Nucor Selects My Creative Team For Employee Development Website Project
Posted: August 1, 2012 at 11:12 am
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Nucor Corporation selected My Creative Team to design and build a website focused on employee development. The privacy-protected website allows employees to set personal and business goals, for which they are presented classes, events and resources that will help them achieve their goals. Additionally, employees can select mentors, peers or supervisors to receive automated emails, keeping them apprised of goal achievement.
"My Creative Team is just what the name suggests; a team dedicated to helping us find and execute on innovative solutions that are tailored to our needs," says Josh Wall, Leadership Development Manager at Nucor. "We have seen other agencies come and go, but we have a long-term partnership with MCT because they understand the value of relationships and results."
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Nucor makes more steel in America than any other company. Nucor and affiliates are manufacturers of steel products, with operating facilities primarily in the U.S. and Canada. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; light gauge steel framing; steel grating and expanded metal; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and HBI/DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.
My Creative Team, http://www.My-CreativeTeam.com, is a Huntersville, NC-based network of highly experienced and talented independent professionals that gives clients better work that's a better value. The ad agency delivers great work, on time and on target, and that makes the client look good.
Services include turnkey website development and promotion, presentation development, email marketing programs, pay-per-click advertising, advertising, media planning and buying, PR, and video production. Clients range from Energizer and Nucor to Momentive Performance Materials and National Gypsum.
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Online Sage 300 ERP Education Series Offered by HBM Integrated Technology
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HALIFAX , Nova Scotia, Aug. 1, 2012 /CNW/ - HBM Integrated Technology Inc. (http://www.hbmintegrated.com/) announced today its " Summer School at HBM," a webinar series featuring five educational presentations for accounting, human resources and sales and marketing professionals who use Sage 300 ERP (formerly Sage ERP Accpac).
The series kicks off with the first program "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Accpac General Ledger" on Thursday, August 9 at 1 p.m. ADT . Information and registration can be found at: http://www.hbmintegrated.com/accpac_webinars.html#summerschool.
"The series was designed to address the most frequent questions solution end users have about the software," said Garry Beattie , CMA, president of HBM Integrated Technology. "The presentations will help Sage 300 ERP users to get the most out of the aspects of the software they are currently using as well as learn where they might further the benefits of automation and reporting. All of which contributes to a greater return on investment. But more important, it allows them to offload tasks that can be automated and gain more time for more strategic business activities."
Other online presentations in the series include: * August 13 - Using Sage Intelligence to Eliminate Manual Transfer of Data from Accpac to Excel and Improve Reporting. * August 27 - Sage Summit Update. * September 6 - Using CRM in Finance to Improve Cash Flow and Customer Service. * September 20 - Using Printboss to Save Money and Improve Customer Service through Forms Management.
The events take place online, Thursdays at 1 p.m. ADT . There is no cost, but registration is required and can be completed at http://www.hbmintegrated.com/accpac_webinars.html#summerschool or by calling 902-442-3892.
About Sage 300 ERP (formerly Sage ERP Accpac):
The Sage 300 ERP system is, at core, a sophisticated accounting and operations system for small and midsized businesses. Sage 300 ERP also offers HRMS and CRM applications.
About HBM:
HBM Integrated Technology Inc. is a solution provider dedicated to improving the functional strategy of your organization. Representing clients from every facet of industry, government and academia, our consultants provide knowledge-based services and software applications, which will enable organizations to adopt new ways of doing business, and capitalize on core competencies. HBM Integrated Technology Inc. works with organizations to find the right solution to address today's challenges and maximize future potential.
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Life Coach Says "Celebration Is An Expression Of Gratitude" – Episode 33 – Video
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ComPsych Report: Employee Stress and Life Changes Impact Overall Well-Being
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CHICAGO, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirty-eight percent of employees are unable to stop thinking about problems, according to an employee wellness report released today by ComPsych Corporation. Another 52 percent experienced a major life or work change in the past year (move, death of a loved one, change in job responsibilities, etc.). The annual wellness report compiles Health Risk Assessment results across ComPsych's book of business, providing a snapshot of employee physical/emotional health as well as current lifestyle and habits. ComPsych is the world's largest provider of employee assistance programs and is the pioneer and leading provider of fully integrated EAP, behavioral health, wellness, work-life, HR and FMLA administration services under the GuidanceResources brand.
