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Why Nonprofit Boards and Fundraising Must Mix
I recently received a note from a blog reader who disagreed with my argument that a nonprofit's board of directors should be charged with raising 10% of their nonprofit's budget. Not only did this reader disagree with the idea of setting a 10% board fundraising goal, but he disagreed with linking board governance and fundraising at all.
As he wrote:
"I recently resigned from a board of a nonprofit, after a 5-year stint. I was honored to be asked to join the board, until at my first meeting pledge cards were passed around, and I realized it was my money, not my leadership skills, that qualified me for board membership. I have given on numerous occasions, but I refused to pay a "bill" I received for my share of employee Christmas bonuses last year. There have been many instances where the board was expected to give money. Only a tiny fraction of the budget would be raised through these measures, so it seemed like it was a membership test. Governance should be totally separate from fundraising."
While I appreciate this reader's frustration as a board member, I would argue that his unfortunate experience had more to do with poor management of a board, and less to do with fundraising being part of a board member's charge.
I don't believe board members should ever be "billed" for a contribution. Rather, the board chair and the executive director should sit down with each board member individually on an annual basis and have an open conversation about that board member's role on the board. This should be a much larger conversation than just what she wants her annual financial commitment to be, but that still must be part of the conversation. So while you absolutely should discuss why the board member has chosen to serve on your board and what she would like her role to be, you also can (and should) discuss how she wants to contribute to the financial model of the organization.
And if you define a board member's "contribution" much more broadly than just a check she writes, the sum total of all of the contributions each board member makes can be much more significant than "a tiny fraction of the budget." Every single board member, if truly right for the post, has many ways to contribute to the financial model of a nonprofit (here is just a beginning list of ways). If you ask board members to think strategically about how they can contribute, and if they are well versed in the financial model of the organization they serve, it should be fairly easy to get them involved in a significant way.
And getting each board member engaged and involved in the organization should be the aim. While I agree that the idea of a "membership test" is certainly unappealing, there should be a bar to being a member of the board of a nonprofit organization. If some members are allowed to be members in name only, but not required to have any skin in the game, then what compels any member to invest their time and resources in a significant way? If there is no bar that a board member must clear to be a board member, then what separates a board member from just an interested member of the public?
A board of directors must be a nonprofit's staunchest supporters, most vocal advocates, and most committed allies. If a nonprofit cannot depend on its board to work tirelessly, not only to ensure achievement of the mission, but also to ensure financial sustainability, how can a nonprofit possibly expect those outside the organization to care? So, yes, being a member of a board must come with some level of commitment, both of time and of resources.
Because at the end of the day, there is no mission without money. By allowing any individual board member, let alone your entire board, to make programmatic and organizational decisions without fully understanding and contributing to the financial model of the organization you are creating an enormous disconnect between mission and money. A person cannot hope to understand something unless they have actually worked within it. So each board member must somehow contribute to the financial model of the nonprofit on which they serve.
Just because nonprofit leaders sometimes do a poor job of engaging their board in the financial model does not mean that we should separate the governance of a nonprofit from its financial model. All board members must understand, embrace, and actively work toward the financial sustainability of the nonprofit they govern.
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Is Your Frustrating Board a Symptom of a Larger Problem?
One of the biggest complaints I hear from nonprofit leaders is that their board is not working well enough for them — most often around fundraising. From board members who are largely in name only, to others who refuse to fundraise, to those who meddle or micromanage, to those who don't understand the organization or its programs, there can be a large list of grievances that nonprofit leaders have about their board. So nonprofit leaders often look for a magic bullet to get their board in gear.
Just last week a nonprofit leader approached me seeking help getting her board engaged. She thought that if she hired a consultant to rewrite their board by-laws and rework the board committee structure, all would be well.
But it just isn't that simple.
An ineffective board is often just a symptom of a larger problem at your nonprofit. And while nonprofit boards can be incredibly frustrating, it is often not their fault that they aren't working harder for you.
If you are frustrated with your board, ask these questions to uncover the larger issues at play:
Do We Have a Compelling Case?
You simply cannot get people excited to help further your nonprofit's cause if they don't fully understand and embrace that cause. Have you had a conversation with your board about why your nonprofit does the work it does? Have you articulated together your nonprofit's Theory of Change? Have you involved your board in creating your nonprofit's Case for Investment? It surprises me how often I see nonprofit leaders leaving these critical and investing conversations at the staff level. The number one way to get your board excited about your work is to get them involved in articulating to others why that work is so critical.
Do We Have a Long-Term Strategy?
But it's not enough to articulate what you hope to accomplish as a nonprofit, you also need to create a strategy for bringing those goals to fruition. You must involve your full board in your nonprofit's overall strategy. They must buy in at the ground level to the goals of your strategic plan. And then the board must be in charge, as is their true leadership role, in monitoring in their ongoing board meetings whether those goals are actually being realized. Give your board the opportunity to create and then drive the overall organizational strategy, and then see how they start to come alive.
Do We Have Clear Board Responsibilities?
And they will truly come to life when they understand how each of them individually can and must contribute to bringing that larger strategy to fruition. You simply cannot expect a board to engage when they don't understand how and where they can be helpful. Give the overall board specific goals and responsibilities and then talk one-on-one with each individual board member to determine together where their unique skills and experience can be brought to bear on the larger strategy. With a clear roadmap for how they can help, you will see your board start to pick up the pace.
Do We Have the Wrong Board Members?
However, you may find that some of your board members are simply taking up space. It may be that some are disengaged because they simply don't have the skills, experience and networks necessary to achieve your goals. That's why you have to do the analysis and look at every single board member against the skills, experience and networks you need to deliver on your strategic plan. Please, please, please don't fall for the temptation of filling your board with warm bodies. Make sure that you are recruiting the type of board members that you truly need to deliver on your organization's strategy.
Are We Afraid of Asking For What We Really Need?
Nonprofit leaders sometimes fear their board members as much as they fear their donors. Rather than insisting their board members step up to the plate and effectively contribute their time, energy, and resources, nonprofit leaders may be overly grateful for ineffective board members. But when you operate under that dysfunctional power imbalance, you are setting the bar incredibly low for your board. And when a person is confronted with a low bar, there is nothing compelling him to get engaged and get working. So be very clear with your board members about what you want from them, and then be equally clear when they aren't delivering. There is a nice way to tell a board member that you need more from her. And if she isn't willing, then it is probably best that she walk away and leave room for more effective board members.
If you are fed up with your board, use frustration as an opportunity to dig deeper to figure out what is really causing their uselessness. And if you need some help to get there, check out the nonprofit leader coaching I provide.
