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Is it possible to maintain your culture remotely?
Gina DeLapa Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementMaintaining your office culture is only a wise move if your culture is healthy to begin with. But even then, should you maintain it? Or should you take this opportunity to transform it? These are questions every leader must ask — and right now in particular, everyone must lead. But more about that in a moment. Let's talk about the "right now in particular." As of this writing, the whole world is under a pandemic we can't begin to comprehend. But we don't have to stay stuck.
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COVID-19 leads to rapid e-learning growth in K-12 education
Bambi Majumdar EducationAccording to Education Week, the spread of the coronavirus has forced the closure of at least 124,000 K-12 schools across the country, and learning has gone virtual. While K-12 educators are trying to shift to e-learning in record time and continue teaching, they, along with students, are receiving a lot of help from the K-12 tech industry. Major education technology companies are making their paid services free through the rest of the school year and are even adding premium features to those.
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Survey: Travelers satisfied with industry management of the pandemic so…
Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementIt’s a very tough time to be a hotel or an airline. However, as travelers and travel suppliers wrangle with the impact the coronavirus crisis is having on their personal and professional lives, a survey conducted by J.D. Power finds that the travel industry is getting positive feedback from consumers who seem to approve of the way these different factions of the travel industry are handling the daily crises at hand. The survey of 1,633 past-year business and/or leisure travelers reveals that 60% believe hoteliers, cruise lines and airlines have shown concern for the health and safety of the traveling public. In general, the more often consumers traveled, the better they felt about the industry’s response to the crisis.
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Infographic: Mental health under quarantine
Brian Wallace Mental HealthcareQuarantine. Staying in place. Full lockdown. All of these ways that we find ourselves social distancing start to take a toll on our mental health and well-being. How can we overcome these effects of social isolation? This infographic outlines the steps we can take to ensure we make it out of the pandemic as mentally healthy as possible, including setting routines and using meditation apps.
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Helping graduating seniors cope with COVID-19’s impact
Brian Stack EducationThe COVID-19 crisis of 2020, featuring unprecedented calls by states for social distancing and the emergence of remote learning in schools from coast to coast, has left our teens feeling helpless, especially our soon-to-be high school graduates. As educators, we need to help them through this difficult time. Consider the situation through their eyes.
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6 of America’s newest state parks
Dave G. Houser Recreation & LeisureAmerica is justly famous for its broad array of 400-plus national park sites — but the country's more than 10,000 state parks offer an even greater opportunity for outdoor adventure and recreation. Although many states have temporarily closed their parks in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, there will be a day in the not-too-distant future when the barriers come down and our urge to get outdoors will be satisfied. So how about someplace new and different? — like one of the country’s half-dozen newest state parks.
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How law enforcement agencies are dealing with shelter-in-place orders
Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityMore than 40 states have issued stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders, and some cities are facing more severe lockdown orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus. About 90% of the country's population falls under the purview of some sort of stay-at-home order. In most cases, law enforcement agencies are reaching out to their communities and urging residents to cooperate so that they beat this virus together. It is only in extreme situations that they are using fines or jail time.
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Can AI predict which COVID-19 patients are at greatest risk of severe complications?
Tammy Hinojos Medical & Allied HealthcareFrom news anchors to medical experts put on camera every evening, it seems everyone has an interest in identifying the profile of who will and won't become extremely ill (or worse) if infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. At present, no one knows for sure. But more information is becoming available daily and researchers are working hard to find answers. An international research team has designed a computer program that can predict, with up to 80% accuracy, which COVID-19 patients will develop serious respiratory disease.
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How to ace a group interview
Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementMore and more employers are using group interviews to help make their final selection. A group interview occurs whenever there is a team of two or more interviewers who each participate in the same job interview at the same time. Some employers use group interviews for finalists for a position, while others use group interviews for candidates positively flagged after one or more phone interviews. Group interviews may be formal in that questions are scripted ahead of time and specific interviewers are assigned to ask questions in certain areas. Conversely, sometimes group interviews are more relaxed and conversational in an effort to get to know the candidate, and how well an individual would fit within a team.
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At-home learning: Strategies, resources and tools
Savanna Flakes EducationWe've all seen the BBC video of the father interrupted during his important video call and the wife rushing in to grab the kids. Though hilarious, many of us are working from home and have children to care for. We are ultimately parenting, working, and teaching. School at home, home learning, homeschooling, not homeschooling — whatever we want to call this, it is important to note that children do not need sit at the computer all day or consume worksheets for seven hours a day. I'd like to share some best practices and resources for each subject area.