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The Bird Way: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

For one thing, we become more aware of cultural biases in our science (new findings on warbling female birds, for example, reveal both gender and geographic biases). Many popular science books have neither. As Ackerman explains in her Introduction, studying extreme behavior brings new insight into what we think we know.

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The Science Behind Successful Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

In my experience, most salespeople come to the table with a range of skills and characteristics that enable them to be successful in their jobs. When it comes to hiring, training, managing and coaching salespeople, there is actually a formula for success with some science behind it. The Value of Predictive Analytics.

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The Science of Motivation

Sales and Marketing Management

Because from the beginning, Starbucks has offered an experience worth valuing. Three years later, these same students were asked about their experience and both groups responded with the same level of satisfaction: a lot better than expected for the students in the shoddy dorm and a little worse for the students in the new, cool dorm.

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The Agony and Ecstasy of Surrendering to eBird

10,000 Birds

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. In fact, experience proved that the process is actually way more cumbersome and time-consuming than it should be. Obviously, I have mixed feelings about eBird.

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Birding the Datang area, Yunnan

10,000 Birds

Judging from my experience in the human world, a very predictable result. A weight loss strategy also recommended for humans. Green-backed Tit s seem to have been studied fairly extensively by ornithologists, which makes me wonder whether the species prefers nesting on university campuses or near good yet affordable hotels.

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Puerto Rico Plans Huge Primate Breeding Facility to Supply Researchers

Critter News

In 2007, the National Academy of Sciences published a report calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to make a fundamental shift in its toxicity testing strategies away from testing on mammals and focusing increasingly on new, more accurate—not to mention, more ethical—in vitro toxicity testing.

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How to Make a Remote Sale

Sales and Marketing Management

If you have taken the time to evaluate the complexity of your information and the ideal communications channels, you can begin to formulate strategy. It doesn’t need a long, meandering discussion about world politics, science, or global markets. Apply Hard Rules Within the New Framework. Be direct and respectful of their time.

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