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Working for the Good of For Profit
It's
commonly understood that non-profit organizations are working for the good of
the community providing programs and services that benefit the public. Their
charity feeds the hungry and houses the homeless. They uplift us spiritually and
challenge our thinking. They inspire us with arts and culture that make our
cities livelier places to call home.
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Strategies for Workforce Wellness
Recently,
Jane Aldrich, WLNS Anchor and JoyWorker, Mark Stiles of the Connections
Television Show and Dr. Jean Morciglio, Dean of Extended Learning and
Professional Studies from Lansing Community College, discussed how to increase
health, wellness and happiness in the workplace.
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The Role of Community Colleges in Economic Development
As our economy continues to evolve and change, so too must the vital
role a community college plays in its development. While a community college
cannot be all things to all people, it can rise to the challenge of contributing
to the vitality of its community through its relationship with business and
industry.
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Does
Your Business
Have a Free
Google Listing?
Here's a fact worth considering: 97% of consumers search for local
businesses
online.
Another: 73% of
all online
activity is
related to local
content,
according to
data released by
Google.
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Continued
Opportunities
through
Continuing
Education
Today, Lifelong
Learning is not
just a tagline,
it is a way of
life.
Click more to
read the full
article by Cathy
Wilhm, Director
of the Center
for Workforce
Transition at
Lansing
Community
College.
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Economic
Development
through the
Business and
Community
Institute
The Business and
Community
Institute at
Lansing
Community
College provides
our business
community with a
diverse range of
workforce
development
solutions.
Click more to
read to read the
full article by
Bo Garcia,
Executive
Director of the
Business and
Community
Institute.
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Linking
Economic and
Workforce
Development
In the community
college setting,
workforce
development
typically refers
to a college's
role in
predicting,
identifying,
responding to,
and filling
labor force
gaps.
However today,
all career
related
activities
provided by the
college should
meet the
criteria of
developing
skilled workers
for middle or
nigh wage
positions.
Click more to
read the full
article by Dr.
Jean Morciglio,
Dean of the
Extended
Learning and
Professional
Studies
Division.
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Michigan
Future Business
Index
Conducted
semi-annually
since 2006,
Michigan based
Accident Fund
Insurance
Company of
America queries
businesses about
future economic
indicators.
Click more to
read the full
article prepared
by Marketing
Resource Group,
Inc.
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Social
Media: Why You
Can't Fall Off
of the Bus if
You are a
Business Owner
Everyone that is
anyone has heard
about the power
of social media
when it comes to
marketing your
business.
But where do you
start? Read
about some easy
ways for your
business to
begin building
social media
presence written
by Adrienne
Jenkins, Social
Media and Email
Marketing
Expert.
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Surviving
Progress: How to
Survive a
Construction
Project
A road
construction
project can have
major impact and
threaten the
survival of a
restaurant or
retail business.
Read about some
tips to survive
this challenging
time written by
Tom Donaldson,
Regional
Director of the
Michigan Small
Business &
Technology
Development
Center.
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Trends
in Publishing
A tidal wave of
change is
driving the
publishing
industry into a
rising tide of
both risk and
potential.
The combination
of the internet
and eReader
devices has
changed the
publishing
landscape more
in the past five
years than we
have seen in the
previous fifty.
Read about these
recent trends
and how to adapt
in an article
written by Tom
Donaldson,
Regional
Director of the
Michigan Small
Business &
Technology
Development
Center.
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Campus
Visits
Whether you are
going to
transfer to a
local college or
university, or
one that is
thousands of
miles away, a
campus visit
should be near
the top of your
list. Read
about
opportunities
for various
university
campus visits
and why they are
important
written by Carol
Mader, Academic
Advisor at
Lansing
Community
College.
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Got
Transfer?
Sometimes it is
More About the
Questions than
the Answers
So you have been
at a community
college for a
while. Yes
you feel
comfortable, but
the time has
come, and you
feel the need to
go somewhere
else. So
how do you
decide where to
go? Read
this article by
Eva Menefee,
Lead Advisor at
Lansing
Community
College, who
answers some of
the most
important
questions.
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Extended Learning and Professional Studies
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Phone: (517) 483-1415
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