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Tiger Plans Launched at ZSL London Zoo
ZSL London Zoo launches first ever public appeal for fundraising. Plans for an ambitious tiger Conservation HQ at ZSL London Zoo will be lodged with Westminster Council at the end of this month, the Zoo announced today. - February 23, 2011 - ZSL London Zoo
ZSL London Zoo's Squirrel Monkeys Are Nuts for Each Other
Love came in the form of heart shaped bunting for ZSL London Zoo’s Bolivian squirrel monkeys today. - February 21, 2011 - ZSL London Zoo
Exhibit Surveys’ Sequeira to Discuss Exhibit Recall - Webinar
Most Memorable Exhibits: an Analysis of Changes in the Key Factors Affecting Exhibit Recall in the Last Decade - February 18, 2011 - Exhibit Surveys, Inc.
i4cp Workforce Study: Temporary is the New Permanent: Are You Ready?
The upward trend of using temporary workers has been steady, but few have a firm handle on it. - February 16, 2011 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Exhibit Surveys CEO Joins NY IAEE Panel to Discuss Exhibition Industry
Discussion Based on State of U.S. Exhibition Industry - February 11, 2011 - Exhibit Surveys, Inc.
ZSL London Zoo to Open Largest Ever Penguin Pool
More than 100 penguins will flock to ZSL London Zoo this summer with the opening of England’s largest ever penguin pool. - February 11, 2011 - ZSL London Zoo
Exhibit Surveys’ Federbush to Present How to Increase Trade Show ROI in Chicago
Association Forum of Chicagoland. - February 05, 2011 - Exhibit Surveys, Inc.
i4cp Study: Companies Are Gearing Up for the Coming Talent War
i4cp reveals its top ten critical human capital issues of 2011 - January 26, 2011 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Toni Kutchan to Receive the Fellows Award
St. Louis Academy of Science recognizes Danforth Center Scientist. - January 20, 2011 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Critical Knowledge About Opium’s Atomic Structure Discovered by Danforth Center Researchers
Danforth Center finding key to the development of plant-based pharmaceuticals - January 19, 2011 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
i4cp Membership Doubles in 2010
Record Q4 (172% growth) caps off an explosive year. - January 06, 2011 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
DBTAC Rocky Mountain ADA Center Helps Businesses Meet Their New Years ADA Compliance Resolutions
As businesses close their books on 2010 and look forward to the new year, making sure they are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should be on their checklist of objectives and goals to be met in 2011. Businesses have responsibilities under the ADA to ensure that their... - January 05, 2011 - Rocky Mountain ADA Center
Justis Publishing to Host Largest Online Collection of British Virgin Islands Judgments Ever
New Justis BVI Judgments series to bring hundreds of electronically searchable documents to a worldwide audience for the first time - December 15, 2010 - Justis Publishing Ltd
Exhibit Surveys, Inc. to Feature Exhibition Research and Consulting at Expo!Expo!
Booth 512 on Show Floor; Goldsmith to Receive IAEE Merit Award - December 02, 2010 - Exhibit Surveys, Inc.