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5 Fundraising Mistakes Nonprofits Make
Fundraising is such a misunderstood enterprise. And it's not just misunderstood by nonprofit leaders in the trenches.
I was talking to a normally very savvy foundation program officer the other day who wondered if one of his struggling grantees should think about launching a new gala event to raise some additional money. I swallowed my first inclination to scream "NOOOOOO!" in the middle of a crowded restaurant and instead calmly explained why events are a bad money fix, and why any short-term money generating strategy is probably a really bad idea.
But this well-meaning program officer is far from alone in his understanding of financial sustainability in the nonprofit sector. If I had my way, nonprofit leaders would stop making these 5 big fundraising mistakes:
- Taking a Short-Term Approach
If you don't have enough money today, a single fundraising activity isn't going to solve the problem in the long-term. If you want to solve your ongoing money woes, you have to create a long-term plan. The single best way to bring more and larger dollars in the door is to create a smart, long-term strategy for your nonprofit. And that long-term strategy must include a corresponding long-term financial strategy. With a compelling Theory of Change (an articulation of the value your nonprofit creates), what you are hoping to accomplish, and how you will get there, you will be better able to convince funders (no matter what your financial model) to come aboard. People invest in a compelling and believable vision for the future. If you are just raising money for the day-to-day, you will always struggle.
- Looking Under the Same Rocks
Often when there is a money shortfall, nonprofit leaders think they simply need to ask the same people to give again or more. If only it were that easy. To attract more people and organizations you have to have a wider net. But not just on your Facebook page or in your mailing list. A wider net means that your board's networks need to grow, your distribution channels need to grow, your friend-raising activities, your strategic alliances need to grow — the overall network of your nonprofit needs to grow. You need to think holistically about how to grow the reach of your organization and get everyone involved in making that happen.
- Chasing A Magic Bullet
Seriously, listen when I say this: There Is No Magic Bullet to Fundraising. Fundraising, like so many things, often falls victim to shiny object syndrome. From the Ice Bucket Challenge, to crowdfunding, to social media, it seems there is always something new that nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, or board members think will finally solve a nonprofit's money woes. But the reality is that finding enough and the right kind of money for the results you want to achieve as an organization is hard work. There is no easy fix. Instead you have to get strategic and create, and then systematically execute on, a financial plan for your nonprofit. It may sound boring, but believe me, once you attach strategy to money, the transformation — to your staff and board, to your funders, to your financial model, to your overall results, to your effectiveness and sustainability as an organization — can be incredible.
- Giving People a Free Pass
When you tell certain board members or certain staff members that they don't have to worry about money, you are essentially giving them a free pass and placing a larger burden on the rest of the organization. While money must be led by your Chief Money Officer (whatever their title — Executive Director, Development Director, CDO), it must be a team effort. Your money person's job is to develop an overall money strategy and then mobilize all her resources (staff, board, other volunteers, technology, systems) to bring that money strategy to fruition. She CANNOT do it alone or with only half a board. Money has to be part of the conversation for everyone in the organization.
- Not Fundraising for The Fundraising Function
If you want to get better at raising money, you must invest in the right strategy, staff, and systems — your fundraising function –to raise that money. You need to pay market rate for a fundraising person who is a smart, strategic leader. You need to put time and effort into an overall financial strategy, and you need to create the infrastructure (technology, systems) to make that financial strategy a reality. To make these investments, you might have to raise capacity capital from your donors, a one-time infusion of significant money that helps strengthen your organization. A capacity capital investment in your fundraising function can more than pay for itself in a few years when your transformed financial engine is running at a much more profitable rate. But failing to invest in your fundraising function means you will continue to struggle financially.
Oh nonprofit leaders, please stop hitting your heads against the fundraising wall. I promise you, a more sustainable financial engine awaits if you simply invest the time and energy into a smart strategy, a broader network, effective staff and systems and a real team effort.
If you want to find out more about the Financial Model Assessment I conduct for nonprofits, download the one sheet.
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Is Your Nonprofit Board Avoiding Their Money Role?
I was speaking to a group of nonprofit leaders in Pittsburgh last month about how to Move From Fundraising to Financing and there were some parts of the presentation that raised eyebrows and (sometimes) controversy. And it usually happened around the topic of the nonprofit board.
I strongly believe that the board of directors is a nonprofit's most critical financial asset. A board that is actively engaged and has the specific skills, experience, and networks required to deliver on the organization's strategy can make the difference between a nonprofit that is just getting by and a nonprofit that is truly creating social change. And money is an inextricable part of that. Therefore, a nonprofit's board cannot avoid its money role, or the organization and its mission will suffer.
Is your board avoiding their money role? Here's what it looks like when they are:
The Board Isn't Raising 10% of the Budget
I know it's heresy, but I believe that a board should be charged with raising at least 10% of a nonprofit's annual budget. But that doesn't mean they all have to write personal checks (or get their friends to write them). Rather, there is an endless list (here and here) of ways board members, who are fundraising shy, can bring money in the door. Because why should the entire financial burden be left on the shoulders of the staff? That's just not sustainable. And if you can't get your board to step up to the financial plate, how will you have any hope of getting others to do so? There are really so many reasons why your board should take on more money responsibilities.
The Board Doesn't Enforce a Give/Get
So to reinforce the idea of complete board involvement in the financial engine, you need to make it a practice. And that's where the give/get comes in. A give/get requirement is a minimum dollar amount at which each individual board member must either "give" themselves, and/or "get" from somewhere else. Every single member of the board must understand and contribute to how money flows to the organization. They cannot argue that money is the purview only of the staff or a subset of board members. Money has to be part of the ENTIRE board's job. Until you force the board to really participate in creating and maintaining an effective financial engine, you won't be able to have substantive conversations about or get real engagement in raising or spending money.
New Program Decisions Ignore Money
It is not enough for a board to approve new programs or program expansion by only analyzing the potential impact on the mission. The board must also understand how a new program will or will not contribute to the long-term financial sustainability of the organization. The board needs to analyze all of the costs (including set up, opportunity costs, and ongoing operating costs) of the program and whether the program can attract enough money to at least cover those costs. And if not, whether the new program can be subsidized by other activities already in the mix. But the board cannot blind themselves to the financial downfalls of a sexy new program.
Real Conversations About Money Happen Only in Crisis
Most board meetings include an update on a nonprofit's budget, which is the extent of any money conversation. If there is a problem (expenses are too high, or revenue is not flowing as budgeted) a long conversation will ensue about the crisis. But bigger, regular discussions about the overall financial strategy of the organization are scarce. If the board is to be the financial steward of the organization, they have to spend time analyzing and developing their nonprofit's financial model — where revenue should flow and how money should be employed to meet the mission. Money is a tool. But to effectively wield that tool, the board needs to think, talk, and act strategically about it.
