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#5 Washington vs. #1 Fairfax, 7:30 p.m.
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#3 Birmingham vs. #2 Westchester, 5:30 p.m.
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Fifth-place game, Feb. 19, 7 p.m.
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Notes: Third-place game, Feb. 19, 7 p.m. Championship: Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. at Los Angeles Southwest College.
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Notes: Championship: Feb. 23, 3 p.m. at Los Angeles Southwest College.
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Notes: Championship: Feb. 22, 8 p.m. at Birmingham.
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Notes: Championship: Feb. 21, 8 p.m. at Granada Hills.
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Notes: Championship: Feb. 20, 7 p.m. at TBA.
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Your people may be sitting on a million-dollar idea. Avoid missing out with this employee feedback system.
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Company cultures, innovation, entrepreneurial thinking–over the last few years, there is no doubt that these have been the latest buzzwords for HR and business leaders looking to define themselves in the corporate landscape.
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With job-hopping the new norm, (according to the Future Workplace “Multiple Generations @ Work” survey, the average American worker stays in their job for 4.4 years while 91% of millennials plan to stay for less than three years), it begs the question: How can companies actually deliver on the promise and engage employees for the long term?
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As most companies grow from the small startup phase, they inherently begin to lean on a smaller group of leaders to drive the company in the same direction. But that can quickly become a trap, limiting the development of creativity and the business to senior-level executives. Meanwhile, employees are left without a way to contribute, and become unmotivated and disengaged.
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So, what’s the answer? It’s actually quite simple: Ask them. Listen to them. Then, respond.
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All team members have a different insight into your company, so use this to your full advantage. While you may spend hours and resources looking for a fresh perspective in research by conducting surveys, talking to customers, or analyzing data, there are probably already team members doing this as part of their everyday job. And with that comes invaluable information that you may not otherwise discover. Without knowing it, your employees may already be past the first stage of developing your next innovative idea.
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It’s not enough to simply ask employees for ideas. They have to be heard and guided in the right direction. While many companies have an internal suggestion portal inviting their employees to bring innovative ideas to the table, the implementation of these ideas is restricted to specific teams and higher-level managers to execute. The momentum behind the idea is often lost, and the chance of a successful and complete execution becomes slim. An employee may have a game-changing idea, but no expertise to develop it. Your senior management team, board executives, and CEO do. Connect them.
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Last year, we started our “Innovation Lab,” a company-wide challenge to develop the next best business solution or product for Coastal.com. Employees were challenged to develop an idea with their team and given full support by senior management to develop a case study and business plan to pitch to senior-level executives. Over the course of one full day, almost 100 ideas were developed and presented to our panel of senior executives, where they received feedback and, in some cases, company buy-in.
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Encouraging employee contribution requires a commitment from the company as a whole to follow through with their promise to take suggestions and feedback and find avenues to apply those ideas. By providing the support to allow team members to execute their idea, which can include introducing team members to interdepartmental contacts, collaboration on projects, or simply genuine feedback, you can reinforce your program, leading to the continuation of the creative and entrepreneurial spark in the workplace.
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The ideas our staff came up were beneficial to our customers and to our business because they were able to create new revenue streams while improving everyday processes for each of their departments. Executives were brought in for one full day of pitching. Teams presented their idea, business plans, and projected opportunities to the group and received immediate feedback. Then our executives reviewed all the suggestions and selected the best ideas to move forward with. Those not selected received feedback on what was missing and how to make it better.
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In 2015, two employee-driven programs have already been implemented, including a new product line being introduced this June.
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While sharing ideas and feedback is normal practice for Human Resources, empowering and supporting employees to execute their ideas can be an effective engagement tool. It’s easy to ask your employees for ideas, but it’s up to leaders to make sure employees know their ideas are not only wanted, but also appreciated and considered. Show employees their ideas are being heard and then challenge them to do more.
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Employees are by far a company’s biggest asset. Once you’ve surrounded yourself with talent, give them the support to help them succeed and they’ll intertwine the long-term success of the company with the progress of their own career.
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—Lawrence Scotland is an experienced digital marketing strategist and creative thinker with a track record of leading innovative marketing solutions to business challenges from both client and agency sides. Scotland is currently at Coastal.com as the director of Integrated Marketing and previously spent a decade in the digital agency world, working with the likes of Nike, Jordan, Starbucks, Electronic Arts, and Microsoft.
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Does PayPal lead to more mobile sales?
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Online shopping on a smart phone is easy, but taking the extra time to enter a credit card is a mood killer. Some consumers often stop transactions even if they use PayPal, according to a recent study.
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Moovweb, a cloud-based platform that optimizes user experiences, found that PayPal isn’t the user-friendly payment system it used to be. Instead of increasing the chance of a smart phone purchase, using PayPal had a 14 percent lower conversion rate than using a credit card instead, the study found.
