell phone use while driving?
Do your coworkers and loved ones understand the dangers they put themselves and others in when engaging in this behavior? READ MORE...
July 12, 2011
From the desk of Irene Srcuton
President, Safety Council of Central and Western NY
This afternoon the Governor in New York signed the law making it a primary offense to use an electronic device in the vehicle. Law enforcement can now pull you over if they see you using the cell phone and ticket you.
The law’s focus was to stop texting. The law also upped the penalty for the ticket to 3 points.
No Place to Hang Out: The Danger of Oil Sites
"No Place to Hang Out" tells the tragic story of Devon Byrd and Wade White, two Mississippi teenagers who were killed October 31, 2009, in an oil tank explosion.
The CSB, which conducts scientific and technical investigations of chemical accidents at fixed facilities, is nearing the completion of a study of three recent accidents at these facilities in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. This study, which also includes an historical overview of comparable accidents over the past 30 years in which 44 fatalities and 27 injuries occurred in 26 separate incidents at similar facilities, represents a slightly different focus than a typical CSB investigation in that members of the public, all teens and young adults under age 25, were fatally or seriously injured in these accidents. In advance of the study, the CSB has released a video that highlights this public health issue which is available for viewing on its website:
http://www.csb.gov/videoroom/detail.aspx?vid=43&F=0&CID=1&pg=1&F_All=y
July 06, 2011
We have created a new online grandfathering application. This interactive tool will allow new instructors, who are qualified to grandfather in, the ability to submit their application and credentials through an online form. https://www.nsc.org/forms/NSC_First_Aid_Instructor.aspx
READ MORE...
JUNE 2011
June 29, 2011
Click here for information pertaining to the annual Susan Harwood Grant process.
In the past, several Chapters have benefited through these grant awards and we encourage interested Chapters to pursue this grant opportunity individually.
June 15, 2011
to all of the Chapters for their understanding and patience during our process revamping of the fulfillment of your Instructor Cards and TC Agreements. We would like to share the following information with you:
• Turnaround expectations are currently at 10 – 13 business days from the time we receive your information to when your cards/agreements are delivered. Please note that incorrect or missing information may delay the turnaround time. Our next goal is to shorten this time to 10 business days or less.
• Each Chapter should receive on a weekly basis a bundled package which includes a generic letter, instructor cards, and agreements.
• We are currently working on adding the expiration date to the agreements to assist in your management of your training centers.
• It is highly recommended that when suitable, to email your basic renewals directly to orderentry@nsc.org for faster processing.
We continue to work on improving our processes to provide more efficient, timely and accurate products and services to you. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact pam.johnson@nsc.org or cathy.milley@nsc.org as we appreciate your feedback.
June 13, 2011
Dave Teater recorded the top 12 FAQs around distracted driving and we’ve made them into a video series called “Understanding Distracted Driving.” The videos are approximately 2 – 3 minutes each. They are being provided to our members only beginning July 27 via the member National Safety Month page. They will remain member exclusive for 2 months. NSC will issue a national release on Sept 5 announcing their availability to the public. READ MORE...
June 10, 2011
The Chapters can now access the First Aid Instructor Resource Center even if they are not instructors. READ MORE...
June 08, 2011
Click here for the latest Green Cross Quarterly.
June 02, 2011
They are out of a number of Safety / PPE items plus there are additional items on the list. The safety items are highlighted in blue, but they are thankful for any item that you may be able to donate. Attached is a list of needs at this time. List of items.
Joplin has 2000 workers on site everyday. Anything is helpful to the relief effort.
Donations need to be shipped to AmeriCorps Aviation Warehouse. Click here for shipping instructions.
For other needs we suggest that you contact the Red Cross and Convoy of Hope.
MAY 2011
May 25, 2011
Joplin needs...
The time to take advantage of launch pricing on the first four programs of the 2011 program launch is almost over. Buy now and save!
As a reminder all current instructors will need to purchase new teaching materials, which have been updated with the 2010 CPR and ECC Guidelines.
NSC First Aid, CPR & AED Launch Pricing
READ MORE...
May 04, 2011
News from Luke George
Senior Government Relations Manager
National Safety Council
This past week OSHA gave final approval to the NSC-OSHA Alliance fact sheet focused on pedestrian safety around power industrial trucks. The fact sheet will soon be posted to the OSHA-NSC and NSC-OSHA Alliance websites. Per Chapter Network request, we are providing copies of any products that the Council develops as part of our Alliance with OSHA. Please note that all products created as part of the Alliance program must be made available to the public free of charge.
The NSC is also in the process of finalizing two additional Alliance fact sheets focused on powered industrial truck operator training and preventing backovers in highway construction work zones. We hope to have OSHA approval for these fact sheets in the next couple of months. Copies of these fact sheets will be shared with you once they are approved by OSHA.
