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Succession Planning In Nonprofits: The Distance Between What We Know and What We Do
By Dr. Amanda N Gibson, 220 pp.
America’s First Book Investigating Succession Planning in Nonprofit Organizations.
It ranks high in every nonprofit leader’s priorities. Nearly all of them rate it as top priority. And yet it’s seldom done. Thinking so far in the future… It makes even the most conscientious leaders postpone.
But now comes Dr. Gibson’s research. And short of a medical elixir, it’s the next best thing for emboldening you, your board members and volunteers, to plan with skill, finesse, and powerful results.
What research convincingly shows – and one reason leaders will applaud the book and board members will devour it – is that it doesn’t take stellar sales skills to be an effective planner. Nearly everyone, regardless of their forecasting ability, can become a highly effective succession planner if they follow a few guidelines.
OF RELATED INTEREST:
NONPROFIT REALITIES Everybody Must Face,
by Dr. Amanda N Gibson
If every member of every nonprofit organization across America read this book, it’s no exaggeration to say that millions of dollars would be better managed. How could it be otherwise when after spending just one hour with this book, readers everywhere would understand a lot more about nonprofit organizations and the hardships they face.
About the Author
Dr. Amanda N. Gibson is one of the few people who can communicate profound ideas to audiences of all types – from CEOs to career transitioners to those new to the field.
She is teaching at Broward College and earned her Doctorate in Business Administration in 2013 from the University of Phoenix.
She is also the founder of ANG Management Coaching and Consulting (ANG-MCC), a woman-owned provider of training, leadership development, and consulting services to community-based organizations.
Dr. Amanda N. Gibson has over 15 years of multi-faceted work experience, with notable achievements in teaching, mentoring, project management, financial environment, and consulting. Her comprehensive background and exposure to cultural diversity gained by working abroad and in non-profit organizations complement the scholarly degrees. Passionate about Nonprofit Management, Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Dr. Gibson is a keen researcher and scholar while equally interested to share her accumulated experience through consulting, teaching and writing.
The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council has published a final rule, effective October 1, 2015, amending a number of the dollar thresholds in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and will allow for their ongoing adjustment on a periodic basis. The full text of all of the changes can be found HERE Some of the key provisions are:
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Americans are consuming ever-greater amounts of data online — especially streaming video — and the aging cable network infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle the increased load.
That’s why Internet providers are scrambling to keep up with the demand for data by investing in new infrastructure in the form of fiber-optic lines, a technology made from thin threads of glass or plastic that can carry even more bandwidth than metal cable lines.
The problem with fiber networks is that they’re hugely expensive to install and maintain, requiring operators to lay new wiring underground and link it to individual homes. Since 1996, cable operators have invested $210 billion in broadband networks and other infrastructure, according to the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.
Since there’s little competition in the broadband industry, some industry experts believe that there’s little incentive for broadband providers to dramatically beef up their bandwidth and drastically improve their infrastructure to adequately provide for online video demands.
“These guys are all in harvesting mode — they’ve made their investments and they’re simply reaping the rewards,” said Susan Crawford, a professor at Cardozo Law School.
Silicon Valley, which relies on the Internet as a portal to its customers, is unsatisfied. Just as services like Netflix and massive open online courses never would have been possible on dial-up connections, the technology sector’s services of the future will demand even greater speeds than we have now.
That’s why Google is building out its Fiber network, offering speeds of roughly 1000 megabits, or 1 gigabit, per second. Comparatively, the average U.S. connection speed in the third quarter of last year was 9.8 megabits per second, according to research from Akamai Technologies.
“Abundant high-speed Internet can provide the foundation for economic growth and educational opportunity, and it’s crucial for innovation,” said Google Fiber spokesperson Jenna Wandres. “We believe that the next generation of Web applications will be built on gigabit speeds.”
Google isn’t running a charity, of course. Its Fiber program puts pressure on the broadband industry to upgrade, and gives it a hedge against potential moves by ISPs to charge a toll for delivery of its services.
Netflix, unsurprisingly, runs faster on Google Fiber than on any other broadband provider, according to the company’s speed tracker. It’s unlikely that Google will provide the entire country with broadband anytime soon. But as consumer demand for bandwidth-hungry applications grows and congestion continues to result in slower speeds, don’t expect Silicon Valley to sit on its hands.
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Links to Sources: Silicon Valley is fed up with slow Internet speeds
Rat droppings, human urine and arsenic – just some of the substances found in fake beauty products which police say are putting consumers’ lives at risk.
Make-up, perfume, electrical hair stylers and sun cream are among the counterfeit goods being highlighted by the City of London Police in a campaign bearing the slogan “wake up – don’t fake up!”.
While they are both fake and both mislead the public, counterfeit cosmetics pose a very real danger. They often contain high levels of harmful materials. For example, fake versions of cosmetics by MAC and Benefit have been found to contain up to 19 times the legal level of lead. While a counterfeit bag and counterfeit lipstick are both fake, the lipstick is far more dangerous. It can possibly contain arsenic, mercury, copper and cadmium.
