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High-Performance Organizations View Interns as Long-Term Investments
i4cp study finds that top companies are more likely to convert interns into full-time employees - June 23, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Seminars Offer Improved Research Practices for Multicultural Populations
Despite the significant demographic transformation taking place in the U.S., the research industry continues to use outdated practices that undermine the quality of studies that include multicultural populations. Rincon & Associates, experts in multicultural research, will offer a series of seminars designed to update research professionals and students on more acceptable practices in multicultural studies. - June 22, 2010 - Rincon & Associates
Most Companies Don’t Use Data When Making Decisions About People
i4cp study finds less than a quarter of companies use human capital analytics, and most focus on the past rather than the future. - June 15, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Should Companies Outsource HR to be More Strategic, or to Save Money?
i4cp study finds that high-performance organizations outsource HR functions to provide a significant business impact vs. just cutting costs. - June 09, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Talent Management Metrics Get an “F”
i4cp study finds only a quarter of companies have systematic talent management practices in place. - May 12, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
XTractor Premium Crosses 1 Million Manually Annotated Relationships
XTractor Premium, a biomedical search engine has surpassed 1 million relationships, “Expert annotated facts from PubMed.” - May 09, 2010 - Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
SkinDNA™ Scientists Uncover the Secrets to Great Skin, Within Your DNA
Today heralds a new era in personalized skin care with the launch of the SkinDNA™ Test – the world’s first comprehensive genetic skin profile test. According to Advanced Dermatology’s Dr Sarah Freilich, "SkinDNA is one of the most exciting, eyebrow-raising developments... - May 05, 2010 - SkinDNA
i4cp Sees Record Membership Growth in First Quarter of 2010
Company experiences over 50% growth in new membership versus previous quarter; membership at an all-time high - May 03, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Parliamentary Privilege: Free Access to Parliamentary Records Between Now and the Election
With the party machines manipulating the internet for their own ends more than ever, impartial online information has become increasingly hard to isolate from the morass of spin. But accessing it is a crucial part of the process. So, during the run-up to the election – and beyond if there’s a hung parliament and a snap re-election – Justis Publishing is making its otherwise subscription-based Justis Parliament database free to the public. - April 23, 2010 - Justis Publishing Ltd
A Customer-Focused Workforce Leads to Higher Business Performance
New i4cp study reveals the power of a market-oriented culture. - April 12, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Reece Manley’s Spirit Thinking is Topic of CBS Radio’s Interview with America’s Leading Psychic Expert
Valder Beebe and IANDS Programs Offer Next Stops for Spirituality Expert and Progressive Christian Writer. - April 05, 2010 - Advocate USA LLC
XTractor Premium Expands Its Knowledgebase of Accurate Biomedical Facts for Researchers as It Surpasses 850,000 Mark
XTractor Premium, has surpassed 850,000 relationships, is a new generation of intelligent search engines-A semantic web platform. - April 04, 2010 - Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
Advocate USA's Reece Manley Overloads CBS Radio Caller Board
Reece Manley Lights Up Caller Board on CBS Radio as Progressive Christian Author and Speaker Commanded Huge Response - March 27, 2010 - Advocate USA LLC
Who Was I? Past Life Answers Offers Affordable Downloads to Help Discover Past Lives.
