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Infographic: Tricks to learn any skill fast

Brian Wallace Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Lifelong learning is the gift that keeps on giving, whether that learning is professional or personal. Seventy-three percent of American adults consider themselves to be lifelong learners but half feel underskilled and fear they are missing out on growth opportunities. This infographic outlines the value of learning as well as how to break down learning skills into smaller tasks that can be built upon.

5 healthy habits for staying sane while working from home

Caroline Goyder Business Management, Services & Risk Management

If you are working from home, you're likely spending much of your day video conferencing or teleconferencing. It should be wonderful, shouldn’t it? No commuting, no open plan office distractions, no hot desking. But unless you create some constructive habits when working from home, your days can quickly become a draining treadmill of calls. Here are a few healthy habits to adopt to help keep your energy up and your co-workers boosted and upbeat.

How to incorporate socially distanced influencers into your new digital…

Lisa Mulcahy Marketing

A new report finds that 60% of surveyed B2B businesses are currently focusing on social media advertising due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world recovers from COVID-19, everything looks and feels very different. Incorporating socially distanced influencers into campaigns that reflect our new way of life may seem challenging. After all, you want your influencers to strike the right messaging tone as we proceed out of the worst of the crisis, but you also want contributions to be engaging and informative and to be seen by the right audience for your products or services.

Dealing with risk in a volatile season

Deborah Ike Religious Community

To put it mildly, 2020 has been a challenging year. We've all had to deal with the impact of several significant events in a short period of time. While no one envisioned so much happening so fast, this raises an issue that many church leaders prefer not to consider … risk. However, leaders who have a plan to prevent these risks and how to deal with them if they occur will fare much better than those who don’t. Here are a few things for you to consider as you mitigate the risks to your church.

What everyone should know about payroll fraud

Grace Ferguson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Payroll is often an employer's biggest expense, making it a prime target for fraud on many levels. Employers, employees, third parties, and others all contribute to payroll rackets. For example, one type of fraud happens when companies misclassify employees as independent contractors. This type of misclassification strips the employee of their labor rights, as independent contractors are not protected by most employment regulations, including minimum wage and overtime pay laws.

States are reopening their manufacturing sectors. Here’s what they…

Bambi Majumdar Manufacturing

The manufacturing industry will have a significant role in the coming economic recovery, so there is optimism to be had with the news of the sector reopening in many places. But worker safety must be of paramount importance. As we cautiously go into our next phase of battling this pandemic, manufacturing companies are preparing to protect workers from the spread of COVID-19.

Finding the upside of ‘Groundhog Day’

Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk Management

During our worldwide quarantine, I've heard numerous groans about every day being "Groundhog Day," a reference to an old Bill Murray movie where every day was a rerun of the previous. But regardless of the lockdown, how many of us run busily through our days, repeating mechanically the previous day’s agenda? If you're going through rote motions of living, then you've already been living through "Groundhog Day." Well, this quarantine forces us to be still, to think. When we are moving mechanically and busily through life, we don’t often take the time to think; we just do.

Keep the wrong people away from the planning retreat

Robert C. Harris Association Management

Association planning retreats are convened every few years. They represent a significant investment in people’s time and meeting costs. Attendees are asked to create a three- to five-year roadmap. The results should best position the organization and communicate value to members. During the process, volunteers and staff will take deep dives into analyzing trends, assessing programs, creating initiatives and making long-term decisions.

Preventing hate crimes: If you see something, say something

Linda Popky Business Management, Services & Risk Management

After 9/11, when it became apparent we had to change our approach to security in the skies, as well as on the ground, the TSA was formed to manage new airport passenger screening protocols. A wave of mass shootings has led to enhanced security systems in public buildings. Because these measures alone can’t stop bad actors, we know we all have to be vigilant to what’s going on around us. If we see something, we have to say something. Now, we need to be on alert for a different type of threat. The number of hate crimes in the United States has risen consistently for the last three years.

Report: Ranking the states ready for the future digital economy

Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk Management

COVID-19 is changing how we make a living. Employment and gross domestic product are in free-fall. Amid the carnage, a new report has used metrics, from jobs to internet connectivity and the tech industry, to gauge the preparedness of 50 states and the District of Columbia for the future digital economy. The author of the report is Frances Chantree of STORAGECafé, a national storage space search website that is also a part of Yardi, a developer of investment and property management software.

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