Recent Articles
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Mentoring new clergy in basic administration practices
Micah James Religious CommunityI recently hit a milestone, graduating from my new/young clergy cohort group. Though I was only in the group for 3.5 years, the group has spent 16 years trying to sustain clergy in their first years of ministry. It was formed in response to the great rate of burnout within the first five years of ministry service.
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How can we make school lunches both healthy and tasty?
Bambi Majumdar EducationA recent article in The New York Times — "Why Students Hate School Lunches" — has sparked off quite a debate in the education world. Thanks to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which took effect in 2012, and other similar strategies, 30 million kids have access to healthy school lunches every day.
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Your relationship with work: The honeymoon phase
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementContinuing our series on our relationships with work, this week we will look at consulting. How does becoming an independent contractor change the relationship? Consultants have the ability to harness that new job excitement with every new contract. For those who love the idea of starting in a new position with a new company, then consulting can be the path to a perpetual honeymoon.
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5 tactics for gaining new members with content marketing
Jessica Taylor Association ManagementThese days, outbound advertisements are becoming a thing of the past. Between the DVR and e-zines, advertisements don't hold as much weight in our everyday media. It's much more difficult to grasp someone's attention with something that's valuable to them. Associations are recognizing the same trends happening within their industry — retention rates and new-member inquiries are decreasing — because, quite frankly, "ain't nobody got time for that."
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ELL writing skills: Getting started
Douglas Magrath EducationWriting for the L2 learner is a developmental process analogous to reading. It is also a direct communication from writer to reader. Note the following from the ACTFL Standards: "Learners present information, concepts and ideas to inform, explain, persuade and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers or viewers."
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Marketing your multifamily community: Using your website
Pamela Treat Abeyta Facilities & GroundsYour website is a leasing tool. It should be attractive, effective and functional. Having your own website helps in the search engine rankings. But, once you get people to your site, how do you keep them there?
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New law enforcement standards for use of deadly force
Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityIn a recent move, Ohio's state law enforcement board announced standards for the use of deadly force by police. The mandate is the first of its kind in the state and a new concept for many other U.S. states as well.
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Take a ‘long’ look at your customer relationships
Fred Berns RetailWhat's it take to develop long-term customer relationships? How can you turn contacts into ongoing contracts? How can you convert current clients into continuing ones? Those are critical questions, considering that increasing your repeat business by 40 percent can help you double your income in a year.
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Kitchens that cook so you don’t have to
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesThe Consumer Electronics Show is still months away, but manufacturers are already rolling out the next generation of kitchen appliances. What they have to offer takes "smart" technology to a whole new level. The latest innovations go beyond appliances that can be controlled remotely; they utilize data processing to simplify food preparation as well.
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Understanding life seasons and critical incidents
Michael S. Haro, Ph.D. Mental HealthcareOur daily lives can be compared to the four seasons: fall, winter, spring and summer. October starts the fall season, which brings change from preceding months of hot, simmering weather. Fall is a beautiful time of the year with leaves changing colors, the cool briskness of the mornings, and the clear, colder nights. With all this beauty, we also experience early darkness and time change, indicators of dreariness brought on by overcast days, rain and early cold spells.