Leadership
Stop giving horrible gifts to your team
Giving gifts to your team can tricky, writes Jason Wolfe, who offers suggestions on finding ones that will be appreciated.
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Education
4 ways school leaders can build partnerships to strengthen a CTE program
Building relationships within the community and developing an advisory committee are crucial for school leaders that want a great CTE program.
Edtech
6 tips for designing an esports space
Designing an esports space in your school requires some forethought to avoid bouncing around like we did. These 6 steps can get you started.
Construction
What federal low-carbon construction means for industry
There’s an alleged pattern among federal government initiatives that drives the construction industry crazy. Lawmakers will set a priority for the industry but refuse...
Development
Are you overdrawn on your trust account?
Leaders and employees establish a trust account, Candace Chellew writes, and must be cognizant of when they may be overdrawn.
Inspiration
Reducing work stress with applied improvisation
Leaders can improve innovation by using Applied Improvisation to help their team get more creative, writes Theodore Klein.
Edtech
5 ways to reach the “Starbucks generation” with online tutoring
A term used to describe the generation that grew up with Starbucks as part of their lives, the “Starbucks generation” generally includes Gen Zs...
Leadership
Prepare your successor and step down with grace
Succession is not an event, but a process, writes Alaina Love, who outlines three immediate actions leaders can take now.
Education
AI and CTE: Helping students learn about AI for jobs is crucial
AI in education is important, but AI and CTE are a must-have partnership to help prepare students for jobs-yet-to-be and AI itself.
Education
AI Impact: ASCD/ISTE’s Culatta looks into AI’s future in education
AI tools already are being used a little in education, but for real effectiveness, professional development for teachers and pre-service teachers is paramount.
Infrastructure
Powin’s Mike Wietecki Discusses Trends in the Battery Energy Storage Sector
Mike Wietecki from Powin outlines how the Inflation Reduction Act and other factors are powering up the battery energy storage sector.
Education
Fostering gratitude and thanksgiving: A guide for instructional coaches
Thanksgiving isn't just a holiday in November -- it's an attitude of gratitude that can and should be shared with teachers year-round.
Education
Learning resource: How to inject relevancy into WWI history
World War I gets the short shift in history classes, but it started a US transformation. Here's how to connect it to current events.
Education
Asserting teacher authority without being authoritarian
Classroom teachers should avoid being authoritarian or permissive. Instead, the right amount of authority lies in being authoritative.
Food
Q&A: Checking in on trends, resources for wine and beverage professionals
Program Director for the CIA Wine & Beverage Summit Maryam Ahmed gives a sneak peek at what attendees can expect next year and discusses wine and beverage trends that are on the rise.
Sponsored
Collaboration for Equitable Health: A Q&A with Tawana Thomas-Johnson and Kimelyn Harris
The American Cancer Society is collaborating with Bank of America and other organizations to address the leading causes of death in communities of color.
Travel
How to serve return-to-base business travelers
This piece is the last of four installments in a series exploring strategies for the hotel, lodging, meetings, and travel industries to effectively cater...
Infrastructure
Gevo’s Patrick Gruber on What’s Next for Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Can a sustainable fuel actually be carbon negative? Dr. Patrick Gruber from Gevo says yes. Yes, it can.
Education
The benefits of dual language instruction and keeping it authentic
An instructional design specialist shares her insights into the benefits of dual language programs for all students.
Leadership
Are you, as a leader, suffering from BMS?
Leaders of any gender or era can suffer from BMS -- boomer male syndrome -- if they rely on old-school tactics of command and control, says S. Chris Edmonds.
Edtech
Transferring inquiry approaches of museums to your classroom
Objects, whether from the National Air and Space Museum or a dusty closet, can give students a different perspective on lessons.
Sponsored
Achieving faster, more accurate diagnoses with POCUS
POCUS should be a key component of value-based care
Career-Technical Education
Taking career and technical education beyond the classroom
Work-based learning experiences can be powerful learning opportunities, but they can be a challenge to coordinate.
Infrastructure
Double Feature: E-Liability and Virtual Power Purchase Agreements
Learn more about environmental liability (E-liability), which is a simple, accurate, and verifiable calculation for the total cradle-to-gate emissions of any product or service. Also hear what companies should know when considering virtual power purchase agreements.
Education
Why the small stuff matters in school
All students need to know educators care about them individually. Putting some effort into the small stuff can help them thrive.
Development
Sagacious leaders free up other’s wisdom — for free
Wisdom is all around us, Larry Robertson writes, and suggests top leaders seek out that wisdom and encourage their teams to do the same.
Infrastructure
Colgate-Palmolive’s Vance Merolla on Squeezing the Most Out of Sustainability Efforts
Vance Merolla, Senior Vice President of Global Sustainability at Colgate-Palmolive, discusses how that company tackles sustainability across all its products and brands.
Marketing
Singles’ Day 2023: Holiday sales for cautiously optimistic Chinese consumers
Azoya’s Franklin Chu explores how and where the Chinese economy is recovering and how brands can make the most of Singles' Day 2023.
Sponsored
What drives FAST channel success?
Why quality, easy access and a proven revenue model are essential.
Edtech
Ever wonder what happens to winning STEM competition entries?
A Samsung Solve for Tomorrow winner pulls the curtain back to show how the students, the school and the community gained from the project.
Food
Getting the most out of urban grocery store design
Architecture and construction executives shared case studies and advice for getting the most out of urban grocery store design at the FMI Energy & Store Design Conference.
Education
Assessing student assessments: 7 things to look for
An assessment for your school should align with current research, encourage high expectations and offer teacher support tools.
Communication
How to bridge the trust gap in your organization
Close the trust gap in your company by being transparent, vulnerable and authentic, writes Mike McFall.
Education
PLC coaching: 12 ways to achieve effective results
Integrating Jim Knight’s Impact Cycle and Solution Tree's PLC framework can help educators with effective PLC coaching.
Edtech
Empowering students, local community to turn data into action
Infusing data usage into curriculum and partnering with others can bring data skills to students and benefit the community as well.
Food
Building the refrigeration technician workforce of tomorrow
Finding ways to recruit and retain refrigeration technicians will be key for HVAC and refrigeration suppliers and the retailers they serve, especially as they make the transition to natural refrigerants, a panel of experts said during a session at FMI -- The Food Industry Association's Energy & Store Development Conference this week in Baltimore.
Marketing
Don’t call us consumers. We want to create.
Creation is the future of consumption, writes Doe Anderson’s Jennifer Billiot Garrett, who also offers several examples to prove her case.
Leadership
Boost emotional intelligence in a time of AI with these do’s and dont’s
Leaders can develop their emotional intelligence by following Eliza VanCort's blueprint of do's and don'ts in their communication.
Healthcare
The US is in a mental health crisis. Here’s how we can fix it
Suicide is one of the leading causes of mortality in the US. Nearly 50,000 people in the country died by suicide in 2022, the...
Food
FMI’s pitch competition propels technology in the grocery industry
What tech startups will be the next to make waves in the grocery industry? The FMItech Pitch Competition will make its return to the Midwinter Executive Conference as the annual meeting moves from Orlando to Marco Island, Fla., in January of 2024.
Food
Retailers get creative with savory fall flavors
This fall, shoppers can see signs of innovation in seasonal private-label products that not only include sweet treats designed to foster warm and cozy feelings, but also branch into new categories that build on consumer desire for savory fall flavors.
Analysis
Teaching college students networking skills is an equity imperative
Inspiring college students to cultivate relationships with a networking curriculum can boost career confidence and level the playing field.