Stewart Doreen is the Editor for the Midland Reporter-Telegram Before we make any decisions on bond referendums, we can’t lose sight that Midland ISD administration, board members and this community have an unbelievable opportunity. And while it includes buildings, it doesn’t start with them. Rather it begins with the type of education system that is appropriate for Midland moving forward. Let’s determine our identity. In the simplest terms, I believe Midland’s school identify should be to enforce discipline, focus on workforce development (CTE) for those that don’t want to pursue a four-year degree and re-establish a challenging academic track for those that do want to attend a university. Once that identity is established and a system is put into place, then we can quickly decide on the facilities needed to accommodate those three focus areas. In other words, before one determines how many hundreds of millions Midlanders must spend for public education outcomes, they must determine if the current system makes sense for who we are and what we want to be. What are our strengths? This one isn’t complicated. From an academic performance standpoint, Early College High School and Carver Center are the two most prolific academic institutions […]

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Feb. 10—Opportunity House has hired its first chief people and culture officer, the organization announced Friday. Dori Bornstein will be the first person to hold that title in the organization, the Reading-based nonprofit said in a press release. She will be responsible for leading human resources, employee engagement, workforce planning and performance management, which is an integral role for a diverse organization like Opportunity House, officials said. Opportunity House operates a homeless shelter and supportive housing in Reading, the Second Street Learning Center day care and OppShop, its retail thrift store. Bornstein, who lives in Berks County, last worked as director of human resources at the YMCA of Reading and Berks County. Her previous roles included being the general manager of Telecommunications on Demand, a family owned company in Pottsville, and the operations development administrator for Highmark in Camp Hill. "I was attracted to the mission of Opportunity House and to work with an organization that supports our vulnerable populations and providing access to high-quality early childhood education. Both are critical to providing long-term stability," she said. Opportunity House President Modesto Fiume said this expanded role reflects execution the organization’s long-term strategic plan. "As we continue to evolve and […]

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World Triathlon have announced that they will provide ongoing revalidation opportunities to individual coaches who previously benefited at no cost from World Triathlon Coach Education but for whatever reason could not maintain their certifications. Today, on February 11th, World Triathlon is launching two e-learning opportunities for these coaches as a major step forward in helping our coaches worldwide and providing continuous development opportunities: – Revalidation of World Triathlon Coach Certifications pre-2014”: a pay-based opportunity for those, who were already assessed and certified (and are hopefully active since their initial certifications before 2014), to become familiar with the Education & Knowledge HUB, refresh and complement what they learned during their previous course(s), and become familiar with those content elements, which have been developed and added since the introduction of the current education system. – Revalidation of Expired World Triathlon Coach Certifications”: another single, pay-based opportunity for individuals with expired post-2014 certificates to get them back on track, with the firm intention to bring those who missed any parts of the current CRoC process to the same level as where coaches are, who followed up regularly as required. Applications for both non-regular revalidations detailed above are available online . In case […]

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Source: Shutterstock Today we’ll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of XPO, Inc. ( NYSE:XPO ) as an investment opportunity by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today’s value. Our analysis will employ the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. It may sound complicated, but actually it is quite simple! We generally believe that a company’s value is the present value of all of the cash it will generate in the future. However, a DCF is just one valuation metric among many, and it is not without flaws. If you want to learn more about discounted cash flow, the rationale behind this calculation can be read in detail in the Simply Wall St analysis model . The Calculation We’re using the 2-stage growth model, which simply means we take in account two stages of company’s growth. In the initial period the company may have a higher growth rate and the second stage is usually assumed to have a stable growth rate. To start off with, we need to estimate the next ten years of cash flows. Where possible we use analyst estimates, but when these aren’t available we […]

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CNN Business — Let’s be honest: For much of the past decade, tech events have been pretty boring. Executives in business casual wear trot up on stage and pretend a few tweaks to the camera and processor make this year’s phone profoundly different than last year’s phone or adding a touchscreen onto yet another product is bleeding edge. But that changed radically this week. Some of the world’s biggest companies teased significant upgrades to their services, some of which are central to our everyday lives and how we experience the internet. In each case, the changes were powered by new AI technology that allows for more conversational and complex responses. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a revamped Bing search engine using the capabilities of ChatGPT, the viral AI tool created by OpenAI, a company in which Microsoft recently invested billions of dollars. Bing will not only provide a list of search results, but will also answer questions, chat with users and generate content in response to user queries. And there are already rumors of another event next month for Microsoft to demo similar features in its Office products, including Word, PowerPoint and Outlook. The way we search for information online […]