"Employees' lives continue to be disrupted by such things as problems with housing and changes in job status, all as a result of a slow-growth economy and lingering effects of the recession," said Dr. Richard A. Chaifetz, Chairman and CEO of ComPsych. "There is a need for corporate wellness strategies that focus on stress as part of overall health improvement. Programs that address both emotional and physical health, such as EAPs combined with integrated wellness programs, will have the best outcomes for employers."
Key Findings of the ReportAccording to aggregate survey results, employees are experiencing the effects of significant life changes as well as work-life stress:
For a copy of the full report, go to http://bit.ly/OCyi6X.
ComPsych HealthyGuidance programs target employee behavior and lifestyle issues before they become significant illnesses. The "Build-to-Suit" program includes health risk assessments and screenings; wellness coaching with behavioral, health and nutrition experts; online health management tools; wellness seminars/corporate challenges and targeted programs such as tobacco cessation, weight management and more.
About ComPsych ComPsych provides services to more than 17,000 organizations covering more than 45 million individuals throughout the U.S. and over 100 countries.
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UEFA•technician – what makes a coach?
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So you want to be a professional coach? UEFA has been asking this question of students at its innovative UEFA Pro licence student exchange courses in recent times. Participants are confronted with a number of issues which make them reflect not only on the pleasures, but also the pitfalls of a job which brings its major share of pressure.
The latest edition of the official UEFA coaching publicationUEFAtechnician looks at the implications of becoming a coach, and how coaching is perhaps not so much a job of work but ultimately a life choice.
In his column, UEFA technical director Andy Roxburgh recalls the challenging question put to UEFA Pro student exchange candidates by eminent English technician Howard Wilkinson "Are you obsessed by the subject [coaching], and are you ready to commit the rest of your life to it?"
Roxburgh emphasises the particular demands on a professional coach, and how they can endanger a person's well-being and family life due to the requirements of players, media, sponsors and owners. "In professional football," he explains, "the to-do list is exacting, but it is the pressure that is wearing. The constant demand to produce results, the burden of dealing with elite players, the stress of trying to satisfy hungry media, and the multifarious difficulties imposed by time restraints, crisis situations, intrusive agents and all-powerful owners take their toll."
This notwithstanding, Roxburgh considers that for most top coaches, the highs outweigh the lows. And for those UEFA students who do go into the profession, the realities will soon become clear. "It will be a job which quickly becomes a way of life."
Once into the job, coaches develop and mature, both as coaches and as people. UEFAtechnician analyses how many of the great coaches have learned through education, work experience and the invaluable advice given by mentors on their path towards the summit of their profession. In addition, the coaches did not necessarily have to be leading players Real Madrid CF boss Jos Mourinho is one shining example but they all count on special life experiences, qualities and personal characteristics that have moulded them into successful technicians.
"It is a mixture of coach education, playing the game, coaching teams, making contacts, using mentors and working with football people which combines to produce the mature coach," says Roxburgh.
"Coaches, then, need to know how to coach, teach, manage, lead, learn, communicate, organise, plan, prepare, analyse and select. But this will not be enough, as Vicente del Bosque, Spain's reigning world and European champion coach, said at a UEFA coaches' gathering: 'If you only know football, you are lost ... Top technicians Jos Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson and the others know football, but they also know about life ...'"
Women's football is flourishing in Europe, andUEFAtechnician spotlights coaching in the female game. Two women who are vastly respected, former Germany coach and triple EURO winner Tine Theune and current Scotland manager Anna Signeul, give a fascinating insight into the state of women's coaching as this area of football evolves constantly in tactical and technical terms.
The two technical observers at the recent UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals in Slovenia, Ross Mathie and John Peacock, survey the evolution of youth football and especially how the balance must be found between creating a winning, creative mentality in youth teams while also placing priority on player development rather than results.
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Martin Stevenson training at Olney Health and Fitness Gym – Video
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Roy never saw retirement as being end of line
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Updated: July 31, 2012, 7:41 PM ET
MINNEAPOLIS -- Brandon Roy's retirement from the NBA last year wasn't intended as a final decision.
The Minnesota Timberwolves were eager to help him clarify his status.
"After a few months of sitting out, I decided, 'Hey, I don't want to stop playing basketball,' " Roy said Tuesday at a news conference at Target Center after signing a two-year, $10.4 million contract. "I wanted to continue going forward. It was never a situation where I said, 'I'm done forever.' It's just more of a pause."
