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• Tap into board talent with a survey

  Julie Taylor and Bob Harris Association Management

  There are many ways to build a great board of directors. The process starts with a nominating committee interviewing and researching the backgrounds of volunteers. The committee may be limited by access to information about the candidates. If the committee deserts their task, you might hear them advise, "You won’t have to do anything when you get on the board."

• Getting grounded: Implications for business

  Linda Popky Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  We may all be ready to be done with the coronavirus, but the virus isn’t ready to be done with us. As a result, some of the short-term changes to how and where we work may turn out to be more longer-term than we ever expected. Not only do we need to maintain social distance and wear masks when out and about near others, but we also have to face the fact that for the most part, we’ve all been grounded. What do you need to do to be as effective as possible given these constraints?

• 5 ways to show your employees you care

  Simma Lieberman Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Since the end of February, we've been dealing with COVID-19, shelter in place, work from home, social distancing, less contact, and an ever-increasing awareness of racial inequities in the workplace, the community and across the globe. What worked before will no longer work in the same way. It's not enough to do one-time training on leadership, inclusion or communication. Employees want to know that that their organization cares about them.

• COVID-19 and the power of the collective

  Keith Carlson Medical & Allied Healthcare

  The coronavirus pandemic has shed light on myriad aspects of the healthcare system here in the United States, including the good, the bad, and the painfully ugly. We have also witnessed the many faces of the public’s appetite — or lack thereof — for a coordinated national response, not to mention the scientific community’s deep dive into the heart of the pandemic’s causes and possible amelioration. If we are to prevail and save as many lives as possible in the coming months, the power of the collective must be more fully harnessed and realized.

• 4 ways healthcare tech has been impacted by COVID-19 and what the future…

  Amanda Ghosh Medical & Allied Healthcare

  COVID-19 forced most healthcare institutions to offer more telehealth services. Now that patients have a taste for home-based care, they will expect more of such services in the future. In essence, COVID-19 has pushed the idea of a healthcare system built on consumerism to the forefront of the discussion in medical circles. Here are four ways COVID-19 is having an impact on healthcare, and a glimpse of what the future may hold for patients and practitioners.

• Manufacturers poised to scale up production when COVID-19 vaccine arrives

  Bambi Majumdar Manufacturing

  Drug manufacturers are under immense pressure to develop the COVID-19 vaccine. Now, they think that they can master a process that typically takes years by producing a vaccine in months. These companies have already received millions of dollars in funding to scale up manufacturing capacity and move hundreds of millions of vaccine doses. But many in the medical community are worried about this type of guarantee.

• The 7 P’s marketing mix of home-sharing services: Insights from over…

  Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  The 7 P’s marketing mix framework is a widely used managerial tool that helps businesses identify the principal components of a service product. Building upon the 7 P's marketing mix framework, I led a research team in an analysis of over 1.14 million English-language reviews of 37,092 Airbnb listings in San Francisco and New York City. We aimed to discover meaningful new business intelligence through the analysis of online review information created by consumers in the cyber marketplace.

• Delayed buying season pushes home sales to record levels

  Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

  Pent-up demand from months of home confinement combined with record-low mortgage interest rates created a surge in home buying in June. Sales of new and existing homes reached some of their highest levels ever and were up in every region of the country. Industry experts differ, though, on whether this is a sign of the market’s recovery or just a temporary boost before activity tapers off again.

• Getting started with project management

  Deborah Ike Religious Community

  Have you ever participated in an effort to select, buy, and implement a new ChMS? What about completing an overhaul of the church’s HR policies? Or perhaps you're working on reopening plans amid COVID-19. Those are a few examples of projects you may face. A great deal of time, money, and work is expended to complete these projects. One way to make that process less expensive and time-consuming is to use a project management process.

• 5 ways entrepreneurs can survive and thrive in a VUCA world

  Wayne B. Titus Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  "Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity." When the U.S. Army War College first introduced these four words in 1987, it drew on the leadership ideas of Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus to describe the effects of the end of the Cold War on the world. Since then, both world leaders and business strategists have applied these terms to reflect the relative chaos and instability caused by other world events.

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