What exactly is the IB Program?
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Published:11/02/2016 10:58am
What exactly is the IB Program? The International Baccalaureate (IB) program is an internationally-recognized diploma. It is authorized and issued by the non-profit Geneva-based International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), which was established in 1968 with the mission to enable students develop an international mindset and prepare them for participation in an increasingly global society. The IB diploma is recognized by many colleges. Where do you pursue an IB diploma? Almost 4000 schools across 148 countries offer the IB program. Its global nature is a big draw to parents seeking to prepare their children for global...
3 FAFSA Deadlines to Watch Out For
Published:11/02/2016 10:53am
Deadlines are the arch enemy of every student across the country. When you are busy with classes, taking part in extracurricular activities; it is quite easy to forget about FAFSA application deadlines till you hear the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. There are some critical deadlines that you should not miss out on, especially if you are applying for a federal aid. If you delay your FAFSA submission, you are forfeiting the federal faucet that will pay for your college tuition. There are three main deadlines that you need to keep track of. Let us take a look...
5 Infectious Diseases of Small Business and Their Cures
Published:10/27/2016 05:56pm
Your business can come down with maladies, wheezing and coughing and not functioning as well as it can. The infection can spread until multiple parts of your business are affected. You can cure them if you make the right diagnosis and take action. Bug #1. Nostrategitis. Lack of strategy is a common ailment among small businesses. Its common because nobody teaches strategy for small business. Theres so much focus on action that no one tells you to take the time to think about the big picture. ...
5 Broadvoice Tricks to Untangle Business VoIP Setup
Published:10/25/2016 10:47am
Setting up a business VOIP service with traditional hardware units can be a mess of crisscrossed handset, router, and adapter wires resulting in a lot of hair pulling. Cloud-hosted private branch exchange (PBX) VoIP technology is changing all that.There are a lot of great VoIP solutions out there, but on the cloud-hosted PBX front one of the most comprehensive offerings is Broadvoice Cloud PBX . Broadvoice includes more hand holding during setup than similar PBX services such as RingCentral Office (for Business) , which relies heavily on procedural wizards, so Broadvoice Cloud PBX an ideal...
Eat More Veggies—Give ‘Em a Makeover
Published:10/20/2016 11:49pm
As a Registered Dietitian (RD) and Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), the advice I share with clients includes adjusting their daily diets to be more plant-centric. Research indicates that including more plant-based foods in the diet can be beneficial. Some of the benefits include consuming fewer calories, less fat, lowering the risk of heart disease, and reducing the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes.When you think of adding more plants to your diet you are dishing up vegetables, grains, tubers, legumes, fruit, nuts and seeds on your menu. In choosing vegetables, consider giving traditional vegetables a makeover. For example try...
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Change Leaders
Published:10/17/2016 08:07pm
In his book, Spiritual Leadership, author J. Oswald Sanders says, "Leadership is influence." The concept of leadership implies leading others in a preferred direction. A leader is someone who takes followers from where they are to where they need to be. Leadership, therefore, implies change, and one of the roles of a leader is producing positive change, because if organizations do not change and grow, then they'll wither and die.The truth is 70% of organizational transformations fail. So what are the top 7 habits highly effective change leaders should demonstrate? 1. Start with Why The critical first step to delivering...
Sachiko Nuila says the #1 Business Growth Accelerator is the REAL DEAL
Published:10/03/2016 02:40pm
After a week of non-stop education, meetings and networking, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't completely exhausted. That being said, I'd also be lying if I said I wouldn't gladly do it all over again tomorrow if I could! Having always considered myself a master connecter, growing my business from the ground up solely through networking and referrals, it was mind-blowing to feel like I was in a room of people who truly loved to connect, build each other up and folks that can out-network even me. Forbes listed CEO Space as the "#1 'Can't Miss'...
Can food be your medicine?
