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The Workplace Events Calendar: Office Events for Every Part of the Year

SnackNation

The Workplace Events Calendar: Office Events for Every Part of the Year. Levine’s assertions are backed up by Gallup data , as reported by the Harvard Business Review’s Christine Riordan. New Year’s Day – Your office may be closed on January 1st, so schedule this event for the next business day.

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Maggie Carter of Amazon Web Services (AWS): “Be open to a pivot”

Thrive Global

Over time, we would make it a family and friends event every Thanksgiving and Christmas to give back to the local homeless community. When I interviewed with Kathy in 2005, I knew I had to work for this woman. Through this experience, I saw firsthand how vulnerable populations are disproportionately impacted by catastrophic events.

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It’s Time to Gear Up for #GivingTuesday

WeSpire

But instead of going online the day after hitting the stores, researchers noticed a funny trend in 2005. The data that most surprised me? What we’ve seen at WeSpire is that having signature events and larger causes to rally around does increase participation and impact. Last year, an estimated $2.5B

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Is an AI Apocalypse on the rise?

EmployeeConnect

Whichever way you see it playing out, the Apocalypse is destined to be a catastrophic event that will bring about the end of human civilisation. Since 2000 (conveniently the same time as Y2K), its growth has been exponential, driven by advancements in computing power, big data and machine learning algorithms. Pick your poison.

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Assessing Climate Risk for Startups

Embroker

These extreme weather events have increased in severity and frequency due to climate change, and even the most optimistic climate scenarios don’t forecast that will change. . weather events all occurred within the last two decades: Hurricane Katrina, August 2005: $125 billion . Case in point, the top five costliest U.S.

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5 HR Related Shows To Watch On Netflix

HR Digest

Coach Carter: This 2005 movie centers around a coach who leads the way to ensure that his basketball team players become better people. We see two astronomers, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, trying to inform humanity about certain events that will likely take place.

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Digital Era Marketing is Still About the Fundamentals

COATS Staffing Software

YouTube, 2005. What matters is not how you get the data, but that you get the data. The explosion of digital marketing can seem maddening, but even more maddening is losing opportunity and business, simply because you are unable, or even worse, unwilling to accept that this is the how business is done. Google started in 1998.