NALP's NCLC Heads to Provo, Utah The Na'onal Associa'on of Landscape Professionals (NALP) will host the Na'onal Collegiate Landscape Compe''on (NCLC) in Provo, Utah, at Brigham Young University on March 13-16. The annual event brings together more than 600 students from approximately 50 colleges and universi'es, educators and industry professionals for compe''ve events, educa'onal workshops and career-building opportuni'es. Par'cipants will have the opportunity to demonstrate their exper'se in 30 real-world, compe''ve events like exterior landscape design, plant iden'fica'on, robo'cs and technology in landscape design and maintenance, irriga'on troubleshoo'ng and more. Learn more about what the event will entail at GreenIndustryPros.com. https://greenindustrypros.com/22888078 Compact Equipment Must-Haves When purchasing compact equipment, landscape pros should first consider their requirements and then match those requirements to the product that they plan to buy. Power, size, type of machine, aTachments and efficiency features are just a few of those requirements. Compact equipment experts from Bobcat Co. and John Deere weigh in on why these features are so important. Visit GreenIndustryPros.com to learn more. https://greenindustrypros.com/22882992 Electric Sheep Rolls Out Verdie Robot for Outdoor Services Electric Sheep, a San Francisco-based robo'cs startup, launched the Verdie robot outdoor lawn services maintenance using its proprietary AI and robo'cs so]ware. Verdie, like their other robots, is powered by Electric Sheep’s AI agent, ES1. Using recent advances in GenAI, ES1 is a learned world model that enables reasoning and planning for both its RAM robot for mowing and now its Verdie robot used for edging and trimming lawns and bushes and blowing leaves. Learn more about how landscape pros can take advantage of Electric Sheep’s Verdie at GreenIndustryPros.com. https://greenindustrypros.com/22888659 LMN Expands Crew App Features Landscape Management Network (LMN), a business management so]ware, added mul'ple new features for its Crew applica'on. The new Crew App features include: Drive 'me task that allows crew leaders to quickly and efficiently manage drive 'me punch-ins during drive 'me Quick start/end tasks that allows crews to quickly log tasks that do not require addi'onal documenta'on Absent/late notes, which enables crew leads marking a team member as late or absent to have the ability to add a note connected to that absence Skip/reschedule services, which improves communicaton between crew leads and the office by collec'ng cri'cal context when crew leads need to skip a scheduled visit Visit GreenIndustryPros.com to learn more about the Crew app’s new features. https://greenindustrypros.com/22888963