“The CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ aims to rally the business community to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace by working collectively across organizations and sectors. It outlines a specific set of actions the undersigned companies will take to cultivate a trusting environment where all ideas are welcomed and employees feel comfortable and empowered to discuss diversity and inclusion. All the signatories serve as leaders of their companies and have committed to implementing the following pledge within their workplaces. Where companies have already implemented one or several of the commitments, the undersigned commit to support other companies in doing the same…”
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Daily Archives: July 18, 2017
New Initiative by Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney – Defending Digital Democracy
The Washington Post: “The former managers of Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns are leading a new initiative called ‘Defending Digital Democracy’ in the hopes of preventing a repeat of Russia’s 2016 election interference. Robby Mook, Clinton’s 2016 campaign chief, and Matt Rhoades, who managed the 2012 run of GOP nominee Romney, are heading… Continue Reading
New Jane Austen £10 note unveiled
The Telegraph -“The new, polymer £10 note is being unveiled by Bank of England governor Mark Carney on Tuesday. This marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, who features on the new bank note. Austen will be the only woman – apart from the Queen – to be featured on an English bank note, following… Continue Reading
NOAA – Globe had 2nd warmest year to date and 3rd warmest June on record
Not it is not just you – it is hot, so hot in DC that we think it has been too hot for too long – and according to NOAA, we are, correct! “The average global temperature set in June 2017 was 1.48 degrees F above the 20th-century average of 59.9 degrees, according to scientists… Continue Reading
House Dems seek resignation of Kobach over demand for all voter personal date since 2006
Follow up to previous postings, States reject demand to provide all voter personal info to Trump election fraud commission and In Voter Privacy Case EPIC Files for Temporary Restraining Order – today via FCW.com – “Ranking members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Judiciary, Homeland Security and House Administration, told Vice President… Continue Reading
Here we go again: GPO wants to change Title 44
James A Jacobs, July 15, 2017: “In case you missed it, in a simple announcement after the 2017 annual ALA meeting GPO Director Davita Vance-Cooks asked the Depository Library Council (DLC) to make recommendations for changes in Chapter 19 of Title 44 of the U.S. Code (Title 44 Modernization: Contribute Your Ideas, FDLP (June 27 2017). This… Continue Reading
Does a presentation’s medium affect its message? PowerPoint, Prezi, and oral presentations
Moulton ST, Turkay S, Kosslyn SM (2017) Does a presentation’s medium affect its message? PowerPoint, Prezi, and oral presentations. PLoS ONE 12(7): e0178774. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178774 “Despite the prevalence of PowerPoint in professional and educational presentations, surprisingly little is known about how effective such presentations are. All else being equal, are PowerPoint presentations better than purely oral… Continue Reading
