Recent Articles
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Are you the ‘up periscope’ for your nonprofit organization?
William D. Pawlucy Association ManagementThe nonprofit world is seeing a downturn in volunteerism, a squeeze on its revenue streams and rising competition. How can you be the one who sees what is ahead and makes important course changes to maintain your organization's relevance?
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Break into niche markets to create new streams of patients
Jarod Carter Medical & Allied HealthcareWord-of-mouth referrals from your patients are essential to building your business. Another large source of nonphysician referrals comes from establishing a presence in a niche market where people are serious about performance. This is another one of those areas in which my advice applies to all types of practices, not just cash-based ones like mine.
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Handgun shooting drills: Targets and timing
Chad Thompson Recreation & LeisureIf you've been dry-fire practicing since the first article, you’re probably ready for some other drills to work on to see your progress and minimize the tendency to get bored. I now recommend that you either make your own downsized targets or buy some, but you need a series of targets that will simulate what you may encounter at a match, including small metric, classic and steel targets.
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The comforts of living in a motorhome
Laura Weaver Recreation & LeisureLiving in a motorhome is quite an experience. It takes a little ingenuity and a lot of planning. We have done just that for the past several years and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
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Finding a job in healthcare: Bureaucracy
Catherine Iste Healthcare AdministrationOnce a year, I have the pleasure of being a guest lecturer for an ethics and social leadership class at a local university. The class participants include master's students in nursing and healthcare informatics.
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DUI fatalities increase as Colorado campaigns against ‘driving high’
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThe Colorado Highway Patrol had set an ambitious goal for 2014: to reduce the rate of driving under the influence (DUI) highway fatalities and crashes by 10 percent. They did not succeed. In fact, the DUI fatality rate increased by 6 percent, and the rate of DUI citations increased by 23 percent compared to 2013.
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The comfort zone is really the danger zone
Betty Boyd Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementA leader doesn't just wake up one day and become one. Leaders must work on and practice being a leader. Quite simply, that means leading. However, in time leaders can become complacent in how they lead. These types of leaders end up in their own comfort zone, and this is really a danger zone.
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How to wreck a warehousing business
Ken Ackerman Distribution & WarehousingCompared to most businesses, the distribution industry is reasonably stable. New enterprises frequently are launched, and older companies constantly disappear. However, in most cases, the cause of disappearance is a corporate buyout, rather than a catastrophic failure.
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Tanya always forgets. What’s wrong with her?
Howard Margolis EducationOn Friday, Tanya's teacher sighed sorrowfully, "Tanya forgot all six sight words she knew on Monday. I spent 30 solid minutes teaching them to her. This always happens. What's wrong with her?" What's wrong? Maybe nothing. Maybe she just needs the right kind of practice.
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MES helps manufacturers get great quality every time
Alan Kelsky ManufacturingWouldn't it be nice if the project manager of a newly redesigned product that is a best seller of the company could push a few buttons and find out a wealth of information about the product? Unfortunately, the system in many plants today for getting this information has the project manager walk all over the factory to find out the answers to these questions.