10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2019

In the birding world, May is the beautiful time. With birds bedecked in their breeding best and filling the air with song, this is migration at its loveliest. A wonderful variety of bird species are waiting to be seen and among them are many a birder’s favorite avian group, the wood-warblers. Among the most desired bird species during May migration, brightly colored, beautiful and boldly patterned, how can a birder not get hooked on spring warblers?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 16, 2019

Author: Dave Egloff, Senior Director at Gartner For many organizations, sales commissions are the highest variable expense and unfortunately, very challenging to forecast. That is an uncomfortable fact — the chief sales officer’s highest variable expense might be the most challenging to predict. While most CSOs scrutinize compensation designs and the tie between rewards and sales strategy, very few are paying attention to how the sales compensation plans are modeled.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2019

The endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler breeds only in Texas Hill Country near Austin and San Antonio, but much of its nesting grounds have cleared in favor of subdivisions. Given the explosive growth of the region, development will continue , placing additional pressure on the warbler’s vanishing habitat. One way developers are navigating the warbler’s endangered status is by utilizing conservation banks.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2019

During our three weeks of birding in Singapore we spent many hours on forest trails. We had hoped that during our visit we may encounter a Blue-winged Pitta. After the sad story of the Fairy Pitta in Broome just prior to our departure it made it even more special when we did encounter not one, but several. The most reliable place we found for observing Blue-winged Pittas in Singapore was at Windsor Nature Park.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2019

Check your calendar. If the month reads May, don’t worry about making weekend plans. You’re already booked… to go birding. Just be sure to arrive at your favorite patch early. Staying late is optional but highly recommended. Various spots along the southern shore of Lake Ontario call to me this weekend, promising tantalizing glimpses of birds that alight only briefly in the Rochester area before taking off for points north.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2019

Apologies for the unintended three-weak break here at Birds and Booze. I was on vacation in Peru for nine days and meant to schedule a few reviews for my absence. But the frenzied final days of packing and studying for what was my very first trip to both the tropics and the Southern Hemisphere – and just as spring migration was heating up here in North America, no less – left no time for writing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 12, 2019

Author: Todd Caponi Negotiating an agreement with a client is often perceived as requiring the development of a completely different selling muscle: During the sales cycle, we’re doing things to add value to the buying journey, building trust and providing the information a buyer needs to make a confident, informed decision. . When the typical negotiation “event” happens near the end of the sales process, we tend to flip the script.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 17, 2019

Author: Paul Nolan At the height of the dot-com boom in the late 1990s, much was written about the five-star-worthy cafeterias that high-tech companies created, offering free meals and elaborate snacks to keep their employees engaged and maybe even working extra hours. While the dot-com bubble burst, food as a perk persists. A recent New York Times article states, free food in the workplace “is almost obligatory, as businesses go to extraordinary lengths to provide food without charge, or at a s

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2019

We hope that all the mothers–and everyone who has mothers–enjoyed an absolutely delightful Mother’s Day this weekend, whether that holiday is observed in your country or not. I also hope for your collective sakes that you managed to eke out a bit of birding while you were at it! Weather may not have cooperated with my desire for a warm, rainless weekend to chase birds, but I did manage to track down a bunch of FOY species, including an uncommon Hooded Warbler in Rochester’

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