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Twitter: Give Flight to Your Personal Brand
April 10, 2013
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Career Advice
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Looking to build your reputation as a leader in your field? Twitter comes in handy for students and professionals wanting to build their personal brand online. It’s critical to begin exploring and building your brand now. Find out how your Twitter skills can enhance your professional future and help your personal brand take flight.
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Is Patient Privacy Possible in the Social Age?
April 9, 2013
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Health Sciences
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Within the health care industry, there’s much discussion about providers marketing themselves through social media. There is question of whether current information confidentiality policies are adequate in protecting patient health information. Facebook and Twitter have proven to be effective tools in reaching untapped patient markets, and the trend toward marketing health care services through such networks will continue to increase.
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Self-Taught vs. Degreed Programmer: Which is Better?
April 8, 2013
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IT and Computer Science
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As a self-taught programmer, you already know how to write code and design applications. So why get a computer science degree on top of that? There are two reasons. One, getting a degree can make you an even better programmer. Two, it can give you a competitive edge in the industry.
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This Week's Top 5 Blogs
April 5, 2013
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General
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From the importance of cooperating with diverse populations as part of our homeland security efforts to the latest innovations in wearable smartphones, here is a sampling of this week's most popular blog posts.
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Why Writing Down Your Goals Leads to Success
April 4, 2013
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General
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Using the SMART goal theory is just the beginning of your successful path for completing nearly any task, project or goal. There are many tricks and tweaks that you can do to reach your goals. According to a study conducted by Dr. Gail Matthews, you are nearly two times more likely to accomplish your goals when you write them down.
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Embracing Diversity in Health Care
April 3, 2013
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Health Sciences
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Diversity within health care is integral in our ability to provide quality care to a growing population. You might imagine the diversity we see in health care on a daily basis; it’s something we embrace. Diversity is a broad term that includes factors like gender, age, race, religion and culture. When we choose to provide care, however, these and other factors like sexual orientation, education level and socio-economic status are areas of diversity that health care providers must protect from personal judgment.
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Diversity in Programming: Code Camps Provide Collaborative Learning Opportunities in Computer Programming Languages
April 2, 2013
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IT and Computer Science
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Learning new programming languages is one of the most important skills that any computer science or Information Technology student has to master. For many students, studying solely via textbook is challenging and time consuming. Studying through textbooks alone is also typically inadequate at teaching the complicated scientific concepts used in computer programming. A collaborative teaching environment called Code Camp may be one of the most effective methods for learning innovative new computer programming concepts.
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Security in Diversity: Cooperating with Diverse Populations in Homeland Security
April 1, 2013
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Homeland Security, General
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As in many other facets of American life, professionals working in the homeland security field must be greatly aware of cultural, ethnic, religious and other types of diversity. Homeland security comprises a range of fields including law enforcement, emergency services, public health, transportation and border security, critical infrastructure protection and more. Consequently, there are countless examples of the need for both understanding and cooperating with diverse populations in the execution of homeland security policies.
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The Dilemma of Ethics and Cultural Diversity
March 29, 2013
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Business and Management, General
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Ethics and diversity are two major dynamics that influence the environment of modern organizations. Diversity is present when there is a mixture of differences in age, religion, culture, gender, ethnicity, education and more amongst a group of people within the same environment. Increased workplace diversity is connected to large rises in the number of women, minorities, older employees and the disabled in the workforce. In support of the diverse workforce, legislative rulings require organizations to ensure equal opportunity to these workers.
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3 Quality Management Terms You Need to Know
March 27, 2013
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Business and Management
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Understanding the differences of these key quality management elements helps you more clearly communicate the status of your project with team members. When you know and document these terms accurately in your project plan, you’ll all be on the same page.
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