Published:09/29/2016 01:02am
When I was 19, I wouldnt have defined it as medicine, but I learned early on that food can make you sick and food can heal. One definition of medicine is a compound or preparation used for the treatment or prevention of disease. If you search Food As Medicine, there are a multitude of conversations about ways you can use food to prevent and treat disease. In addition, there are criticisms of this concept that food really is in no way medicine and that we need pharmaceuticals to heal us. I dont minimize the necessity of pharmaceuticals in...
Breakfast, NOT The Most Importan Meal of The Day!
Published:09/28/2016 04:43pm
If breakfast is so important, then how come people in healthy regions around the world dont really eat breakfast?A day does not go by without hearing about the importance of eating breakfast and how good it is for your weight and health. If you ask most people today what is the most important meal of the day they will tell you, breakfast. That is a belief I questioned very early in my fitness career mainly because it completely contradicted my upbringing in Greece. If I had lived in a place where people were very unhealthy and lived short lives full of...
The Best Diet or Exercise Program will not help you if you can't follow it!
Published:09/27/2016 02:58pm
You can ask 10 weight loss experts what is the best way to lose weight and you will get 10 different answers. So who should you believe and why? The unfortunate truth is that most likely all 10 are wrong and here is why. Most weight loss experts have focused so much on creating the perfect diet or the best exercise program that would deliver the fastest results, they forgot that a diet that no one can follow long term or an exercise program that no one can stick with is not very effective. Just look at...
Easy Tips to Spice up Your Diet!
Published:09/21/2016 01:06am
I love adding spices to my cooking. Besides some of the well-hyped health benefits, they just make food more interesting. The same ingredients from one dish can be magically transformed into something completely different just based on the spice profile. It can set apart one regions or even one persons cooking from another. It separates, say, East coast cuisine from the West, as well as Aunt Emmas chili from your own concoction. Spices make all the difference. Now, truth be told, Im more talk than action. I have over 40 spices in my cabinet, carefully labeled and arranged alphabetically, but...
5 simple steps to a dinner to nourish your gut
Published:09/15/2016 07:26am
It is my favorite time of year in Minnesota. The weather is getting cooler, life is getting more settled again after the busyness of summer, and the Farmers Markets are full of beautiful food. Not only is the food delicious, but also I appreciate being able to buy from local farmers and vendors. There are several reasons why this benefits my family, and the local community, as well as me. As I prepare for a FREE class I am offering in October, I am thinking about how food allows us to thrive and how people around the world who...
Your Company is Growing - Now What?
Published:09/07/2016 12:28pm
Small business owners live for it. That moment of jubilation when the markers you and your team have worked so hard to achieve have not only been met, but continuously exceeded. At this point, your one-time goal becomes a threshold, and the bar is set ever higher. This is when the realization dawns that in having reached the next level, the competition becomes fiercer, the need to succeed intensifies, and new and greater challenges await. What is the best advice to assist companies that are transitioning through small business growth to emerge as mid-sized firms?The race goes to the swift. In...
Leadership Anecdotes from Rio Olympics 2016
Published:08/18/2016 11:51pm
The Olympics is one of the most prestigious sporting spectacles of the world. An Olympic medal is the epitome of sporting achievement. Over the decades, many sportspersons have gone on to become legends in Olympic history. Rio 2016 is no different. In this blog, I pick and elaborate on 5 of the most inspiring leadership anecdotes from the Rio Olympics 2016. Dipa Karmarkar Persistence makes up for all shortcomings When Dipa Karmakar competed in her first gymnastics competition, she did so without shoes and borrowed an oversized, ill-fitting costume (Source: BBC Sports). ...
5 simple steps to a dinner to nourish your gut
Published:07/28/2016 03:39am
Is your gut a mess constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, gas and bloating? If so, you are not alone! Millions of people suffer with these same symptoms. And sadly, so many are reaching for over the counter medications to quickly cover up the symptoms so they dont interfere too much with life. Well, it isnt working well for most. The symptoms just keep coming back and sadly they will continue to get worse and could lead to more serious conditions if the gut doesnt get healed. Where do you begin? How about dinner! Start one meal at...
