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How EdTech Firms Are Bringing Higher Education To The Metaverse

Forbes Leadership

Innovative companies are solving the scalability issues of higher education by offering virtual learning spaces in the metaverse.

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Into The Blue: Why One Tech Company Left California For The Gulf Coast

Chief Executive

For the first eight years of its life, Ocean Aero was largely an R&D company, focused squarely on making better, more rugged, autonomous underwater vessels designed to explore the oceans in an environmentally safe way. Staffed largely by former Navy personnel, it made sense to operate out of San Diego. . But at the end of 2020, the founders realized it was time to take the company to the next level and brought in a new CEO, Kevin Decker.

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Bringing Change To The C-Suite: Meet Nonbinary Executive Sarah Reynolds

Forbes Leadership

Udacity's new Chief Marketing Officer Sarah Reynolds is nonbinary, a rarity in any leadership role outside the Showtime television drama, "Billions." But that's changing, they say, in this one-on-one interview.

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Credibility Vs. Trust: Understanding The Difference Could Mean Millions

Chief Executive

Everyone in professional services holds this truth to be self-evident: It’s critically important that your clients trust you. Less obvious is how service providers can earn and develop that trust, especially with potential clients. One of the best ways to communicate “I’m trustworthy” to clients and potential clients is to turn business down. .

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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What Does ‘Disability Pride’ Mean To People With Disabilities?

Forbes Leadership

“Disability pride” works much better as a concept to be worked over by each disabled person in their own mind and in light of their own experience. It should always be a work in progress, a thought experiment, not settled state of mind or an identity.

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Does your leader give you enough of their time and attention?

Thought Leaders LLC

Our reader poll today asks: Does your leader give you enough of their time and attention? Absolutely! I get everything I need from them 26.06%. Mostly. Sometimes I wish I got more 32.19%. Not really. I feel like a bit of an afterthought 31.03%. Not at all. It’s like I don’t even exist 10.72%. Allocating appropriate time. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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Put People First: Human-centered Leadership

Management30 Leadership

For human-centered leaders results are important, but to reach those results they understand it is important to look for your people. Characteristics of human-centered leadership and how to foster this leadership style in your organization. The post Put People First: Human-centered Leadership appeared first on Management 3.0.

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What Goes Wrong When Some School Board Members Don’t Understand District Finances?

Forbes Leadership

Today’s school boards are wrestling with the financial pressures of enrollment declines and inflation, and the temporary nature of federal relief funds. Decisions made now will affect students for years to come.

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should I offer to work for less so that someone will hire me?

Alison Green

This post, should I offer to work for less so that someone will hire me? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’ve been job-seeking unsuccessfully since December 2020, most likely due to my lack of real work experience. I went to graduate school straight after my undergrad and had several internships but no full-time work experience.

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How The Reno Philharmonic Music Director Is Pushing Boundaries For Up-And-Coming Female Conductors

Forbes Leadership

Laura Jackson, music director for Reno Philharmonic, now in her 14th season, is paving a new direction for up-and-coming female conductors and composers through her artistry, leadership and creative community engagement.

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Change Management 101: A Practical 3 Part Guide

Implementing new tools or business processes in your organization? Lemon Learning put together a practical 3 part guide to prevent the pitfalls of change management. Drive a successful change management project from diagnosis through to measurement.

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Using Transparent Customer Feedback to Support Innovation

Viima

The ever-changing dynamic of customer relationships with brands has transformed the way organizations plan their growth. With the rise of numerous communication platforms and social media channels it seems easy to get feedback and understand customers’ needs and pain points. But the easy access to information is deceiving. Gathering and reading feedback doesn’t make it easy to filter the most important and valuable feedback that leads to improved and more innovative products and services.

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During Height Of The Pandemic, This National Education Program Achieved Some Of Its Best Outcomes Ever

Forbes Leadership

Despite the educational adversities associated with the pandemic, Jobs For America's Graduates, a premier educational recovery and job preparation program, achieved some of the best results in its 40-year history in 2021.

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5 Ways to Choose Generosity

Leadership Freak

I was heating the grill to cook steaks when our son-in-law pulled in unexpectedly with one of our grandsons. We had two extra steaks in the fridge.

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Turning A Passion Project Into A Thriving Business: Honeyfund’s CEO And Co-Founder, Sara Margulis

Forbes Leadership

I spoke with Sara about shifting careers from marketing to tech start-up, the Shark Tank effect, striking out on her own, and balancing family life with running her own company.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Disability Inclusion in the Metaverse: What HR Needs to Know

AIHR

Welcome to another exciting episode of All About HR! This is the series for HR Professionals and business leaders who want to future-proof their organization and learn about the latest trends & insights from industry experts, CHROs, and thought leaders. What aspects do you need to consider regarding disability inclusion in the metaverse? In this episode of All About HR season 2, we talk with Giselle Mota — Principal Future of Work @ ADP, Co-creator @ NFTY Collective — about disability repres

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Want A Pay Raise? Switching Jobs Has Much More Upside Amid Soaring Inflation, Report Finds

Forbes Leadership

The difference was stark: During the second year of the pandemic, a new analysis of government data from the Pew Research Center found, half of workers who changed jobs saw their pay increase 9.7%, while the median worker who stayed in the same job experienced a loss of 1.7%.

