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Citizen Science or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love eBird

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Steve Kelling from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology gave the keynote talk, “The Birder Effect: Birding, Science, and Conservation.” The talk described eBird’s origins in 2002 and traced its history as a project aimed at using “citizen science” to help researchers and conservationists learn more about birds. .

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Emerald Ash Borers vs. Woodpeckers (and Nuthatches)

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And with no natural predators or resistant trees in their adopted territory, things have been looking pretty grim. If there is one silver lining to all of this gloomy news, it’s that the efforts of birders truly make a difference in helping to advance science. Enter the woodpecker.

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Sales in a Digital World: Adopting an Omni-Channel Approach

Sales and Marketing Management

These factors converge to present an opportunity – and challenge – for B2B merchants: adopt an omni-channel sales approach or miss out on significant revenue. Chanan Greenberg is senior vice president and general manager, high tech, at Model N , a leading cloud-based revenue management solutions for high tech and life sciences industries.

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What We Can Learn From Walmart

Sales and Marketing Management

Teaser: While the science of customer purchasing behaviors has been around since the dawn of commerce, these principles have not been applied to the B2B space. Times are changing, and when it comes to adopting such successful B2C marketing techniques within the B2B space, the time is now. Author: Jim Swift. read more

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The Agony and Ecstasy of Surrendering to eBird

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At the recent Swarovski Social Media Summit in Arizona, Nate proselytized passionately for the program that both manages your sightings and contributes them to science. One concern when considering adopting a new technology or platform is the fear of having to switch again in just a year or two. But Nate is an eBird fanatic.

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The Parable of the Goat Mites

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And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces. Also, they were infested by a species of ear mite unknown to science. And so, the San Clemente Island goats who were live-trapped, now living on the mainland, were the last San Clemente Island goats.

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Audubon: America’s Greatest Naturalist and His Voyage of Discovery to Labrador

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It was also in some ways an emotional quest for Audubon, who was freshly driven to complete his great work in the face of his first intimations, not only of his own mortality, but also of the idea that his beloved adopted continent was not inexhaustible and that its natural riches could be destroyed by constant exploitation.

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