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• Tips for teaching deaf students

  Douglas Magrath Education

  From time to time deaf students may be in one’s ESL classes. Remember that their L1 is likely a sign language system. Now they are learning a new language and possibly a new signing system since sign language is not universal. Deaf students whose L1 is American Sign Language encounter the hearing culture in a similar way that L2 students encounter American or other English-speaking cultures.

• How to manage employee data access

  Mason Hager Science & Technology

  During the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an increasing number of people now working remotely, securing your organization's resources has never been more important. Properly managing employee access to your organization's data and resources is critical to ensuring the security of your resources. Failure to have the proper procedures or systems in place can result in potential data breaches and security risks for your organization.

• Infographic: How to focus despite distractions

  Maggie Kimberl Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Each day employees spend 56 minutes on their smartphones and 42 minutes on personal tasks. That means 20% of each workday is wasted on distractions. We’re up against internal and external challenges when it comes to overcoming distractions, but there’s hope for those who need more focus. Find out more with this infographic.

• Encouraging the young wandering and wondering mind in education

  Sheilamary Koch and Ayla Reguero Koch Education

  Good students stay focused on work and pay attention in class, right? What if we were to go against common logic that letting the mind drift in class distracts from learning and say that these focused students may actually be missing crucial aspects in their learning? Why teachers should allow a child's mind to wander and wonder is the topic of a recent article by Anders Schinkel, associate professor of philosophy of education at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

• Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the world of event planning takes a huge…

  Kevin Reynolds Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Paul Lebo, an event planner in New Jersey, was probably a bit ahead of himself when he started to extol universal principles about his industry. After all, he notes, it’s never a shrewd move to predict the needs of a clientele base comprised of mostly young, volatile people on their most important day. But the event that forced him to check his ego, ironically, wasn’t an event at all. It was the coronavirus pandemic. Every trend he had ever seen went in the opposite direction.

• How a new study can help identify patients at risk for COVID-19 due to…

  Lisa Mulcahy Medical & Allied Healthcare

  As a healthcare professional, you understand the importance of testing and treating at-risk patients for COVID-19 as quickly as possible. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University could change the way you ID these patients. Professor Sheldon Cohen's article reports that unhealthy lifestyle choices such as smoking, avoiding exercise, and avoiding all social contact during the pandemic may make patients more susceptible to respiratory infections like COVID-19 and put them at risk for the worst outcomes.

• For the new school year, relationships first, academic content later

  Savanna Flakes Education

  As teachers, we are relationship builders, forging connections with families, integrating students’ strengths and interests into the curriculum, and creating a positive learning community between students and their classmates. We are reminded to prioritize connection, commit to building safe and positive learning environments, and celebrate students’ strengths before speaking of growth.

• Despite pandemic, health system and payer profits up due to less utilization

  Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Second-quarter headlines reporting the financial windfalls of payer organizations and health systems have been copious recently, despite what experts and analysts predicted would be devastating hits to the ledger because of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Even as many health systems treated only virus cases and most others shut down all elective surgeries, all of the nation's largest for-profit hospital chains saw a rise in profits.

• How to thoroughly clean high-traffic floors

  Kendall Youngworth Facilities & Grounds

  If you work in a facility that experiences a lot of traffic, there are safety concerns that could pose a threat to the health of your staff, business partners and customers. Inevitably, foot traffic can track in debris, germs and microbes that can spread throughout the facility. Therefore, it is important to keep your floors as clean as possible. In this article, we will discuss what should be considered when looking for appropriate flooring and cleaning solutions that are both functional and help promote a safe and healthy environment.

• Saboteurs and whisperers can destroy your company. Here’s how to…

  Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  You've met them. You've probably worked with them. You may have hired them. They're everyone's friend. Smile to your face. Pretend to care about you and support you. But turn your back, and they're nobody's friend. They're smooth and masterful saboteurs. It's all part of the game plan. Why do these saboteurs engage in such demoralizing, unhealthy, and toxic behavior?

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