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• Infographic: It’s 2020, is your business AI-ready?

  Brian Wallace Science & Technology

  One in three business leaders believe AI will have the greatest impact on their business in the next year, but few are acting on this knowledge. So, how can your enterprise get ahead of the competition with artificial intelligence? Find out more with this infographic.

• Where are your prospects going after deleting Facebook?

  Linchi Kwok Marketing

  Not long ago, Facebook was the most visited website in the world and the most popular social media platform for business-to-consumer communications among various types of organizations. In recent years, however, Facebook has faced backlash regarding the platform's data privacy practices and its CEO. Many even participated in the #DeleteFacebook movement. I also noticed a shift in my teenage students' interest in Facebook, even before the #DeleteFacebook backlash. So, if Facebook is no longer the place where everyone is, which social media platforms can we use to communicate with our prospective consumers?

• Healthcare mergers and acquisitions: Navigating the landscape

  Tory Barringer Healthcare Administration

  The past few years have seen a marked increase in hospital mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with deals closing at an average pace of about 100 annually, according to an estimate from the Los Angeles Times. In many cases, these mergers are a net positive for the communities they impact. Yet, healthcare observers and researchers argue that takeovers have the downside of eliminating competition and driving up prices, to say nothing of the risk to patient safety. Regardless of the debate surrounding M&A, activity is likely to continue at a brisk pace unless regulators step in or the healthcare landscape changes enough to force another shift. With that in mind, hospitals are advised to keep a few pointers in mind when it comes to a successful merger.

• Putting organizational values to work

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  Many associations identify and adopt guiding principles or values. They serve as a decision-making framework for board and staff. Do not confuse organizational values with a code of conduct for members. Values reflect the organization’s culture, dating back to its founders. (Sometimes founders are reluctant to transition for fear their values will be lost.) As volunteers transition annually, the values help new leaders make decisions. For instance, if transparency is a value, it would be expected that most work is done candidly.

• An overview of current K-12 school funding across the country

  Bambi Majumdar Education

  The latest Education Law Center report, "Making the Grade 2019: How Fair is School Funding in Your State?" gives a comprehensive picture of K-12 funding efforts across states. The data aims to inform policymakers, stakeholders, parents, and districts about the state of public school funding. States have been ranked from highest to lowest based on the percentage of gross domestic product or state wealth invested into the K-12 school system. Vermont bagged the top spot for providing the most robust funding to K-12 education with 7.03%, while the national average is 3.79%.

• Podcast: Ideal cash-pay services for in-network and out-of-network practices

  Jarod Carter Healthcare Administration

  In this episode, Phil Plisky explains exactly how an insurance-based clinic can generate lots of cash-based revenue by offering wellness-focused screenings and injury-prevention services. He precisely describes how his clinic has successfully leveraged injury-prevention screenings to develop a wellness-service niche that patients are happy to pay for out of pocket, even though they are accustomed to using their insurance at that PT practice. This low-risk approach to developing out-of-network business might be an ideal way for practices that are highly reliant on insurance-based business to get started with the cash-based model.

• How to leverage lessons learned

  Deborah Ike Religious Community

  One of the challenges in ministry is that there's always another sermon to prepare, an event to plan, or a project to initiate. When everyone feels the pressure to hurry up and move on to the next significant effort, it’s difficult to get people to gather lessons learned from the last project. Unfortunately, when we don't reflect on what we've learned we tend to repeat the same mistakes. Here a few tips for how to leverage the lessons you learn from each project to make the next one even better.

• Study: Why wood pallets are better for the environment than plastic

  Scott E. Rupp Distribution & Warehousing

  If you've ever wondered whether wood or plastic shipping pallets are more eco-friendly, the fight is over, and a winner has been declared. Wood is better for the environment. This is according to Penn State researchers, who, after conducting a series of detailed comparisons, say that the shipping pallets made of wood are slightly more environmentally friendly and sustainable than those made of plastic. "Few people realize the significance of this issue — there are about 700 million pallets produced and recycled each year in the United States alone," said Chuck Ray, associate professor of ecosystem science and management.

• 2020 job search trends: What employers like and dislike

  Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  You may be the most qualified person for a particular job, but you shouldn't forget that presentation is everything. Using certain tactics can significantly hurt your chances of landing an interview. Fortunately, most of these faux pas can be avoided. A new survey by Accountemps reveals some of the most important job search trends for 2020, including what hiring managers want to see and what turns them off.

• Proposed federal budget boosts nuclear production, ignores social costs

  Michelle R. Matisons Civil & Government

  The proposed Fiscal Year 2021 federal nuclear defense budget, unveiled on Feb. 10, includes new weapons manufacturing. This anticipates more growth while plans still ignore total costs, a concern for those immediately impacted in nuclear weapons laboratory towns like Los Alamos, New Mexico. The Trump administration’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) budget is $19.8 billion: a 20% increase from last year. But higher numbers than those should be expected as total operational, capital, and social costs loom outside current projected expenditures.

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