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Small motor carriers are, just by the nature of their business, isolated from the rest of the world. The long hours to plan and manage a small trucking operation leave very little time to improve business knowledge and skills. This is all true whether the motor carrier is a multi-truck operation or a single owner/operator with one tractor and one trailer.

In today’s trucking world, information is critically important for the small motor carrier to succeed in a highly competitive industry. Setting aside the time to go to seminars and workshops is too costly when the loss of revenue is added into the total. Even with the introduction of satellite radio, broadband internet, satellite communications and the cell phone, finding reliable trucking information has been difficult. The only time these small trucking company executives can gain knowledge to improve their trucking operations is on their own schedule and in small nuggets of time (twenty minutes to an hour) but which may be at odd points in their day.  The solution to this is through a P.O.L.A.R. (Professional Operators Learning And Resource) Club membership and I.C.E. (In-Cab Education)®.

Our focus at Write Up The Road is in providing practical, actionable knowledge and information to the nation’s trucking and logistics community. We look forward to working closely with [CORPORATE MEMBER] in providing not just the products and services small motor carriers require, but the resources they need to be truly successful in the business of trucking.

We’ve established partnerships with the University of Tennessee at Martin Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (REED) Center and Dyersburg State Community College's Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) to design programs, workshops and classes for drivers and small trucking companies. This assures every participant that the highest educational and professional standards are met.

What is I.C.E?
I.C.E. (In-Cab Education)® is a means to get information and knowledge to the small motor carrier executive and  owner/operator where he lives and works---his office or the cab of his truck. I.C.E. and the P.O.L.A.R. Club bring small trucking companies and their drivers a way to learn while they earn, enabling them to take advantage of non-productive periods to increase their business knowledge and skills.

The Corporate P.O.L.A.R. Club Group Membership

I.C.E. Workshops have been taught – and enthusiastically received – since April of 2006, via a phone conference bridge which brings audio education right to the motor carrier executive’s phone or his trucker’s cell phone. And it doesn’t matter what area of the country in which the trucking company or truck is currently located.  Hosted by Tim Brady, award-winning trucker and trucking journalist, the I.C.E. Workshops begin with a white paper report on the course’s topic. Then workshop participants join a round-table discussion approach to solving that particular trucking business problem.  Anywhere from four to eight workshops are presented monthly, with each recorded for later broadcast.

The best of these workshops are edited into 20-minute Knowledge Knuggets® mp3 audio downloads, available on our P.O.L.A.R. Club membership website. Listeners gain a quick piece of information to help solve the daily challenges of the trucking operation.

Other educational presentations are offered in one to five session courses in an online Audio/Power Point Classroom format. These courses can be accessed any time, 24/7, from the P.O.L.A.R Club website.  Topics range from taxes, safety, marketing, customer service, insurance, cash flow management, and many more. We will constantly be offering courses with trucking industry and business experts to explain the best practices within their area of knowledge.

For information on pricing call 731-749-8567

Testimonials:

“I’ve been in this business a lot of years, and I’m still learning something new every week,” one owner/operator said, after having been on board for a number of the workshops. The workshop is taped as it occurs, which puts current, real-world solutions for problems in each I.C.E. (In—Cab Education) Workshop. Professional experienced trucking company owners contribute to the brainstorming and share hands-on answers. J. Kane—Owner/Operator

“I’m glad our trucking management trainee has found you. I don’t mind investing in the P.O.L.A.R. Club; I think it can augment our business very nicely. He needed to hear it from someone who speaks his language. Corporate executives, like myself, have a different language than a trucker; because of this I was speaking the wrong language to him. He can really relate to the trucking side; he’s very talented and bright, but he didn’t understand the business side of it. This is where we were coming at odds. You have to understand the business side before you can be a success. He knows how to drive, how to operate the equipment and get it from point A to point B, which is extremely important. But in order to make it a successful company, he’s got to have that business grasp. And that’s the bridge which you and the P.O.L.A.R. Club provide.”—

S. Nix-Willey, CEO—Claude H. Nix Construction

“Since we started with the P.O.L.A.R. Club the communication part with our drivers has made a difference. It’s gotten everyone settled. We hired a dispatcher so I could concentrate on other activities, like finding customers. But our drivers wouldn’t talk to the new dispatcher; whether they stubbed a toe, had a flat tire or their load number was bad, they had to talk to me. Tim and the P.O.L.A.R. Club helped us work through it so the drivers now call our dispatcher. The P.O.L.A.R. Club and Tim have become very valuable to us, as it has freed me up to grow our business. In the past year we’ve almost doubled our fleet, when most trucking companies are cutting back.”—J. Hayes, President—Hayes Concrete and Trucking

 Benefits to [CORPORATE MEMBER] clients from participating in our P.O.L.A.R. Club Group Corporate Membership:

•         Each P.O.L.A.R. Club Group Corporate individual member will receive up to 20 online Audio/PowerPoint Trucking Business Twenty Minute Courses (up to 5 classes per course) on the P.O.L.A.R. Club Website.* (See Special Note below for details).

•      Each P.O.L.A.R. Club Group Corporate individual member will be able to participate in any Monthly Truckers’ Business Roundtable telediscussion on the first Wednesday of each month. We’ll discuss and look for solutions to specific concerns of the small motor carrier. (Subject to 10 participants and 235 listeners capacity on a first-come, first-served basis.)