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12 Golden Rules For Communicating Effectively

Eric Jacobson

Here are the 12 golden rules of effective communication from Paul Falcone , as highlighted in his book, 2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals. Always remember to : Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Celebrate success. Deliver bad news quickly, constructively, and in a spirit of professional development. Praise in public, censure in private.

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How Do Students Decide When To Submit SAT Scores To Colleges?

Forbes Leadership

A new report by the College Board has just been released which addresses SAT score submission decisions by students and other important ways that the pandemic has impacted the higher education landscape.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Is Corporate Venture Capital Right for Your Startup?

Harvard Business Review

How entrepreneurs can decide whether to pursue corporate funding, and if so, which CVC to pick.

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After The Great Resignation, Is The Great Grievance Next?

Forbes Leadership

We’ve had the Great Resignation. Now, there’s a new challenge. There are reasons why more employees are opting for formal grievance processes and ways employers can support them to resolve issues more effectively.

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Where’s The Talent? Finding The Next Set Of Emerging Tech Locations

Chief Executive

The appetite for engineers, software developers, cybersecurity experts, R&D technicians and other technology-related talent continues to grow. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations are projected to increase by 10.5 percent from 2020-2030, compared to 7.5 percent for non-STEM occupations.

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Executives And Leaders Are Leaving Their Roles Due To Burnout

Forbes Leadership

Fatigue and lack of support are the most significant reasons leaders are quitting. A recent Deloitte survey found that almost 70% of execs are considering leaving their jobs for companies that care for their well-being. Recession aside, good leaders are in demand and the job market is still hot.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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Thinking outside the box: 8 ways to become a creative problem solver

BetterUp

Jump to section. What does thinking outside the box mean? 3 simple examples of thinking outside the box. Why thinking outside the box is important. 8 ways to think outside the box.

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Inflation Reduction Act Of 2022 Called ‘Not Nearly’ What America’s Moms And Families Need

Forbes Leadership

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, explains that while the Inflation Reduction Act provides some significant gains, it is not nearly what America’s moms, families, and economy need.

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Agriculture Boss Mary Robinson Reflects on the Search for Purpose

Association Now Leadership

Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s first female president didn’t plan to follow in her forebears’ footsteps. Mary Robinson, president, Canadian Federation of Agriculture. My family came to Prince Edward Island in the early 1800s and started farming — and we’ve been doing it ever since. My father’s father started our formal agribusiness.

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Researchers: Suicide Risk Is 3 Times Greater When LGBTQ+ Youth Suffer Trauma

Forbes Leadership

The Trevor Project's scientists found LGBTQ+ youth with high levels of trauma symptoms were more than three times more likely to attempt suicide than LGBTQ+ youth with no trauma symptoms.

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3 Ways to Innovate in a Downturn

Harvard Business Review

Recessions present different kinds of opportunities.

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Reimagining Customer Experiences In The Next Web: What Are The Big Questions Brands Should Ask To Create Value In Web3?

Forbes Leadership

Before you jump into Web3, NFTs, the metaverse, or crypto, leaders need to ask different questions, starting with, what new value can I create in Web3? Here is a complete list of questions to ask and considerations for creating new value, delivering innovative experiences, and building communities.

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how can you set up a home office space in tight quarters?

Alison Green

This post, how can you set up a home office space in tight quarters? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I am starting a remote job, and I live in a pretty small space (less than 900 square feet). I’m looking for suggestions and ideas about what has worked for others for a remote office set-up in close quarters — what kind of furniture, creative ways to set the work space apart f

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Some K-12 Systems Thrived During Covid-19. What Made Them So Prepared?

Forbes Leadership

"What Made Them So Prepared?" This NGLC project focused on 70 districts and schools with educational models that served students well during Covid-19.

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How to Cheer Someone Up: The Ultimate Guide

BetterUp

Jump to section. Should you try to cheer someone up? How to cheer someone up 4 ways. 6 ways to cheer someone up over text. 5 things to avoid when trying to cheer someone up. How to ask for help when you're feeling down. How to cheer yourself up. Something to remember: the importance of friendship during hard times.

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The Tectonic Theater Project Continues To Transform How Theater Is Created

Forbes Leadership

With productions like 'the Laramie Project' and '33 Variations,' this groundbreaking company has been devising theater in a new way.

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