For a nonprofit to be truly effective and sustainable, its board — the entire board — must embrace its money role. Because their is no mission without money. And no successful board turns a blind eye to the financial engine of their organization.
If you want to find out more about developing a sustainable financial model for your nonprofit, download the Develop a Financial Model Bundle. And if you want to learn how to create a more effective board, download the Build an Engaged Board Bundle.
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9 Ways to Get Your Board Fundraising [Slideshare]
It is such a common complaint. Nonprofit boards are notorious for shirking their fundraising duties. But the good news is that there is a solution, and it doesn't involve pleading or bribery. As part of the growing Social Velocity Slideshare library, today I offer the 9 Ways to Get Your Board Fundraising Slideshare.
If you want your board to share the responsibility for creating a sustainable nonprofit, you must get strategic. And you must stop apologizing. This Slideshare helps you begin to understand the steps for transforming your board into a financial workhorse.
And if you want to learn more about getting your board moving, download the the How to Build a Fundraising Board on-demand webinar.
You can see the entire library of Social Velocity Slideshare presentations here.
7 Ways to Kiss Fundraising Goodbye [Slideshare]
I am really in to Slideshare lately. I uploaded my first Slideshare presentation, Calculating the Cost of Fundraising, last month and people seemed to really like it. So I plan to create regular Slideshare presentations and share them on the Social Velocity Slideshare site.
Today's Slideshare is 7 Ways to Kiss Fundraising Goodbye. Traditional nonprofit fundraising is broken. It lock nonprofits in an endless cycle of chasing low return activities. A much better approach is to create a sustainable financial model that aligns well with your mission and core competencies. Nonprofits must move from Fundraising to Financing.
If you want to move your nonprofit from a Fundraising to a Financing approach, download the Build a Nonprofit Financing Plan Step-by-Step Guide.
How You Can Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Your Board
"Honestly, some days I think I would be so much better off without a board," said an exasperated executive director to me recently.
Wrangling a group of volunteers who have competing and often conflicting interests is an exhausting job. It's no wonder that nonprofit leaders often want to throw up their hands and soldier on without the rag tag group that's supposed to further, as opposed to impede, the work.
But it doesn't have to be that way. An "engaged board" is not an oxymoron. It is actually attainable. But you don't get there by cajoling, guilting, ignoring or dismissing your board.
You get there by marshaling this critical army to grow your resources, your community of supporters, your results. Because an engaged board raises more money, recruits and trains other engaged board members, connects your nonprofit to key people and organizations necessary to achieve the mission, puts your nonprofit above their self interest, and ultimately leads your organization to greater results and impact.
There are very clear steps you can take to build an engaged board:
- Create a clear idea of the specific skills, experience and networks board members should possess
- Continually focus the board on the big picture
- Get them ALL to raise enough money
- Help them embrace money as an effective tool
- Make them understand and be able to articulate the impact of your nonprofit
- Create a commitment among them to build the organization
- Encourage them to ask hard questions
- And more…
You can help them become the board of directors they were meant to be.
An engaged board understands and fully embraces their charge. They have extremely high standards, and they hold themselves, their fellow board members and their nonprofit to those standards. They are constantly pushing, striving, and building the nonprofit to whom they are devoting their service. An engaged board may be an anomaly, but it doesn't have to be.
If you want to build an engaged board, the Build an Engaged Board Tool Bundle can help you get there. The Bundle includes:
- The "Getting Your Board to Raise More Money" Webinar
- The "10 Traits of a Groundbreaking Board" E-book
- The "How to Build a Fundraising Board" Webinar
Here's what some people who have already downloaded the board tools had to say about them:
"This was very concrete and actionable – gave specific suggestions regarding engaging board members. This was very useful. Well done."
"This really opened my eyes to new possibilities – thank you so much!"
"This was one of the best and most helpful and informative webinars I've been on. It was exactly what I was looking for in terms of beginning to get our board energized and on track and I will use the slides to help me prepare for our upcoming board retreat."
An ineffective board is not just a frustration for the executive director. Sadly it is a HUGE missed opportunity. Your board could be so much more. When you effectively engage your board of directors, you grow your resources and ability to create social change exponentially.
You can download the Build an Engaged Board Tool Bundle here.
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New Year, New (More Effective) Nonprofit Fundraising Plan
If I had one wish for the nonprofit sector in this new year it would be for nonprofits to get much smarter about money and finally start using it as a robust, strategic tool for creating more social change.
But you can't get smarter about something that you fear, or don't understand, or avoid, or can't access.
Which is why I'm really excited about one of the new tool bundles I'm offering in the newly revamped Tools section of my website. The Develop a Financial Model Tool Bundle provides the guidance you need to create a financing plan for your nonprofit in this new year.
A financing plan (as opposed to a fundraising plan) is a long-term strategy for bringing enough money in the door to achieve your mission, ultimately bringing you closer to creating sustainable social change.
The Develop a Financial Model Tool Bundle will help move your board, staff and donors to truly understand a financing approach and give you the roadmap for developing your nonprofit's own financing plan. It will help move your nonprofit from the exhausting hamster wheel of fundraising to a robust, sustainable financial model.
The tool bundle includes 4 components:
- The Financing Not Fundraising, vol. 1 E-book that describes the theory behind moving from fundraising to financing, why financing is a much more sustainable and effective approach, and how to begin moving your organization to a much more sustainable way of thinking about and securing money.
- The Financing Not Fundraisng, vol. 2 E-book expands on the ideas behind a financing approach, gives concrete examples of this new approach, and describes how to change your, and your board and donors' thinking in order to fully make the switch to this new approach of financing your work.
- The 60-minute Create a Financing Plan On-Demand Webinar moves you from embracing the theory of a financing approach to fully understanding what a financing plan is, how it differs from a fundraising plan, the framework for a plan, and the steps necessary to create one. This webinar can be watched whenever you want and however many times you need.
- The Build a Nonprofit Financing Plan Step-by-Step Guide is the final piece of the puzzle. This guide helps you create your nonprofit's own financing plan. The guide walks you, step-by-step, through the questions, calculations and frameworks you need to build your nonprofit's financing plan.
This Develop a Financial Model Tool Bundle takes you from understanding the theory behind a financing approach all the way to creating your nonprofit's own financing plan. As a bundle, the cost is 15% less than the cost of purchasing the e-books, guide and webinar separately. Download the Develop a Financial Model Tool Bundle Now.
This tool bundle, along with all of the other guides, e-books, webinars and bundles available on the Tools page, is designed for smaller and younger nonprofits that may not have the resources to seek customized consulting help, or just need some initial guidance to find a new way on their own.