APRIL 2011
April 27, 2011
Click here to view the most recent First Aid Instructor Newsletter. First Aid Instructor Resource Center
The First Aid Instructor Portal will officially be moved over to http://www.nsc.org as of Wednesday, April 27th. It is now called the First Aid Instructor Resource Center and will be located under Safety at Work. When the instructors attempt to log on to the old site, they will be automatically redirected to the new site.
There are many pages that are viewable to the general public, however, there are pages that are restricted only to authorized instructors. In order to access these restricted pages, they will have to register on to nsc.org with their instructor number. If they are already registered on the NSC homepage with their instructor number, they will not have to register again. If they have registered before but did not use their instructor number, then they will have to update their profile with their instructor number.
Also, the registration process has changed. Registrations now will go directly through Vision and we will not be activating each person individually. Therefore, if they are not coded in Vision as being an active First Aid instructor or if their credentials have expired, they will not be allowed to enter the restricted pages.
If there are any questions, please contact Kathy
Safranek.
Urgent Call for 2010 DDC catalogs
DDC is completely out of stock of our 2010 (DDC) Catalog, prod # 00008-1670. It’s the one with the blue cover.
If any of our NSC Chapter locations (company-owned or Independent) or remote offices, Customer Service or Sales staff have extra catalogs that they are willing to return, I will be very happy to accept them back. Please send them to Debra Cortell.
April 13, 2011
Thank you to everyone for your attendance at the Chapter Spring Meeting held last week at the NSC office in Itasca, Illinois. The meeting was well attended with 23 chapters being represented. A special thanks goes to Debora Biggs – Ozarks, Larry Kingston – Northern Ohio, Bob Parenti – Utah, and Debbie Ashford - North Carolina, for your “Chapter Spotlight” best practice segments. READ MORE...
MARCH 2011
March 29, 2011
National Safety Council & The Allstate Foundation
You’ve read something about them… You’ve heard something about them… What are they? What are they doing? Who’s doing what? What’s being accomplished? READ MORE...
March 09, 2011
There is a new interactive course description list for Workplace Online Training. The embedded bookmarks will make it easier to search and locate what you need. Weekly First Aid Update - March 9, 2011
As a reminder the First Aid Transition Tool Kit will be sent out to all current instructors. This toolkit includes the following information:
2010 Guidelines Overview
2010 Changes in First Aid, CPR and AED
Course Completion Card Template
Sample course Completion Card
Language for Course Completion Card
Transition Presentation
Transition Order Form
Your instructor lists have been sent out following the webinar. Please remember that the pre-launch price is only available until March 31. The earlier you order the more you save.
Please help us keep in touch with instructors by obtaining email addresses for them and including them on the paperwork you submit. We send the instructor newsletter and other marketing materials to all instructors with emails on file.
Alive @ 25® Online Parent Program
NSC will process all Alive at 25 Online Parent Programs inquiries that are associated with any High School, University and or PTA. If any of these institutions listed contractually agree to participate in the Online Parent Program retail site and revenue is generated from this relationship, the chapter, which houses this relationship within their territory, will receive their commissions based on contractual agreement with NSC. Please note, because of the unique fundraising program for which the institution will get $5.00 from each registration, the commissions paid to the chapter will be $2.99 (20% on the net of $14.95) on each paid on-line parent program registration generated from this program.
FEBRUARY 2011
February 21, 2011
One of the To Dos from the Chapter Fall meeting is “sharing The Life Saved Model with the Chapters”. Click here to view the most current data.
February 15, 2011
Groundbreaking initiative brings teen motor vehicle crash stories together to educate the public
Itasca, IL – This Valentine’s Day, the National Safety Council announces its HEARTS Network – Honoring Everyone Affected, Rallying The Survivors – a groundbreaking initiative that will gather stories of crashes involving teen drivers from around the United States. HEARTS will build a community for individuals and families who can play a critical role in influencing behaviors, changing beliefs and impacting teen driving to make our roads safer and save lives.
Here is the link to the HEARTS program: http://www.nsc.org/Pages/IntroducingtheHEARTSNetwork.aspx
February 09, 2011
OSHA 10/30 Hour Training
NSC® Online OSHA 10/30 Hour Training is the most efficient way to earn OSHA-accepted Department of Labor cards! Tailor the online training by choosing your own electives and optional CEU credits. Interactive learning and video segments improve retention, while 24/7 U.S. based technical support is there to answer all your questions. You can even track employee progress and view scores through the learning management system. NSC Members save 20%.
We are officially launching Workplace Online Training powered by Summit on Monday February 14th with an e-bulletin highlighting OSHA 10/30 online.
February 03, 2011
The new Sales Resource Kit for Online Training is now at the printer and should be ready to ship next week. If you’d like a printed version you can order it through Customer Service at (800) 621-7619 or customerservice@nsc.org. The product code is 00004-9010. You can also download an electronic version today. The guide is meant to be a reference guide used to satisfy the needs of a lot of people including, Customer Service, Sales, COCs, Independent Chapters and Summit. This Volume Purchase Worksheet(VPW) that should be filled out when processing an order.