NAABB Consortium Announces Successful Conversion of Algal Oil to High Quality Biodiesel
Method employs cost saving catalyst and produces useful byproducts - November 19, 2010 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Klohn Crippen Berger Co-Hosts Opening of the North Lecture Theatres at the University of Alberta
Members of the government, public and private sectors came together to celebrate the opening of the North Lecture Theatres at the Centennial Centre for or Interdisciplinary Science on Monday, November 8th, 2010. Klohn Crippen Berger co-hosted the event which included a cocktail reception and a... - November 13, 2010 - Klohn Crippen Berger
agile42 Expands Its International Consultancy Business to Canada and United States
agile42 now also in United Stated and Canada - November 05, 2010 - agile42
i4cp Study: Diversity’s Dynamic Dozen
Groundbreaking Research by i4cp Uncovers the 12 Diversity Practices of High-Performance Organizations. - November 04, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Jamaican Law Online at Last
Justis Publishing now hosts the Justis Jamaican Cases on its full-text online legal library, Justis, bringing 2,000 electronically searchable documents to a worldwide audience for the first time. - November 03, 2010 - Justis Publishing Ltd
Danforth Center First World Food Day Commemoration Produced 355,000 Meals
Center Exceeds goal to feed malnourished people with the help of the St. Louis Community. - October 31, 2010 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Klohn Crippen Berger Receives the 2010 Canadian Consulting Engineering Award of Excellence
A distinguished jury of professional engineers from business, government and academia have honoured Canadian engineering firm, Klohn Crippen Berger (KCB) for their work on the Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project (NT2) in Laos. The NT2 project is a long-term collaborative effort between Laos and... - October 28, 2010 - Klohn Crippen Berger
Danforth Center’s "Conversations" Series Continues with the Progression of Plant Science Featuring Dr. Roger Beachy
The program will feature the Center’s founding President, Roger Beachy. - October 28, 2010 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Victor Roa Hairstylist to Two of WWPR 2010 Woman of the Year Finalists
Victor Roa, the noted Master Hair Designer, scores as two of his long-time clients figure among the three nominees for the 2010 Woman of the Year Award by the Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) For the nominees vying for the top public relations prize for women in the Washington... - October 26, 2010 - Vincent Roa Group LLC
MetLife, Hilton and Lockheed Martin Executives to Speak at i4cp’s 2011 Annual Conference
Other presenters include thought leaders such as Stephen M.R. Covey, Marshall Goldsmith and Dr. John Sullivan - October 26, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Molecular Connections Launches XTractor Lite Semantically Annotated Knowledgebase of PubMed Abstracts That Enables Best Analysis of PubMed
Researchers worldwide face problems like enormous amount of published information. Molecular connections, an Indian Life Sciences Informatics Company, today launched its knowledgebase XTractor Lite that has more than 13 million categorized relationships derived from text mining PubMed abstracts. - October 24, 2010 - Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
The Socionomics Institute Explains Why Voters Aren't Going to Take It Anymore
They're Mad as Hell - Are They Gonna Take It Anymore? Remember the Republican Revolution of 1994 when an angry electorate dramatically changed the political landscape? The 2010 November election is shaping up to be even bigger. - October 20, 2010 - The Socionomics Institute
Vincent Roa Selected as WWPR 2010 Woman of the Year Finalist
Donna Vincent Roa, Managing Partner & Chief Strategist at Vincent Roa Group, a Maryland-based eco-communications firm, has been shortlisted for the 2010 Washington PR Woman of the Year Award by the Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR). Dr. Roa is among the three finalists for the award,... - October 18, 2010 - Vincent Roa Group LLC
i4cp Study Shows Leaders with Low Emotional Intelligence Might be Depressing Bottom Line Results
New i4cp study reveals in today’s high-stress workplace, executives with greater emotional intelligence may improve teamwork and even overall market performance - October 13, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Rincon & Associates Introduces New iPhone App Brings Census Data to Your Fingertips
The Census Bureau produces a wealth of demographic information about our nation’s communities – data that is used by both public and private organizations to monitor our quality of life, set public policy, and guide the introduction of new products and services. Accessing this wealth of... - October 11, 2010 - Rincon & Associates
Several Fortune 500 Companies Join i4cp as Company Experiences Record Quarter
i4cp achieves its fourth record quarter of growth in a row and maintains nearly 100% current member renewals - October 11, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
WERF Congratulates Robert Edwards on Nobel Prize: IVF Has Helped Thousands of Women with Endometriosis