But if you would rather find out about the customized consulting I provide for creating a financing plan and/or coaching your board and staff to adopt this new approach, let me know.
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It can't be denied that "Zero Dark Thirty" is an explosively entertaining film about what is arguably one of the most scrutinized manhunts in history, but there's a dark side to this film and the truths it's supposed to represent.
Maya, played by Jessica Chastain, is a tough as nails agent who believes she knows the whereabouts of Bin Laden. She must convince her mostly male coworkers that she is right about his whereabouts and can finally put an end to the ten-year long chase that has developed for Bin Laden.
There's been a lot of controversy surrounding this film and its depiction of torture. The film itself doesn't comment on whether or not it's good or bad, it just depicts it how it's been told to the filmmakers. "Zero Dark Thirty" asks the viewer to make up his or her mind about it. According to the film, information gathered through the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" is useful in locating Bin Laden. It's this that will split some viewers. There will be those who think the use of torture, regardless of the circumstances, is wrong, and others who believe that it's alright if done for the greater good. As for myself, the issue with torture is that the person being tortured will speak one way or another, but the information is then in question. It's a slippery slope, but one I can't approve of.
For a film that takes place in the Middle East, where explosions are a daily occurrence, "Zero Dark Thirty" does the expected and tries to use this to its advantage in order to shock and startle the audience, but the thing is is that I already know where this movie takes place. I'm expecting shocks like that. When it actually does happen it's good to just be able to get it out of the way and move on with the story. It doesn't pack much of an emotional wallop and serves only as a reminder of the dangers of the region.
I also wasn't impressed with Jessica Chastain's performance. A lot of praise has been given to her, but her acting was wooden. I suppose this is in line with her character, but I'm not sure how much I'm supposed to fawn over a frozen face that shows no emotion. From the get go, I was puzzled as to why critics were lavishing so much praise upon her. It's really not necessary.
However, this film is not without its positive angles. The story itself is actually quite thrilling and the final raid of Bin Laden's compound is heart pounding and looks like it would be accurate of the actual event.
"Zero Dark Thirty" is entertaining, but its depictions may be ultimately off-putting to some viewers.


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There was a time in Nevada history when Las Vegas wasn't the state's largest city, a time back in 1907 when that distinction belonged to Goldfield.
If you've never heard of Goldfield, it's because the town's meteoric rise and fall spanned less than a decade. Beyond a few historic buildings, not much remains of the Esmeralda County seat along U.S. 95, a three hours' drive northwest of Las Vegas. A fire on July 6,1923 -- exactly 89 years ago -- wiped out much of the town. What once was a community of more than 20,000 people in the first decade of the last century has only a fraction of that today. Fewer than 800 people live in the entire county.
The Goldfield Historical Society said on its website that the town owed its beginnings to Nevada natives Harry Stimler and William Marsh, two prospectors who established mining claims on the north ridge of the Columbia Mountain in December 1902 and named the district "Grandpa." When they and other prospectors and investors returned to the site in October 1903 to establish a town, they changed the name to Goldfield, believing it would be a better way to promote the area.
"The boom years in Goldfield ran from 1905 through 1910," the society wrote. "Goldfield had all the amenities of any large city, with fancy restaurants, hotels, athletic clubs, church and social groups of every kind, theaters, shopping, sporting events, unions, all the general businesses of the day, casinos, red light district, gold, high grading, and all the hopes of prosperity any individual would want to find."
Goldfield in 1905 briefly served as home base for deputy sheriff Virgil Earp, brother of famed lawman Wyatt Earp. But Virgil died from pneumonia in October 1905, just before the town enjoyed the height of its prosperity.
In its heyday as a gold mining haven in 1907, Goldfield had 49 saloons, 27 restaurants, 22 hotels, 21 grocers, 17 laundries, 15 barber shops, 14 cigar stores and six bakeries. The professionals included 162 brokers, 84 attorneys, 54 assayers, 40 doctors and 10 undertakers.
One of the most colorful aspects of Goldfield's gold mining trade was the shady practice known as high grading, a form of thievery by miners who worked in company mines. In a story written for Desert Magazine in November 1942, author John Hilton interviewed county engineer and Goldfield expert Ed Giles on this topic.
"The methods ranged from concealed pockets in the tail of a miner's shirt and oversized boots and trick lunch buckets to such devices as the one in which the company blacksmith went in cahoots with the highgrader in an ingenious scheme that worked fine until it was discovered," Hilton wrote.
"The blacksmith bored a hole in the miner's pick handle. During the underground shift the cavity was filled with gold, corked, and a little mud smeared over the end of the handle. When the pick was sent to the blacksmith to be sharpened he took out the gold and later it was shared."
Many assayers who set up shop did so to take advantage of the illegal trade. But Hilton wrote that they were shut down once the powerful mine owners caught on.
Another author, Arthur Woodward, wrote in the November 1950 edition of Desert Magazine that $37 million in gold was mined from the town at its peak in 1906 and 1907. The biggest producing mines included the Mohawk, Jumbo, Red Top, Combination, Florence, Consolidated, Combination Fraction, Great Bend and Daisy.
But Woodward wrote that labor unrest also set in when mining companies began paying their workers in scrip rather than cash due to a temporary shortage of currency in Goldfield banks.
"Big Bill Haywood, known as the 'Big Fellow,' organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World, also called the Wobblies, moved into Goldfield to direct strike tactics and keep the miners in a constant state of agitation," Woodward wrote.
"Then the companies put in changing rooms where the miners were compelled to change clothes as they went in and out of the mines. This innovation brought forth a storm of protest. It interfered with the highly lucrative business of high grading."
The mining company crackdown on high grading, which accelerated in 1907, put them at even greater odds with the union, which it accused of condoning the theft of gold from the mines. The Mohawk mine was thought to have lost $1 million to high-grading activity in just the final half of 1906.
Law enforcement prosecution of crooked miners and assayers became the norm. At the prompting of Nevada Gov. John Sparks, who acted on behalf of mine owners, President Theodore Roosevelt ordered federal troops in December 1907 to restore order in Goldfield.
The ordeal prompted the Nevada Legislature the following year to establish a state police force so that Nevada wouldn't have to rely again on federal troops to calm a community.
The goldrush soon came to an end. As author Sally Springmeyer Zanjani wrote for the Online Nevada Encyclopedia:
"After the bonanza spirit faded, Goldfield rapidly declined. Although the mines still produced well, the population dived to 5,400 in 1910 and continued to shrink. Worse lay ahead. The Goldfield Consolidated Mill closed in 1919, then a fire that started in a bootlegger's still in 1923 left much of the city a blackened, smoking rubble."
