Recent Articles
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Protecting your receivables by sending preliminary notice
Nate Budde Construction & Building MaterialsCredit management professionals know that finding some way to secure an extension of credit goes a long way to ensuring payment. A company that routinely secures its receivables is better able to make credit decisions and is able to feel more secure in its extensions of credit.
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Benefits of going green in the warehouse
Tracy Stevens Distribution & WarehousingGoing green or lean in your warehouse by streamlining processes and introducing cost-saving initiatives can bring many benefits. To stay competitive and be on the leading edge, going green is a win-win process. Here are some steps to take to make your warehouse more energy efficient, resulting in a smaller carbon footprint.
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7 keys for tours laying out the welcome mat
Shebby Lee Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThere is a wonderful custom in the group tour business in which someone from the hotel property or the attraction personally climbs on the bus on arrival and welcomes the group. It makes the group feel appreciated, knowing that if they need any help during their stay they have a face with a name they can go to. It's an extension of the tour director and reassuring to travelers away from home. Everybody likes to feel welcome.
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Church storytelling tips: Social media edition
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityWe've all been there. You're in a church service listening to the teaching. Your mind wanders to the game that'll happen in the afternoon or where you'll eat after the service. Then the pastor pauses and starts, "The funniest thing happened to me yesterday at the grocery store" and almost audibly you hear everyone's attention directed to the stage. We all love a good story.
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The 16 best lines in marketing
Jeffrey Dobkin MarketingIt's difficult to stand out in a crowd, yet sometimes all it takes is a good line to garner a little notice. Like old friends, these 16 best lines in direct marketing are great to have at the ready.
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Virginia bill is first step to improving mental healthcare
Jessica Taylor Mental HealthcareSince 2008, states nationwide have cut $4.5 billion from mental healthcare funding. But Virginia is taking steps to become a true leader in the mental healthcare field. After a 5-minute floor speech in the Virginia Senate on Feb. 10, Senate Bill 260 was approved with a 38-0 vote.
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Is the money spent each year on supplements creating benefits?
Cynthia Sheppard Solomon PharmaceuticalA recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests not. In fact, the researchers question whether Americans are wasting money. There is actually significant evidence to advise against routine supplementation.
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Step aside, millennials — Here comes Generation Z
Greg Witz Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementBorn from the late 1990s to now, Generation Z is the current generation, and its oldest members are starting to enter the workforce. More importantly, they are researching and interacting with our companies long before they will ever buy our products, making being proactive in understanding these "digital natives" crucial for our companies' future success.
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The importance of guided practice in the classroom
Erick Herrmann EducationThere is an old saying we are all familiar with: Practice makes perfect. In the classroom, students must practice the skills we are teaching for it to become internalized. It is important for us as educators, then, to not only provide opportunities for students to practice, but to practice correctly.
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The Flying Circus: Lesson from Melville
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.