Going green in the office is a great way to help preserve our natural resources. Businesses have several opportunities to contribute to a better planet.
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The city of Fayetteville, in an effort to combat challenges that can cause homelessness, has created Help a Neighbor Fund in partnership with HARK at the Center for Collaborative Care. The fund uses a text-to-give platform that allows the public to donate funds, which HARK will distribute to those in need within the community.
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For many, it’s hard to imagine changing career paths. Much less careers vastly different from one another. That wasn’t the case for Bentonville-based lawyer turned fashion designer Nancy Martin.
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Emotional support animals can bring calm to people who need them – and legal confusion to employers.
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A great brainstorming session can fire up any team. But a lot of them can be real duds. Here are some tips to make yours more successful:
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Have you heard of West Village, Little Rock’s newest neighborhood moniker? Merchants on and around Rodney Parham created the name to help unify and promote businesses in the area.
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The Little Rock Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual luncheon on Monday, Nov. 5, at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. Speakers for this year’s event are Warren A. Stephens, chairman and president of Stephens Inc., and Ken Langone, founder and chairman of Invemed Associates and co-founder of Home Depot.
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Continued education is something our agency values. These three marketing conferences are on our radar for 2019:
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Manuals, procedures and common practice are not sacred tomes designed to cover the nuances of every single situation. As leaders, we must be willing to do what’s right when our guidelines fall short, even if that means we break a rule.
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Bentonville plays host to the NWA Technology Summit, which will beheld at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23.
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Companies are seeing that long-term investments in social, environmental and governmental initiatives are more beneficial than initiatives without sustainable practices or missions.
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Feeling unmotivated and burned out? It happens to the best of us. With fall here and the days growing shorter, it’s important to do what we can to keep ourselves enthusiastic and engaged while doing what we love.
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October is National Manufacturing Month, a time to celebrate Arkansas products and the workers who make them. Unlike your father’s factory job, today’s manufacturing jobs offer higher pay, a better standard of living and more export potential in a high-tech environment.
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Why do startups fail? We often get answers like “poor management” or “money ran out.” The real reason startups fail is founders build a product no one wants. Moreover, they find a solution to a problem no one has.
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In 1888, the Washington Monument opened to the public, Ernest Thayer published the baseball anthem “Casey at the Bat” and the state of Arkansas was just turning 52 years old. That’s also when St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock and St. Joseph’s Infirmary in Hot Springs first opened their doors to care for residents in those growing communities.
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Hey, all you copywriters, there’s a new benchmark for speed – 20,000 lines a second.
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It started with passion. Then the idea. Now you even have the whole business plan with all the details addressed. What you likely do not have is the money. A business pitch competition could possibly be just the thing to get your startup truly started.
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We’ve been talking about employee engagement and how to improve it. But, how do you know if your efforts are actually working?
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Bentonville plays host to the new Women in Technology Conference Oct. 22, part of the Northwest Arkansas Technology Summit held at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers.
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When it comes to honesty on social media, consumers expect it more from businesses than they do politicians – or even their family.
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Procrastination: we’ve all dealt with it at some point. But did you know it goes deeper than just putting off a task? In our minds, each task falls into one of four categories: expectancy, value, time or impulsivity. Or in layman’s terms, we don’t care, we’re not getting the wanted results, our time is too valuable, or we’re just downright impulsive.
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In our last issue, I focused on how employee recognition can help improve employee engagement. Today, I want to talk about the importance of feedback.
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What started as a quest to find a swimming pool for her daughter’s swim team turned into the beginning of a career in public service.
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According to the Northwest Arkansas Council’s analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, NWA ranked among the fastest-growing places in the U.S. Estimates show the region should soon be among the 100 largest metros in the nation.
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With so many great organizations to support, how do you pick just one and still make a lasting impact? There are a few things to consider before writing that check or volunteering.
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The devices that we use are not literally listening in on our conversations. However, the services we use regularly are collecting data about our online behaviors and cross-referencing this with other data that exists about us.
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It seems that a lot of folks are into podcasts these days. With topics ranging from true crime to food-related topics, there’s something for everyone to listen to. Whether you like to listen at work or listen to topics about work to help you be your best self at the office, here are five helpful podcasts to check out:
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Startup Junkie is hosting an opportunity to learn more about the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Fayetteville. Startup Crawl is a one-night tour of Fayetteville’s startup community where people can check out the Innovation District and meet local startup founders and employees.
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Up to 40 percent of food grown, processed and transported in the United States is never eaten, yet 1 in 8 Americans – 1 in 5 Arkansans – suffers food insecurity. The average four-person family wastes $1,500 a year on food.