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• Help, we’re growing! Start planning now to support your growing church

  Deborah Ike Religious Community

  It's an awesome "problem" to have with your church. Each week your sanctuary feels a bit smaller and you're running out of room. The congregation hasn't doubled or anything quite that dramatic, but you're noticing a steady increase. You've been praying for this moment, and now that it’s here your joy is combined with a moment of panic. What do we do now?

• Taking your association to a deeper shade of green

  Michael J. Berens Association Management

  In the aftermath of yet another unprecedented catastrophic natural disaster fueled by global climate change, it's time to take stock of what your association is — or isn't — doing to minimize its impact on the environment.

• Guilt-free consumption: The new trend in luxury

  Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  ​According to recent market studies, consumers are struggling with more than their wallets these days. Affluent shoppers in particular are feeling conflicted between their desire to spend and their aspiration to do the right thing, ​say the market researchers at Trendwatching.com. They are looking for products and services that will deliver value and quality while, at the same time, provide reassurance that they do no harm.

• The real economics behind Internet access in America

  Victor Blake Communications

  In our competitive world, journalists and politicians have taken it upon themselves to explain, in poorly informed terms, ​why "broadband" is "more expensive in the U.S." Sadly, even the U.S. government has done a better job of explaining what some of the challenges are in the FCC's annual Broadband Progress Report. The cost of providing a service may involve any number of factors including competition, demand and other economic factors.

• Brainstorming: What is the aftermath of a brain injury?

  Colleen Butler Mental Healthcare

  Colleen Butler, author of "Concussion Recovery: Rebuilding the Injured Brain," is offering practical advice to help with the recovery from brain injury. We hope you find this Q&A helpful, and we look forward to hearing from you. If you have a question or comment, we want to hear from you at colleen@brainnavigators.com.

• Show me the money: Finding funds for your disc golf league

  Adam Moser Recreation & Leisure

  Accumulating profit for your local disc golf league or club can be a slow and painful process. In most clubs there is a small family of golfers that comes every week and only a few new players that sporadically come to league, thus limiting the monetary growth. This sad-but-true fact is why you need to look at your local club as a business and not as a nonprofit organization.

• How to deal with drug-seeking patients

  Karen Childress Medical & Allied Healthcare

  ​Prescription drug abuse is becoming a national epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 20 people over the age of 12 reported using prescription pain medications for nonmedical reasons in 2010. There is no way to know how many more people misused painkillers and didn't report it. Like substitute teachers in middle-school classrooms, physicians often encounter individuals who test their limits. The first step in dealing with potential drug-seekers is recognizing them.

• Collection strategies: What works to get you paid

  Scott Wolfe Jr. Construction & Building Materials

  What is the biggest challenge in the construction industry? Many would answer "getting paid." Getting paid in the construction business is an art. The industry suffers from the nation's highest failure rates, works on the lowest net-profit margins and generally must deal with daily work and billing complexities that results in delays, misapplication of funds and a struggling bottom line.

• Celebrant funerals: Leave them to the experts

  Kevin O'Brien Religious Community

  A growing number of funeral homes realize that more and more people are not looking for a religious service but rather a celebration of life — something that is personal and unique, and where they have complete approval on what is said and done at their funeral or the funeral of a loved one.

• 10 downtime activities for proposal writers

  Joe Latta Marketing

  ​Proposal writing is time-consuming work, often with 16-hour days, nonexistent weekends and deadline-driven chaos. Add in the effects of staffing shortages and industry fluctuations, and many writers have only occasional — and brief — lulls in workload.

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