INDEX: May 2014
This month we profile two innovative businesses. Our cover story features Artistic Stone Design, a thriving company operating in the Richmond, Virgina area. Their business strategy and marketing efforts have been so successful for them that larger companies should pay attention: here is someone doing things right. We also feature BCD Management, and their creative and innovative use of simple technology to solve an age-old problem with wet stone surfaces: slip prevention. We present the incomparable work of master carver Daniel Sinclair as our Profiles in Sculpture this month, and conclude the MIA Pinnacle Awards. We have a lot of good advice to share this month on the value of motivating and training – with thanks to our many special contributors. Send your letters and comments to publisher@slipperyrockgazette.net. – Larry Hood, Editor
May 2014 Issue Articles
Artistic Stone Design Rocks the Richmond, Virgina Market, by Peter J. Marcucci
Some Guys Have All the Luck
Be Thinking About New Hires and Training Resources, by Tony Malisani
Slip Protection with Style: The Core of BCD Management Surface Specialist, Inc., Joel Davis
Samy Beshara of Marmi Natural Stone Named MIA Natural Stone Craftsman of the Year
MIA Releases 2013 Benchmarking Survey
Wake Up and Smell the Bacon
The NKBA Announces the Release of the 2nd Edition Kitchen & Bath Design Book
Hanley Wood Exhibitions Announces “Best of Show” Award Recipients at The International Surface Event 2014
Want Accountability? Look in the Mirror First!, by Richard Pierce Thomas
Stone Forensics to Offer Stone Inspectors Program in Florida
Upcoming Training Opportunities at Braxton-Bragg
Del Conca USA Brings Italian Tile Technology to Rural East Tennessee, by Joel Davis
Don’t You Judge Me
From the Mouths of Babes, by Sam Venable
Sports Quote of the Month
Burger King Baby Finds Her Mom
Equipment (Alone) Can’t Save You, by Aaron J. Crowley
Acme Brick Tile & Stone First to Distribute DC USA Tile
Stones of the World: The Timeless Colors of Greece, by Peter J. Marcucci
The Stone Detective, by Frederick M. Hueston, PhD
Getting Your Employees to Commit to Customer Service, by Bill Sims, Jr.
Restoration & Maintenance Corner, by Bob Murrell
The Slippery Rock Classifieds
MIA Releases Two New Radon/Radiation Studies
Jésus González III Receives 2013 Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement
Introducing Aqua Art™ Mosaic Tiles Developed for the Pool & Spa Industry
The Varmint County Chronicles, by Boomer Winfrey
2013 MIA Pinnacle Awards, Part 2
Profiles in Sculpture: A Lineage of Images by Artist Daniel Sinclair, by Peter J. Marcucci
A Papal Prize
2014 Pinnacle Awards Entry Forms Now Available
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