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The article announces the appointment of Luc Vandevelde as the Interim CEO of JDE Peet's, effective April 1. Vandevelde will also become the chairman of the board after the next Annual General Meeting. The company will initiate a search for a permanent CEO under Vandevelde's leadership. Fabien Simon, the previous CEO, will depart the company. The National Coffee Association (NCA) has appointed Helena Dean as the Director of Integrated Communications. Dean will be responsible for guiding the organization's communications strategy. The NCA also announced new leadership changes, with Jonathan White elected as the new chair and Nathalie Gabbay as the vice chair. [Extracted from the article]

Ad Age Rising Stars is an extension of Ad Age Leading Women, and recognizes those showing the promise of great leadership in less than three years at their current company. - Aleda Stam Lina Zhao Senior manager of social campaign and commerce, Walmart Social media shopping has long been an interest for brands, and Lina Zhao is helping Walmart lead the charge across platforms. [Extracted from the article]

Communication is an essential aspect of life, yet it can be taken for granted. Its centrality to being in the world and in professional practice often becomes evident when nurses and older adults encounter communication difficulties. The factors that can affect nurses' communication with older adults relate to the older adult, the nurse, sociocultural considerations and the environment, and the interactions between these factors. In adopting a person-centred approach to communicating with older adults, it is necessary to get to know the person as an individual and ensure communication meets their needs and abilities. Effective communication is essential in nursing practice and requires professional competence and engagement. This article can be used by nurses to support effective communication with older adults across the continuum of care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents suggestions on implementing strategic planning into day-to-day work. It is advised to review the plan at regular intervals and adapt as the marketplace dictates once the plan is in place. It is recommended to set aside the nice to haves within current communication function after identifying the must haves.

The article presents suggestions for communication strategy for the design industry. It is noted that blueprints for development are the traditional strategic plans for corporations over a three- to five-year time frame. It is advised to volunteer to the planning team for the period when the business leaders enter the strategic planning phase.

The article focuses on virtual event that highlighted 10 key traits for customer experience (CX) leaders. Topics include the impressive list of qualities: passion, knowledge, communication, collaboration, influence, analysis, focus, innovation, dedication to change, and business savvy. All are important traits for a CX team, and the panelists who lead CX programs in large organizations if any trait stood out, was a little surprised at their response.

The article presents an interview with Caroline Kealey, internationally recognized strategist and change facilitator who tells about the significance of strategic communication planning, the most important element of strategic planning and some of the pitfalls of strategic communication planning. She refers to objectives and performance indicators as the bookends of planning process.

The article discusses aspects of social business, a concept of incorporating social media into the business processes of an organization. Topics discussed include the organizational commitment to change a business enterprise into a social enterprise, the crucial role of a communication strategy in achieving measurable business objectives, and the recognition of subject matter experts' (SMEs) value in a social business.

The article focuses on the necessity of global stakeholder alignment in the protection of organization's reputation and brand from external vulnerabilities. Global stakeholder alignment involves the engagement of local and international stakeholders to achieve the goals of an organization and relies on the trust inspiration among the stakeholders. Building of global stakeholder alignment strategy includes the knowledge of stakeholders, communication channels and deployment of resources.

The article focuses on the acronym STARTER, which represents elements including standards, training, accountability, review, tools, examples, and resources on how to simplify complex topics from the study done by the University of Saint Gallen in Switzerland. It mentions that the organization must have a standard, which determines its internal and external quality criteria for clear communication. It also says that employees must be trained through seminars, events, and electronic learning.

This article will begin with a review of various applications and uses for the 4.9 GHz band (4.40 to 4.99 GHz) and then focus on applications and antenna selection for the ‘new’ 4.940 to 4.990 GHz public safety band allocated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the communication management in corporate sector. It focuses on the need of effective communication to fulfill the requirement of different activities of a business and mentions the content development strategy for effective communication. It mentions that skills and understanding of the business is necessary for advertising department to develop the content and focuses on understanding the goals and objectives before developing content.

