Hang Up for Employees

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Hang Up for Employees
International Symposium on Distracted
Driving October 14-15, 2008 John Kageorge, AMEC
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What is AMEC?

• AMEC is an international engineering and
• project management and firm.
• Worldwide.
• Responsibly.
• For the long term.

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Employee Communications Tips

• Grass roots participation
• Be clear
• Provide warning
• Demonstrate care
• Lead with passion
• Reflect corporate culture
• Inform others
• Remind

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Public Opinion Survey

• 90 state driving with a
• cellphone is dangerous
• Half state a ban would
• decrease productivity

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AMEC Employee Survey

• 1. Awareness of positive feedback
• Yes 73
• No 27
• 2. Feel that talking on a cell phone impacts
  drive safely?
• Yes 98
• No 2

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AMEC Employee Survey

• 5. Impacted your productivity?
• Increased 4
• Neutral 92
• Decreased 4
• 6. Impacted communications with office?
• Positive 9
• Neutral 86
• Negative 5

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AMEC Employee Survey

• 7. All responsible companies?
• Yes 96
• No 4
• 8. Competitors have edge?
• Strongly Agree 1
• Agree 10
• Disagree 63
• Strongly Disagree 27

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AMEC Employee Survey

• 9. Ban for new drivers?
• Yes 15
• No 85
• 10. Should it be against
• the law?
• Yes 67
• No 33

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2006 Coverage of AMECs Cellphone Ban

• 24 Hours
• Alberni Valley Times
• Arizona Republic
• ATV
• Bonnyville Nouvelle
• Broadcast News
• Burnaby Now
• Business in Vancouver
• Calgary Herald
• Calgary Sun
• Canadian HR Reporter
• Canadian Mining Journal
• canoe.ca
• Cariboo Press
• Cartt
• CBC Radio
• CBC TV

CFSK-TV CFTR Radio CFYK Radio CHAN-TV CHBC-TV CH
BX-TV CHCH-TV CHEK-TV CHQR Radio Chronicle-Journal
CHRO-TV CICI-TV CICT-TV CINW Radio CITO-TV CITY-T
V CIVI-TV CJBK Radio CJDC Radio CJMJ Radio CJOB
Radio CJOH-TV CJXL Radio CJXX Radio CKCO-TV CKLW
Radio CKMI-tv
CKNW Radio CKNY-TV CKRD-TV CKTB
Radio CKWS-TV CKWX Radio CKY TV Cochrane
Times Compare cellular Computing Canada Coquitlam
Now CPL Radio Cranbrook Daily Townsman CTV Daily
Herald-Tribune Daily News Edmonton
Journal Edmonton Sun Express News Global TV Globe
and Mail HTS Communications Interior
News Kamloops This Week Kelowna Capital
News Lethbridge Herald Mediacaster
Meridian Booster Metro Mission City
Record Monitor Today Nanaimo News Bulletin North
Thompson Star Journal Now Observer Ottawa
Citizen Ottawa Sun Outlook Prince George
Citizen Province Regina Leader-Post Regina
Sun Sudbury Star Teleco Telecom
Update Telegram The Maple Ridge News The Morning
Star The Record Times Colonist Tri-City
News Valley Views Waterloo Chronicle Workplace
Environmental Health Safety Reporter
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Questions?
John Kageorge, AMEC [phone] john.kageorge_at_a
mec.com
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Coalition for Cellphone-Free Driving

• Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti, Founder
• [phone]
• Louis.francescutti_at_ualberta.ca
• www.cellphonefreedriving.ca