The World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF) congratulates Professor Robert (Bob) Edwards for his outstanding scientific achievement in helping millions of infertile women have families. - October 07, 2010 - World Endometriosis Research Foundation
The Socionomics Institute Reveals Why Marijuana May Soon be Legalized
The Socionomics Institute warns that the war on drugs won't let up anytime soon. Not only will it give Prohibition-era violence in the U.S. a run for its money, researchers say it’s likely to signal the end of marijuana prohibition. - October 06, 2010 - The Socionomics Institute
Singapore Sling: Cocktail of New Legal Material on Justis Full-Text Online Library
Justis Publishing now hosts the Singapore Law Reports, the Singapore Academy of Law Journal and the Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review on its full-text online legal library, Justis. Published by the Singapore Academy of Law, the digital versions of these publications – past and present – will be provided by Justis worldwide from 2010 onwards outside Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. - October 03, 2010 - Justis Publishing Ltd
General Mills, Flextronics Among Companies Presenting at i4cp’s 2011 Annual Conference
Stephen M.R. Covey, Dr. John Sullivan, Marshall Goldsmith, John Cone and Bill Price among expert speakers - September 30, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
eFocus Pocus: Justis Publishing's Legal Citator is Reborn
A decade after its first release, the third and most mould-breaking incarnation of Justis Publishing’s provider-neutral JustCite citator and search engine is going live. It is described by Sean Jones of the independent focus group that has helped shape its development as "one of the few technological developments that genuinely succeeds in making a lawyer’s life easier." - September 25, 2010 - Justis Publishing Ltd
Middle Managers Spread Thin as Organizational Structure Flattens
New spans-of-control study suggests that organizational restructuring does little to improve competitive advantage. - September 23, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Danforth Plant Science Center 12th Annual Fall Symposium
Speakers from across the Nation to discuss Advances in Structural Biology - September 17, 2010 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
i4cp Study Shows Employees Remain in Their Positions Long After Productivity Has Decreased
High-performing organizations not only weed out unproductive employees faster, but also bring new employees to full productivity in less than a year. - September 15, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Exhibit Surveys Expands Research Team
Senior project manager Mark Suppanz and project manager Michele Scot have joined the Exhibit Surveys Inc. research team to better serve its increasing customer base. - September 15, 2010 - Exhibit Surveys, Inc.
Judges Selected for The Seasteading Institute's Sink or Swim Business Plan Contest
The Seasteading Institute selects eight heavy-weight judges to ruthlessly evaluate contest entries for its sea-based business plan contest. Business superstars, intellectual juggernauts, silicon valley’s top brass, and tomorrow’s venture capitalists to determine who sinks, swims, and... - September 09, 2010 - The Seasteading Institute
Number of CNG Vehicles in Moscow (Russia) to Surge by 2013
According to Gravitas Research analysis, CNG vehicle parc in Moscow is expected to experience dramatic increase to reach 30,000 units by the end of 2013 driven by Moscow City Government initiative to promote re-orientation of the Moscow’s public and private transport toward wider utilization of alternative fuels including CNG and ethanol. - September 09, 2010 - Gravitas Research
Summit to Discuss School Suspension and Policy in North Carolina
Safe Schools, Fair Schools: A Community Dialogue about School Suspensions in North Carolina is planned for November 12 from 9am to 5pm at the Wake Technical College in Raleigh. The NC Partnership for Educational Opportunities (NCPEO) is presenting the event. The one day gathering of stakeholders is... - September 07, 2010 - North Carolina Social Justice Project
HRPS & i4cp Announce Strategic Human Capital Research Alliance
Collaborative partnership will enhance content of HRPS' quarterly journal, People & Strategy - July 30, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Vincent Roa First in Maryland to Receive Sustainability and CSR Practitioner Certification
Marylander Donna Vincent Roa receives CSR-P designation and becomes part of an elite group of more than 100 certified CSR practitioners worldwide. - July 21, 2010 - Vincent Roa Group LLC
i4cp Launches First Market Research Panel Dedicated to High-Performance Organizations
New survey panel for human capital professionals focuses on the next practices of high-performance organizations - July 20, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Inclusion Improves Workforce Productivity and Engagement, But Success Isn’t Measured
New i4cp study on employee inclusion reveals most companies have inclusion strategies, but few know how to measure success - July 14, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
i4cp Membership Reaches All-Time High
Record growth pace continues in second quarter as Fortune 500 companies join i4cp membership - July 13, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
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)