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Moovweb senior analyst Kendra Cook said people abandoned their purchases because of the additional step: the PayPal site must be loaded before returning to the site of purchase, a timely process.
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Bugs are also more common with PayPal checkouts compared to credit card transaction. And people sometimes forget their PayPal login.
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Roughly one in five mobile users currently select PayPal as a payment option, which is expected to increase as consumers become more comfortable with mobile payments.
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Elizabeth Cawein of Music Export Memphis.
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A little over two years ago, local publicist and longtime Memphis music fan Elizabeth Cawein had a big idea. Inspired by recent trips to major music industry events such as Austin's South By Southwest and Nashville's Americanafest, where she saw little representation of or from Memphis, Cawein decided to take on the mantle herself.
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"My vision was to build a system that benefits musicians and also drives results for the business and tourism communities," says Cawein. "I'm passionate about this city and our musicians. I'm passionate about telling their story. I felt strongly that we were missing an opportunity to both perpetuate and reinvigorate the Memphis brand as a music city."
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To get the ball rolling, Cawein pitched the idea that would become Music Export Memphis to Phil Trenary and Amy Daniels at the Greater Memphis Chamber, who quickly got on board with the project. With their support, she was able to target a presence at the 2016 Americanafest as her inaugural event. Dubbed the Memphis Picnic, the showcase was an overwhelming success.
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"We got some phenomenal earned media at Americanafest last year," says Cawein. "Our artists were covered in No Depression, Paste, American Songwriter, and more."
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From there, Music Export Memphis more or less took off like a rocket ship. Cawein has since staged another Memphis Picnic at South By Southwest, created a songwriters exchange program with the city of Liverpool (U.K.) called "Memphis to the Mersey," and attracted a worldwide music conference, the Music Cities Convention, to Memphis. The conference, which focuses on the role of music in civic life, will take place at the Halloran Centre October 25th-27th.
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This weekend Cawein will be out on the road again promoting Memphis music — back at Americanafest, where the journey began. The second annual Memphis Picnic at Americanafest, which takes place on Saturday, September 16th at the Filming Station in Nashville, should be nothing short of an extravaganza celebration of all things Bluff City.
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In addition to a stacked lineup of local performers, including Crockett Hall, Juju Bushman, Loveland Duren, Grace Askew, and the Rusty Pieces, the event will also feature edibles from the Rendevous, Corky's, and MemPops, libations from High Cotton Brewing Company and Old Dominick Distillery, a Grizzlies photo booth, a program of Memphis-made music videos curated by IndieMemphis, and a pop-up vinyl-only record shop run by Shangri-La Records.
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"I swear, I've never done an event that was as seamless and killer as our Americanafest event last year," says Cawein. "I just kept waiting for something to go wrong! But we have almost doubled the number of partners represented at this event, which I'm excited about. With these events, I always want to showcase as much Memphis stuff as I possibly can — the lineup of music is the main course, and the food, drinks, and extras from Memphis are the side items."
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Beyond Americanafest, Cawein already has a few next steps in mind. Her new big idea is an ambassador's program of sorts, which would see Music Export Memphis providing tangible tour support (i.e., money) to local artists to help get them out on the road and spread the gospel of Memphis and Memphis music.
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"The reality is, they already are [ambassadors]," she says. "I want to give them a little bit of training on the talking points of why Memphis is a great place to visit and live, send them out with promotional merchandise, and cut them a check to support their tour."
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"I think my point here is that, for the most part, my ideas do not require a ton of overhead, a ton of administration. They utilize existing structures and organizations — for example, bringing in our partner the New Memphis Institute to help us with some training for the touring artists on you-should-live-in-Memphis facts — and finding ways to maximize things that are already happening, such as artists touring outside the city."
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Cawein has also recently put a board of directors for Music Export Memphis in place, so that her vision isn't the only one guiding the organization moving forward.
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"I'm excited to get out of the curation business," she says. "I'll always enjoy having input on that, but I think deferring to the board — a group of people who really bring varied experiences in Memphis music and varied connections to different scenes — will make this work better, more effectively, and will make Music Export Memphis better able to tell the entire Memphis music story. This was never about me picking artists for a showcase or an opportunity; I just want to facilitate the opportunity. So I'm excited to see what we can do together in 2018."
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Deliveroo chief executive Will Shu at one of the company’s editions sites.
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Deliveroo intends to launch its “editions” service in Ireland at the beginning of next year. Under the service, Deliveroo sets up a number of kitchen facilities at one location, allowing food companies have a base from which to cook food for delivery to nearby customers.
