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Drones for High Value Deliveries

Small Business Labs

Since 2016 they've been using drones (more properly referred to as  unmanned aircraft systems ) to deliver blood and medical supplies in the African nation of Rwanda.   Zipline's fixed wing drones have greater range, can carry more cargo and handle bad weather better than the traditional quadracopter drones. . 

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. The prospect is now a patient and has referred dozens of friends. Here’s an example: “Hi, I’m Jenny.

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How to Become a Certified Coach

Success

In 2018, my Uncle Bill bought me the book Vladimir Putin: Life Coach. They often have specialized and sometimes medical training on diagnosable mental health issues. The photoshopped cover of the Russian dictator, barefoot in ripped jeans, told me it was a humorous satire (the author also wrote The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump ).

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

Ideas.Ted

Hard to believe, but in 2018, only roughly 3 percent of US employees worked from home, reports management researcher David Burkus. One standout is the section about “Premature Enumeration,” the human tendency to quickly turn numbers into ratios or other calculations without fully understanding what the numbers refer to.

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On the job tips for new Admins.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that employment of executive secretaries and administrative assistants will increase 13 percent between 2008 and 2018, meaning more people will be seeking advice like yours as well as education in the field. Patricia, you offer great advice for those starting out in the administrative assistant field.