Past Life Answers launches its new website providing objective information about the mysteries of reincarnation and past life regression, offering safe and affordable downloadable audio sessions to help customers explore their past lives. - March 27, 2010 - Past Life Answers
Former EPA Science Communication Director Appointed as Commissioner to City of Rockville Environment Commission
Vincent Roa Group Managing Partner & Chief Strategist is selected to serve a two-year term as Environment Commissioner for Maryland's third largest city. - March 18, 2010 - Vincent Roa Group LLC
The Missing Lynx | Wild Wild Wipsnade New Exciting Exhibit
Animals lost to Britain return for Easter. England’s lost wildlife will be returned to the country for a new exhibit of extinct British species at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire. - March 17, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
NCSJP Co-Sponsors Great Schools in Wake County Education Forum
March 20th Event to Feature National Experts and Foster Community Engagement - March 13, 2010 - North Carolina Social Justice Project
Queerbook.com Takes GLBT Networking by Storm Hundreds Sign Up at New Advocacy, Education and Community Building Site
Queerbook.com Takes Off After Texas Research and Investment Study Shows the Way to America's Fastest Growing GLBT Community Site. Queerbook.com is focused on advocacy, education and community. - March 11, 2010 - Advocate USA LLC
Agile Leaders Generate Greater Corporate Performance
New i4cp study shows correlation between leaders in high-performance organizations and agility, but fewer than half claim to be good at it - March 11, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Mum’s the Word at ZSL London and Whipsnade Zoos This Sunday
Half price entry for mum this Mother’s Day. Treat your mum to a wild Mother’s Day this Sunday with half price entry to ZSL London Or Whipsnade Zoo. - March 10, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
New Male Gorilla at ZSL London Zoo
Photocall date: Monday 01st March. Time: 10.15am (for 10.30am photocall). Meet: The East Service Gate, ZSL London Zoo. - February 28, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
The DSM: Grassroots Campaign for Recognition of SPD Underway
SPD is one of twelve diagnoses submitted by "outside sources" still being considered by the APA for inclusion in the DSM-5. One of 12 from almost certainly hundreds of submissions. The SPD Foundation has been working for over 10 years trying to gain recognition by conducting some pretty amazing research into the disorder with groups from MIT, Yale and Duke. The Foundation is stepping up their advocacy campaign through some old fashioned grassroots organizing in order to support SPD. - February 24, 2010 - Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation
'Shell' I Pay for Dinner | ZSL London Zoo's Pensioner Tortoise Knows How to Treat a Lady
Dirk the Galápagos tortoise, who weighs in at an impressive 31 stone, is proving that age means nothing when it comes to romancing in the run up to Valentine's Day. - February 13, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
Experience Rainforest Life at ZSL London Zoo
London’s only living rainforest experience launches Easter 2010. - February 11, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
Jumbo Run for Conservation | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Elephant keepers go the extra mile for animal conservation. Elephant keepers from ZSL Whipsnade Zoo are embarking on a mammoth run to help raise money for animal conservation. - February 04, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
i4cp Awards FedEx Express with Its 2010 Productivity Pioneer Award
FedEx’s Employee Loyalty Index Cited as an Innovative, Pioneering Program in the Field of Workforce Productivity - February 02, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Gordon Brown Could Create Britain’s Great Barrier Reef; Reported by ZSL London Zoo
10,000 people already backing coral campaign. One of the world’s largest coral atolls, which belongs to Britain, could soon become the biggest marine protected area on Earth. - January 29, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
AdTel International Offers Free Emergency Toyota Recall Relief Service to All Toyota Franchised Dealerships
AdTel International, parent company of TRI, is offering an Emergency Toyota Recall Relief Service to All Toyota Franchised Dealerships. The offer is to assist Toyota Dealerships their customers. - January 28, 2010 - Advocate USA LLC
20 Years and Counting: Leadership Development Once Again the Most Critical Issue Facing Organizations in 2010
New i4cp Study Also Finds Talent Management, Performance Management and Innovation Among Top Challenges Facing High-Performance Organizations. - January 28, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Employment Insurance (EI) System Reform Examined in New Report to Protect High Earnings Losses Suffered by Displaced High-Seniority Workers
High-seniority workers are found to be more adversely affected by job displacement than low-seniority workers. Long-tenure displaced workers – those who have been with the same employer for many years – experience disproportionately high losses particularly since many are re-employed at significantly lower wages than they received in their pre-displacement positions. EI reform, and Wage Insurance examined. - January 27, 2010 - Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network (CLSRN)
Famous London Eel is Vanishing from the Thames | ZSL Conservation
Eel populations in the River Thames have crashed to alarmingly low levels, conservationists have revealed. Over the last five years scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have recorded a 98 per cent drop in the number of European eels within the river. - January 23, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
New i4cp Study: the Five Domains of High-Performance Organizations
i4cp identifies the five key areas in which High-Performance Organizations excel - January 21, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Reluctant Hero : Cleaner Fish Show It Pays to be Selfless: ZSL London Zoo
Researchers from the Zoological Society of London, University of Queensland and the University of Neuchâtel have discovered that male cleaner wrasse are quick to play the hero when their dinner is at stake. - January 21, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
Former EPA Science Communication Director Launches Vincent Roa Group LLC to Deliver High-Value Communication in the Green Sector
Managing Partner and Chief Strategist Donna Vincent Roa, PhD, ABC today announced the launch of Maryland-based Vincent Roa Group, LLC, a company that provides executives in the green sector with high-value communication, PR, and marketing. - January 18, 2010 - Vincent Roa Group LLC
Gravitas Research Reveals Light Vehicle Sales in Russia in 2009. Russia is Back to the 5th Place in Europe.
