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North American Songbirds: A Book Review

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The QR technology may also intimate some would-be birders, but the real obstacle here is something old-fashioned but essential–updating the knowledge base. As I said above, the text is charming and accessible, reflecting a deep passion for birds and for bird observation. by Noble Proctor. Backyard Birding series.

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Birding crème de la crème: Africa – Ngorongoro Crater to Queen Elizabeth II National Park

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From: Walter Jetz (2012): Report on the vulnerability of East African biodiversity to climate change: Integrating the knowledge base on VETERBRATES, Report of Phase I activities. Collaborative partnership with Yale University. SERVIR Africa Workshop. As in the first post, I am using eBird as the main information source.

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The Plateau Effect

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Simply having a good knowledge base (in other words, a willingness to “study”) gives a birder a lot more tools to use in the field. Humorously yet sadly, many birders do not have much of a life beyond the sphere of birding.

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Micromanagement and Other Leadership Behaviors to Let Go of Now

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The knowledge-based economy requires a new form of managing. Failing to Listen Some leaders believe they have made it into their position by always having the right answers. In previous eras, that attitude may have served them well. These leaders were often well educated in comparison to their workforce.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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But he also defends those ornithologists, saying that the British and European people he’s writing about really did value their assistants, and reducing the otherness of colonialism to an issue of giving appropriate credit.

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5 Keys for Motivating Your Top Salespeople

Sales and Marketing Management

Whatever it is, it should challenge what they know and expand their skill set and/or knowledge base. It could be taking a sales psychology course, improving writing skills to create better proposals/presentations, or sitting with another team in your organization to better understand how they deliver value to the customer.

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The New Paradigm Post COVID

Sales and Marketing Management

We need to change our perspective, questions, thinking and knowledge base to thrive. Three questions you will need to ask yourself. By definition, a new paradigm is a model – a set of ideas; a different way of looking at something. If not, stagnation or degradation could occur.