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George
Kuhn

Customer Service Representative @ FTD.com

Medford, Oregon

Throughout his varied career, George Kuhn has demonstrated a strong proficiency for applying his professional skills in interpersonal communications and human resources management to the needs of his employers. George Kuhn possesses a variety of certifications, including a Professional in Human Resources Certificate that he earned in June 2010 and an Oregon Teaching License. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic State University in 1989. In addition to these formal recognitions of his education and training, George Kuhn’s professional experience includes over 20 years of managing personnel and business resources. As an Educator in the Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District and at the Phoenix-Talent School District #4, George Kuhn was responsible for improving methods in the classroom, including an incoming student assessment program that helped balance classes according to the needs of students. He also worked with a professional learning team to develop methods for managing classrooms. George Kuhn draws upon his lifetime of interpersonal skills at his current position as a Customer Service Representative at FTD.com, an online floral and gift company. At this job, his duties include communicating with customers about orders, finding solutions for complaints and potential problems using his FTD.com business resources, and preserving revenues by preventing fraudulent orders. He also contacts customers directly to follow up their questions and concerns or access information to solve billing issues.


George Kuhn's Schools

George Kuhn's Companies

  		•  FTD.com - Medford, Oregon
    Customer Service Representative

George Kuhn's Publications

  • The Ancient Art of Bonsai, George Kuhn
    January, 2011
    by George Kuhn

    Trident Maple Bonsai at National Bonsai and Penjing Museum
    [Photographer: Peggy Greb, USDA. Wikimedia Commons]

    We offer several types of plants at FTD.com in addition to our festive bouquets and arrangements. One of the most unique plant offerings in our collection remains the bonsai tree. Ranging in price from $35 to $790, our bonsai trees offer elegance in their simplicity, rooted in the Eastern Asian tradition.

    Although the origins of bonsai remain shrouded in mystery, one legend has it that in the Han Dynasty of 200 B.C., an emperor built a scale model of his empire in his garden, complete with replicated mountains, lakes, and miniature bonsai trees. The earliest documentation of bonsai occurs in paintings dating from 600 A.D., discovered in the tomb of Prince Zhang Huai of the Tang Dynasty in 1972.

    Bonsai remain associated with the Japanese culture, transported from China to Japan during the Heian period, which lasted from 800 A.D. to 1200 A.D. Limited to the noble classes during the early years, bonsai eventually spread to common households around the 14th century. The Japanese gradually refined bonsai into a much more intricate art than its Chinese predecessor, developing precise techniques for shaping different trees that form the basis of bonsai as practiced today.

    In 1878, bonsai earned an introduction to the West at the Third Universal Exhibition, held in Paris. In 1909, the first large exhibit dedicated to bonsai took place in London and interest in the tree steadily grew. Bonsai grew in popularity in America following the return of WWII soldiers, who brought the miniature trees home as souvenirs. Today bonsai trees endure in popularity as popular gift items for any season. We offer a wide variety of bonsai plants at FTD.com, including the Fukien tea, Hawaiian umbrella tree, ficus, juniper, blooming azalea, and even the Ponytail Palm.