•      Each P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group individual member will be provided the opportunity to participate in our weekly I.C.E. (In-Cab Education) teleworkshops from their phone. (Subject to 20 participants and 225 listeners capacity on a first-come, first-served basis.)

•      Each P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group individual member will receive access to the NEW Break-Even Point Load Profit Analysis on-line software on the Members Only web site.

•      Each P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group individual member will receive a downloadable copy of “Quick & Simple Record Keeping for Owner/Operators,” on the Members Only web site.

•      Each P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group individual member will receive a downloadable copy of “7 Secrets of a Successful Trucking Company,” on the Members Only web site.

•      Each P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group individual member will receive white papers, articles and other downloads related to the topics discussed in the I.C.E. Workshops on the Members Only web site.

*Special Note:

Special provisions for P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group Membership and Online Audio/PowerPoint Trucking Business Twenty Minute Courses

P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group Memberships will be in groups of 50 for price breaks.

Group One --   50 members

Group Two --   100 members

Group Three --  150 members

Group Four --   200 members

Group Five --   250 members

Group Six --    300 members and over

For information on pricing call 731-749-8567

1. [CORPORATE MEMBER] will be provided one online Audio/PowerPoint Trucking Business Twenty Minute Course (A/PPTBC) Package for each member in a purchased membership group. (100-member group equals 100 online Audio/PowerPoint Trucking Business Twenty Minute Course Packages.)
2. Minimum contract period for the P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group Membership will be 12 months (one year) with membership fees paid in three-month increments.
3. P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group Membership fees will be based on the group number selected at the start of each membership year.
4. [CORPORATE MEMBER] will be provided the licenses for both the P.O.L.A.R Club Corporate Group Membership and (A/PPTBC) needed for the group at time of the first installment and administrative fees are paid.  The annual P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group Membership fee will be paid in 4 payments every 90 days. First 90-day installment will include a $30.00 administrative fee per individual member to establish the group membership.
5. Each A/PPTBC license will be good only for the person to whom it is issued.
6. If that person should discontinue being an [CORPORATE MEMBER] client, the license A/PPTBC will cease at that time, and a new A/PPTBC license will need to be purchased for any new client at a cost of $30 per year. Individual A/PPTBC licenses are nontransferable.
7. The P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group’s Individual Membership is transferable to new [CORPORATE MEMBER] clients for the term remaining on the membership, as long as the number of members doesn’t exceed the number of paid memberships in the group.
8. If bringing in a new [CORPORATE MEMBER’S] Client member exceeds the number of the group membership purchased, that individual member can join by having the individual membership fee paid based on the current group level and prorated using the following table.

·         Any time in the first quarter full price, plus $30.00 administrative fee.

·         Any time during the second quarter, 25% discount plus $30.00 administrative fee.

·         Any time during the third quarter, 50% discount plus $30.00 administrative fee.

·         Any time during the fourth quarter, 50% discount plus $30.00 administrative fee.

·         All A/PPTBC licenses will continue until 20 courses have been completed or one year from date issued to the [CORPORATE MEMBER’S] Corporate Group, unless Annual P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group Membership expires and is not renewed, or individual issued the license is no longer a [CORPORATE MEMBER] client.

Write Up The Road’s Responsibilities

·         Design and development of online Audio/PowerPoint Trucking Business Twenty Minute Courses

·         Conduct and record 20-minute interviews

·         Schedule expert interviews

·         Workshop scheduling

·         Workshop Topic Development and Planning

·         Recording Studio Time and Personnel

·         Audio Editing (In House)

·         Audio Editing (Outsourced)   

·         Maintenance of P.O.L.A.R. Club members website

·         Write, edit and produce a four-hour in-person workshop per year

·         Organize and conduct teleworkshops and telediscussions

·         Maintain P.O.L.A.R. Club group membership list

[Corporate Member]

·         Manage their groups’ memberships

·         Assign online Audio/PowerPoint Trucking Business Twenty Minute Courses access and passcodes to their members. (accomplished through P.O.L.A.R. Club members’ website)

·         Communicate changes in membership status to Write Up The Road

·         Communicate and promote the benefits of P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group Membership to their clients on a continuing and regular basis

·         Encourage use of the P.O.L.A.R. Club Corporate Group Membership

·         Recommend and suggest possible topics for workshops or round tables

·         Recommend and provide interviewees for podcast interviews.

 For information on pricing call 731-749-8567

What is I.C.E?

It's a means to get information and knowledge to the trucker where he lives and works--the cab of his truck.

The problem is the majority of OTR truckers spend 24/7 attached to their trucks. When they finally get home, the last activity they would be interested in, is a workshop or drivers' meeting.

In-Cab Education (I.C.E.) solves this dilemma by bringing truckers a way to learn while they earn. Truckers have a large amount of lost time while on the road. Time spent while the next load is found, time wasted while sitting on a shower list, waiting for a shipper/receiver to load or unload a trailer, or hours of sitting because of HOS rules: the list goes on and on. I.C.E. allows drivers to take advantage of these waiting periods to increase knowledge and skills within their chosen lifestyle and career.