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• 3 easy steps to forming an amazing knowledge network

  Holly Patterson Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Not long ago, I found myself contemplating the lack of networking I had done on a professional level and thinking about what I can do to increase my event-planning network. My professional environment has me flying solo much of the time with not one single soul to share my ideas like "Are mashed potato bars really passé?" or "I think I can do 84 in a classroom-style floorplan."

• Will OPEC’s new game of production cuts actually work?

  Lucy Wallwork Natural Resources

  In September, the dysfunctional family that is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) seems to have managed to put differences aside during negotiations in Algiers, striking a deal to cut output for the first time since 2008. But how the deal will develop is under more doubt.

• In our high-tech age, the doctor still knows best

  Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Like many industries, healthcare has been impacted by technology in ways that were previously unimaginable. Today, heart attacks are diagnosed and treated in record times, people can monitor their blood pressure and even their ECG from their smartphones, and patients can get a rough idea of their potential diagnosis by entering a few symptoms in a computer database before seeing a doctor.

• Reintroducing endangered South American deer to Patagonian wilds

  Jo Anne Smith-Flueck and Fernando Vidal Mugica Science & Technology

  Chileans are making positive strides in the battle to bring back their emblematic Patagonian huemul, a medium-sized deer with large, mule-like ears that decorates the nation's coat of arms alongside the Andean condor. Later this month, the only captive breeding program in the world for this species will reintroduce the first animals ever back into the wild on the private Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve, where huemul have not been sighted for 25 years.

• Teaching global end users how to develop their own software

  Sammy Abaza Science & Technology

  Three decades ago, an information technology (IT) department's main duty was to develop software for various departments of an organization. The IT professionals would then train end users on how to use these applications.

• Are police body cameras more trouble than they’re worth?

  Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  The nation was rocked by another scandal involving the police in July. Several cameras showed an African-American man being fatally shot by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Each camera angle gave graphic details of the fateful incident — yet none of those angles were from the body cameras of the officers involved.

• Political show shoves economic news aside as job market tightens

  Paul Zukowski Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  With all the harsh words and finger-pointing being exchanged by the Democrat and Republican presidential candidates this month, it can be hard to get a grasp of what's really going on in the U.S. economy. Is it true, for instance, that America never wins anymore? Do we have to be made great again, or are things pretty great in the first place?

• How can we fix America’s teacher shortage?

  Cait Harrison Education

  The U.S. is facing a shortage of teachers in its K-12 schools, and the situation doesn't seem to be improving much. Teacher shortages across many districts became a hot topic in 2015, and a new study from the Learning Policy Institute details the causes of the shortage — primarily, teachers leaving the profession and fewer studying to become educators in the first place.

• Standing in the landlord’s shoes: Seeing yourself as a prospective…

  Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield Retail

  Securing a commercial tenancy isn't always an easy process. One big reason is landlords and tenants have different motivations. For landlords, owning commercial property and leasing space to tenants is their primary goal. Tenants, however, want to focus on running a profitable business or providing great service. The property is a place to attract customers to your business — it's not an end unto itself.

• Keeping the dream alive with your dream team

  Michelle LaBrosse Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Let's say you've found the perfect mix of people to staff your new project. They gel great together, and everyone is a top performer in his/her respective field. They are all gung-ho to get going. But then something happens. First, one starts showing up late to meetings. Then, someone else plans a vacation he absolutely must go on. Next, you have another who leaves the company altogether for warmer waters.

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