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• Controlling hypertension: Do electronic pill bottles and text messaging…

  Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Only half of the 77.9 million adults in the United States with high blood pressure have their condition under control. By 2030, it is estimated that the prevalence of hypertension will increase 7.2% from 2013 estimates. A major factor in uncontrolled hypertension is patients’ failure to consistently take their medications. Researchers from Penn Medicine tested new tactics, including text messaging and remote monitoring via an electronic pill bottle to test adherence.

• Travel2020: As global travel booms, inbound US travel bombs

  Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  While people around the globe may be traveling more than ever, tourism to the U.S. is taking a dive, according to reports from the World Tourism Organization and the U.S. Travel Association. The number of international tourist arrivals around the world reached 1.4 billion last year — a 6% increase and a bar reached two years ahead of forecasts. The organizations predicted that number would grow by an additional 3 or 4% this year. The U.S., however, is not seeing a similar rosy picture on the tourism horizon.

• 3 consulting hacks leaders should adopt

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  It is very fun and easy to pick on consultants. They show up, charge us to tell us about our problems and then charge us more to fix them. While the animosity may be rooted in our envy of that savvy business model, there are things we can all learn from the consultative approach. Here are three consulting practices leaders should adopt.

• Lessons learned from pronghorn hunting

  John McAdams Recreation & Leisure

  If you’ve never hunted pronghorn before, they’re a really fun animal to pursue. Those hunts certainly provide a very different experience from hunting whitetail deer out of a tree stand. Pronghorn have incredible eyesight and can cover ground faster than any other North American mammal. These reasons, along with the fact that they usually live in relatively open country, mean that finding pronghorn is usually much easier than getting close enough to take a shot at one.

• Employers aren’t worried about unethical AI, but maybe they should…

  Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Artificial intelligence can make work easier, more efficient, and more accurate. It can also help companies make better decisions. What’s not to like? Well, for starters, AI can be used unethically. However, this is not a concern for the majority of respondents in a recent survey by Genesys, which provides customer experience and contact center solutions. The survey includes responses from employers and employees in the U.S., Germany, the U.K., Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.

• 4 reasons every church needs a thread

  Mark MacDonald Religious Community

  In our loud world, we know most are choosing what to listen to and what to ignore. The louder everything gets, the more we block what we perceive as nonessential. The way we decide what’s nonessential is based on how we perceive something. And we know that most people are wanting to make decisions quickly because they’re so busy. The solution? A thread: three to five words that describe what you’d like your perception to be. You need a thread! Here are four reasons why.

• 3 words to describe your association

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  Do you or your board volunteers stammer when someone asks, "Tell me about your organization?" Telltale signs are avoiding eye contact by staring at the floor and starting the reply with "ummm." Describing the association should be straightforward and succinct. It ought to be expressed with confidence.

• The blessing and burden of caregiving

  Lisa Cole Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Beyond the breathless years of raising "typical" children, many of us find ourselves again in caregiving roles. What do we do when those we love won't die, grow up or leave and we must care for them? Some of us see caring for another as a burden; others see it as a blessing. Often, it's both. The attitude one takes may be culturally influenced. Living in Tanzania, I found older people there to be universally revered. The idea of putting a parent in a skilled nursing home was foreign to Tanzanians — there aren't any!

• Global goods giant commits to drastically reducing plastic packaging by…

  Scott E. Rupp Waste Management & Environmental

  Global consumer goods giant Unilever has announced an aggressive program to reduce the level of plastic waste it creates through the use of its products. According to a statement by the company, it is making efforts to create a "circular economy" for plastics. These efforts are mostly commitments between the brand and those it serves. Specifically, by 2025, it says it plans to reduce its use of virgin plastic — plastic that has never been used for any other purposes nor has been previously recycled — by half. It will also reduce its use of plastic packaging by more than 100,000 total tons.

• Chiricahua National Monument: The land of standing rocks

  Steve and Diane Owens Recreation & Leisure

  It was a beautiful morning, so Diane suggested we take a day trip to the Chiricahua National Forest about 90 miles to our east. The forest includes a National Monument, with the greater part a wilderness untouched since the early 1400s, when the Chiricahua Apaches made it their home. This beautiful land was all Apache land. They never owned it, just lived upon it without causing damage. One of the four main tribes, the Chokonen, lived in and around the National Monument.

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