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ATLANTA (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

In an effort to elevate healthcare strategic planning among hospitals, physician practices, and related healthcare organizations, strategicplanningMD announced today that it will offer a free, weekly webinar through the first quarter of 2012. Four different webinars focusing on strategic planning, branding, and healthcare reform will be offer each month and will be repeated through March. The webinars are designed to enhance organizational effectiveness, even if the organization is not a user of the company?s strategic planning software.

?We believe that there is a void in providing educational offerings that address current and relevant issues that healthcare executives are trying to solve today,? said Scott Regan, founder and chief executive officer of strategicplanningMD. ?We are going to fill that void and offer free educational content that is not only provocative, but also helps healthcare organizations improve performance and the bottom line.?

The four 90-minute webinars scheduled monthly — at 1 p.m. Eastern on Wednesdays — for the first quarter of 2012 are:

The Future of Healthcare ? Strategic Implications for Success: Healthcare reform is wreaking havoc on providers nationwide, from hospitals to physician practices. The implications are many, and how you manage through those implications could easily mean the difference between success and failure. This insightful presentation will help you navigate the roadmap of healthcare reform.

The Six Biggest Reasons Why Your Strategic Plan Will Fail: What’s more important to your organization than its strategic plan? Probably nothing. Plan and implement well, and you’ll drive the organization to unparalleled success. One misstep, though, and it’s game over. To put the odds in your favor, we’ve catalogued the six most common ways your strategic plan will fail. Ignore them at your own risk.

The Five Biggest Reasons Why Your Brand Will Fail: Broach the topic of healthcare branding, and you’ll likely discuss logos, tag lines, color schemes, signage, and advertising campaigns. But sustainable brands are built from the inside out, with strong leadership to guide and nurture them. To that end, we’ve identified the five most common ways your brand will fail. Snub them at your own peril.

Red Ocean Strategic Planning for Healthcare: Learn how to implement the best-practice Six Stage Design for Strategic Planning; use the 3-3-6 planning cycle to foster accountability and results; incorporate dashboards, balanced scorecards, and key performance indicators into your organization; and create linkage from your strategic plan to your quality management system. Revolutionize your strategic planning process with this informational webinar.

?Our clients who use our software and consulting services should not be the only ones who benefit from our experience,? said Robert Colvin, president of strategicplanningMD. ?This is our effort to give back and help improve the healthcare delivery system in which we work.?

Registrations are being accepted now at strategicplanningMD.com.

About strategicplanningMD

Serving more than 70 clients in 23 states, strategicplanningMD is a healthcare business intelligence company that drives excellence through innovation and performance. Through its suite of web-based strategic planning software applications and healthcare consulting services, the company helps executives respond to the significant pressures being put on the healthcare industry.

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Anaheim, CA (PRWEB) November 02, 2011

In the spirit of the holiday season and in keeping with its philosophy of embedding consumer philanthropy into the everyday practice of online shopping, web-based nonprofitshoppingmall.com is giving away five (5) private label-shopping sites to nonprofit organizations that meet the requirements outlined below. These organizations will be joining the ranks of groups like Autism Speaks, National Wildlife Federation, Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, RAINN and Surfrider Foundation. NPSM’s cause shopping technology will assist them in generating additional revenues without incurring additional costs.

Private label clients benefit from nonprofitshoppingmall?s forward thinking technology in several ways. In addition to a private label site that?s integrated in the organization?s existing online presence, the nonprofit will also receive its own EZ Shopper App, designed for today?s most popular web browsers. The app automatically captures sales earmarked by the consumer to benefit the organization. Furthermore, NPSM rolled out their Facebook Shop+Support capability in October 2011. The personalized Facebook Tab enables organizations to link their Facebook page directly to their online shopping site.

Requirements necessary for consideration include the following:

????Nonprofit needs to be national or international in scope with at least a 3-star rating from Charity Navigator or similar charity rating agencies
????Nonprofit needs to be centralized ? no regional or state offices
????Nonprofit needs to be tech savvy and nimble
????Nonprofit needs to be actively pursuing a social media strategy that includes Twitter and Facebook to benefit from the custom Facebook Shopping Tab.

Nonprofit organizations should send in their requests to receive additional information about nonprofitshoppingmall and its private label capabilities via email to info(at)nonprofitshoppingmall(dot)com.

Deadline: the submission process is open from time of release until December 23rd, 2011 at 5PM Pacific Standard Time.

Finalists will be notified via email on Friday, January 6, 2012.

