The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2006

The Big Picture. A big-picture view of issues and trends affecting associations - in Mississippi and nationally. Shawn on Facebook. Shawn on Twitter. Shawn on Google+. Shawn on Pinterest. Shawn on LinkedIn. « Talking to Strangers | Main. | Help Jeff Change This » September 12, 2006. Ethics as a Recruitment Tool. Whether a company acts ethically is a significant factor in the average Americans willingness to work for an employer, according to research released in August by LRN.

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Wild Apricot

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Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 28, 2006

Writing about her feminist upbringing in her October 2 issue Newsweek column , writer Anna Quindlen notes that “ … the battle was really against waste, the waste of talent, the waste to society, the waste of women who had certain gifts and goals and had to suppress both.” Anyone who is part of an organization doesn’t need proof that talent among the ranks is wasted everyday, but for those who need proof, one only needs to look at the burgeoning amount of research being released by the Gallup org

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Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Starbucks raised its coffee prices five cents , its first increase in more than two years, and a minor media frenzy ensured. Am I the only one who finds this strange? Some stories actually led with the assertion that Starbucks customers would likely be unfazed by the price increase. Well, duh! What it reinforces for me is that “overpriced coffee” has become firmly entrenched as part of the story some people tell themselves about Starbucks as much as others believe the Starbucks story is more abo

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Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

Truth be told, I wanted to wring her neck. She had gabbed on her cellphone the entire time in the security line and then seemed surprised when she was asked to take off her shoes. Of course she set off the detector when walking through. We all got to wait for an additional five minutes while she and the TSA agent tried to determine what else she shouldn’t be wearing.

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