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Start-up investor. Founder & CEO of Roonyx Inc. Newest product, Orchea—a way to manage team load, financials, and outcomes—coming soon. getty Over a decade ago, my company had to digitize the entire sales process for a dealer network from scratch. This was our first large-scale project and it defined us as a company. Using this experience as a model, I’d like to show how you can approach any new customer’s problems using Eliyahu Goldratt’s theory of constraints . Pain Points At first, my company sold our customer relationship management (CRM) tools to one-off dealers. Soon they wanted to deploy the CRM across their dealer network. The pain points, which are common to many companies, included: • No visibility into the sales process. • Prospects and customers slipping through the cracks. • High customer and sales talent churn. • Bad customer experience with salespeople. The Search For The Ideal Solution We had the CRM and could onboard hundreds of dealerships with their managers and salespeople with no problem. The difficulty at the time was updating analog phone systems to digital. I think you will find upgrading and updating systems to often be a major hurdle. For our situation, there were […]

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Dublin, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The "Digital Transformation – Intelligence Report – 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global Digital Transformation market size is expected to grow to $3.8 Billion by 2030. Digital Transformation is being embraced by organizations of all sizes across most industries. In the Digital Age today, technology creates new opportunities and fundamentally transforms businesses in all aspects – operations, business models, and strategies. It not only enables the business, but also drives its growth and can be a source of Competitive Advantage. After reading this report, you can achieve the following objectives: Identify the key trends (e.g. Digital Transformation spending, business model changes) and disruptions (e.g. Blockchain, Web 3.0) in the Digital Transformation function and industry. Understand the impact of COVID-19 on Digital Transformation by industry, by country, and on key business metrics. Know what solutions and resources are available related to Digital Transformation. This report is organized into the following sections: Overview – This section presents an overview of the market, along with key statistics and facts. Trends & Disruptions – We include a breakdown of key trends (DX spend, business model changes) and disruptions (Blockchain, Web 3.0). Digital […]

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Digital transformation is crucial for all businesses, no matter how big or small. The need for digital transformation has now become the need of the hour for almost all businesses, irrespective of their industry. Every digital transformation guide , talk, panel discussion, blog post, and research about how companies may remain relevant and competitive as the world becomes increasingly digital seems to make that point very clear. However, many business executives are confused about what "digital transformation" means. However, you need not worry about that. This article will cover that, along with the digital transformation trends to watch in 2023 and beyond. We will also be looking at the benefits of digital transformation. And end this article by looking at the best practices to adopt when for a seamless digital transformation journey. Let’s begin! What is Digital Transformation? Given that each company will experience digital transformation differently, it can be difficult to develop a definition that applies to all of them. The inclusion of digital technology into every area of a business, which significantly impacts how those businesses operate and deliver value to customers, is what most people mean when they talk about digital transformation. The digital transformation market […]

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Although more than 90 percent of manufacturers in Vietnam are still in small and medium enterprises, they have performed digital transformation strongly, which also impacts the country’s economic growth beneficially. CNS AMURA Precision Company (CAP), one of the members of Saigon Industry Corporation (CNS) has implemented digital transformation and is negotiating more new orders with foreign business partners to produce end products. Many of its orders are worth up to millions of US dollars. This is a new step after the company became Samsung’s tier 1 supplier. Evaluating its workers’ skills as well as existing production lines and machines, the company’s representatives are confident that they can meet most of the orders of foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises. Regarding the CNS Amura’s digital transformation process, Mr. Nguyen Phuong Dong, General Director of Saigon Industry Corporation, told following the wave of foreign direct investment in Vietnam, the corporation managers were concerned about how to be able to "absorb" this capital and transform it into an internal force for domestic industrial development. Keeping the concern in mind, the corporation managers have come up with an investment plan to transform the entire production technology line of CNS Amura. Accordingly, the corporation purchased […]

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A “data first” approach must become the “North Star” of digital transformation, according to Hewlett Packard Enterprise President and CEO Antonio Neri. In an article written for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the HPE executive explores how, in his own words, organizations must align strategic, organizational, and technological choices with the overarching goal of leveraging data as a strategic asset. At a time when an enormous amount of decentralized data is being captured from numerous sources, including networked devices, machines, buildings, and infrastructures, unlocking its value offers opportunities for societal progress by using this data to take on geopolitical, economic, and environmental issues, said Neri. World governments are currently investing in data technologies, frameworks, and regulations in recognition of the transformative potential of data for economic and social progress, yet Neri believes many organizations are unprepared to capitalize on these opportunities. HPE conducted a recent survey of 8,600 executives that found the average organization’s data maturity score (the ability to create value from data) was only 2.6 on a five-point scale. Neri sees this as indicative of not only an inability to fully leverage data as a strategic asset, but also a lack of basic capabilities for doing […]

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