Recent Articles
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Got the agenda — Now what?
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementThe purpose of an agenda is to ensure a meeting will be conducted in an orderly manner and discussions will lead to results. With an agenda, conversations stay on track, and the meeting should end on time.
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How much longer will America say ‘no way’ to Huawei?
Ross Lancaster Science & TechnologyOf the world's three largest smartphone makers, two — Apple and Samsung — are ubiquitous to the American consumer. Other brands, such as LG, have their phones, but Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy lines are well recognized as both the best and most popular in the American marketplace.
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Get your community’s attention
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityI travel a lot for my job helping churches communicate better. Walking through airport terminals, I'm struck by the amount of busy people. All of them with places to go — they're on a mission! People moving in various directions almost colliding into each other. Stores and kiosks with glittery things encompass the hustle trying to get people to engage with them. Dozens of messages (retail, informative and security) drone constantly as everyone walks from gate to gate.
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Teaching athletes how to set goals
Kevin Chester Sports & FitnessSetting goals is what helps to give purpose to what we are doing. Whether it is improving our financial status, starting a family or winning a title, goals are what motivate us to get to where we want to be. Our job as coaches is to help athletes achieve success, and it starts with goal setting.
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What does the Skytrax survey say about America’s airports?
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveThe 2016 Skytrax World Airport Awards are in, and it doesn't look too impressive for America's airports. The full list of the world's top 100 airports is based on highly respected methodologies in surveying more than 13 million passengers on a variety of ratings and determining the best airports in the world.
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Healthcare payment reform on the march
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationControlling healthcare spending might start with the data generated through healthcare claims. So far, collecting that data in the claims has been called a headache, but harnessing it may be the key to developing alternative payment models.
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Researchers: Major shift needed in approach to Alzheimer’s disease
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareSeveral researchers within the field of Alzheimer's disease (AD) expressed their opinion regarding the role of microbes in the development of the disease in the recent issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. These voices cannot be ignored given that 33 professionals contributed, and these experts represent 10 different countries.
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Does it matter if you sleep at work?
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementJodi Lasher, a nurse, was terminated after she failed to notify anyone that she needed to take measures to address her approved FMLA accommodation for her persistent migraines. In short, she fell asleep in an unused patient room and subsequently neglected her duties to monitor fetal heart rates in the labor and delivery department in which she worked.
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Metals Thoughts: Terror in Brussels
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesMarkets and security forces are on high alert this morning in the wake of the terror attacks in Brussels that have left at least 25 dead and 50-plus injured. There is a slight flight to safe assets, but the net effect seems to be somewhat muted as we are sadly growing used to these sorts of headlines on an all-too-frequent basis.
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Volunteer medical assignment quickly becomes learning experience
Carmen Cooper-Oguz Medical & Allied HealthcareIn the fall of 2015, I was selected for an international volunteer assignment in St. Lucia, an island in the Caribbean. I was approved for the assignment due to my dual credentials as a physical therapist and a wound care specialist. As part of this assignment, I collaborated with Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO), a volunteer organization in which I have been a member for almost 10 years. For the past 28 years, HVO has been dedicated to improving the availability and quality of healthcare through the education, training and professional development of the health workforce in resource-scarce countries.