The family of an elderly couple killed when the roof of their F-250 pickup collapsed during a rollover accident in 2014 has been awarded a massive $1.7 billion in punitive damages from Ford.
The jury appeared to endorse the plaintiff’s arguments that Ford knew of the problem years before the fatal crash, acted slowly to correct it and that other deaths have resulted from the same design flaw.
If you stick out your tongue on a rainy day, you might think the drops you’ve tasted are the same as the water that comes out of your tap.
But rainwater actually contains many microscopic ingredients that get filtered out before it is pumped into your home.
So is it safe to collect and drink rainwater?
Employee performance reviews are important for every business, but their effectiveness depends on how they are conducted. They can empower your employees to reach new heights – or they could drive them away from your company.
A great review helps your employees identify growth opportunities and potential areas of improvement without damaging employee-manager relations, but writing a strong review isn’t easy. Managers often don’t receive enough guidance on what an effective and comprehensive review looks like.
It’s Monday morning. The alarm goes off. Do you know how to get motivated at that moment? What’s the first thought that comes to mind when you open your eyes?
Are you excited to get up and go to work, or are you dreading the day and week ahead?
Whatever your response may be, ask yourself this question:
“What is it that makes you feel unmotivated?” What’s driving you to feel negative or positive about your Monday ahead? If you want to know how to get motivated, keep reading.
When it comes to starting their professional lives, Gen Z probably has it harder than any living generation at the same stage in their career. In 2022, with the first of the Gen Z generation now graduating college, a young person today is facing inflation, a rapidly rising cost of living, and a potential looming recession.
Still, according to a study conducted by Glassdoor, Gen Z has a very clear picture of the jobs they want, the companies they want to work for, and the places they want to live.
There’s a lot of advice out there about email marketing—how to write a subject line, how to incorporate images, and virtually any other facet of executing a successful email marketing plan.
Let’s shift the focus to email marketers, because you matter. A lot.
Just as with email marketing campaigns and technologies themselves, there are great marketers, not-so-great ones, and everything in between. If you want to be an email marketing superstar, you need to excel in a combination of skills or traits.
While there’s always room for variability and debate, there are five core areas where the best email marketers excel. Some marketing pros have two or three of these email marketing skills, but it’s when you develop the complete set that you become an all-star. While some people might have a natural knack for some of these areas, you can absolutely develop them if you don’t. Email marketing skills you need to succeed
As the name suggests, a grant writer is responsible for writing proposals that land grants. Grant writing also includes researching the grants. These professionals seek funds by crafting high-level letters of intent. And they need to look for funding opportunities from multiple public and private sources.
What Does a Grant Writer Do?
A grant writer crafts proposals by assembling and sending out information on behalf of his/her clients. Many writers work for a company specializing in writing grants. However, there are freelance grant writer options available. The goal is to turn as many grant applications into secure funding as possible.
The past two and a half years have been a giant lesson in workplace flux. In any given week, month, or quarter, a new and often disruptive change emerges to knock leaders and organizations sideways. Regardless of whether or not a recession is on the horizon or the employer-employee power balance shifts, whipsawing change is here to stay. How can companies help talent thrive — at work and in life — regardless of what the future portends?
Employees today are fed up. People are antsy for something better (and sometimes, simply new). They want to be seen, valued, and listened to. They want equity, dignity, security, balance, flexibility, and autonomy. They expect opportunities for growth, learning, meaningful contribution, and fulfillment. This may sound like a lot, but if we’re striving to help them reach their full potential and leave the world a better place, it’s actually pretty modest.
Cybersecurity is important for businesses small and large. Here’s what you need to secure your network and devices, and how much to budget for it.
With national news and anecdotes regularly featuring stories of cyberattacks on businesses of all sizes, small businesses are planning their budgets with cybersecurity in mind. While implementing effective cybersecurity policies is more important than ever before, it’s important to understand the risks you face and whether you are doing enough to protect yourselves.
Like many core business functions, cybersecurity often requires a monetary investment and therefore needs space in your budget. The need for cybersecurity isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, cybersecurity is actually becoming more and more relevant for small businesses. That’s why it’s important to consider cybersecurity as a financial priority in 2021 and beyond. This article will discuss what you need to know about budgeting for cybersecurity, including the following:
At WWDC 2021 (Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference), Apple officially added support for spatial audio with Dolby Atmos for Apple Music. It quickly became a popular format among consumers, too: Apple estimates that by February 2022, playback of spatial audio tracks had quadrupled from just a few months prior as people experimented with the format. But what exactly is spatial audio? How is it different from (or the same as) Dolby Atmos? And what kind of audio equipment do you need to listen to it?
There’s a lot of ground to cover, and some of it is a bit technical, but we’re going to break it all down in easy-to-understand terms. You’ll be a spatial audio expert in minutes, and you’ll know exactly how to access this growing trend in movie and music streaming.
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