The town has hosted an annual Goldfield Days festival in August and has attracted some interest from film makers. Parts of the 1971 movie "Vanishing Point," which centered on a car chase, were filmed in Goldfield. The town also took bows in lesser-known films such as "Cherry 2000" and "Desert Blue," and the historic Goldfield Hotel was used in the 2007 film "Ghosts of Goldfield."
But the boom days when Goldfield hosted major events such as a lightweight boxing championship and served delicacies such as quail on toast, as Zanjani reported, are long gone.
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Understanding the inter-relationships among addiction to multiple drugs and between co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders is a key priority of NIDA's, given ample research showing extremely high rates of their co-morbidity. Limitations of existing analytic methods impede further progress in these areas, because trajectories describing drug use and co-occurring disorders over time are complex--often nonlinear and based on outcomes with different distributions. Timeline Follow back (TLFB), the most widely utilized and accepted measure for determining drug use outcomes, collects reports of daily use (e.g. used marijuana, yes/no;joints per day) on multiple drugs over specified intervals. But TLFB data are not analyzed as collected (e.g. repeated binomial and Poisson variables). Rather, data are typically collapsed into summaries like total days of use (or abstinence) during a trial, or collapsed over smaller intervals (e.g. monthly sums of days used) in an attempt to create normally distributed variables. Such composite scores sacrifice information, lose efficiency, and are often not normal. Abundant previously collected longitudinal data on outcomes with different distributions like those from TLFB exist, but an inability to analyze them as such prevents satisfactorily addressing scientifically and clinically relevant questions such as: What is the temporal relationship between use of two or more drugs? What is the temporal relationship between change in drug use and change in co-occurring disorders? Do co- occurring psychiatric symptoms remit with reductions in drug use, or do reductions in psychiatric symptoms precede reductions in drug use? At what point does reduction in one occur relative to the other? This project's first two aims propose rigorous theoretical derivation and simulation to develop a multivariate nonlinear mixed model (MvNLMIXED) to simultaneously estimate and compare nonlinear trajectories of substance use and comorbidity outcomes with different distributions over time and between groups (Aim 1), and to evaluate inter- relationships among those jointly modeled trajectories by estimating their association (Aim 2a) and the order of, and time-lag among, change in one relative to the other (Aim 2b).
Aims 3 and 4 will apply MvNLMIXED methods to answer important questions in two pharmacotherapy trials for co-occurring Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adolescents who also received cognitive behavioral therapy for drug use: a trial of atomoxetine and a multi-site trial o Osmotic-Release Methylphenidate in NIDA's Clinical Trials Network. These novel analyses are expected to identify important inter-relationships among use of different drugs with each other (Aim 3) and with ADHD (Aim 4), potentially informing how treatment may be operating. Beyond their importance for evaluating inter-relationships in these two trials and among drug use and comorbidity in general, these novel methods are widely applicable to evaluating temporal relationships among any jointly modeled longitudinal variables, benefiting new research and enhancing the scientific value of existing databases. User-friendly software for these methods will be made available on multiple platforms.
Substance use disorders are a major public health problem, are linked to serious morbidity and mortality, and are strongly linked to other co-occurring psychiatric disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and antisocial behaviors that have a highly negative impact on individuals and society. Developing statistical methodology for describing how substance use and other psychiatric disorders change and inter-relate over time will clarify their temporal relationships and may lead to a clearer understanding of how to successfully prevent and treat these conditions. These novel methods will be used to answer important questions about how alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, and other illicit drugs inter-relate with each other and with ADHD, using data from two clinical trials of adolescents in treatment for ADHD and substance use disorders and more generally, the novel methods will facilitate the understanding of temporal relationships among any longitudinal outcomes with different distributions.
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New energy transitions: Tipping point for self-organized criticality?
Electric vehicles – It's not just about the car - "One of the key characteristics of complex systems, such as the world's energy and transport sectors, is that when they change it tends not to be a linear process. They flip from one state to another in a way strongly analogous to a phase change in material science... A second important characteristic of this type of economic phase change is that when one major sector flips, the results rip through the whole economy and can have impacts on the societal scale." (via) [more inside]
The real Faraday could've fought a 10-year-old Nic Tesla when he was 75
The mysterious Faraday Future (yes, that's the real name), has already hired 400 top automotive engineers (such as the former director of manufacturing for Tesla) and is building a $1B facility to create a new type of electric car as soon as 2017. But what is Faraday Future? Some think its part of Apple's secret "Titan" car project (which will have electric license plates!), while others think it is "China's response to Tesla." The auto industry is changing fast, as, also within the last 24 hours, Toyota started investing $1B in AI and Local Motors rolled out their latest 3D-printed car design.
The Worst Place on Earth
A visit to Baotou Lake where rare earth minerals, used in "green" products and electronics, are processed. [more inside]
FIA Formula E: the world's first fully-electric racing series
A few days ago, the first race of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)'s new Formula E Championship ran with the Bejing ePrix . The race is not quite a simple variant of Formula 1 with electric cars, as the heavy battery packs don't provide enough energy for a complete 50 mile race, so a second car is used to finish the race, and each Formula E car receives 10 specially designed tires per race weekend, which are designed to last the full race, compared to the 52 tires that Formula One cars receive. Though this is a serious race with serious vehicles, as veteran open-wheel and sports car driver Katherine Legge explains in a first-hand account of what it's like to drive the all-electric Formula E car, it's also an effort to promote the potential of electric cars via social media. Saturday's race was the first of 10 races, which will wrap up in June 2015. The Wire has a wrap-up of various news stories, and that article includes a full video of the race in Beijing. More information from Wired, and on the official FIA Formula E website.
Intergalactic Spaceboat of Light and Wonder
Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal sure loves his Tesla Model S. He also thinks that, for using Tesla's name for his company, the least Elon Musk could do was help fund a Tesla museum. Musk agreed.
The cars catching on fire probably had something to do with it
While Tesla Motors expects its first profitable quarter (despite some bad press), the electric car competitor it unsuccessfully sued for stealing its technology, Fisker Automotive, teeters on the brink of insolvency. How did Fisker, a company valued at over $1 billion dollars at the beginning of 2013, end up in this sitation? A Timeline of Fisker's Rise and Fall
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The Verge (video) and the New York Times (text) push the Tesla Model S electric car to its limits
Tesla Network of Supercharger Stations for the Tesla S Series
"Does Tesla's Supercharger answer the road trip question for EVs?" Tesla announces plans to rollout a network of supercharger stations that will generate more solar power than the Tesla S series cars draw, leading to a net input into the grid. Yahoofinance says "...the first six Supercharger stations, which will allow the Model S to travel long distances with ultra fast charging throughout California, parts of Nevada and Arizona."