Their private label sites will be activated no later than January 31, 2012, in time for Valentine?s Day shopping.

As a matter of record, the organizations chosen must be willing to sign a Commercial Co-Venture Agreement to provide trademark and copyright licenses and comply with all state regulatory laws including registration in all applicable states where required.

About nonprofitshoppingmall:

nonprofitshoppingmall.com (NPSM) is a unique web-based tool that uses online shopping to drive a new revenue stream of unrestricted funds into a nonprofit organization’s annual budget. The core of the business is in building and maintaining private label shopping sites for national/international nonprofit organizations. Essentially, each time a consumer shops online through NPSM or any of its private label sites, a contribution will be earmarked by NPSM and delivered quarterly to a pre-selected nonprofit organization. Simply said, nonprofitshoppingmall.com turns everyday shopping into everyday giving.

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Bellevue WA (PRWEB) November 02, 2011

The UCSC Bioinformatics Group announces a free webinar on ENCODE data in the UCSC Genome Browser (http://genome.ucsc.edu/). The webinar will be conducted by OpenHelix, the provider of training on 100s of free, publicly accessible bioinformatics and genomics resources.

In the webinar, attendees will learn about aspects of the ENCODE project and data types, and explore ways for them to access and learn about the ENCODE data available under the UCSC Genome Browser. This tutorial assumes the user has strong familiarity with the software functionality of the UCSC Genome Browser as described in the Introductory and Advanced Topics tutorials (http://www.openhelix.com/ucsc).

Attendees will learn:

????The foundations and background of the ENCODE project
????How to use Track and File search tools to locate data of interest
????To identify ENCODE data in the UCSC Genome Browser, and explore the data use policies
????What types of data are available under ENCODE, and where to find details of the data types and technologies
????How to interact with the data in the graphical browser, table browser, and by downloading

The webinar will held Wednesday, November 9th, 11:00 PT/2:00 ET/18:00 UTC/GMT, Register at http://www.openhelix.com/cgi/webinars.cgi. Download slides before the webinar for note taking at http://www.openhelix.com/ENCODE.

Seminar Summary:

What: ?Introduction to ENCODE data in UCSC Genome Browser? sponsored by UCSC Bioinformatics Group and presented by OpenHelix, LLC.

When: November 9th11:00-12:15 PT/2:00-3:15 ET/18:00-19:15 UTC/GMT

Who: Anyone interested in learning about the ENCODE data and how to access it using the UCSC Genome Browser. Requires working knowledge of the UCSC Genome Browser (you can view the UCSC Genome Browser tutorials at http://www.openhelix.com/ucsc) and knowledge of genomic/biological concepts. No programming skills required.

Cost: No cost.

Contact Information: Register at http://www.openhelix.com/cgi/webinars.cgi. You will receive an email with the URL for the webinar.

About ENCODE

The ENCODE Project, (ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements), an international consortium of researchers who are moving beyond the basic information of the reference genome sequence. Researchers are using many cutting-edge technologies to learn as much as possible about variations, genes, non-coding transcripts, regulatory elements, and genome structure and more, in extensive detail across the entire genome. The ENCODE project is coordinated by the NHGRI. The UCSC Genome Browser is the designated Data Coordination Center (DCC), for the ENCODE project, and the official ENCODE data repository.

About OpenHelix, LLC.

OpenHelix, LLC, provides the genomics knowledge you need when you need it. OpenHelix provides online self-run tutorials, web seminars, and on-site training for institutions and companies on the most powerful and popular free, web based, publicly accessible bioinformatics resources. In addition, OpenHelix also is contracted by resource providers to provide comprehensive, long-term training and outreach programs.

OpenHelix has its headquarters in Seattle, with offices in San Francisco and Boston. Further information can be found on http://www.openhelix.com or by calling 1-888-861-5051.

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Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) November 01, 2011

Curtis Linton has worked in education most of his life. Back in the early 90?s, when Curtis was in high school, his parents founded Video Journal of Education, a company dedicated to giving every teacher access to the best classroom practices. More than twenty years later the company name has changed?it?s now called School Improvement Network?and its reach has grown, serving nearly twenty percent of the teachers in the country, but to Curtis, it will always be the family start-up of his youth.

?When other kids were throwing parties and going to football games,? Curtis remembers, ?my parents would put all their kids in a van and drive them around the country, filming teachers in their classrooms. It was a great way to grow up.?

?But for as fun as it was,? Curtis continues, ?it exposed me to some of the grim realities of education at a young age: underfunded schools, enormous achievement gaps, and teachers working hard to play catch up. There?s no way that I could have witnessed some of the things that I saw and not have taken action.?

