InterBusiness Issues - June 2008

Tony Schierbeck
Vice President of Business Development, Methodist Medical Center
Peoria native Tony Schierbeck has worked at Methodist Medical Center for nearly two decades. His degree in mass communications from the School of Communication and Fine Arts at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale led him into the field of sales and marketing, and eventually to Methodist.

Features

Publisher's Note
Rising Fuel Costs Will Force Change
“$3.3 million a day—that’s how much American Airlines is losing in the era of insane fuel prices.”
Peoria Area Hotels
A Roundtable Discussion
The Peoria area hotel market has undergone a sea change in recent years, with new hotels popping up across the region and major enhancements to current establishments.
Charting our Course to a Greener Community
Peoria now faces the same challenge facing every other community and organization considering a move toward greenness: How does one pursue sustainability?
What Does Web 2.0 Mean for Your Company?
Particularly if you cater to a younger, web-savvy customer base, Web 2.0 needs to be a part of your marketing strategy.
A New Era in Building Design
The cleanest, safest, most secure, reliable and cost-effective kilowatt-hour is the one that isn’t used.

Columns

Also in This Issue...

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do… If You Are Unprepared
by Michael S. Seneca
Carefully drafted operating agreements can avoid contentious and expensive disputes between members. An operating agreement should always include a tie-breaking mechanism for deadlock situations.
Estate Planning
The Long View
by Dennis Fulkerson
While estate planning often focuses on distribution of wealth after death, experts say many grantors don’t make good use of tax-favored tools that can be used during their lifetime.
Rally for Healthcare Comes to Bradley’s Campus
by Brad McMillan
Nearly 100 Bradley University students joined members from AARP and the community to urge elected officials to get beyond gridlock and to work on bipartisan solutions for America’s health care crisis.