Recent Articles
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Study: Beauty products send a child to the ED every 2 hours
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareFrom 2006 through 2016, emergency departments treated 64,686 children younger than 5 years old for injuries related to personal care products, according to the results of a new study. That works out to about one child every two hours. Many consumers are already aware of the dangers posed by cleaning products, batteries and household poisons, but are often unaware of the hazards posed by personal care products. The results of this study shed light on the special threat common cosmetics may pose to small children.
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McDonald’s eliminates CMO, forms new partnership with DoorDash: Is…
Linchi Kwok MarketingMcDonald’s recently announced a new organizational structure in its marketing division and formed a new partnership with DoorDash. According to CNBC, other companies such as Uber and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) also took a similar approach to restructure their marketing division. Additionally, besides restaurants and food-delivery startups, major retailers are also getting into the delivery competitions. Walmart and Nordstrom, for example, are building physical stores that surprisingly do not sell anything.
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Can financial literacy in school curricula help address college debt?
Bambi Majumdar EducationA crippling national college debt situation is bad news for the economy. Now, states are looking to tackle college indebtedness. They, along with colleges, are trying out new ways to help students manage debt. Chief among them are approaches like financial literacy counseling so that students know how to make informed decisions and read the fine print on loans and payments. Several states think that financial literacy should be a part of the K-12 curricula. The Education Commission of the States reported that Oklahoma, Nevada, and Virginia are already addressing the issue.
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4 tips to simplify planning for Christmas
Deborah Ike Religious CommunityYou see it year after year: More people filling in your pews for the Christmas service. Some are coming to make their obligatory annual church appearance, while others are faithful members who are eager to participate in the traditions of a Christmas Eve service. Though having more people fill the sanctuary is a good thing; seeing a noticeable decline in attendance after the holiday can be discouraging. However, this attendance spike at Christmas is an opportunity to turn your unchurched guests into active church members. One way to do this is by planning a memorable Christmas service that motivates and inspires.
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Long-range planning you can use for next year
Aileen Miracle EducationSince it's summer, it's a great time to sit down and really look at our overview for the next school year. What do we want our students to learn? Which songs and pieces will we use? Long-range planning is a passion of mine, something I learned about in my Kodály training at Capital University, but it wasn't until a few years ago that I began to understand how all of the pieces fit together. Here is a list of the different types of long-range plans for the music room and how I feel they fit together.
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From good old boys to good governance
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementPerception is reality. If it is perceived to be true, it will seem more important than the facts. If members perceive the organization’s leadership to be good old boys, it can damage the credibility of an association or chamber. Characteristics of good old boys include directors with seemingly perpetual terms, a lack of diversity, and director ages representative of baby boomers and older (55 to 75) blocking the entry of young, diverse and emerging leaders.
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Why your business needs an editorial calendar for marketing
Mashaal Ryan MarketingBusiness marketing isn’t just about throwing money at influencers or trying to find out when to post on social media. It needs to be a complete and total project that is ongoing, timed, creative and budgeted. Marketers usually use the word "campaign," which is a series of maneuvers they are using to aggressively market a product or service. You don’t have to have a marketing degree to implement some of this at your own small business. The first step is to create an editorial calendar.
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Moving beyond standardized tests
Brian Stack EducationEarlier this summer, Education Week published a thought-provoking blog by Maryland elementary principal Margaret Pastor, where she explored the question, "Why Standardized Tests Aren't Working for Teachers or Students?" Pastor talked about how her view of the role of standardized testing changed when a colleague told her that she should match her lowest performing kindergarten teacher with her highest performing teacher, based on recent standardized testing. From there, she began to formulate her opinion that many educators have "deep misgivings" about the role standardized tests should play.
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Secrets of 3 Texas state parks
Cindy Belt Recreation & LeisureTexas has some wonderful state parks. The maps of hiking trails and online resources are great, but they don’t include everything. Here are some secrets at three of Texas' state parks — McKinney Falls State Park in Austin, Choke Canyon State Park in Three Rivers, and Caprock Canyons State Park in Briscoe County.
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Infographic: Opioids and the American workplace
Brian Wallace PharmaceuticalThe opioid crisis has started to affect workplaces, where 31% have already seen an overdose, injury, or arrest related to opioids. Getting people the help they need is about more than just being compassionate — it can also make a workplace safer. Employees who are suffering from addiction can often feel their job would be threatened if they were to come forward and seek help. Providing employees with a path to rehab and then back into the workplace can address the opioid crisis head-on.