The article discusses the impact of economic decline to some professionals as well as to personal life. It notes that public schools are trying to provide the same level of service to their clients with its available resources. However, based on the survey conducted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) communication sciences and disorders (CSD) professionals made gains that surpassed inflation. INSETS: Tools for Tough Times;Members Speak Out on the Economy.

The article presents an interview with Rob Fishman about his new book "Retail Sales Success in an Online World." It mentions that Fishman discusses the book starts by pointing out that many retailers have failed recently, the reasons cited is a failure by retailers to adapt the new customer mind-set, and the suggestion for tracking critical success metrics.

The article offers information on the impact of technological innovations on the workplace. Topics discussed include information on the mobile technology and cloud applications providing new opportunities to get work done; discussions on the role of technology evolution in improving the workplace culture and communication strategy; and the information on the impacts of the technological innovations on the Millennials and Generation Z.

The article talks about the need of safety measures in power plants and offers information on several incidents around the world. Topics discussed include explosion and fire at the Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station in India on November 1, 2017; need for improving the safety performance of contractors; and importance of establishing a clear communication strategy, incorporating a risk-ranking process and integrating internal business processes.

The article discusses a new era of knowledge management that will be driven by collaboration and customer-activated communication. The customer-activated enterprise (CAE) allows every employee to leverage the voice of the customer in every decision every day. The key ways to lead the transformation through application development and deployment professionals are also discussed.

The article discusses the crafting of enhanced messages for every generation, and need for business communicators to lead the way and create a more nuanced view by transcending stereotypes and familiar profiles about generations. Topics discussed include application of a psychographic approach for audience age analysis focusing on shared values, avoidance of one-size-fits-all template when exploring each generation, and application of the Prism of Age" network.

The article focuses on MIDI which has been communication standard between music hardware and software. It states that the monitor of MIDI has messages that can be viewed and then displays them in real time. It notes that for control-surface-to-computer communication, one must be familiar with the six types of MIDI Voice messages including Note, Mono, and Pitch Bend. Moreover, one can have a specific software instrument respond to all devices through setting it to have on all channels.

The article discusses the obstacles in the way of creative communication in an organization. It focuses on hurdles for a communicator in creative writing and also mentions the hurdles in the development of quality content including wrong agendas of internal clients, fear of doing something creative and lack of access to subject matter experts. It also offers some suggestions for communicators.

The article offers information on the report published in the April 2010 issue of the journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences," which provides communication strategy for the management of sciences- and natural resource-related information and discoveries.

The article offers information on the communication strategy developed to increase participation of Scotiabank Group Mexico employees in the G100 recognition program in Mexico City, Mexico. The plan includes the revision of the G100 logo and the creation of a slogan to increase awareness among employees. It also cites the different phases involved in the campaign, which include the election for different values and the celebration of the winners.

The article offers the author's insights on the need for integrators to differentiate the content and communications strategies to ensure the quality of products and services being offered to enterprise clients.

The article focuses on the restoration of technical staff positions at the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia. It mentions the recruitment of 25 agents and three specialist positions this year. It informs about several ways adopted by the extension to develop better communication across the system including developing system to collect, analyze and report the impact that the extension has on the Commonwealth.

The article focuses on the need for better communication between bank marketers and current and potential customers in connection to current financial crisis. According to the Chief Marketing Officer Council, bank marketers are re-evaluating their strategies of reaching their customers. Based from a survey of 120 banks marketers, 87% of respondents stated that the current crisis is making a challenge for better communication with bank customers.

The article offers the author's insights on the basic elements to achieve clear communication. The author notes that communication requires understanding the fears, motivation, dreams, and worries of the audience. The author says that communicators must reach out to them and check back whether the messages have reinforced their ideas.

The article offers the author's views on the significance of listening on the communication strategy of customer relations management (CRM) practitioners. The author offers an account of his experience with his Internet service provider (ISP), noting the importance of understanding how, why, and when courtesy calls make sense to a business. The efficiency of outbound dialers for managing customer relations is mentioned.

In this article, the author ponders on the issues related to the Internet and social networking. The author describes how social networking has been influencing the society and the health care sector. He claims that social networking has provided a venue for hospital leaders to communication with their employees and the public. He also describes his personal experiences in using social networking.