As a response to his experiences, Curtis has written a book called Equity 101: The Equity Framework, and coauthored Courageous Conversations about Race with Glenn Singleton. Now, as Vice President of School Improvement Network, and a renowned expert in education, Linton spends his time traveling, advocating, and speaking to leaders about how to improve schools.

?There have been plenty of incredible innovations in education over the years,? says Curtis, ?but of all the movements that have come along in the last few decades, the one that excites me most is the new Common Core Standards. This initiative is going to change the way we reach our students.?

?The Standards have been adopted in 44 states now,? continues Curtis, ?but there is still a sense among some educators out there that this is going to be another program that hinders as much as it helps. While I can understand some hesitance, this couldn?t be further from the truth. Our company has made it a goal to help educators catch the vision of core curriculum?to understand why it exists, what its functions are, and how to use it to elevate student achievement.?

As part of his work to promote the Common Core Standards, Curtis will be putting on a free webinar entitled ?Why, What, and How.? The webinar will focus on the rationale behind the creation of the Common Core initiative, talk about how the Standards provide an opportunity to close achievement gaps, and lay out what educators need to know to effectively integrate the Common Core into their schools and classrooms over the next few years.

?I?m excited to share my experience with educators, and to help them see how they and their students stand to benefit from the Common Core Standards,” says Curtis. It?s a big change, but with training, it?s going to make a world of difference.?

Curtis Linton?s ?Why, What, and How? webinar will run from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time on Thursday, November 3, 2011. It will include a 30-40 minute presentation, supported by digital media (PowerPoint, video, graphic files) and end with a 15- to 20-minute ?question and answer? session. At the webinar?s conclusion, audio and video material will be posted for viewing on http://www.commoncore360.com.

The Common Core Webinar series by Common Core 360 is free and open to the public. Register today by visiting http://www.commoncore360.com/webinars.php and choosing the desired webinar.

Be sure to register for School Improvement?s Thursday, November 10 webinar, ?Translating ELA Standards,? presented by Dr. Ann Johnson, and stay tuned for upcoming free Common Core webinars as they are posted on http://www.commoncore360.com.

About School Improvement Network

Founded in 1991 by teachers, the School Improvement Network provides comprehensive, research-based professional development anytime, anywhere. As the home of The Video Journal of Education, PD 360, Observation 360, the Learning 360 Framework, Equity 360, and Common Core 360, School Improvement Network resources focus on the most relevant topics, feature the top experts, and show educators how to put theory into practice. School Improvement Network works with thousands of schools and districts in every state and around the world and has visited over 3,000 classrooms to document best practices in action. Learn more at http://www.schoolimprovement.com.

About Common Core 360

Common Core 360 is the leading online, on-demand professional Common Core learning resource for schools and districts. It answers the questions that 3.4 million teachers are asking about how to make the Standards work in their classroom every day. Common Core 360 gives administrators, teachers, and instructional coaches the necessary resources to turn State Standards into measurable student achievement. The unique training, expert analysis, and real classroom examples of putting the Standards into practice all comes from the same minds that designed PD 360, the world?s largest online professional development platform. Common Core 360 is directly integrated with PD 360, so educators have a single sign-in solution for the professional development they need to move forward in the 21st century classroom. Learn more at http://www.schoolimprovement.com/products/common-core-360/.

About PD 360 ? Practical, Scalable, Measurable

PD 360 is the multi-award winning, leading online, on-demand professional learning resource for schools and districts. With 1,800 videos on 117 topics from 120 experts, PD 360 has the largest online community of educators, with over 700,000 subscribers. The innovative PD 360 videos are unique and class-leading because of the quality of production, and each is research-based with classroom examples of best practices. The videos are also relatively short in nature (approximately 6-12 minutes in length) allowing educators access to ?snack-able? content that is easy and accessible to view and integrate.

Teachers, administrators, professional learning communities, coaches, mentors, instructional leaders, and paraprofessionals have available at their fingertips hundreds of indexed and searchable video segments that present real, best-practice classroom examples and feature respected education experts, such as Michael Fullan, Rick DuFour, Doug Reeves, Rick Stiggins, and many others. Educators can instantly find the help they need on nearly every topic, including differentiation, assessment, English language learners, leadership, and more. PD 360 can also be used to create a structured learning experience for an individual teacher, a PLC, or even an entire school. PD 360 bridges the gap between training and classroom integration with job-embedded follow-up, tracking, and reflection tools. PD 360 gives educators access to an online community of teaching professionals that allows interaction and collaboration either within a district or across the United States and the world. PD 360 includes over 1,500 research-based video learning segments and is the most comprehensive web-based library of professional development resources available. See a demonstration at http://www.pd360.com.