EV'ing through Africa
Frenchman Xavier Chevrin is driving an electric car 3,000 miles through Africa, from Nairobi to Johannesburg. Finding outlets is a challenge, about 65 percent of Africans do not have access to electricity. The daily video logs are a joy not only for the beautiful scenery along a contemporary African road trip, but the excitement of many Africans who have never seen an electric vehicle. The vehicle is a souped-up version of cars used by the French postal service, a Citroen Berlingo powered by Venturi. This is Xavier's 2nd long distance electric car expedition, previously he did Shanghai to Paris, it set the record for the longest distance traveled in an electric vehicle.
Back to the electric future
DeLorean goes electric: Due to hit the market in early 2013, the company says the DMC-EV will cost $90,000 (£57,000) and is aiming for a first production run of 300 vehicles.
The Tesla Brickster
$40,000 is what you'll pay to have the battery replaced if you leave your Tesla Roadster, a $100K electric car, unplugged long enough that the battery discharges completely. Reportedly, the problem will also plague the upcoming Model S coupe, a $50K downmarket model. Owners cannot insure against this loss, it is not covered by warranty, and the car cannot be driven, recharged, or easily towed if so "bricked".
a quiet cruise through the German forest
Toyota Motorsport GmbH set a new lap record for an electric vehicle at the legendary 20.8km Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany with a time of 7 mins 47 seconds. WARNING: it's basically an advert for Toyota, but a cool one. [more inside]
From the Poor Man's Tesla to the Rich Man's Sedan
From the successful conversion of a Porsche 914 into a battery electric vehicle (BEV), MIT's Electric Vehicle Team are now working on the conversion of a Mercury Milan Hybrid into a quick-charging BEV. Instead of the typical 10 to 12 hours for a full charge, the MIT team is looking at an 11 minute charge-time for their BEV, dubbed "elEVen," and they're blogging in detail about their progress. (via) [more inside]
Neil Young's new album and car
Neil Young has a new album out. Ever innovative, Neil has written his new album about his electric car. [via]
Official: GM Chevy Volt
Official: GM reveals the production Chevy Volt 2011.
A Better Place
Shai Agassi's Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Road. Now it's Agassi's turn. He starts off uncharacteristically nervous, stammering a bit. He's got something different, he says. A new approach. He believes it just might be possible to get the entire world off oil. For good. Point by point, gaining speed as he goes, he shares for the first time in public the ideas that will change his future—and possibly the world's. [more inside]
Immediate prospects for the electric car
Two takes on the immediate future of the electric car: we are either "Going Nowhere Fast" (if you ask a petrolhead from Top Gear magazine) or we are witnessing "The End of the Petrolhead" (if you ask The Economist). A bestiary of current and planned models includes TeslaMotors (now in production), Fisker Automotive (who are being sued by Teslamotors), the GM Volt (due 2010), The Lighting Car Company, the plug in Prius, the GWiz (now slightly less squishy apparently), the Corbin Sparrow, a few (vapory?) models from Zap! and the wondrous Sinclair C5.
Corbin Sparrow electric car re-born
Want a highway-speed in-production electric car right now and can't afford a Tesla Roadster? The now defunct Corbin Sparrow has been re-born as the NmG ("No More Gas") from Myers Motors. It uses 12 lead-acid batteries (1-4yr life), 70+mph, 30 mile range, about $50k. It's not for everybody but - in the US - it's currently the only other pure EV option available (that's not a conversion or low-speed). However if you can wait a couple years more EV's are in development.
General Motors Heritage Center houses four decades of GM's electric drive vehicles
Build your own electric VW Rabbit!
Build your own electric VW Rabbit! It's easy, just order the VoltsRabbit kit and you can have your very own 90-mile range electric car. Bonus boints for converting a Rabbit Convertible to electric!
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Project Management: Metrics and Variances
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" The precursors for measuring are 1) Setting the guidelines and standards; 2) Managing the project; 3) Capturing the metrics; and 4) Usability. Capturing the metrics. Metrics can be captured for measuring productivity, defect density, budgeting or cost, etc. The The following metrics analysis should be carried out for projects (overall and phase-wise where applicable), and corrective action taken when required. The organization can create a set of usability metrics for capturing the data of the usage of the document. Usability.
Move Beyond Learning to Applying: A Modern Management Development Program
metrics in the workplace? Instead, they judge value by hard metrics. metric for management to look at in. 1 kineo.com email@example.com 312-846-6656 Hard to believe that it's been almost 20 years since the term "eLearning" entered the corpo- rate learning lexicon. And just in the last five years, the velocity at which new solutions have entered. We now. learning nuggets.
16 Metrics of Healthy Customer Service-Oriented Businesses: Part Two
Last week, we published a blog that highlighted five metrics that leaders in QSR operations should reference when evaluating their business operations and employee performance. In today's blog, we describe six metrics that can be used to evaluate the health of a business, specifically those in the hotel and hospitality segment. Sneak peek: The final five metrics will be geared toward operations leaders and tracking benchmark business and employee performance in retail, which will be available next week!). Operational Excellence. Employee Productivity. greater productivity).
ROI: The Most Difficult Metric!
Do you know what the impact of your training efforts are on the organization? Are you measuring them? "Of course!" you say. "We have all kinds of data supporting what we do!" But, the real question is, can you truly make the connection between what you are providing to the business and how that has improved the bottom line
Learner Lifetime Value: A Key Metric in Building and Scaling a High-Margin Learning Business
Thought Industries
If you have experience selling digital or physical products, you are familiar with an enormously critical metric – Customer Lifetime Value (CLV). Whether you are operating a recurring subscription business or selling individual widgets, this valuable metric helps keep the entire lifecycle of your customer acquisition and retention rates in perspective.
How Does Your LMS Metrics Measure Up?
It's a sad statistic: LMS are not measuring metrics as expected! Intelligent metrics are needed for intelligent systems. Online training providers and schools are now looking into external metric measuring tools to integrate in their existing LMS infrastructure. If you are a TalentLMS user you don't have to look for external metric measuring tools! Opinion metrics roi
Leaving performance reviews behind: Where to start [Guide]
but should also reach to metrics that business. 1Making Dynamic Performance. Development a Reality eGuide 3Introduction Does your organization want to adopt. more dynamic approach to managing. performance and developing employees? We see a stampede of organizations. moving in this direction. At the same. time, we also see that, all too often, managers in such organizations are simply. Maybe.
ROI and Metrics in eLearning
Tony Karrer
I'm working on an article around the use of ROI and metrics in eLearning. I did a quick search for resources and here's what I found. BPM and workflow technologies have been able to achieve significant gains in productivity Metrics Recently, functional managers have begun using eLearning to meet business objectives. This is where w Return on Investment in Training - Learnativity.com The problem is that nobody is quite sure what the appropriate metrics are for measuring ROI for learning. thought it would be worth posting this list here. Use EVA instead. ROI is toast.
