Recent Articles
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Does your association offer the right memberships?
Shawn Smajstrla Association ManagementThe best recruitment marketing ever invented won't be fully effective if your association's membership options aren't appealing. Consider the types of memberships you offer. Membership in associations cannot be a one-size-fits-all proposition. Different types of members will have different needs and may have different designs on what they expect to gain from membership. They may also have different budgets.
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5 concealed carry pistol laser-sight myths
Mike Ox Recreation & LeisureI want to start by saying that I love laser sights. I own several of them and use them on high-powered rifles, .22s and airsoft rifles. I bought my first Crimson Trace laser for a Kimber 1911 12 or 13 years ago. I use them for night shooting with night vision, and I've used them a lot with my boys since they were very young to introduce them to shooting. In the right hands, they're a great tool on a defensive gun, but there are some big myths about them.
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Too soon to think about Christmas communications?
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityEveryone groans when we see the first back-to-school commercial of the year. Almost as much as seeing the first Christmas ad that asks "Started your holiday shopping yet?" We're never fully ready to be reminded of huge events on our calendar — even if they're close.
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Tips to lower dental office occupancy costs
Jeremy D. Behar Oral & Dental HealthcareIt's increasingly challenging to keep costs low when managing a dental practice, but controlling expenses should be a high priority. Reducing overhead by improving efficiency, maximizing revenue and cutting unnecessary expenses is a good place to start.
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Metals Thoughts: The chain
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesGold and silver have generally held their respective ranges since we last discussed and don't show much to encourage that the barriers will change anytime immediately. In many aspects, we have seen some healthy resetting of the table and a few of the things I would look for as encouraging have surfaced, but the supply-demand balance for physical is still worrying.
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Slowing the spread of Zika virus in the US
Katina Hernandez Medical & Allied HealthcareOne word has consistently dominated news outlets worldwide this summer: Zika. And it is with good reason. The mosquito-borne virus has spread to more than 60 countries and territories, and cases have reached epidemic levels in Central and South America and throughout the Caribbean.
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To friend or not to friend: Should Facebook be part of your curriculum?
Danielle Manley EducationDid you know that only 4 in 10 families were contacted by their child's school throughout the previous year? Parent involvement in the child's school life has proven successful, and the first (and easiest) step is through communication.
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Researchers find on-off switch between sleep and wakefulness
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareSufficient sleep is increasingly being recognized as an essential aspect of chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Sleeping less than seven hours per night is associated with increased risk for obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke and frequent mental distress. Insufficient sleep also impairs cognitive performance, which can increase the likelihood of traffic accidents, industrial accidents, medical errors and loss of work productivity.
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There’s no magic number when it comes to jobs and the economy
Paul Zukowski Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementI can sense continuing excitement brewing among those, including me, who watch economic statistics like they were some sort of Olympic event. Why are the numbers creating excitement, you may ask? Because — hold onto your hats — the monthly new-jobs-created figure hit 255,000 for July!
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Living full-time in your RV: Getting started
Howard Jaros Recreation & LeisureWhen you think it may be time to investigate the full-time RV lifestyle, lots of things need to be considered. Are you currently full-time RV planning? It is best to plan ahead and develop a calendar of events for the things that need to get done. The timing will be different for everyone, but most of the steps will be the same. If you fail to plan, you might be planning to fail.