School Improvement Network, PD 360, and their respective logos are trademarks of the School Improvement Network. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Press Contact:

Duane Sprague

School Improvement Network

801-758-9546

duane.sprague(at)schoolimprovement(dot)com

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(PRWEB) October 31, 2011

Search Engine Academy Washington DC (SEA DC), in coordination with Search Engine Academy, is conducting its’ first-ever webinar on using search engine optimization (SEO) processes to create a web site’s Infrastructure Architecture (IA) to improve content organization, so that the most important information can be quickly and easily found by web visitors.

Interested listeners may register to learn about IA and SEO, which will be conducted on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 1 PM Eastern Time.

SEA DC chose to talk about IA because “it’s not well known that IA for websites even exists. It’s a very useful process for organizing your content, to get the most important information up there in your top-level pages. SEO and IA go together because they share goals in making sure visitors find and get the best, most important information quickly,” according to Nancy E. Wigal, the owner and operator of SEA DC.

“We’re going to go over how the four main IA systems – organization, labeling, navigation and search – are in tandem with SEO, and how you can use SEO to develop each system so your visitors stay longer on your site and look at more pages,” said Nancy.

IA is particularly critical for large sites that have useful content and data for visitors that may be hidden in poorly designed labeling, navigation and search systems, but any website can benefit from having IA principles applied at any time.

“Obviously, the smaller the number of pages a site has, the easier it is to wrap your arms around IA and implement it, but in a large company, there’s going to be a team of multi-discipline experts to do this together. The SEO specialist is just one person who contributes her part to making the best web design experience and usability possible,” said Nancy.

SEA uses GoToMeeting software solutions to deliver their webinars. It’s a great user experience to share information with interested individuals,” said Nancy.

Anyone with a website that could be improved for both organizing and finding the most important content should listen in on this webinar to see how they can easily use SEO to create an IA for their site quickly to improve visitor experience.

About the Search Engine Academy Washington DC: The Academy offers two, three and five-day SEO training and certification for web and technical professionals. The Academy also creates and teaches customized corporate training packages for businesses to implement in-house SEO functionality, or improve their current SEO program. SEO consultation is also available by contract agreement. Search Engine Academy Washington DC is part of Search Engine Academy, which was founded by directors Robin Nobles and John Alexander.

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Tampa, FL (PRWEB) October 25, 2011

MDesign Media, a national, full-service marketing, design and Internet media firm, is making it easy, and easy on the budget, for companies to gain customers by offering free logo design to drive brand awareness through its custom designed, client websites.

?If clients take action now, current economic conditions can be the golden opportunity to position themselves for long-term success,? says Marie Furman, CEO/President of MDesign Media. ?Our offer to design a free company logo, one that makes an immediate and lasting impact and is reinforced by our custom website designs, can be the difference when things turn around.?

In addition to dynamic logo and website design, MDesign Media offers graphic design, photography, content writing, search engine optimization (SEO), online marketing, social media and print marketing services.

?Businesses are also invited to visit MDesign Media on Facebook and click on our savvy marketing and web design blog for the proven methods needed to thrive in today?s marketplace,? Furman adds.

Create your corporate identity today ? visit MDesignMedia.com or call 813.495.7070 to receive a free no-obligation website design estimate.

Offer ends December 30, 2011. To qualify, client must purchase a custom WordPress website of 10 pages or more.

About MDesign Media

Based in Tampa, Florida, MDesign Media continues to be one of the fastest growing web design and full-service marketing firms by producing results-driven, creative execution for clients throughout the Tampa Bay area and across the nation. In additional to web media creation, MDesign Media offers graphic design, photography, content writing, search engine optimization (SEO), online marketing, social media and print marketing services for Fortune 500 companies, start-ups and everything in between.

MDesign Media’s unique business model and unmatched marketing services have earned accolades within the marketing community and created considerable interest in the news media resulting in a featured segment on Channel 8 WFLA.

For more on the company’s professional capabilities and creative portfolio, please visit MDesign Media’s Website.

About Marie Furman

Marie Furman, CEO/President of MDesign Media, Inc., has created one of the fastest growing media design firms in the nation. Her charisma, passion and expertise to take an idea or philosophy to a visual masterpiece have established MDesign Media in a class of its own.

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