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• Enterprise service management delivers value to educational entities

  Nancy Van Elsacker Louisnord Education

  The trend of educational entities adopting IT service management solutions has been on a steady rise. Educational organizations want to align operations with overall institutional strategies and goals. The IT organizations that service these educational entities play a major role in supporting educational functions by offering IT services to support the business and the mission of the institution. These organizations that are taking these technology steps find that there are fewer break-and-fix issues, but more instances where they can be builders of things and integrators of things.

• U.S. Senate passes sweeping public lands act

  Michelle R. Matisons Civil & Government

  Despite the historic levels of partisanship we've seen out of Washington, D.C., recently, there's been some surprising bipartisan activity in the Senate regarding public lands expansion: the National Resources Management Act (NRMA). Now the Act heads to the House, which is expected to pass it next month with an endorsement from a supportive President Trump to codify it into law. Like anything optimistically sold as a bipartisan green initiative, this package (NRMA) is a mixed bag of tricks to be sure. But that gives us something to work with, right? For starters, nothing short of 1 million acres of newly protected land in the West is included in the package.

• College golf coaches take PGA Forum Stage, discuss key recruiting factors

  Tracy Peyton

  Six decorated college golf coaches from all over the country graced the PGA Merchandise Show’s Forum Stage Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. in Orlando to offer insight into the recruiting process and life as a collegiate student-athlete.

• Detecting hidden anxiety, depression in children

  Dorothy L. Tengler Mental Healthcare

  As many as 1 in 5 children suffer from anxiety or depression, starting in preschool years. Early diagnosis and appropriate services for children and their families can make a difference in the lives of children with mental disorders. However, when children suffer in silence because they never exhibit the disruptive behaviors that would lead to a referral for diagnostic assessment, how can parents be sure their child is anxious or depressed? Ryan McGinnis, a biomedical engineer at the University of Vermont, led a team to develop a tool that could help screen children who were internalizing disorders to catch them for early treatment.

• Avoid these tricky but common nonexempt traps

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Can't we just make everyone exempt? It would be so much easier! Employers would not have to worry about overtime budgeting or the details of whether their employee is on or off the clock when they make a request. And most employees would happily trade in their time card for a set salary, schedule flexibility and just the ability to be considered exempt. It seems everyone wins. However, the Federal Labor Standards Act is pretty clear on what type of position can be exempted from overtime rules and many of us our pushing those guidelines to their limits. Here are a few common traps and tips for how to avoid — or rectify — them.

• 5 ways to increase employee retention

  Roberta Matuson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Are people leaving your organization faster than you can fill jobs? If so, you're not alone. But that doesn’t mean it's OK! Steady, unwanted employee turnover leaves you in a constant state of recruiting, encouraging those who've stuck around to remain, plus training and re-training. Not to mention the exorbitant cost of employee turnover. A recently published report by Tinypulse pored over data collected from more than 25,000 employees around the world and found five main reasons why employees were flying the coop. Here are five key takeaways from the report.

• Negotiating commercial leases: What’s in a name?

  Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield Retail

  For many commercial tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While an entrepreneur focuses on marketing and managing, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized salespeople. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate. Whether you are leasing a new location for the first time or negotiating a lease renewal for your business, here are two money-saving tips.

• Pet nutrition myths: A review of the facts — part 2

  Natalie Asaro, Dr. Jennifer Adolphe and Michele Dixon Pet Care

  Many pet parents today are interested in learning about optimal nutrition for their furry loved ones, and the first place they seek answers is often on the internet. Unfortunately, there are a variety of blogs and courses published online that may disseminate inaccurate or biased information. There is a lot of information out there, so how does one sort out fact from fiction? While nutrition science isn't perfect, it’s the best approach we have to figure out how to best feed our pets. The following review is part two of a series featuring evidence-based approaches to some common myths found online about pet food and the pet food industry.

• Are you sabotaging your workers’ productivity in ways you never realized?

  Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  As a manager, you might think you're doing a great job at creating a work environment that helps your employees thrive. But are you making unintended mistakes that could be zapping your staff's physical and emotional strength? If you have been, here's some good news. Researchers have been looking extensively at ways workers' performances can be affected in unexpected ways. The result: they've come up with some great solutions for how you can recognize where you can easily improve your workers' productivity.

• Upcoming webinar shows how to handle awkward patient situations successfully

  Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental Healthcare

  If you've ever wondered if there were resources out there for dentists and practice administrators who find themselves sideways with a patient for one reason or another, wonder no more! A March 12 American Dental Association webinar will offer dentists and dental practice team members real-life solutions for managing…umm…let’s say delicate patient situations. Things like addressing cancellations and no-shows, tips for fielding phone calls from prospective patients and even guidance on the right way to dismiss patients from the practice will be covered.

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