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Infographic: The people and tech behind data science

Brian Wallace Science & Technology

Between 2011 and 2012, job listings for "data scientist" increased 15,000%. "Data science" might be a buzzword, but it isn’t a new idea — in fact, it has been on a journey to the mainstream for almost three centuries. By 2025, 175 billion terabytes of data will be created every day. To understand and analyze the world's surging data, advanced tools are needed. Learn more with this infographic.

How to prevent ‘passive clone syndrome’ in your organization

Simma Lieberman Business Management, Services & Risk Management

I recently watched a Bruce Willis movie called "Surrogates" for the second time. People stay home, send their surrogates to work and use remote controls to interact with them. The surrogates are exact clones of their "owners." Although "Surrogates" is in the future, it made me think about workplaces today. Willis is an FBI agent who sends his FBI surrogate to solve a murder, until he realizes that he needs to personally be involved. He leaves the house and takes his true self to work to find the killer. Are your employees sending their clones to work?

WAIT: Why am I talking?

Robert C. Harris Association Management

Board meetings are platforms for conversation and deliberation. The room is set so directors can see, listen and converse with each other. An agenda keeps the discussions moving forward to achieve the desired outcomes. It takes discipline by everyone to maintain a focus on the business at hand. It is easier to be distracted than it is to stay on topic. "Paying attention and staying focused is not easy. Directors’ attention may wander. Those who listen with intent will conclude the meeting with improved outcomes," said Rick Howe, IOM, Director of Visitor Services, Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce.

Understanding the structure of Arabic for ESL teachers

Douglas Magrath Education

An understanding of the basic structure of Arabic is useful to ESL teachers who have Arabic students or who are planning to teach in the Middle East. This knowledge will help instructors understand some of the problems Arabic learners will have as well as anticipate linguistic interference as well as crossover. The English learner often attempts to communicate by drawing upon translations from the native language. First-language influence is strongest in complex word order and in word-for-word translations of phrases.

5 counterintuitive principles that will change your life

Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk Management

It's not easy to be counterintuitive and go against the old paradigms. Yet history teaches us that most breakthrough successes have come from running counter to the prevailing paradigms. For example, where would we be today if, in 1981, Bill Gates of Microsoft had believed his own pronouncement, "640K of memory ought to be enough for anybody," and stopped pushing the limits of what computers could do? So, take a walk on the wild side, try these five counterintuitive principles for yourself, and see if they help you achieve breakthrough performance.

The cost of changing jobs

Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk Management

What is the cost of changing jobs? Make no mistake, there is always a cost involved that has nothing to do with salary. Gone are the days when the norm was to work one job at one company until retirement. We have a much more mobile workforce with more opportunities, and people change jobs often to avail themselves of perceived advantages, better pay, and better work-life balance. But sometimes when you change jobs, the benefits don't materialize as you'd expected, and regrets ensue.

How to reinvigorate your digital marketing strategy with an all-video website

Lisa Mulcahy Marketing

According to research from Cisco, 82% of all IP traffic will be video content by 2022. Animoto also reports that video is the No. 1 type of content consumers want from brands. Video is where it's at for digital and social marketers. So, why not use it to its full potential to sell your brand? The great news is that all-video sites are still rare from a marketing standpoint. Therefore, if you focus your energy on making one that's lively, exciting, and clear, you've got a huge jump on the competition! This article covers all the key elements you need to include in a terrific all-video website.

4 tips for managing last-minute ideas

Deborah Ike Religious Community

"I have an idea…" This phrase tends to mean an avalanche of work is headed your way. While the idea that's coming may be excellent and worth doing, what a church business administrator dreads is the likely effort to cram too many tasks into a short time frame. As you know, turning vision into reality is a tall order. If you've been hearing those dreaded words a lot lately and feel like your team is in a vicious cycle of last-minute planning, here are four tips to break the cycle.

Rest your eyes and listen

Debra Josephson Abrams Education

Stories designed to teach particular lessons, such as Aesop's Fables or Chassidic tales, can be used to promote cultural awareness and sensitivity; critical and creative thinking; making predictions and inferences; the elements of literature; and story-making and storytelling so students can create their own lessons. Though we often associate fables and tales with children, they transcend age; the best have lessons to teach all of us. There are a number of ways you can design a fable-making project.

Battles won and lost in American education’s bitter reading wars

Patrick Gleeson Education

American and British educators are divided into two opposing camps over the best way to teach children to read: the “whole language” camp and the “phonics” camp. Both methods have been taught for over a century, but since 1955 the two camps have become stridently opposed to a degree that justifies the popular title for the dispute: “the reading wars.” Below is a brief review of this curious battle of angry academics and legislators, along with my answers to three cogent questions: What does each group propose? Why do they distrust and dislike each other so much? And, finally, is there any hope of a truce?

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