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WPAs: America’s Duck Factories

10,000 Birds

But within the National Wildlife Refuge System is a frequently overlooked collection of properties burdened by a mundane name: Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs). The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” Ding” Darling NWR in Florida. What are WPAs and why should birders care about them?

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Business Birding Basics – part II

10,000 Birds

His collection was impressive and overwhelmingly illegal so he will remain unnamed too. Apart from a juvenile Southern Beardless Tyrannulet we were just seeing roads and factories. The antwren had been elevated to species level and Hilton is just a sucker for anything Paulista, and besides, who needs a reason to go birding?

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Squirrel Buster Wild Bird Feeders: A Review

10,000 Birds

I am very tempted to add the Plus feeder to my collection. Not only does it hold a massive 3 quarts of seed, it is dishwasher safe, weight adjustable, and has a lifetime factory warranty. The three products examined here have 2-year factory warranties and the weights cannot be adjusted.).

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Use it or lose it?

10,000 Birds

A traditionally managed fishery in the Cook Islands, or a the carefully managed collection of shearwater chicks in New Zealand by the Maori. A duck farmed in a factory is part of nature as much as one that grew up on a pond, even if the particulars of its ecosystem are different. Unsustainable hunting leads to extinction.

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Unleashing the Power of Frontline Sales Management, Part 2: What ‘Good’ Looks Like

Sales and Marketing Management

They employ a fact-based, data-driven approach to managing and coaching their sales teams, creating a factory-like ‘sales system’ and cadence which quality sales reps can pair with their selling skills to produce great results. Second, they deploy a regular cadence for measuring, collecting and communicating these metrics.

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Celebrating global achievements for animals made possible by you!

Animal Equality

We’ve shown that collective action can create a more compassionate world. From changing laws and corporate policies to amplifying voices in protests and digital actions, your commitment has sparked a wave of change for millions of animals.

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Selling how you always have? Fuggetaboutit!

Sales and Marketing Management

SMM: You prefer video testimonials, but even good salespeople find it challenging to collect testimonials. For example, if you sell to a manufacturer, their factory relies on safety as their core principle. When you do a great job, you ask the customer for their testimony. If you don’t have that, what the hell do you have?