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Your church needs a communication thread
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityMost people love consistency and flee chaos. A busy church tends to have so many messages and activities that even church staff aren't fully aware of the busy calendar. People in the congregation hear the occasional announcement, but even those who regularly attend can't possibly know everything about the church.
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Amazon delivers a new kind of logistics
Robert Gordon Distribution & WarehousingAlthough many people are focusing on Amazon's recent earnings miss, it's important to look past that and realize the online retail giant has spent more than ever on logistics infrastructure. Amazon clearly added assets and is hiring 120,000 people to push its internal logistics initiative forward.
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Comparing apples to oranges: Do you really know your skin type?
Elizabeth Donat Recreation & LeisureAchieving a youthful, dewy, complexion worthy of a pinch on the cheek doesn't come from using the crème de la crème of moisturizers. Rushing into injectable treatments can be risky and expensive. And relying on the sales personnel at the beauty counter or believing a celebrity-endorsed skin serum on TV will most likely get you nowhere.
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An open letter to Donald Trump from America’s railroad passengers
Charles A. Turek Transportation Technology & AutomotiveDear President-elect Trump, congratulations on your win. I know you are pretty much your own man, and that you take advice reluctantly and with a grain of salt. Nonetheless, I would like to take this opportunity to give you some about rail transportation, and particularly passenger rail transportation. Please don't feel pressured. I'd be perfectly happy if you get all this done in your first term, but I think the first 100 days would be a good target.
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Getting a new job at your current company
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementEmployment investigations and terminations are the bulk of what I do. Often, the investigations highlight the need for change, like additional training, promotions/demotions and other performance management actions. The terminations, of course, usually result in a staffing gap that needs to be addressed quickly.
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Does military hold the solution to a shortage of game officials?
Bob Kowalski Sports & FitnessWhen they're doing their job well, you shouldn't notice them. Recently, though, game officials are barely visible because they're in short supply. High school sporting events across the country are suffering from a dwindling corps of game officials across nearly all sports and seasons. In some areas, subvarsity schedules are being shortened or canceled. In many places, varsity games are spread to other nights in order to allow for enough officials.
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Has digital gutted your communications strategy?
Randall Craig MarketingNot a happy thought, but with so many cheap and easy digital tools have you ever thought traditional communications are effectively ... dead? That your traditional communication tools — and your traditional knowledge — are of fast diminishing value?
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Metals Thoughts: Brave new world
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesBy now you have already read a thousand articles about "What Donald Trump means for _____," and I'll try and avoid that sort of simplistic analysis — primarily, because that assumes certainty in even the beginning of the probability tree, which I don't think even the president-elect has just yet.
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Webber ready to retire but continue with Porsche
Sydney Scrogham Transportation Technology & AutomotivePorsche driver Mark Webber has announced his retirement, and his final race will be the 2016 WEC final on Saturday in Bahrain. Webber joined Porsche's LMP1 program in 2014 and won seven WEC events with Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley. Last year, the three claimed the drivers' title and finished second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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What I learned about the IEP transition from elementary to middle school
Alyssa Skolnick EducationTransitioning from elementary to middle school can be difficult for even the most successful student and seasoned parent. For a student with an IEP, the transition can be daunting. For me as a parent, it was downright traumatic.