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Typically, the food companies do not pay rent or business rates, but pay higher commission to Deliveroo for using the service. Deliveroo already has 200 kitchens in 27 editions sites across the world.
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Deliveroo’s delivery radius in Dublin, where the first editions site will be located, usually extends around 2½km for each restaurant. In Dublin it services the majority of areas inside the M50.
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Some of its partners in the capital include Fallon & Byrne, Sprout, Boojum and Eddie Rockets. The company, which started as a “premium casual brand”, has pivoted to have a relatively wide-ranging food offering and its editions sites are selected in areas that would most benefit from them.
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In addition to companies establishing their existing brand from an editions site, they can also have virtual brands.
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A virtual brand appears as a separate restaurant on Deliveroo’s service and may have a different menu to its parent company. The idea is to allow restaurants try new ideas without the need to set up a premises.
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Earlier this week, Deliveroo said its Irish arm increased sales by more than 76 per cent last year as its parent company invested in expanding the business here.
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Its recently filed accounts show turnover increased to €5.1 million from €2.9 million in the year to the end of December 2017 helping the business become profitable here for the first time since its establishment.
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Last year, Deliveroo said it added €15 million to the sale of its restaurant clients and their suppliers, and that it received about 400 job applications a week. Companies such as Deliveroo and Uber Eats typically take a cut of about 30 per cent of the amount spent by the customer on food.
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There used to be time when purist pinball snobbery would outright reject any attempt at video game pinball, but thanks to Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection, Zen Pinball looks very purchasable.
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The PlayStation Network release is from the same developers that brought Pinball FX to Xbox Live Arcade, which was far from perfect, but Zen Pinball looks sharp. Whether they'll be able to pull off a capable pinball table simulation remains to be seen, but we'll make sure to give it a whirl and let you know.
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We already know the game has a built-in virtual level, so things seem to be going in the right direction.
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Margibi County District #2 Representative Ivar Jones said said the decision to lay-off 800 employees amid the bad economy, "is troubling and provoking."
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The House of Representatives has summoned Labour Minister Moses Kollie, to appear before that august body on Thursday, March 21, during its 21st day sitting, to give a status report on the laying off of 13 percent (approximately 800 employees) by the second quarter by Firestone-Liberia operations, and the way forward.
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The sitting will be held in a regular or executive session, according to House Speaker Bhofal Chambers, but many persons are of the view that the Thursday's session should be an open one, because of the sensitivity of the redundancy of 800 employees from Firestone-Liberia.
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Nimba County District #5 Representative Samuel Kogar, proffered the motion for the agenda to be used at Tuesday's session, but Margibi County District #2 Representative, Ivar Jones, said he was not ready to support the motion, a situation which was supported by other Representatives, thus putting the entire session in confusion. Some of the lawmakers were demanding that the redundancy exercise be included on the agenda.
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Labor Minister Moses Kollie to appear on Thursday, March 21, during the House 21st day sitting to give a "Status Report on the laying off of 800 workers by Firestone Liberia.
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According to Speaker Chambers, to ease the commotion, the issue will be discussed in an executive session and that the Labor Minister will appear before the august body on Thursday to give an updated status report; a decision that was unanimously agreed by plenary.
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Rep. Jones, in whose district Firestone is located, said Firestone-Liberia's decision in the wake of the current bad economy is "troubling and provoking."
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"Let's assume each of the 800 employees has a family size of about 10; so we can say about 8,000 Liberians will be suffering. This is frustrating," Rep. Jones said.
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According to a Firestone Liberia press release, issued March 18th, "the action is necessary due to continued and unsustainable losses resulting from high overhead costs associated with the company's Concession Agreement with the Liberian government; low natural rubber production because of the country's prolonged civil wars, and continued low global natural rubber prices."
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Firestone-Liberia says it has been working closely with the Ministry of Labor and the Agricultural Agro-Processing and the Industrial Workers Union of Liberia (AAIWUL) to ensure that employees made redundant as part of its action will be done in accordance with all applicable Liberian labor laws, company policies, and the company's collective bargaining agreement with AAIWUL.
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"Unfortunately, these measures alone will not be enough to restore Firestone-Liberia to profitability. As a result, the company will continue to evaluate all aspects of its business to ensure long-term competitiveness and determine the best allocation of company resources to optimize our portfolio, processes, and culture," the company said.
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This article was published 23/5/2018 (332 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
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Heritage advocates are hoping a national spotlight will spur Winnipeg into action on the poor condition of its archives.
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The former Carnegie Library at 380 William Ave., which used to house the City of Winnipeg Archives, was listed Wednesday by the National Trust for Canada as one of 10 historic sites most "endangered" in 2018, due to neglect or lack of funding.
