Session to be offered on communication

HUNTINGTON -- The Barboursville Rotary Club is offering an informational fundraising seminar on the topic of how to better communicate and deal with people.

Proceeds will go toward the Rotary Community Charity Fund. The ActionCOACH seminar, presented by business coach Dave Beam, is entitled, Think Communication: It's Not What You Say, It's What They Hear. During the event, Beam will demonstrate a simple but effective model to evaluate and improve communication in both business and personal relationships. The seminar will start at 6 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, in the HIMG Regional Medical Center conference room. Networking and heavy Hors doeuvres start at 5:15 p.m.

Beam has more than 20 years business experience and coached more than 100 local businesses in the areas of marketing, business growth, time management, finance, and team communication.

Seating is limited, and advance reservations are required. The cost to attend is $50 per person with complete proceeds benefitting the Barboursville Rotary Community Charity Fund. Major sponsors at this time include Huntington Internal Medicine Group, The First State Bank of Barboursville, The Fyffe Jones Group, State Electric, and Wyngate Senior Living Community.

OLBH to recognize hospital volunteers

Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital is celebrating National Volunteer Week, April 18-24, by hosting an appreciation luncheon for its volunteers Thursday, April 22, at the Bellefonte Country Club.

The hospital offers many opportunities for community members to volunteer in assisting the hospital. Volunteers contributed more than 18,000 hours to the hospital during the last year in a variety of areas, including the gift shop, outpatient surgery waiting area, information desk, surgery and Intensive Care Unit waiting areas, couriers and auxiliary fundraising.

Volunteers will be awarded pins recognizing their total hours of volunteer time at OLBH during the luncheon. For more information about becoming a hospital volunteer, please call Serey at 606-833-3653.

Edward Jones No. 2 in 'Best Companies' list

The financial-services firm Edward Jones ranked No. 2 on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For 2010." It's the company's 11th year on the list, according to a press release from financial advisors in the Huntington area.

Edward Jones also ranked No. 1 for large-sized companies. The full list and related stories appear in the Feb. 8 issue of FORTUNE, available on newsstands Jan. 25 and currently at www.fortune.com/bestcompanies.

Edward Jones' FORTUNE rankings include top 10 finishes for eight years and consecutive No. 1 rankings in 2002 and 2003. This is the firm's second consecutive year in the No. 2 spot.

FORTUNE editors wrote: "The investment adviser weathered the recession without closing one of its 12,615 offices or laying off a single employee. Salaries were frozen, but profit sharing continued."

The "100 Best Companies to Work For," are chosen by FORTUNE with the help of the Great Place to Work Institute, a global research and consulting firm with offices in 30 countries, which conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. Two-thirds of a company's score is based on the survey, sent to randomly selected employees. The survey asks questions related to employees' attitudes about the management's credibility, job satisfaction and camaraderie. The remaining third is based on a company's responses to the Institute's Culture Audit questionnaire, which asks detailed questions about demographics, pay and benefits, and open-ended questions about hiring, communication and diversity.

Edward Jones also ranked No. 1 in Registered Rep. magazine's annual survey of the nation's five largest financial services firms, according to Soudeh Shamshiri, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Huntington. The magazine randomly selects financial advisors nationwide and asks them to rank their firms in various categories.

Edward Jones' overall score was 9.4 out of 10 possible points. The overall average for all firms was 7.6. The firm scored highest in all of the 17 categories ranked, including overall work environment and compensation, senior management, overall ethics and public image.

New wireless store opens in Huntington

HUNTINGTON -- A new wireless store opened its doors last month on 8th Avenue.

ICU Wireless/Krunk'D UPSoundz is now open at 2545 8th Avenue in Huntington, selling Pageplus Cellular cell phones, which is a pre-paid cell phone service with nationwide coverage. It offers all customers unlimited talk and text for $39.95 a month with no contracts, no credit checks and no deposits. Customers can transfer their numbers and in some cases use their own phone.

ICU Wireless also offers TOP UP Minutes for 50 other prepaid companies, and also may have prepaid and post-paid Dish Network.

It's a World Telecom Group Agent, and has several offerings for business packages as well, including voice, data, teleconferencing and cost containment.

A subsidiary of ICU Wireless is Krunk'D UPSoundz, which offers car audio products, including stereos, amplifiers, flip-down and headrest TV monitors, Subwoofers and more.

For more information, visit the store or call Darryl Taylor at 304-300-1998.

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