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• Directors wear many hats

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  The director walked into the board meeting with an agenda of her own. She said, "My chapter expects the state board to resolve our situation." What hat was she wearing; a chapter director, a board member? She got on the board because the bylaws allow for representation from each chapter. This director had a bad assumption about governance. She was obsessed with the problems of her chapter rather than a shared focus on advancing the mission and goals of the state association.

• What’s old is new again in retail for 2019

  Catherine Iste Retail

  Regardless of age or profession, every citizen in a small town understands retail’s fundamental principles: trust, word of mouth and network. As Amazon, voice-controlled devices, and smart homes change the way consumers and retail interact, these fundamental principles of human interaction will continue to become more important. Here are three old practices that will enjoy renewed importance in the year to come.

• Is a college degree worth what it costs?

  Patrick Gleeson Education

  It's long been held that a college education is worth what it costs. According to College Data, continuing tuition increases have brought the average cost of a Bachelor of Arts degree for the 2017-18 school year to a record high of $9,970 for in-state students attending a public college. Yearly tuition at private colleges for the same school year averages a whopping $34,740. Despite this, numerous online sources continue to affirm that getting a college degree is worth whatever it costs. In reality, better answers to the question may be "it depends," and "it’s complicated."

• Employing deep machine learning to fight crime

  Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  Deep machine learning is becoming an intrinsic part of much of what we do. It is no surprise then that law enforcement is focused on leveraging deep machine learning in its work so that departments can gain vital intelligence faster. It is imperative that law enforcement officers apply these new technologies to solve crimes since criminals themselves are not shy of using them. Unlike traditional, linear machine learning algorithms, deep machine learning is hierarchical, which means it is based on increasing complexity and abstraction to process information.

• Women in healthcare underrepresented in leadership roles, earn less than…

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  A new report by Oliver Wyman says that women may take three to five years longer than men to reach CEO-level positions across different types of industries despite their making up to 80 percent of buying and usage decisions in healthcare. For healthcare specifically, women are absent from the C-suite, making up only about 30 percent of senior leadership and just 13 percent of CEOs. These meager numbers don’t match the number of women in the workforce, however, who represent as much as 65 percent of it.

• Ethology and veterinary practice: Shadowy feline behaviors

  Dr. Myrna Milani Pet Care

  My first encounter with an animal displaying shadows of normal behavior occurred early in my veterinary medical career. During a routine examination/vaccination appointment, a client told me she had to teach her Himalayan cat how to use the litter box when he was a young kitten. "Even though he was 8 weeks old when I got him, he seemed a lot younger than that," she explained. "But because he was eating on his own, the breeder said he was ready to go." The client also noticed that her new kitten did something odd every time he used the litter box.

• Travel2020 at CES2019 — Where the robots hit the road: Part 1 of 2

  Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  What do you get when 180,000 verified geeks and 4,500 newfangled gadgets descend upon a few long blocks in Las Vegas? A lot of enhanced plastic, paper, wires and a possibly scary vision of the future at what is now fondly called CES. The Consumer Electronics Show that has been happening yearly since 1967 has come a long way from the portable Motorola televisions and next-gen eight-tracks that were once the siren song of a budding battalion of obsessed electronics fans. Today, it is more like an ocean of FOMO enthusiasts looking at the latest in any field of technology you could imagine.

• Shooting on the move: The 4 corners drill

  Mike Ox Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  Shooting on the move is more of a controversial topic than you may think. For some people, shooting on the move throws their accuracy and safety off so much that it’s not a good idea. For other people, they have to move so slow to be able to make hits that it makes more sense to run to where you’re going and then draw and shoot. But you can move fast and shoot accurately at the same time. It’s important to remember that there’s two components to moving and shooting. There’s the skill component and there’s the tactical component.

• Portland, Oregon’s Urban Growth Boundary: Smart growth or a stranglehold…

  Lucy Wallwork Construction & Building Materials

  When it is not being sent up for its bike karaoke and ironic mustaches, Portland, Oregon, is being held up as the city that threw out the rule book for conventional city growth patterns in the U.S. It is distinctly more walkable, bike-able and compact than other cities in the country and has become the poster child of "smart growth" in the U.S. Some of that is down to a not particularly glamorous land use policy introduced in the 1970s that essentially drew a circle around the city to stop sprawl in its tracks, and to reflect development back toward the downtown area.

• Results-driven credentials that demonstrate your value

  Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  If employers hire people to produce desired results, why not build a results-driven résumé to prove you are the best candidate? Why not give yourself an edge in your career search by building this résumé that tells employers you are a candidate they must consider? Whether it’s a for-profit (or a nonprofit, i.e., "not-for-loss") employer, businesses and institutions are looking for people who can deliver results that positively impact the bottom line.

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