Recent Articles
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7 tips for engaging ESL students in music education
Lonny Alfred EducationAs the demands for English as a second language (ESL) courses continues to soar across the U.S., music educators must find new ways to engage these students in music performance at school.
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What shoppers want from you this holiday season
Emma Fitzpatrick RetailWe're less than two weeks out from one of the biggest shopping days of the season, Black Friday! Then, the holiday shopping frenzy will begin. This year, like years past, will look remarkably different from the year before. More shoppers will be making purchases at home, often from their mobile device. In fact, online sales will now represent nearly 11 percent of all holiday sales, according to eMarketer. That's huge.
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Trump’s chance to make his mark on the energy industry
Lucy Wallwork Natural ResourcesWhat else to write about this week than President-elect Donald Trump? Just hours after one of the biggest electoral upsets in political history, analysts were scrambling to decipher what it might mean for the energy industry. Writing back in June, all I was able to conclude from the Republican candidate's ill-defined statements was that under a Trump presidency, "something is going to change ... we just don't know what." Now it is time, in this brave new world, to work out the "what."
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Top 3 traps in a dental office lease
Jeremy D. Behar Oral & Dental HealthcareThe details in your dental office lease can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in traps and pitfalls, easily making it one of the most significant documents you will ever sign. Landlords use the lease as a tool to make as much money as they can from a dentist, making it particularly critical that the terms and clauses within it are set up to help protect you, rather than hinder you.
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Learn to cut through mountains
Ben Montgomery Healthcare AdministrationWhen you're a private practice physical therapist, the day-to-day challenge of running your own clinic will demand a lot of you. Medical billing, bookkeeping, financial obligations, development, marketing — it's a mountain of obligations that sometimes feels insurmountable.
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Does Black Friday still determine your holiday success?
Danielle Manley RetailBlack Friday would be described by most as the busiest shopping day of the year. However, year after year this proves to be less and less true based on financial figures. According to ShopperTrak, retailers made an estimated $10.21 billion in sales on Black Friday in 2015, which is an 11.9 percent decrease compared to 2014.
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Holy MACRA! Healthcare payment regulation is landscape changing
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) is one of the most newsworthy items grabbing healthcare headlines in recent weeks and for good reason. According the 24-page executive summary of the regulation, MACRA repeals the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and replaces it with a new approach to payment called the Quality Payment Program, which rewards the delivery of high-quality patient care.
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Incorporating tech in the music classroom
Lonny Alfred EducationThere's a lot of talk among educators about ways to incorporate technology in the classroom, and for good reason: It can increase student engagement. That was the case with Melissa Clark, a grade school New Jersey music teacher, and her students.
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7 tips for managing your most precious resource — time — in 2017
William D. Pawlucy Association ManagementThe most precious resource in the world is not gold but something more valuable — time. As we all know, the time we have is fixed and very much finite. It is becoming even more precious and guarded by your volunteers and staff.
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Is this the end of the addiction profession?
Pete Nielsen Mental HealthcareVarious states have chosen to merge their alcohol and drugs departments with their mental health departments into a new department called "behavioral health." In investigating the impact of this change, something occurred to me: We may be harming addiction treatment's effectiveness.