Checking the authenticity of a product is more difficult when shopping online since consumers cannot gauge the look and feel of a product before making the purchase. Police said stock images of well-known products also tend to be used online, which deceive consumers into believing they are buying the real deal.
Fake electrical products such as hair curlers, dryers and straighteners are not subject to the same rigorous safety tests as genuine items and so the bogus product is often dangerous.
This can result in electrocution or the item overheating and catching fire, and these faulty items risks inflicting burns on their users as well as putting homes and lives in danger.
Police said laboratory tests have shown counterfeit perfume often contains poisonous chemicals including cyanide and even human urine. Fake cosmetics such as eyeliner, mascara, lip gloss and foundation have been found to contain toxic levels of chemicals and other harmful substances such as arsenic, mercury and lead.
All of these can cause allergic reactions, such as skin irritation, swelling, rashes and burns, as well as provoking long-term health problems.
Counterfeit make-up is often produced in unsanitised factories and there have been cases where rats’ droppings and poison have also been found in the fake cosmetics.
Fraudsters have also been known to produce counterfeit sun cream and advertise it as well-known household brands. This often offers no protection against harmful UV rays which could lead to long-term skin damage, as well as containing substances which cause irritation to the skin.
The Mars Science Laboratory and its rover centerpiece, Curiosity, is the most ambitious Mars mission yet flown by NASA. The rover’s primary mission is to find out if Mars is, or was, suitable for life. Another objective is to learn more about the red planet’s environment.
Curiosity’s size allows it to carry a host of scientific experiments to zap, analyze and take pictures of any rock within reach of its 7-foot (2 meters) arm. Curiosity is about the size of a small SUV. It is 9 feet 10 inches long by 9 feet 1 inch wide (3 m by 2.8 m) and about 7 feet high (2.1 m). It weighs 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms). Curiosity’s wheels have a 20-inch (50.8 cm) diameter.
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed the rover to roll over obstacles up to 25 inches (65 centimeters) high and to travel about 660 feet (200 meters) per day. The rover’s power comes from a multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator, which produces electricity from the heat of plutonium-238’s radioactive decay.
The rover has a few tools to search for habitability. Among them is an experiment that bombards the surface with neutrinos, which would slow down if they encounter hydrogen atoms: one of the elements of water.
Curiosity’s 7-foot arm can pick up samples from the surface and cook them inside the rover, sniffing the gases that come out of there and analyzing them for clues as to how the rocks and soil formed.
The Sample Analysis of Mars instrument, if it does pick up evidence of organic material, can double-check that. On Curiosity’s front, under foil covers, are several ceramic blocks infused with artificial organic compounds.
Curiosity can drill into each of these blocks and place a sample into its oven to measure its composition. Researchers will then see if organics appear that were not supposed to be in the block. If so, scientists will likely determine these are organisms hitchhiking from Earth.
High-resolution cameras surrounding the rover take pictures as it moves, providing visual information that can be compared to environments on Earth. This was used when Curiosity found evidence of a streambed, for example.
Links to sources: http://www.space.com/17963-mars-curiosity.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=more-from-space
Michael Maccarone, an upper-level teacher at the private Avenues: The World School in Manhattan, has been selected to do science research onboard NASA’s airborne observatory.
“As a science teacher, it’s incredibly interesting and fascinating to do anything with NASA. It’s a privilege and an honor,” said Maccarone, 30, who developed the science curriculum at the Avenues school and other institutions.
The Sunset Park resident will join engineers and scientists onboard the space agency’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy or SOFIA — a retrofitted Boeing aircraft that can fly up to 45,000 feet in the air, which is a few thousand feet higher than typical commercial airliners fly.
Maccarone and his colleague Elizabeth Rosenberger of Manhattan were the only two New York residents chosen out of 24 teachers nationwide to participate in the research program, which allows educators to shoot for the stars.
“Our job is really to observe and report,” said Maccarone, adding that he had to complete a 12-week graduate-level astronomy course to partake in the program. “We’re always trying to find ways to connect our students to real science and there’s no better way than to say ‘here’s the data we collected while we were on flight.’”
After training at the Ames Research Center in California starting Monday, Maccarone will take two 10- to 12-hour flights onboard the jumbo jet — which is equipped with an 8.2-foot-in-diameter telescope — once it launches on May 15 and May 16 from Ames.
Maccarone will have in-depth conversations with scientists onboard the flight about what they are looking for.
“They’re looking for new observations about the planets in our solar system and what we can learn through the infrared spectrum that we haven’t been able to see visibly with our land telescopes,” he said.
Maccarone plans on developing iBooks for kindergarten through high school students relating to his findings.
“We will use the experience to tell a bunch of different stories about many different levels of science from astronomy to the electromagnetic spectrum to parts of the atmosphere and everything in between,” he said.
Links to sources: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-physics-teacher-flight-nasa-high-flying-observatory-article-1.1786550
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