Recent Articles

  • Top 5 running injury myths

    Heidi Dawson

    There are so many rumors and myths in running that are either not backed up by science or proven to be incorrect. Yet many of these are still touted as fact by either nonrunners or those in the health and exercise field who should know better. It was actually hard to pick just five running injury myths, but here are the biggest offenders on a regular basis.

  • Medical device industry facing tough road ahead

    Rosemary Sparacio

    The business climate in 2013 and beyond will prove to be a challenging one for medical device manufacturers. And with the current government shutdown centering around the Affordable Care Act, one of the sticking points for passage of the funding bill is removing the steep excise tax on medical devices from the equation by delaying funding for the ACA for at least a year.

  • Comprehension: Do your English learners understand your instruction?

    Erick Herrmann

    Every teacher intuitively knows the importance of student comprehension of instruction. Without comprehension, there is no learning. It is our duty and charge as teachers to make sure that our students are able to grasp what we are teaching, be it the sounds of the letters, the meaning of the text they are reading, a discussion on an important event in history, a science experiment, or any other concept or skill students are expected to learn.

  • A guide to LinkedIn company pages

    Mayur Kisani

    LinkedIn now has a user base of more than 200 million members, making it the world's largest professional network. That is a huge potential audience for your company to reach out to and a large venue to promote your products and services. Although it is common for companies to just set up a company page, most companies are not able to harness the full potential of the platform.

  • Advanced disaster planning and management for retail facilities

    Bambi Majumdar

    Retailers face multiple challenges daily to keep their stores in optimum working order. Facility management is in itself a complex task. When faced with an unexpected disaster, management of facilities and business takes on a whole new dimension.

  • 5 tips to prevent burnout in ministry

    Deborah Ike

    Do you sometimes feel like you live at the church? Do you feel guilty leaving each day knowing there's still more work to be done? If so, you’re not alone. I've worked in ministry and felt the struggle between the work I was dedicated to do for God and my own physical, emotional and spiritual health.

  • The power of a governance vision

    John T. Dinner

    Most boards do not have the time to move away from pro forma agendas, and these boards would also have difficulty identifying topics outside the rather narrow boundaries of governance best practices and the like. After all, boards are primarily focused on making decisions and the discussions that lead to these decisions.

  • Understanding and utilizing digital marketing

    Bambi Majumdar

    Adobe's recent report on digital marketing is quite an eye-opener. For this generation of marketers who brag about their digital prowess, their fast-paced actions and responses, and their potential to harness the emerging technologies, the reality seems to fall short of their claims.

  • China’s Meijing Group buys Mooney Aviation

    Adam Hunt

    ​The Mooney Aviation Company announced Oct. 8 that it had been purchased by the Meijing Group of China for an undisclosed sum.

  • Have you ever had hire’s remorse?

    Mel Kleiman

    Employees are the most impressionable during their first weeks on the job — and even more so during their first few days. This is because people in unfamiliar territory are more alert for clues that will help them navigate the new terrain. Every bit of information gathered during this time will either reinforce your new hire's decision to take the job or lead to "new hire’s remorse."