We are officially launching Workplace Online Training powered by Summit on Monday February 14th with an e-bulletin highlighting OSHA 10/30 online. If you would like to launch your own campaign during the same timeframe, and you would like some standardized copy please e-mail Felipe at felipe.reyes@nsc.org
JANUARY 2011
Based on directives received last year from OSHA’s Directorate of Training and Education – NSC can no longer post or promote OSHA courses outside of our own region (Region 5 – the National Safety Education Center/”NSEC”) on the public pages of our website, nsc.org. READ MORE...
January 18, 2011
With funding from The Allstate Foundation, NSC is building a database of victims of crashes that involve teen drivers. If you or someone you know was involved in a teen driver crash, please contact Charlene Sligting-Doud, the Council’s Victim Advocate.
The victim database will help build the NSC Speakers Bureau, a groundbreaking initiative that seeks to give victims of teen driver crashes the tools they need to become public faces of teen driver safety. Contact Charlene to be part of this landmark group.
The new Michigan BDIC (Basic Driver Improvement Course) is now live. The state is mailing letters to those who should be taking the program.
The Michigan BDIC is DDC-6. There is a required state reporting system to be used by approved users. The instructors must be trained in MI in a 3 day DDC-6 Instructor Development Course. (We are working with the two MI based Chapters to do the instructor training.)
Please check closely to ensure that no one wishing to teach in MI gets enrolled in your upcoming DDC-8/6 Instructor Development Courses. All Training Center and instructor questions should be sent to Karol Haynes at the NSC Data Management Center in Syracuse, NY to ensure that all training centers and instructors are properly registered with the state of MI.
Click here to view the current First Aid Instructor Newsletter.
January 05, 2011
The NSC new Board Chair, Kent McElhattan, is available to attend your annual conferences, banquets, or events. If you are interested in asking Kent to be your event keynote speaker, please contact Jackie DeCicco to discuss additional details. READ MORE...
DECEMBER 2010
December 01, 2010
The 2010 NSC Annual Report is now available -- click here to view/download.
NOVEMBER 2010
November 10, 2010
The NSC Library, staffed by professional librarians, is the most comprehensive library dealing with safety at home, at work and on the road. It is recognized by government agencies, universities and research organizations as a primary source of information. Most of the NSC Library services are free to NSC members and available to nonmembers for a fee. Services found to be very valuable by members and non members alike include:
• Targeted searching of the library's collection
• Referrals to experts for specialized information
• Assistance in locating Internet safety resources
When needed, you or your members can access more than 171,000 books, research reports and articles from reputable sources. Documents cover a wide range of safety and health topics including but not limited to:
• Safety management programs
• Compliance and regulations
• Training
• Statistics
• Best practices
For additional information or to talk with an NSC professional librarian, please call, e-mail, or visit in person. Library hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. CST. Call direct at (630) 775-2199 or e-mail at library@nsc.org
November 09, 2010
At the request of the Chapters, listed below are the links to the marketing pieces used for 2010 Congress READ MORE...
Market Segmentation Videos
At the request of the Chapters during the 2010 fall meeting, listed below are the links to the marketing segmentation videos:
KILTS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2gyy2oK3IA&feature=related
BEST BUY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aICIVOl3JU
OCTOBER 2010
October 20, 2010
An Action Plan that Benefits Your Employees and the Bottom Line
Please watch your mail for a complimentary copy of The Executive’s Guide to Safety: An Action Plan that Benefits Your Employees and the Bottom Line. The Executive’s Guide addresses all the components of a Safety Management System and explains why an effective Safety Management System is critical to the success of any organization. The Executive’s Guide will help HR professionals and all levels of management customize, implement, maintain, and improve your organization’s overall safety culture.
To order additional copies of the Executive’s Guide please contact Customer Service at 800-621-7619.
Product #: 12228-0000
Pricing:
Member Non-Member
1-9 39.00 50.70
10-49 37.05 48.15
50+ 35.10 45.60
SEPTEMBER 2010
September 15, 2010
As you know, the National Safety Council has partnered with Summit Training Source to deliver an interactive online training curriculum. NSC will offer Summit’s online OSHA 10- and 30- hour training for general industry and construction, as well as Summit’s entire library of interactive online compliance training courses.
Summit also will develop new online training curriculum for NSC, as well as convert current NSC training content to a web-based format. Benefits of online training include 24/7 global availability, self-paced learning, and cost savings through a reduction in travel expenses and training time.
Summit’s online offerings will be showcased at the Resource Center, booth 4007, during the upcoming Congress and Expo.
If you were unable to participate in either of the webinars, please click on either of the links below to listen to a recording. You only need to listen to one webinar as the content is the same for both – just different chapters in attendance. You may also view the PowerPoint presentation by clicking here.
appearance” today as our weekly showcase to re-emphasize the importance of the impact we have made and the impact we continue to make by keeping the results of the BCG work at the forefront of our activities. READ MORE...