Latest industry brief published by Gravitas Research reveals that Russian automotive market is back to the 5th place in Europe as car sales contracted by more than half in 2009. Foreign car manufacturers were able to sell only 1 million vehicles in Russia compared to 2 million vehicles sold in 2008. - January 18, 2010 - Gravitas Research
i4cp Sees Record Membership Growth in 2009
Company experiences over 120% growth in new membership last year. - January 05, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
XTractor Premium Has Surpassed the 523,127 Relationships Milestone as Forward-Looking Researchers Around the World Invest in XTractor Premium Technology
Life Science researchers of all areas, increasingly are selecting XTractor Premium over competing solutions for its manually annotated approach to relationships from the latest PUBMED publications, Regular E-mail alerts on scientific literature and Highly Advanced Semantic and Bibliographic Search. - December 28, 2009 - Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
Online Pastoral Counseling Practice of Dr. Reece Manley to be Recognized at Ceremony by Lambda Pride
Advocate USA, LLC, owner of Texas Research and Investment and The Online Pastoral Counseling Practice of Reece Manley cites Humanatarian Award from Lambda Pride. - December 23, 2009 - Advocate USA LLC
ZSL London Zoo Meerkats Go Crackers for Christmas
The meerkats at ZSL London Zoo are set to have a cracking Christmas this year, with an early festive feast. - December 19, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Few Companies Have Employee Retention Strategies for an Economic Uptick
New i4cp study reveals employee retention issues are on the organizational radar, but not a priority now in most companies. - December 17, 2009 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Penguin Fingerprinting | ZSL London Zoo Researchers Work with Scientists to Develop New Penguin DNA Profiling Technique
Penguins’ DNA is being used for the first time to study how they migrate between colonies. - December 17, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
One, Two, Three, ‘Paw?’ | Zsl London Zoo Counts Animals in Annual Stocktake.
The first week back to work after Christmas is always hectic, but count yourself lucky you’re not a ZSL London Zoo keeper this January. - December 11, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Need Talent? 25% of Companies Are Contacting Competitor Employees Directly
Latest i4cp study reveals almost half of companies recruit from competitors, while a quarter contact competitor employees directly - December 10, 2009 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Advocate USA Publishing's Christian Living Writer Reece Manley Donates Proceeds to Feed 400 Families
Spirit Thinking and Crossing Twice Shows Spirituality Expertise Requires Compassion First - December 09, 2009 - Advocate USA LLC
Christmas Carnival at the Zoo | Festive Events at ZSL London Zoo
Deck the Zoo with bales of hay... well that’s the way the song goes at ZSL London Zoo. Yep it’s Christmastime, and the Zoo is getting into the holiday spirit with Christmas Carnival – an animal packed celebration of all things festive. - December 09, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
No Time for Monkeying Around – 350’s the Limit, World’s Zoos Unite Over Climate Change
Zoos and aquariums will become the last places on Earth to see species such as polar bears and coral if climate change negotiations fail at Copenhagen, warns the global zoo community. - December 02, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Return of the Rhino | Nepal Winning War Against Poachers
Nepal’s greater one-horned rhino population is on the road to recovery, following almost a decade of steep decline caused by poaching. - November 30, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
The 1718 Project Releases 'Scotch Irish Foodways in America: Recipes from History' by M.M. Drymon
The 1718 Project announces the release of the new book: 'Scotch Irish Foodways in America: Recipes From History' by M.M. Drymon. - November 29, 2009 - The 1718 Project
XTractor Premium World's Fastest Growing Semantic Discovery & Expert Curated Knowledgebase Platform Crosses 400,000 Biomedical Facts Now
XTractor Premium platform now has more than 410,773 "Expert" annotated biomedical facts. XTractor Premium platform is Fast Becoming the definitive Semantic Knowledge discovery & Expert curated Knowledgebase for Life Science Researchers. - November 26, 2009 - Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
Pastoral Counselor and Christian Living Author Reece Manley Gains Top Book Honors at Pacific Book Review
Pacific Book Review Named Pastoral Counselor and Christian living writer Reece Manley with its Book of the Month designation. - November 19, 2009 - Advocate USA LLC