Malicious metrics
Clark Quinn
Like others, I have been seduced by the "what X are you" quizzes on FaceBook. certainly understand why they're compelling, but I've begun to worry about just why they're so prevalent. And I'm a wee bit concerned. People like to know things about themselves. Years ago, when we built an adaptive learning system (it would profile you versus me, and then even if we took the same course we'd be likely to have a different experience), we realized we'd need to profile learning a priori. Fast forward to now, and I began to wonder about these quizzes.
Training Mojo: How to Align Training Metrics with Company Metrics
Your Training Edge
Summary: Training metrics are vital to your department's operations, but if they aren't aligned with the company, you're creating confusion and an inability to measure. Follow five steps to help you align your department's metrics with the company's metrics. But, if your metrics do not align with the company's overall metrics, how can you measure your department's actual contribution? Here are a few simple steps to help you align your metrics with the company. First you have to know what the company metrics are.
Taking Action Based On Learner Metrics
More importantly, are the metrics in-line with your expectation of how far along these learners should be within the course? A major part of learning management is reporting. For many organizations it is important for them to see if their employees have compelted certain training. Without reporting this wouldn't be possible. Number of Users that have yet to Start a Course. elearnin
Ditching the formal performance review? Kineo shares 3 Elements for Success
but should also reach to metrics. From Performance Management. to Performance Development eGuide 2Part 2: A Roadmap. for Change In Part 1 of this eGuide, we explored the confluence. of factors that's driving change in how performance. is managed and how organizations are moving. away from the traditional annual review process to. more real-time dynamic approach. This all sounds. very logical, of course, until an organization starts to. push forward with change then finds that there may. be some very real barriers to moving forward. successfully transition from a traditional performance.
3 Important Video Metrics to Improve ROI
KZO Innovations
If you're using video in hopes of pushing your business forward, you need to spend your time measuring the right metrics. Here are 3 important metrics you should be measuring in order to leverage your business with video. 1. Rewatches. This metric can be used to create targeted email lists or to assist in making a sale. 2. Engagement Rate. This metric is a good time-saver because it indicates which leads are most interested; so, you can focus solely on honing those relationships. Uncategorized Improve ROI Video Metrics
16 Metrics of Healthy Customer Service-Oriented Businesses: Part One
Duly inspired, we have compiled our own list of metrics that define a healthy customer service-oriented business. Don't worry, retail and hospitality leaders—your metrics are coming up! The post 16 Metrics of Healthy Customer Service-Oriented Businesses: Part One appeared first on Inkling. At Inkling, enabling operational excellence for enterprise companies is what we're all about, and helping them deliver first-rate customer experiences is key. So when we came across Forbes' blog post identifying five crucial customer-centric employee traits , we were intrigued.
16 Metrics of Healthy Customer Service-Oriented Businesses: Part Three
Over the past two weeks, we have posted Part One and Part Two in the series that identify which key metrics you should track to assess operational and employee performance in the QSR and hospitality industries. Today, we'll focus on the retail industry and conclude our series by reviewing six retail store metrics to evaluate a business' health. Same-store sales: Calculating your store's percentage increase in sales over its previous year's performance (same-store sales percent) is one of the most-tracked metrics in retail. Operational Excellence.
Social Media Metrics
Clark Quinn
I continue to get asked about social learning metrics. Until we get around to a whitepaper or something on metrics, here're some thoughts: Frankly, the problem with Kirkpatrick (sort of like with LMS' and ADDIE, *drink*) is not in the concept, but in the execution. As he would say, stopping at level 1 or 2 is worthless. You might check not only key business metrics, but look for impacts on retention and morale as well, if the benefits of improving work environments are to believed (and I do). You need to start with Level 4, and work back. social strategy
4 Ways to Close the Learning-Doing Gap for Front-Line Managers [GUIDE]
to metrics that business sponsors care about such as. FOUR WAYS TO CLOSE THE. LEARNING-DOING GAP FOR. FRONT-LINE MANAGERS 4FOREWORD We're in business to help organizations. achieve their goals by making sure their. employees have the knowledge and skills. they need to succeed. Our experience. and research led us to identify that one. audience organizations consistently. managers. What's.
Rebooting Your Sales Process: Start with Outcomes and Metrics
Problem Statement: sales stages don't provide much utility if the intended outcomes of each are not clear. Also, you know a sales stage isn't accomplishing much if the percentage of deals that close within that stage isn't significantly higher than the previous one
Hours of Glower: The Increasing Obsolescence of the Metric of Training Hours
Training Industry
While L&D functions have adapted some training evaluation metrics to account for new learning technologies, the common metrics we rely on were largely developed in the era of ILT and may be increasingly subject to interpretive problems. One of the more susceptible metrics is the time spent engaged in training activities, typically measured in hours. What often gets overlooked is the relationship between why hours are used as a metric and what those hours actually represent. the eight hours of annual refresher training required for OSHA's HAZWOPER standard).
Metrics that Matter - Thoughts from a West Texas Road Trip
The Learning Dispatch
The dashboard computer for the vehicle supplied a mind boggling number of metrics including arrival time at destination, trip mileage, miles to empty, average miles per gallon, instantaneous miles per gallon, etc. On the ten hour drive through the monotonous scenery of West Texas I got a bit bored and started trying to optimize some of the results reflected by these metrics.
The Top 5 Things Organizations need for Mobile Learning
Your Training Edge
Hence, from infrastructure to content and from treatment to successful deployment leading to desired metrics is the foremost need for the organizations. Mobile learning metrics. eLearning Featured Featured Posts Learning & Development Time Management mobile learning metrics mobile strategy MOOCsMobile learning is something I witnessed so widespread in this regard.
4 Questions to Ask When Building a Learning Strategy
CLO Magazine
Articulate learning and development success metrics for these wins. Define the key competencies all business leaders will need to achieve these wins and these metrics. Commentary & Opinion Homepage Commentary & Opinion Strategy alignment CEO agenda metricsBuilding a learning strategy is a key CLO mandate. How can we align learning with development resources?
What to Expect from Learning and Development in 2017
CLO Magazine
Learning leaders should expect providers to have business impact metrics already built into their programs. Commentary & Opinion Homepage Commentary & Opinion Strategy metrics results VRTags: metrics , results , VR. The Financial Times-IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance has released its 2017 predictions for learning and development.
