Recent Articles

  • Take your conference to the next level with a mobile app

    Liz Murphy Association Management

    The sheer scale of the five-day convention for the International Association of Chiefs of Police — from the size of the complex to the 200-plus program sessions offered — could have easily become overwhelming and fragmented. But organizers of the IACP annual conference took a critical, proactive step to ensure attendees were able to get the most out of the event.

  • The View from Europe: The natural consequences of F-gas

    Andrew Gaved Construction & Building Materials

    The ATMOsphere natural refrigerant conference Oct. 15-16 in Brussels provided a good opportunity to test the potential impact of the forthcoming F-gas regulations on the world of "naturals." For the changing landscape of legislation, with upcoming potential bans on servicing high-GWP equipment, it looks highly likely that we'll see natural refrigeration techniques thrust to center stage in the European RAC industry.

  • Online physician reviews mostly positive, but reliability questioned

    Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare Administration

    ​A new survey finds a large number of doctors regularly monitor reviews written about them online. But that may not equate to an overwhelming endorsement of physician review websites.

  • 10 commandments of injury prevention

    Heidi Dawson Sports & Fitness

    Injury prevention strategies are big business in professional sports. This is due to the cost in terms of treatment and playing time lost when an injury occurs. But it's not just professional athletes who should be taking injury prevention seriously. Even for an amateur athlete or "just for fun" athlete, many types of injury can be prevented, which in turn prevents time off work and costly treatment sessions.

  • Learning to lead through learning to follow

    Andy Curtis

    My previous article prompted several readers to respond. Many of the messages posted and emails sent confirmed that, compared with books on methodology and other areas in our field, this area of leadership in English language teaching does appear to have been relatively overlooked. We have, then, decided to make this a series of articles, and we hope to hear from more readers about their experiences of leadership in ELT.

  • Hold on, young man

    Eric Mold

    ​While I was doing my ground job at Cold Lake, Alberta, I had a wonderful boss for a while. Unfortunately, he was about to retire after many years of service. Somehow, he had been able to arrange one last swing through the Canadian bases in Europe, just a few days before he was finally released from the service.

  • Exchange glitches hint at problems with sustainability of Affordable Care…

    Pamela Lewis Dolan

    The launch of the online health insurance marketplace, considered to be the cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act, was marred with reports of long delays, websites crashing and consumers being unable to complete their insurance-purchasing transactions. But the true impact of the problems could go well beyond people simply being upset by having a less-than-user-friendly experience.

  • The death and rebirth of journalism: Flaws exposed

    Ryan Clark

    Sept. 11 changed a lot of things. At the time, I worked for a Washington, D.C., media company that specialized in providing compliance, regulatory, and market information to its subscribers and clients. It was my first job out of college and offered an eye-opening experience into the state of print media in the early 2000s. The best word I could choose to describe the atmosphere was panic.

  • Do you know these employee recruiting fundamentals?

    Mel Kleiman

    The tools, technologies and techniques we use to attract potential employees keep evolving, but a great recruiting program is still all about basic "blocking and tackling."

  • Credit application can be the first step in getting you paid

    Nate Budde

    ​A thorough credit application is an integral part of any company's credit management policy, including companies in the construction industry. Credit applications aren't sexy to look at, but when specifically tailored to fit within the framework of your credit policy as a whole, they can greatly improve your payment funnel and increase profits.