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Code Switching

One of the biggest systemwide changes in the U.S. health care system in decades just occurred Oct. 1, but unless you’re a doctor, health system administrator or insurance professional, chances are good that you have …

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The evolution of science

Ten years after moving downtown, the Science Center of Iowa (SCI) is planning to ask the community how it should change in the future.

To determine how SCI will evolve in the coming years, a …

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Turning 20

It was unlike anything Iowa had ever experienced  on the environmental scene. A group of environmentalists, business leaders, lawmakers and others interested in the natural world joined to form the nonprofit Iowa Environmental Council, which is …

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Some TLC for Iowa’s teachers

Iowa teachers and school districts are transitioning to a new leadership mentoring model aimed at developing better teacher-leaders and creating opportunities for teachers to coach their peers in better classroom instruction techniques.  

The Teacher …

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Business Record 10-9-15

Some TLC for Iowa’s Teachers
What will the Teacher Leadership and Compensation program mean for Iowa’s school districts?

Focus: Education

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Clark will leave firm he co-founded to join Ryan Cos.

Prominent Greater Des Moines landscape architect and urban planner Brian Clark will leave the firm he co-founded in 1998 to join Ryan Companies US Inc. as director of development.


Clark announced his resignation last week…
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Small employers consider strategies for 2016 health plans

Many small businesses will again have tough decisions to make as open enrollment season begins this fall. Adding to the complexity is a change in the federal health law’s definition of what constitutes a “small…
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The Elbert Files: Rebalancing the economy

Here’s something to think about as the fiscal year 2015 enters its final quarter:

The collapse of commodity prices during the past year or so is unlikely to produce the gloom and doom scenarios that …

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Gitomer: Think sales structure, not system

I’m against all systems of selling. So are all salespeople.

Oh, sales systems are taught all the time. In fact, almost every salesperson has learned one along the way. I ask every audience I’m in …

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McLellan: Be helpful or be gone

In last week’s column we explored the idea that email marketing is about earning the audience’s permission to keep talking. I suggested that there were two equally important elements — intent and content — that …