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• Use positive persuasion to meet your organization’s goals

  Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  When trying to land a new client, close a sale, or win approval for a new project, selling your idea factually is, of course, your first priority. Yet, you also know it's crucial never to lose focus of the human element of connection — finding just the right way to convince the person in front of you that doing business with you will be beneficial, and will be a pleasure as well. This is where mastering the skill of positive persuasion comes in.

• Nebraska conducts first execution in the US to use fentanyl

  Michelle R. Matisons Pharmaceutical

  The death penalty is a very divisive political issue. Recently, even Pope Francis condemned the practice as "inadmissable." Acquiring the drugs used for lethal injection is a huge problem, and some suggest this is leading to some very problematic developments — like the use of the popular opioid fentanyl in executions. Nebraska recently used fentanyl to execute Carey Dean Moore. This is the first time ever in the U.S. that fentanyl has been used in an inmate’s execution, and the move has caused much controversy.

• Specialty sodas are disrupting the beverage market

  Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

  Consumer habits are changing. We are more health-conscious than we have ever been before. Clean eating, ethics-driven diets, and healthier beverages are replacing our meal choices of yesteryear. The beverage industry is undergoing some significant shifts, and those changes offer an interesting picture of future meals to come. One such exciting feature is the advent of specialty sodas. They came in quietly but are growing fast, so much so that experts are calling them the next big disruptors in the field.

• Trace pharmaceuticals seen in water, food supply across the country

  Dr. Denise A. Valenti Pharmaceutical

  Drugs of all kinds are in the foods you might eat and the water you drink. Most recently, even private well systems were found to have traces of pharmaceutical products in the water. A 2015 study that assessed rivers near urban areas in the United States for the presence of active pharmaceutical ingredients found 20 percent of the 182 sites sampled had at least 10 of the 46 compounds sampled. The widespread use of opioids has also impacted the water supply, and this has impacted the food we consume. Mussels harvested from the Puget Sound in Washington state have tested positive for trace amounts of oxycodone.

• Protect your ‘fast’ communication channel (or risk losing it)

  Mark MacDonald Religious Community

  Remember when we wrote letters to communicate? We’d send a letter, wait several days, then hopefully receive a reply in the mail. Then there were fax correspondences. Now it’s email and texting. The channels keep changing (even when most of them are still around). We often choose a channel based on response time. For most, that means we choose between email, texting, and social media direct messaging. Occasionally we’ll still pick up the phone. Which should you use? Here are five tips for protecting your communication channel (especially texting).

• Surprising travel trends from Virtuoso Week 2018

  Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Fueled by a strong U.S. economy and an ever-increasing passion for noteworthy travel experiences, leisure travel is on track to become more sustainable and personal, according to the latest news from Virtuoso Travel Week 2018. Some 6,071 travel professionals from 100 countries met in mid-August in Las Vegas for the conference’s 30th annual gathering. Numbers were up in just about every category, and professionals also saw their chances to influence travel through a changing landscape of politics, environmental factors and economic circumstances.

• How to support your spa clients in the age of synthetic beauty

  Elizabeth Donat Retail

  If you follow fashion industry trends, you may have heard of two new models that have huge followings on social media and pose for beauty and luxury clothing brands alike: Shudu and Lil Miquela. These models are different because they are not actually made of skin and bones — they are completely digital. Virtual models are "just the beginning of the avatar revolution," according to Cameron-James Wilson, a 29-year-old photographer based in London and the creator of Shudu.

• Simple ways to connect and build relationships with your students

  Erick Herrmann Education

  Teachers get into the profession of teaching because they care about young people and want to help them be successful in life, and ultimately to make the world a better place. We all know that relationships are at the core of our work, and that this critical aspect of education and the classroom makes our job of educating children more effective and fulfilling for everyone. Yes, building relationships with students takes time, a commodity that is in limited supply in the classroom. The following list of activities and ideas can be used in virtually any context, but may need to be adapted slightly depending on the grade level and make up of your classroom.

• McDonald’s flagship: An example of newly renovated space

  Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  The advance of technology has transformed the way restaurants and hotels operate their businesses. When almost everything, from reservations, productions, and service delivery, to the collection of payments, can be performed by machines, restaurants and hotels must also reconsider how they may better utilize the space for smooth operations. McDonald’s, for example, recently revealed a flagship store that looks like an Apple Store in Chicago, roughly two months after the company opened a brand-new, $250 million headquarters in an up-and-coming Windy City neighborhood known for its trendy restaurants.

• The benefits, risks of new blood pressure guidelines

  Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Since 1999, more people with high blood pressure — especially those 60 years of age or older — have visited their healthcare professionals for treatment. Because of its high prevalence, hypertension remains an important public health concern and a risk factor for adverse health outcomes, including coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and decline in cognitive function. According to the landmark Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), intensive blood pressure management may save lives.

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