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Mid-Sized Cities are Feeling the Benefits of a Multigenerational Workforce

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workforce’s composition is now spanning five generations from Gen Z to baby boomers. This multigenerational blend is set to grow in the coming years, with projections suggesting that by the decade’s end, the share of workers over the age of 55 will rise to 25% — up from 20% in 2011, according to Fortune.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. Before you begin working with your first freelancer, it’s a good idea to have project management strategies in place to help you make the most of their expertise.

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Professional Makers Expand in 2011

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TJ McCue has an excellent review of the growth professional Makers in 2011 on the Make Magazine blog.    TJ is crowdsourcing the book via Kickstarter , a popular approach used by Makers to fund their projects.    I'm very excited by the book and one of the backers (I also want the t-shirt). 

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On Your Mark Get Set — Recharge

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In his book The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance , Schwartz and co-authors Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy, Ph.D., Schwartz, founder and CEO of The Energy Project, advocates for a work style based on a series of sprints rather than a marathon.

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Project Management: Four Problems to Avoid

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It is important that you never trust to luck when you plan a project. There are four main problems in project management. Each of them can be avoided by taking the time to think carefully before embarking on a new project. Each of them can be avoided by taking the time to think carefully before embarking on a new project.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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In 2016, he co-created the Warmest Winter project, which created coats that doubled as sleeping bags for the homeless. Since 2012, when Chance released his first mixtape after graduating from Jones College Prep in 2011, his promise has attracted attention from established artists eager to collaborate. Then came the shows.

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Christoph Fleischmann of Arthur | Bridging the Hybrid Work Divide with Mixed Reality

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In 2011, he co-founded a machine learning startup and later went on to be an early leader at two VR companies, Inflight VR and Megaparticle, the company behind PokerVR. And we can deal with multiple I don’t want to say realities, but with multiple types of media simultaneously very easily. We can just as easily, you and I, today.

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