David Sherman/NBAEFresh out of retirement, Brandon Roy says he hopes to be with Minnesota -- the team that drafted him -- for "a little bit longer than 30 minutes."
The Portland Trail Blazers announced Roy's medical-related retirement right before the start of the lockout-shortened season last year. His knees, lacking cartilage after six operations, were bothering him too much to continue. Roy said Tuesday, though, that the team doctor advised him to quit. The Blazers used the amnesty clause to waive Roy and not count the remaining $63 million on his contract against their salary cap or luxury tax.
"It was never really officially my decision to retire," Roy said.
So here he is with the Wolves, at 6-foot-6 and age 28, ready to resume what was already an outstanding career before his knees began to break down.
Roy was on a playing-time limit -- 22 minutes per game -- during his last season with the Blazers, a restriction he said frustrated him badly. His 18-point fourth quarter in a Game 4 comeback win over the eventual champion Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs only boosted his confidence that he could still play at an elite level.
The Wolves not only were interested once he made it known he was considering a comeback, they promised him they'd take off the reins as long as he can prove his knees can handle it. Roy said his goal is to again become a 35-minute-per-game player, his career average.
Fitch Rates Covenant Retirement Communities Ser 2012 Revs at 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Fitch Ratings has assigned 'BBB+' ratings to the expected issuance of approximately $154.0 million Colorado Health Facilities Authority revenue and refunding bonds, series 2012A-C (Covenant Retirement Communities, Inc.). In addition, Fitch affirms the 'BBB+' rating on approximately $129.3 million of revenue bonds issued through one of the following issuing authorities on behalf of Covenant Retirement Communities:
--Colorado Health Facilities Authority;
--Illinois Health Facilities Authority;
--Golden Valley MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority;
--Plantation FL Health Facilities Authority;
--Connecticut Development Authority;
The Rating Outlook is Stable.
The series 2012 bonds are expected to be structured as fixed rate debt. Bond proceeds will be used to refund approximately $131.2 million of outstanding bonds, fund $20.0 million of various capital projects throughout the system, fund a debt service reserve fund and pay costs of issuance. The issue is expected to price the week of August 20th.
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Roy says retirement was never final in his mind
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Brandon Roy's retirement from the NBA last year wasn't intended as a final decision.
The Minnesota Timberwolves were eager to help him clarify his status.
''After a few months of sitting out, I decided, 'Hey, I don't want to stop playing basketball,''' Roy said Tuesday at a news conference at Target Center after signing a two-year, $10.4 million contract. ''I wanted to continue going forward. It was never a situation where I said, 'I'm done forever.' It's just more of a pause.''
The Portland Trail Blazers announced Roy's medical-related retirement right before the start of the lockout-shortened season last year. His knees, lacking cartilage after six operations, were bothering him too much to continue. Roy said Tuesday, though, that the team doctor advised him to quit. The Blazers used the amnesty clause to waive Roy and not count the remaining $63 million on his contract against their salary cap or luxury tax.
''It was never really officially my decision to retire,'' Roy said.
So here he is with the Wolves, at 6-foot-6 and age 28 ready to resume what was already an outstanding career before his knees began to break down.
Roy was on a playing-time limit - 22 minutes per game - during his last season with the Blazers, a restriction he said frustrated him badly. His 18-point fourth quarter in a Game 4 comeback win over the eventual champion Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs only boosted his confidence that he could still play at an elite level.
The Wolves not only were interested once he made it known he was considering a comeback, they promised him they'd take off the reins as long as he can prove his knees can handle it. Roy said his goal is to again become a 35-minute-per-game player, his career average.
That, combined with endorsements from friends of head coach Rick Adelman, familiarity with Adelman's assistants and a playoff-caliber core in Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio and now Andrei Kirilenko, was enough to persuade Roy to pick the Wolves.
''It's not a situation where I wanted to be a 10th man. I want to be able to go out and work and be a big part of a team taking that next step, and I thought the pieces were right here,'' Roy said. ''When they say, 'You know, Brandon, the sky's the limit here,' that really made me feel good. I thought some teams maybe wanted me to play a small role, but Minnesota was saying, 'You can come in and earn as big of a role as you want.' So that was really important for me.''
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