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The benefits of VR are so broad, they’re beyond tangible

Joseph Zulick Science & Technology

Amidst all the hype and wide-eyed growth predicted for virtual reality, it's often difficult for stakeholders to decide which of its two words to focus on. Will VR deliver only indirect, "virtual" benefits to businesses or direct, tangible benefits that become bottom-line reality? On this topic, today's hype will definitely become tomorrow's given. Even in these earliest days, VR is already a game-changer, and the future holds immense promise for almost every business vertical.

Katrina McGhee continues to empower women on new tour

Simma Lieberman Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Katrina McGhee is the founder of "Loving On Me," a global movement to empower women to love themselves, support each other and take self-leadership of their lives. A former executive of the American Heart Association and the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Katrina uses her own life experiences to help women who have the talent but not necessarily the confidence, self-esteem or strategy to go past the limits they’ve set for themselves, and have the life and career they want.

Is ‘proposal brain’ affecting your work?

Brenda Crist Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Do you feel forgetful? Is your thinking cloudy? Are you making mistakes? Are you scrambling your words? If so, chances are you have "proposal brain" or what some call "brain fry." In my experience, working long hours over a stretch of several days without a break causes the problem, and no amount of sugar, caffeine or binge-watching your favorite shows can cure it. So, if you get proposal brain, how can you to get rid of it? Here are five tips that I found helpful.

The long-term effects of Facebook’s scandals

Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

Facebook lost its cool factor a while ago. Back in 2016, Snapchat became teens’ favorite social network, and it’s remained there ever since, according to 2018 eMarketer data. For all other generations, including millennials, Facebook remains the most used social network. That’s not to say all is well. Facebook only grew its daily users by 1.44 percent in Q2 of 2018, compared to 3.42 percent growth in Q1. That’s the company’s slowest quarter-over-quarter growth ever. Other research corroborated that people may be pulling back from Facebook a bit.

The right message for the board

Robert C. Harris Association Management

What messages do volunteers receive as they consider board service? The responsibilities of volunteer leadership should be clearly communicated. The worst message is offered by nominating committees, "You won’t have to do anything when you get on the board." Other directors are "voluntold." The technique taps a person who misses a meeting or steps out for a moment, only to return to hear, "We decided you would be good for this responsibility."

The life cycle of a project risk

Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

As we manage individual project risks, they pass through a life cycle that can be described using a set of status values. These can help us to understand where each risk is in its life cycle, so that we can determine what we should do next. The following set of standard status values in this article might be useful. Using these status values, we can describe the life cycle of a typical individual project risk.

Why ephemeral content is here to stay

Mashaal Ryan Marketing

One of the newest driving forces in future marketing strategies involves a type of content known as "ephemeral," which is a fancy word for "temporary." This technology was first introduced to the social media world with Snapchat. You can use this type of tool for your marketing campaigns to make them both relevant and useful. For example, brands can give their audience a brief glimpse into their "behind the scenes" work, such as how products are created, shared or promoted.

The real reasons you can’t fill jobs, and how to change them

Roberta Matuson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

I've been sitting back watching as leaders continue to fill up LinkedIn threads with "We’re Hiring!" posts. The same leaders do this day in and day out, which tells me this strategy isn’t working. Would you continue to solicit for new clients and customers the same way if you discovered what you were doing was not resulting in new prospects? Of course not! Yet, here we are. Let me share with you why you can't fill jobs and what you can do to change this.

There is no such thing as instant coffee

Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk Management

You and I have been born into an accelerating world. Travel that took a week by horseback two centuries ago is now competed in a few hours in the air-conditioned comfort of your car. Just 10 years ago, the two-hour meeting you had in the next time zone that required flights and overnights is now completed in two hours, plus two minutes for the setup and tear down of a GoToMeeting session. Email, smartphones, internet, Skype, social media…everything is happening faster and faster. We’ve become so used to speed that we actually believe there is something called instant coffee.

3 church communication myths

Mark MacDonald Religious Community

Church communication is a popular topic in the church world. But the expectations of how to fix communication are often overinflated. They're not a cure-all. In fact, effective communication takes time as the correct messages are produced consistently. Producing the right messages takes talent and skill, especially when consistency is required. Here are three church communication myths that need to be understood.

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