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Chris Wiebe, the trust's manager of public policy and government relations, used to live in Winnipeg, and fondly remembered the old building. The Carnegie Library has been sitting vacant since a downpour in 2013 caused roof damage, which screeched planned redevelopment to a halt.
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“It’s one of those iconic buildings in the city and it’s been sort of waiting for some kind of revival in the last number of years. I guess there was increasing concern from people within Winnipeg and other observers... that it’s been sitting there, waiting for a new use," Wiebe said.
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City of Winnipeg Archives at 380 William Ave.
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"It’s one of those iconic buildings in the city and it’s been sort of waiting for some kind of revival in the last number of years. I guess there was increasing concern from people within Winnipeg and other observers... that it’s been sitting there, waiting for a new use," Wiebe said.
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"With the list, we like to focus on places where there’s hope — and that listing can be kind of an inspiration to do something better with the site. So the former archives, the Carnegie Library, seemed like a really good fit on that front. It could use a refocusing of public attention on that particular place to try to find a better solution."
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Currently, the city's archives are distributed among two smaller locations: the Corporate Records Centre at 311 Ross Ave. and leased space at 50 Myrtle St.
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Temporary materials are located at Ross, while permanent and long-term archival materials are being stored at Myrtle, said a spokesman for the City of Winnipeg.
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Victoria High School (Victoria) – "Seismic upgrades threaten the oldest high school in Victoria."
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A. Minchau Blacksmith Shop (Edmonton) – "Weak legislation and inadequate financial incentives place this Old Strathcona boom town gem at risk."
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Moose Jaw Natatorium (Moose Jaw, Sask.) – "Iconic Depression-era swimming facility will disappear if creative solutions for its renewal aren't found."
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Muscowequan Residential School (Lestock, Sask.) – "Local Indigenous community fighting to save this crumbling residential school as a testament to resilience."
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St. Mary's Pulp and Paper Mill (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) – "Monumental pulp tower in historic industrial complex needs investment and vision to prevent its loss."
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White House (Stratford, Ont.) – "A majestic home risks losing its larger-than-life portico and its spacious grounds, key elements of its character that have made it a prominent local landmark."
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Royal Victoria Hospital (Montreal) – "The future of this historically significant, yet largely-abandoned complex is in limbo."
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Covered bridges (New Brunswick) – "These iconic structures are being lost across the province to flooding, maintenance issues and lack of expert attention."
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1029 Tower Rd. (Halifax) – "Located just outside a heritage conservation district, this beautiful 19th-century cottage may fall prey to densification pressure."
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The city is currently looking "to find a proper long-term solution to storing archives, which optimally preserves these materials on a long-term basis and provides more ideal access and service to citizens," he said.
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Kevin Walby, an associate professor in the department of criminal justice at the University of Winnipeg, said the redistribution of archives may "seem pretty minor to average citizens, but it is a pretty significant issue."
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"It’s the documentary heritage of the city. It has justice implications for all kinds of groups. And if we lose those records, it’s just not a best practice, it’s kind of a shame," he said.
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"Especially when you see other cities that are even smaller than Winnipeg really invest in their archives, make it a cultural site, make it a site where people not only travel there to do research, but go there for talks, go there to connect to other community groups. It becomes a kind of destination.
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"You can’t make a destination out of the warehouse on Myrtle. You can’t make it a cultural site, because it’s a kind of nondescript metal shed, essentially."
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Cindy Tugwell, executive director of Heritage Winnipeg, nominated the library for the trust's 2018 "endangered" list. She said she is tired of inaction surrounding the space.
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"We have not got a straight answer (from the city), we don’t know," Tugwell said. "All we know is that when that roof damage happened, there was a legal battle going on as to who would pay for it."
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Tugwell believes the archives should be relocated to their original site on William Avenue.
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The Carnegie Library was Winnipeg's first public library, built in 1905. The construction was funded by a $75,000 grant from American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who, during the turn of the last century, paid for the construction of thousands of libraries around the world, including 126 across Canada and two others (Cornish and St. Johns) in Winnipeg.
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"It’s an endangered building and certainly an important enough building for people across Canada to be concerned," Tugwell said.
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Other Manitoba places to make the cut on the trust's annual "endangered" list include: Winnipeg's warehouse district (2014), James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (2008) and King Building (2007), and Brandon's Dominion Exhibition Display Building II (2009).
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May 24, 2018 at 11:14 AM: Fixes sentence structure.
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Every morning Debra Tuders wakes up inside her East Nashville home wondering where her daughter Tabitha is.
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The 13-year-old vanished in April of 2003 on her way to catch the bus near her family's home on Lillian Street.
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But now a new documentary on the Investigation Discovery network is bringing the old case some new attention and her parents are hoping it might turn up new leads.
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