Recent Articles
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Why you should view warehousing as real estate
Ken Ackerman Distribution & WarehousingIt is not surprising that real estate and warehousing go together like ham and eggs. Yet, despite its intimate relationship to warehousing, real estate is frequently misunderstood. Of the tools used in warehousing, often the most expensive and least flexible one is the building that houses the operation.
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2 McChurch lessons to stop the decline
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityFast food gets a bad rap in the media (from poor wages to high fat content). This means the average person has a bad perception of fast food, while the economy is forcing different purchasing decisions. Similarly, churches aren't getting much positive news coverage either.
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Silent suffering: Preventing law enforcement suicide
Mark Bond Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityPreventing police suicide is every officer's responsibility. The law enforcement profession can no longer ignore the silent suffering. Post-traumatic stress disorder is real and is a lot more common among first responders than initial indications.
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The 13 best marketing tips
Jeffrey Dobkin MarketingI have been involved in direct marketing since ... my God! Am I that old already? Over these years, I've learned a few tricks and stored them away. Anyhow, here's a short list of some of my best tips of all time.
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Short answers for quick thinking
Eva Sullivan EducationFor 15 years, my day job has been teaching ESOL in public schools. Last fall, I began teaching adult literacy at a local community college and immediately noticed a difference.
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Don’t learn email etiquette the hard way
Suzanne Mason CommunicationsRecently, a marketing professional came under fire when her nasty email response via LinkedIn to a job-seeker went viral. And we can all learn an important lesson about email etiquette from this case.
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San Francisco set for summer disruption as runways close
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveTravelers using San Francisco International Airport this summer are set to experience delays and frustration as runways are taken out of action for essential upgrades. Two of the airport's four runways will be closed during the busiest period of the year for the main Bay Area airport; but the works are part of a federally-mandated project that will improve safety.
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How to kill strategic planning before starting
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementVolunteers invest a lot of time and money to attend the strategic planning retreat. The result should be a document to guide the board, committees and staff for several years. Some groups sabotage the planning process with shortcuts and frugality.
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The Flying Circus: First class
Garth WallaceCOPA eFlight presents another weekly excerpt from "The Flying Circus," a fun book by Canadian aviation humorist and former COPA publisher Garth Wallace. "The Flying Circus" is a fictional account of the madcap escapades of two instructors who start their own flying school armed with loads of enthusiasm, but little business sense and no money.
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New strategy aims to reduce transplant rejection
Sharee Ann Narciso Medical & Allied HealthcareUC San Francisco researchers have recently developed a two-pronged approach to the problem of organ transplantation rejections seen in recipients. The strategy aims to weaken specific immune responses that affect transplanted tissue.