Episode 233

7/10/25

Topic: Opportunities & Challenges for Pest Control Firms Today

Guest: Allie Allen, BCE, CAE, VP of Membership & Certifications for National Pest Management Association

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In this episode we discuss:

• Our sponsors Coalmarch by Workwave, PestSure & Voice for Pest

• PMP Industry Insiders Peer Groups

• Allie's background, including how she went from being an NPMA member to on the NPMA staff

• Her role and responsibilities at NPMA

• What she heard at the 2025 NPMA Executive Leadership Forum (ELF)

• The P3 session and industry survey by Steve Good, which showed the top issues are workforce, regulatory challenges, the general economy and insurance

• Takeaways from the economist who spoke at ELF

• Insights from panel discussions on workforce challenges

• NPMA's Workforce Development Program

• NPMA's DOD SkillBridge Program for military hiring

• A North Carolina county commission meeting where someone released bugs

  
  

Resources mentioned:

• PMP Industry Insiders Podcast Episode 227: QualityPro: Taking Your Company to the Next Level

• Economist who spoke at the Executive Leadership Forum: ITR Economics

• PMP Industry Insiders Podcast Episode 229 with Todd Burke: What's Trending in Commercial Insurance?

• NPMA membership information: npmapestworld.org and npmapestworld.org/associationpartners

• Upcoming NPMA events

• NPMA peer networking program: Hives

  
  

Notable: "Accept the reality: Plan for a more expensive workforce, plan for increased insurance costs, be creative... " —Allie Allen, NPMA

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