Recent Articles

  • Metals Thoughts: Carried away

    Brad Yates Natural Resources

    ​Metals had a tough month of May, with speculative positioning running out, hawkish FOMC minutes, the dollar strengthening and then breaking the 50 DMA to the downside. Fed chair Janet Yellen's comments Friday at Harvard made it clear that at least July (if not June) is a live meeting, and the market had to immediately reprice the curve.

  • 10 cost-saving tech tools to help nonprofits

    William D. Pawlucy Association Management

    Nonprofit technology budgets are shrinking, but the need for robust technologies is growing. Organizations with both small and large budgets can benefit from these 10 tools that can help collect data, improve communications and provide additional capacity.

  • You can’t do communications alone

    Mark MacDonald Religious Community

    Of all the leaders in a church, business administrators understand that more is accomplished when a team of experts can lead you through the many twists of ministry. Church communications is one of those complex paths. Don’t try to do it alone. Oh sure, you can try, but you’ll end up wasting money on employees who don’t fit your ministry, a website that doesn’t function properly, or a team of unfocused people that wants to change everything for the sake of "new and different." Here are five surprising ways that "outsiders" help achieve effective church communications.

  • Bike share programs gaining traction across the country

    Bob Kowalski Transportation Technology & Automotive

    Bike share programs are growing in popularity and availability across the country. That’s not surprising, considering that the efforts combine exercise, eco-friendliness and sharing while reducing traffic congestion — all laudable qualities. On the surface, bike share seems like a no-brainer. Compared to other forms of public transit, it puts destination in the control of the users, who can travel when and where they want. It requires no additional infrastructure as would a new rail system. Who in good conscience could be against all of that?

  • Why the upcoming nursing shortage is so unhealthy

    Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

    Georgetown University researchers say that a nursing shortage, a constant point of contention for at least the last decade, will see a lack of more than 190,000 nurses in less than four years. They predict that the shortage will be a result of several factors, including an aging population, the number of nurses who are nearing retirement and a shortage of nursing faculty to train new nurses. Here's why this is important.

  • What’s next for TSA after security head’s ouster?

    Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & Automotive

    Headaches from long lines and staffing problems at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have led to the replacement of its head of security as it urgently seeks a solution to the issues and criticisms faced over recent weeks. The decision was recently made to replace Kelly Hoggan, not because of any wrongdoing, it was claimed, but because a "different approach" was needed in order to get the organization back on track and deal with mounting pressure from the public and airlines.

  • How the Internet of Things improves the supply chain

    Charles Bell Distribution & Warehousing

    You've likely heard of the Internet of Things (IoT) with regard to everyday technologies that can make your life more convenient. For instance, some of the most popularly discussed uses are fitness bands and smart thermostats, both of which can impact your life in a fairly intimate manner. But in a broader sense, the IoT is truly about full, wireless connectivity between devices for the sake of improved efficiency and safety in all walks of life. One application that not a whole lot of people talk about is the IoT's use in company supply and shipping divisions.

  • The best of America’s Shakespeare festivals

    Dave G. Houser Recreation & Leisure

    April 23 marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death at age 52. His plays have been performed down through the centuries in nearly every major language on every continent. To mark this year’s anniversary, festivals will take place all around the world, performed by major theatre companies and small community theatres alike. All will celebrate the legacy of arguably the greatest playwright in the English language.Here’s a sampling of what some of the leading festivals have in store for theatregoers in 2016.

  • Events are a designed reality, and we need less events, more reality

    Paul Schreuder Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

    Real life is natural and authentic. Events are designed and created. Can something that is designed also be natural and authentic? Or is a designed, created situation by definition unnatural, fake and an imitation of the real world? If this is true, an event can never be "real." Here’s why we need to give this a moment’s thought.

  • Mixed signals in special education are concerning

    Bambi Majumdar Education

    A recent Education Week article said that the number of students with disabilities from ages 6 to 21 has risen to 5.83 million. This upswing in school-age students covered under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has brought forward a pressing need to take another look at K-12 special education programs and their allocated budgets. There has been improvement in special-education programs during the last few decades, but when we see this rise in numbers, one is forced to wonder how effective these programs have to be.