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SkillTV  — New online TV show to highlight issues, challenges, and opportunities within the Maintenance Crisis, hosted by MPACT's Joel Leonard, the Maintenance Evangelist. Click on "View Channels" button at lower right of playback screen.
Power Pass Agreement  — Quantity Discount: send a few technicians to many classes for a fixed fee.
Company Pass Agreement  — Quantity Discount: send many technicians to a few classes each for a fixed fee.

Greensboro Information

Park Lane Hotel  — Ask for MPACT rate
Days Inn 
Best Western 
Drury Inn 
Ramada Inn and Conference Center 
Doubletree Hotel 
Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons 
Greensboro Area Attractions 

Maintenance Resources

Maintenance Crisis Resource Center  — Learn more about the Maintenance Crisis
Maintenance Focused Search Engine 
Focused Industrial Training  — Use State funds to pay for your training.
Reliabilityweb.com  — Terrence O'Hanlon, CMRP - Team Publisher
TPC Training Systems  — Self-study complementary to MPACT courses
Strategic Work Systems  — Bob Williamson - Strategic Work Systems’ crew chief
Plant Maintenance Resource Center 
Management Consultants in Maintenance - IDCON 
Joel Levitt  — Author and maintenance consultant
Life Cycle Engineering 
The Manufacturing Game 
Six Sigma Power 

Other Important Links

FM Analytics and ROI  — Strategic Measures, Inc.
Duckhouse Designs  — Our wonderful web site design team!

Maintenance Software

DPSI 
MicroMain Corporation 
TagLink MSS  — Maintenance Safety Software

Professional Associations

Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE) 
Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) 
Building Owners and Managers Institute (BOMI) 
International Facility Management Association (IFMA) 
Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) 

Maintenance Interviews

Black Issues Forum: UNC TV Online  — 27 minute RealVideo webcast; as Joel Leonard says, "I may not be black, but I have issues!"
NPR Interview with Joel Leonard, January 2006 
Joel Leonard's Second NPR Interview, 03/29/2005  — Huge File! Broadband only
DeferredMaintenAxe (mp3)  — Spoof commercial touting the benefits of deferred maintenance.
Joel Leonard's First NPR Interview, 05/18/2004  — Huge File! Broadband only

Technical Publications

Plant Services Magazine 
Industrial Maintenance and Plant Operations 
Plant Engineering Magazine at Manufacturing.net 
Uptime Magazine 
Reliability Magazine 
Maintenance Technology Magazine 
Reliable Plant 
The Maintenance Journal 

Maintenance Songs

“Heaven Help Us, We have a Maintenance Crisis” - Gospel Version of the Maintenance Crisis Song  — Written by Joel Leonard; Performed by Mary Stevens and The Miracle Makers
"There's a maintenance crisis, I reckon” - Bluegrass Version of the Maintenance Crisis Song  — Written by Joel Leonard; Performed by Maintenance Bluegrass Legends “Jim Eanes and the Squeaky Wheels”
The Maintenance Crisis Rock Version (mp3)  — Written by Joel Leonard; Performed by Barking Charlies
Maintenance Crisis Blues Version (mp3)  — Written by Joel Leonard; Performed by "2 CAN". Steve Cain/Vocals, Keyboards, & Terry VunCannon/Lap Steel Guitar, Guitar, Weissenborn Slide Guitar. Production & Mix by Steve Cain, Small Wonder Media Projects
Maintenance Crisis Reggae Version (mp3)  — Written by Joel Leonard; Performed by "2 CAN". Steve Cain/Vocals, Keyboards, & Terry VunCannon/Lap Steel Guitar, Guitar, Weissenborn Slide Guitar. Production & Mix by Steve Cain, Small Wonder Media Projects
Maintenance Crisis Operatic Version (mp3) Serious Crisis: The Fat Lady's Warming Up  — Written by Joel Leonard; Performed by David Holley; music by Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville
Maintenance Crisis Song - HipHop Version (mp3)  — Written by Joel Leonard, aka "The Maintenance Evangelist"; Performed by Triad’s Toolkit Kids, HVPA, Inc.
Maintenance Crisis Song - Original (slideshow/mp3)  — Written by Joel Leonard; performed by Harley and the Hot Spots
Maintenance Crisis Song - Funk Version (mp3)  — Written by Joel Leonard; performed by Barking Charlies
Find Me a Maintenance Woman (wma)  — Written by Joel Leonard, aka "The Maintenance Evangelist"; Performed by Shannon Gilbert of 80zenuff.com

"The society that scorns excellence in plumbing, because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy, because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy - neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."

John Gardner, Secretary of HEW


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