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Pocket Change: Are you worth a penny?

Pocket Change: Are you worth a penny?. Mark Willmarth 220 38 th Avenue NE Great Falls, MT 59404 (406) 727-6826 mark@visionwestmt.com. Citizens for Retiring the Penny retirethepenny.org Americans for Common Cents pennies.org. How many of you would pick a penny up off the ground? .

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Pocket Change: Are you worth a penny?

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  1. Pocket Change:Are you worth a penny? Mark Willmarth220 38th Avenue NE Great Falls, MT 59404(406) 727-6826mark@visionwestmt.com

  2. Citizens for Retiring the Pennyretirethepenny.orgAmericans for Common Centspennies.org

  3. How many of you would pick a penny up off the ground? 84% of females and 74% of males would still pick up a penny off the ground Coinstar National Currency Poll - 2006

  4. Did you know…? A penny minted 1982 or BEFORE has 95% copper and 5% zinc. It has a metal value of $0.0256 (2/6/12) or over 2.5 times it’s face value!

  5. Did you know…? In 2006, the Federal Government made it illegal to melt down pennies and nickels because of soaring metal prices. Violators could spend up to five years in prison and pay as much as $10,000 in fines.

  6. Did you know…? A penny minted AFTER 1982 has 97.5% zinc and is coated with copper. It has a metal value of $0.00572 (2/6/12) or 57.2% of it’s face value. It is also lighter in weight.

  7. Did you know…? It cost about 2.41 cents to mint a penny in 2011.

  8. They both spend as a penny but have different values.

  9. Which penny are you? Would others say you add more than you take? OR Take more than you add?

  10. Gallup Survey

  11. Employee Engagement 29% 54% 17% Gallup Poll

  12. Breathers

  13. Suckers

  14. “If you give him a penny for his thoughts, you’d get change.”

  15. Choices • CHANGE IT • ACCEPT IT • LEAVE

  16. 2 Minute Drill • 5 things for which you are grateful; • 5 “simple pleasures” - (a nice cup of coffee, a hug from a loved one, a piece of chocolate, reading a book, etc.)

  17. Did you know…? In 1909, Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to grace a U.S. coin when he was portrayed on the one-cent coin to commemorate his 100th birthday.

  18. Did you know…? The Lincoln Memorial was added to the reverse of the one-cent coin in 1959 to mark Lincoln's 150th birthday, making it the first and only coin to have the same person on both sides.

  19. Heads or …. Heads!

  20. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 64% of Americans who leave their jobs say they do so because they don't feel appreciated.

  21. Gallup reports that almost 70% of American say they receive no praise or recognition in the workplace.

  22. 2 Minute Drill • 5 things you enjoy about your work; • 5 people you appreciate.

  23. Did you know…? Since its beginning, the U.S. Mint has produced over 460 billion pennies, 140 billion are still in circulation.  Lined up edge to edge, these pennies would circle the earth 137 times.

  24. Did you know…? In 2010, over 4 billion pennies were minted.

  25. Where are the other 320 billion pennies?

  26. For the sake of the penny, we need to find a way to give it more value!

  27. 5 Pennies of appreciation • Take the 5 pennies and put them in your pocket. • For one week move a penny from one place to the next when you give someone an appreciation. Try and move all 5 pennies each day. Don’t give your pennies away! • Notice how people respond.

  28. What can you do? • Post your grateful list where you’ll see it every morning. • Enjoy one simple pleasure everyday. • Tell a co-worker or your supervisor one thing you enjoy about your work when you get back to work. • Tell those five people you appreciate that you appreciate them, today! Then move all your pennies!

  29. “A penny buys a penny’s worth; an appreciation multiplies.” Mark Willmarth

  30. So, the next time you see a penny on the ground … pick it up and pass it on!

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