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Huntsville, if you’re looking for an intellectually stimulating event featuring keynote speakers, exhibitor booths and technology panels, look no further than the 14th annual Space and Missile Defense Conference, set for August 15-18 at the Von Braun Center. Like they are today, tomorrow’s operational environments will be complex and demanding. Senior defense and industry...
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Awhile back, I took on a freelance editing project with someone I knew through my local social media community. Seemed like a well-respected, good guy — someone you definitely want to work with if you get the opportunity. After the project was completed, I requested to connect with him on LinkedIn (that’s what you...
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The powerful tornadoes that roared through the Birmingham, Alabama area recently no doubt had a tremendous impact on individuals, families and neighborhoods. Businesses also took a hit, and many owners are left wondering “What do we do next?” The Birmingham Business Alliance is presenting a program titled “After the Storm: Small Business Recovery Summit,”...
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Have you integrated social media into your business? Have you even thought about it? The Harvard Business Review recently released some great information in a report titled “Social Media: What Most Companies Don’t Know.” The numbers are staggering when you think about where companies were even a year ago. Today, 79% of companies surveyed...
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Cross selling and up selling are important strategies in any business, especially on your company website. But I’m sure we can all point to examples of people doing it poorly — so how can we do it effectively? When cross selling or up selling, you must make sure it always stays relevant to the...
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We all know a person like this: Whenever someone disagrees with them they immediately get defensive, combative or maybe just flat out rude. We know we don’t want to be that person, but do know how to disagree agreeably? A process helps us organize our thoughts so we can state our opinions with confidence....
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To win in today’s market, team members have to step up and be ready to take a leadership role. It is not easy to develop leadership skills in others. It’s very important to also understand that some people do not share your goals and aspirations. Keep an open mind and learn to use different...
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The most common type of business presentation is the presentation to inform. Every week in our careers, perhaps even every day, we listen to presenters give us information ranging from status reports, to procedural guidelines, to policy changes. For many of us, the majority of the presentations that we give fall into this category,...
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Dale Carnegie once said, “An effective speaker knows that the success or failure of his talk is not for him to decide. It will be decided in the minds and hearts of his hearers.” So with that said, do you know what it takes to earn the respect of your audience? Dale Carnegie Training...
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International DNA Day. Sounds pretty nerdy, right? OK, so maybe it is a bit, but Huntsville’s HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology will host a celebration of the day that the famous double helix structure was discovered. Located at 601 Genome Way in the Cummings Research Park, HudsonAlpha is a nonprofit educational and research center, as...
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