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• Use these strategies to improve communication with your patients

  Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare Administration

  Even the most experienced physicians may find that relating to their patients constructively and positively can be a challenge. Maybe you're a doctor whose greatest strengths are academic, so you feel uncomfortable making small talk; maybe patients have told you that they have a hard time clearly understanding how you give diagnostic and treatment information. No worries: it's surprisingly easy to rethink the way you communicate with your patients, improve your clarity and strengthen your interpersonal skill set.

• New study: AFib and noise may be linked

  Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common type of heart arrhythmia. About 2.7 to 6.1 million people in the United States have AFib, and with the aging population, this number is expected to increase. AFib can occur because the heart's electrical system has been damaged, typically from other conditions that affect the heart, such as hypertension and coronary heart disease. Interestingly, in a recent study, scientists discovered that noise may throw the heart out of rhythm.

• Association hijackings by consultants and hybrid solutions

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  Hijacks and hybrids seem unrelated to associations. In this article, they have an impact regarding recommendations by a hired consultant. An association hijacking is the consultant who disregards the culture and politics of the organization in favor of making changes he or she prefers. In an association, a hybrid solution may be taking the advice of a consultant and then adapting it to fit the organization.

• New initiatives bring hope for K-12 curriculum changes

  Bambi Majumdar Education

  The education system that forms the backbone of our schools is more than 125 years old. What may have worked well in 1892 is no longer helping our students. In an era of Google, social media and continuous innovation, this should be a defunct system. Students need different skills and a different way to learn and absorb knowledge. Instead of rote memory and test output, children today need to learn new skills on a perpetual basis. Some change is on the way.

• The must-know social updates for Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  Lately, social networks have had a rough go of it. Data scandals broke. Privacy issues abound. False news continues to spread, and online harassment proliferates. As public opinion on these topics swells, social networking sites across the board are taking action. Read on to see the most significant ways social networks are attempting to solve the big issues. Of course, there are some new ways for your business to market and work on social, too.

• 4 ways your church sign lets you down

  Mark MacDonald Religious Community

  Drive around the streets of your town near your church. There are signs everywhere. Seriously, everywhere. If you’re looking, you’ll see them, but for the most part you’ll stop remembering most of them. We live in a loud, marketing-saturated world. Your church needs to have a sign that stands out and is remembered. For the right reasons. Here are four ways that most church signs don’t help the local church.

• Emerging plastics technologies highlighted at NPE and ANTEC shows

  Don Rosato Engineering

  ​Recently, the global plastics industry community was welcomed to a great National Plastics Exposition (NPE) that took place May 7-11, along with the equally impressive ANTEC from May 7-10 in Orlando, Florida, at the Orange County Convention Center. Let’s highlight some emerging plastics technologies at NPE and ANTEC, starting with what’s leading the 3-D printing plastics revolution. In the traditional 3-D printing area of fused filament fabrication, novel open-source software has come to the forefront.

• Think positively for positive results

  Maryann Lesnick Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Studies have long shown that not only does success at work lead to individual satisfaction and happiness, but that happiness leads to successful outcomes at work. From personal experience, I have seen that teams are happier when they have a happy leader. I am happier when I work for and with happy people. Attitude is everything. I think proposals are fun. And when I convey that message — when I live it — they become fun for everyone in the company.

• 5 tips for client retention during the summer months at your spa

  Elizabeth Donat Retail

  If you've been in the spa industry for a while, you may have noticed that your schedule can get a bit quiet during the summer months. One of the biggest obstacles, however, is that clients may also get sun exposure, which can prevent them from getting some treatments altogether. All in all, the summer can be a tricky time for keeping your books as filled as other parts of the year. If you are having trouble keeping your clients coming into your spa for treatments during the summer months, then read my expert tips.

• NYSCC Suppliers Day showcases latest in cosmetic technology

  Cherie Buziak Retail

  New product concepts, technologies and innovations were shown off May 15-16 at the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists' (NYSCC) Suppliers Day held at the Javits Center in Manhattan. This two-day event featured beauty industry suppliers of raw materials, ingredients, and cutting-edge technology. Here are three noteworthy technologies to keep your eye on as new personal care products come to market.

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