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March 6, 2012 Knell: ‘Radio isn’t going away, it’s going everywhere’NPR’s new CEO discusses connected cars, threats to public funding, and the organization’s fully multi-platform approach to news. |
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March 5, 2012 Strengthen Your Workforce Through Volunteer ProgramsVolunteering offers participants the opportunity to strengthen their skills, broaden their networks, break out of a career rut, and find new meaning in their job. All these benefits redound to employers in the form of increased engagement and retention. |
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March 1, 2012 Cohesion: It Helps When Collaborators Want the Same ThingsA Board members Brian Sickora and Tom Livingston, as well as PMBA Executive Director Tom Gibson, attended the Public Media Futures forum held Feb. 16 in Washington, D.C., by the communication schools of the University of Southern California and American University in cooperation with Current. |
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February 24, 2012 Facebook Profiles Predict Job SuccessA new study by a trio of universities looked at how Facebook profiles predict job success. “We came up with a Facebook personality score and that correlates with job performance,” said Donald Kluemper, a management professor at Northern Illinois University. The researchers looked at five personality traits among Facebook users, including conscientiousness, emotional stability, agreeableness, extraversion and openness. The higher the Facebook personality score, the higher the job performance rating by supervisors. |
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February 24, 2012 Conference Sessions AnnouncedJoin us in Las Vegas for the 2012 Public Media Business Association Annual Conference, and attend top-notch education programs focusing on key strategic, operational and financial issues confronting public media. |
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February 23, 2012 Downton Abbey's Sponsor Benefits from the Ratings BonanzaPBS released its ratings for Sunday’s season 2 finale of the hit show Downton Abbey, and the public broadcasting network isn’t the only winner. Viking River Cruises, Downton’s corporate sponsor, benefitted. |
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February 21, 2012 Stop E-Mail OverloadComplaints about email abound. Perhaps you've heard some of these or uttered them in pain yourself: I receive hundreds of emails a day. I can spend my whole day responding to incoming messages. I can't find anything in my inbox. In response, some companies are taking drastic steps to help workers manage the number of messages they receive. |
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February 17, 2012 Q&A With Paula KergerPBS President and CEO Paula Kerger spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the public broadcaster's primetime strategy, Charlie Rose's double duty and why it matters who's in the White House. |
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February 13, 2012 How NPR Drove Traffic to a Local Station by Geotargeting Stories on FacebookWhen NPR shared links to KPLU stories on its Facebook page — only visible to people in the Seattle area — the station's website got record traffic. |
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February 12, 2012 Finance Chiefs are Bolstering Their Strategic Roles by Hiring More FP&A HelpCompared with just two or three years ago, new hires are more likely to be financial planning and analysis (FP&A) staffers than technical accountants dedicated to financial reporting. Companies have also stepped up the training of existing accounting and internal-audit staff for redeployment to FP&A and managerial accounting roles. |
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