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5 Tips for Smooth Project Completion

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The Project Management Initiative tells us that there are steps that must be followed in order to complete a project that knocks the socks off of your boss. Projects in the business world have a lifecycle. Although you may be the most organized person at home, completing a professional project takes more than simple organizational tips. Don't be overwhelmed by an impending project deadline; the steps come naturally. In fact, you have probably followed the steps in previous projects without knowing it. 1.Initiation The initiation of your project involves coming up with the goal. What is it that you want to accomplish? Once you determine the goal of your project, write the goal in solid terms with a specified timeframe. Define the scope of your project, appoint a project manager, and determine the milestones of the project. It is during the initiation phase that you will also want to select project group members with whom you will work. 2.Planning The next thing you will do...

The Internet for Higher Education

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Millions of people are getting inspired by a new era of online education, but the question of whether using internet technology in education is good or bad is still questionable. Many believe that using the internet and other technology allows for a much better learning environment. Let us inspect this further and see if there is any truth to it. Easy Resources The internet has made it easier for students to do research for their school work. The amount of resources it makes available is real huge as compared to visiting libraries or any other place. Furthermore, the Internet not only increases the quantity of resources accessible to the user, it also makes the process of acquiring materials in a faster manner as opposed to traditional methods (e.g searching in the Encyclopedia). If we are searching for something, we can easily find it by just typing the keyword or phrases on popular search engines such as Bing, Yahoo and Google . You no longer need to travel and visit librari...

Spotlight on Men's Health

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Erica Moss is the community manager for Georgetown University's online MSN degree program. She also enjoys blogging, TV and pop culture. Maintaining a sound mind and sound body is an ever-present challenge for both men and women, but the lack of awareness around the topic of men's health is a disturbing reality. Maintaining a proper diet and exercise is not an easy task, but a surprising number of men don't have the basic facts about the most common risks to their health, and to change that, we need more education around this important issue. The Problem More than half of all premature deaths among men are preventable, according to the infographic below. Causes of preventable death include smoking, obesity, alcohol and drug use, and some types of cancer (such as testicular cancer, which can be treated effectively if detected early). Men are also less likely than women to take advantage of the health care resources that they have access. Via Nurse Practitioner P...

The basics about the term life insurance

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Insurance is what lets people go on nowadays. So many types of insurance have come around in the market. There are short term insurance policies and then there are long term insurance policies. Life is so unpredictable that people now go for short term insurance policies. Out of the short term policies of insurance, the term life insurance policy is very common that people opt for. It is initially low cost and does not even affect the life style of eh insurance policy bearer, or his dependants. The term life insurance has low premium payment and has a short term, which is why it is called a term life insurance. Apart from all the people who go for short term life insurance, the people who have a short term need of the insurance also go for the term life insurance. This type of insurance covers a short term period of risk and the insurance payer provides insurance to the dependants. It is very much obligatory for the payer to savor the future of all the dependants that are on to him ...