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Benefits of Solar Energy

Solar Power Trend We’ve all heard about it before and now we can agree the trend is inevitable. As you might have realized, several businesses are moving to solar energy as their ideal source of power. More specifically, the use of LED lighting and PV lighting have significantly gained grounds in the recent past. Those …

8 Tips for Avoiding a Messy Kitchen When Cooking

8 Little-Known Bonuses From Treating Depression

You'll sleep better, think more clearly, and want to have sex again. Seem unlikely? These are just three of the wins when you treat depression.

5 Things to Consider When Writing Nonprofit Social Service Organizations

Nonprofit organizations come in all shapes and sizes. They are a loyal bunch, often sticking with their valued agents and brokers for years, say two insura

Do Department Stores Have a Future?

Department stores aren't going anywhere, but they have a lot of work to do to keep shoppers -- and the brands they stock -- happy.

Social Services for the Elderly: How Can I Get Help?

Have you considered how you can get help should you need it? There are a range of social services available to you as a senior.

Pondering A Social Services Career?

So you’re thinking of getting into the field of Social Services? Why? I’ll bet it’s because you want to help people; make a difference. Noble of you really, and we can never have enough good people with good intentions who care and are willing to serve others. ...

Are Influencer Brands the Key to Bringing Millennials to Department Stores?

Nordstrom and Barneys are finding success in the burgeoning world of influencer brands for whom promotion and feedback are built-in.

Social Services: Listen to People Who Have Experienced Poverty

We need the people who administer social services at the state and local levels to do a better job of providing programs and policies that work in people’s lives.

Veteran service organizations recruit as membership decreases

Groups are depending on volunteers and new recruits to stay afloat.

Why Are the Younger Veterans Avoiding the Veteran Service Organizations?

How do we get the younger veterans to be part of Veteran Service Organizations as they currently exist? The answer is we don’t. WE MUST CHANGE.

Department Stores Must Do More Than Just Survive

The latest batch of earnings shows chains from Kohl's to Macy's are making progress. That doesn’t mean they’re thriving.

Macy's is making a move that signals the death of department stores as we know them

Macy's is shrinking the size of some of its less productive stores and cutting back on staff.

Getting rid of old clothes? These department stores offer discounts for clothing donations

If you’re ready to clean out your closet and donate old clothes, you might want to consider giving them to a department store. Stores across the country are taking used clothing and giving discounts to purchase new clothes.

Benefits of Dental Services Organizations

Dental Services Organizations (DSOs) and group dental practices are increasing in popularity and providing a more efficient way for doctors

Elderly housing with supportive social services can reduce hospital use, study finds

Investing in affordable housing that offers supportive social services to senior citizens on Medicare has the potential to reduce hospital admissions and the amount of time needing inpatient hospital care by better managing chronic health conditions, according to a Rutgers study.

Parents who won't let their son wear a skirt may have to be referred to social services, schools...

Parents who refuse to let their son wear a skirt to school may need to be referred to social services, a council’s guidance has advised schools.

Affordable housing with supportive social services may trim hospital costs, study finds

At a time when policymakers are trying to reduce hospital-related costs, a relatively simple adjustment could help dramatically. The proposed solution? Invest more in affordable seniors’ housing that offers supportive social services, according to a Rutgers University study.

5 Tricks Department Stores Use to Get You to Spend More

Every business uses techniques to get you to spend more. But understanding those tricks can help you keep more money in your bank account.

Where Does Your Field Service Organization Fall on the Analytics Usage Model?

Want to improve service outcomes, but not sure where to start? Take a look at how you use incoming service analytics to drive strategic business decisions.