MOOCs for Corporate E-learning
Origin Learning
Easy monitoring of learning metrics – MOOCs offer real-time analytics that can be used to track learners' preferences, progress and enhance the learning process from the insights thus gained. Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs are relatively new yet already a rage, so much so that the New York Times named 2012 as the 'Year of the MOOC'. Similarly, Yahoo! As per 2014 data* 41.7%
New MOOC Research: What the Findings Mean for Corporate Training
Your Training Edge
Measuring learning is a much harder task — requiring first the identification of what metrics are most appropriate — but it is the only way we will be able to determine the true effectiveness of different learning environments, which will become even more important as new digital tools and technologies emerge. Read more about the Top 10 Training Metrics. It works.
A conversation on measurement and metrics (#ASTDLN)
Learning Visions
conversation on metrics and measurement. These are my notes from the final workshop session at ASTD Learn Now in. San Francisco. Bob Mosher and Conrad Gottfredson of Ontuitive are leading a. The things that we currently measure about learning are things that the learner doesn't really care about. (% of course completions, pass/fail rate, # student days, etc.). Bob Mosher -- there is value in smile sheets. Research shows that if people like you're training, they'll take more. There is defendable data when 12,000 people say that class was good. Gloria Geary, Why Don't We Just Weigh Them?
LAK11: Metrics
Viplav Baxi Meanderings
My observations were: Organizations use LMS metrics to measure employees' learning and development and derive RoI from training initiatives. There is a choice involved that, on a larger scale, impact the metrics that the LMS collects. Based on the next version thinking on Learning Analytics, we are seeing a lot of movement around metrics for lifestreaming and merging the digital/physical worlds. But what does that imply for our metrics discussion? What are the metrics that can support these semantics, then? . The LMS has nothing to do with this process.
What Are Your Training Metrics Actually Measuring?
Your Training Edge
Much has been written on the subject and many experts have weighed in on what they consider to be the most crucial training metrics ( here are my top 10 ). So, assuming that you are tracking some metrics for your training programs, what are they actually measuring and how can you gain more insight into what's working and what's not? Is your training working? That is the question.
The nature of digital influence
E-Learning Provocateur
Some readers will scoff at my line of reasoning and will instead promote the use of objective metrics to measure influence. Surely they influence e-learning practitioners, but would any metric say so? While particular metrics may characterise influencers, they are by no means indicative and their role in comparative analysis is questionable. The emergence of digital influence.
The Top 5 Things Organizations need for Mobile Learning
Your Training Edge
Hence, from infrastructure to content and from treatment to successful deployment leading to desired metrics is the foremost need for the organizations. Mobile learning metrics. Featured Posts Learning & Development MOOC Training content development effective elements mobile learning mobile metrics secure mobile learningMobile learning as a major part of learning strategy.
To Deliver Results Start with Why?
CLO Magazine
Measurement business value measurement metricsTags: business value , measurement , metrics The post To Deliver Results Start with Why? Demonstrating the business value for learning is not a matter of providing more resources for measurement, evaluation and analytics. It's a process that permeates the learning cycle, starting with why? Start with why. Connect to the right solution.
Getting Serious About Measurement: Metrics for Social Learning Communities
The first rule of social learning: Learning will occur whether or not you're tending to learners' every need. The second rule of social learning: You can, however, add value by connecting people, organizing information and adding content. For How Tos, read our series on How to Create a Social Learning Environment.). Social Learning
The numbers game
Learning with e's
Assessment of learning focuses largely on the student''s work and offers metrics - awarding a grade with a numerical value - that reflect how the work is measured against specific criteria. assessment assessment for learning grades higher education learning metrics pedagogy process product Scaffolding Both, do I hear you say? If you are offering both, then you''re doing well.


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The book that I read was entitled Daniel Webster and the Rise of the National Conservation It was written by Richard N Current and was published in the year of 1992 Daniel Webster was brought into this world on the 18th day of January in the year 1782 in the valley of the Merrimack near the middle of New Hampshire He was son of a farmer and never really lacked attention while he was growing up Webster demonstrated startling powers of assimilation and retention even as a child He received the best of his early education from newspapers his mothers bible political gossip throughout the town and listening to his fathers fascinating tales of great men and their battles Webster graduated from Dartmouth college in 1801 and shortly after in 1807 he opened a legal practice in Portsmouth New Hampshire after a legal apprenticeship Daniel was a leading lawyer a wonderful orator a father husband and statesmen In 1812 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives due to his opposition to the war of 1812 In the year of 1816 Webster left the congress and moved to Boston with his wife and two children to the growing New England metropolis Soon after his move he was earning about 20000 dollars a year yet still borrowing large sums of money from his friends During this period of Websters life he won many major constitutional cases In 1820 Webster believed that protective tarrifs would multiply the dangerous proletariat and he was strongly opposed to them A few years later in 1823 Webster returned to congress from Boston and in 1824 he met the irrepressible tarrif advocates again and battled with their greatest successor Henry Clay In 1827 Webster was elected senator from Massachusetts The six years ahead of him were going to stand out about all of his honors in the never-ending tourney of political debate Unfortunately the mother
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It's a slow week in the Capitol, with the Assembly on summer recess and the Senate fielding several absences. The Senate whipped through many non-controversial bills yesterday, though seven senators did not attend the floor session, and the Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee couldn't vote because it was short a quorum.
Today, at least two senators are doing business out of state. Sen. Kevin de León will be making a presentation in Colorado, while Sen. Ricardo Lara is getting schooled in Cambridge, Mass. De León is addressing the Aspen Institute's "Financial Security Summit" to talk about his bill from last year that paves the way for retirement savings plans for private-sector workers. Lara is attending a program at the Harvard Kennedy School for senior executives in state and local government. He's one of 10 gay public officials who are attending the $12,000 training on a fellowship sponsored by the Victory Fund and the David Bohnett Foundation.
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Lung cancer 'different in women'
Lung cancer 'different in women' Rates of lung cancer in women have increased significantly in recent decades while those for men have remained stable. Female smokers have a greater chance of developing lung cancer, and a higher risk of developing adenocarcinoma, which is the most common form of the disease. But women also have better survival rates, the researchers said.
High suicide rate for young women in South India
The highest suicide rate in the world has been reported among young women in South India by a new study. The research is of major importance, according to the World Health Organization, as it brings to light Asia's suicide problem. "I was surprised to find the rates were so staggeringly high," says paediatrician Anuradha Bose. "I wonder if it's just another manifestation of the gender bias." Stress factors… affect Indian women in particular, such as issues of marriage and dowry. How can the WHO address this unacceptable situation for young women in South India and elsewhere? The article notes that studies are under way in other countries where young women are under great social pressures, and more suicide prone, including China, Sri Lanka and Vietnam (and there are many others where this should be researched).
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