Smartkit contest aims to compile new, healthy ways for students to capitalize on study sessions learning more in less time.
Boynton Beach, FL — February 22, 2007 — www.smart-kit.com — Smart-kit.com, a leading website dedicated to providing studying techniques, is hosting a contest to create a compilation of study tips from its readers and help others learn how to study smarter, not harder.
“Almost all students have been forced to pull an all-nighter,” said Dr. R.L. Kaplan, Board Certified Neurologist and author of Smart-kit.com. “But few realize the negative effects sleep deprivation can have on brain function the following day, decreasing the likelihood of performing well on tests.”
According to the journal, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, after 19+ hours without sleep, performance on cognitive tests reached levels equivalent to those associated with a BAC (blood alcohol concentration) of 0.1 percent. In the majority of states, a BAC of 0.08 percent is grounds for a DUI. This means that students pulling an all-nighter don’t have enough brain function to legally drive a car.
“It is important that students learn more effective and healthy study habits,” said Kaplan. “That is the goal of this contest, to educate students on a variety of ways to increase information learned while decreasing study time.”
Senior living leader Ecumen, Minnesota’s largest non profit senior housing company, today released their Age Wave Study detailing mass findings on Minnesota baby boomers’ views on aging as it relates to public policy, housing, technology, independence and more.
SHOREVIEW, MN (PRWeb) February 20th, 2007 — http://www.ecumen.org — Ecumen, Minnesota’s largest non-profit senior housing company, today released their Age Wave Study, the largest ever conducted of Minnesota baby boomers and their views on longevity, images of aging, technology, independence, housing and more.
Among the multitude of findings are that Minnesota baby boomers (age 42-60) want more public policy, personal finance and technological options to help them maintain independence and stay in their own home even if it means raising their taxes.
The Ecumen Age Wave study, conducted by Decision Resources Inc. for Ecumen, notes that 0 percent of baby boomers said they want to live in a nursing home - even if they or a spouse have a debilitating illness. The vast majority, 89%, wants to live at home, and nine out of ten baby boomers anticipate that technology will help them live longer and more independently, with over half of baby boomers saying they’ll pay $100 per month for digital health technology and five percent saying they’ll spend $500 per month. Nearly nine out of 10 (87%) support state funding for a research center to develop digital health technology to help people stay independent.
Blogging as a marketing tool is forecasted to take hold in the real estate industry in 2007.
Princeton Junction, NJ — February 16, 2007 — www.bloggingsystems.com — Blogging Systems Group, the leading provider of blogs to the real estate industry, recently sponsored a survey to identify how agents and brokers plan to allocate marketing dollars in 2007.
A recent survey conducted by Global Research Center states that 68% of real estate agents said they would be focusing on blogs as a marketing tool in 2007.
“Real estate blogs are an excellent way for real estate professionals to establish or expand their internet presence,” said Richard Nacht, CEO of Blogging Systems. “The Internet is now the number one place where home buyers and sellers go for real estate information. If REALTORS® aren’t found online, there’s a good chance they won’t be found at all.”
A recent report from California Association of REALTORS® echoes the need for REALTORS® to invest time and marketing dollars into online efforts.
According to the Report:
92% of Internet buyers found their agent on a Web site
President of national technical writing staffing firm, Writing Assistance, offers advice when hiring contract workers in new video.
MINNEAPOLIS — February 8, 2007 — www.writingassist.com - Writing Assistance President, Scott Hartmann, is offering Human Resources (HR) departments the need to know information when hiring specialized technical writing staff.
Hartmann, who has led his technical writing staffing firm to a 60% increase in revenue year to date over 2005, is helping HR departments understand how to ensure a successful hire.
“Using a niche or specialized staffing service is often more efficient than working with a generalized staffing firm when hiring specialty staff like technical writers,” said Scott Hartmann, President of Writing Assistance. “Our customers, when working with our technical writers, have experienced a decreased ramp up time, hires require less supervision and take less time away from subject matter experts and staff. It is important to hire the right person as it is very expensive to hire the wrong person.”
Hartmann’s advice to Human Resource departments hiring contract writers includes implementing the following qualifications:
Subject Matter Experience - Hire someone with subject/industry experience to reduce the amount of time it will take to get him/her up to speed on the project.
Anaheim, CA, February 8, 2007 – http://www.minco.com – Minco, a designer and manufacturer of critical components for critical applications, today announced the launch of its Heaters Design Guide at the MD&M West 2007 tradeshow.
Minco will be showcasing the Flexible Heaters Design Guide at its booth #3009 for the duration of the MD&M West show, February 12 – 15, 2007.
The purpose of the Minco Flexible Heaters Design Guide is to steer design engineers all the way from the initial concept to the end application, and to provide a repeatable design process checklist for integrating flexible heaters into their designs on a regular basis.
“Minco has identified a real need for ongoing education in the design engineering discipline,” said Brian Williams, Heaters Division Global Product Manager, Minco, “and it’s a way to help OEMs to meet their goals of integrating efficient thermal systems into their advanced applications.”
The Flexible Heaters Design Guide provides step by step information on:
• How flexible heaters work
• Choosing a heater for prototyping
• Deciding on a long term heating solution
There is also detailed information on hundreds of stock and standard heaters available for experimentation and proof-of-concept testing, along with various options for temperature sensors and controllers for a complete thermal solution.
Blogging Systems impacts the real estate industry by educating real estate professionals on the benefits of blogging and providing unique blog platform to create local, community websites.
Princeton Junction, NJ – Feb 1, 2007 – www.bloggingsystems.com – Blogging Systems Group, the leading provider of blogs to the real estate industry, today was named a Top 10 Trendsetter for 2006 by the Swanepoel TRENDS Report.
The TRENDS Report is a detailed synopsis of the current state of the real estate industry with a detailed analysis of the top 10 trends that are expected to impact Brokers, Agents, Realtor Associations and other real estate professionals over the next several years.
“Blogging Systems was chosen as a Trendsetter for the leadership role they took in expanding blogging in the real estate industry,” said Stefan Swanepoel, author of the TRENDS Report. “Blogging Systems has made real estate blogging mainstream.”
Minneapolis, MN, February 1, 2007 — http://www.outsell.com — Outsell LLC, the fastest growing Internet auto sales and marketing company, has conducted a series of studies into the car purchasing habits of consumers.
The winners and losers in the automotive sales market will be determined by their ability to establish and effectively market their online and in-store sales experience. Those that respond to the needs of today’s ‘always-on-consumer’ will gain market share and increase their profitability
Over the next few months, Outsell will be releasing the groundbreaking results from its iBase Insights series.
The iBase Insight Series from Outsell is a series of consumer-centric insights designed to help automotive leaders make decisions that will attract, develop, close and grow more business. These insights are the product of research studies conducted by Outsell.
The results show that auto dealers will need to revisit their marketing and sales strategies to increase margins in an industry that is increasingly moving online.
Outsell will be releasing its latest iBase Insights as follows:
January 2007 - How Far Online?
How far do consumers want to go online when making a vehicle purchase? What key strategies can be implemented at a dealership to target these online consumers?
