How far did Escambia kindergartners come in a year?
- June 17, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / early-learning,education,report-meeting-the-challenge
In one year, Escambia County's kindergartners make remarkable progress thanks to their teachers. To get more of them where they need to be, the community needs to pitch in.
Why your brain hates the 8-hour workday
- June 17, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / economy
A report on Forbes.com shows that worker productivity is boosted by breaks — rather than being chained to a desk for eight straight hours or more.
Local, state jobless rates continue decline
- June 17, 2016
- / staff reports
- / economy
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State figures released Friday show the local jobless rate continues to decline — Escambia County has 4.5 percent unemployment in May; Santa Rosa's rate is 4 percent.
The World of Beer story on EntreCon show
- June 16, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / entrecon
World of Beer founder Scott Zepp shares in the most recent episode of “EntreCon: Helping Small Businesses Grow,” airing now on BLAB-TV.
Customer loyalty starts with company culture
- June 15, 2016
- / Rachael Gillette
- / training-development
Loyalty is not for sale with gimmicks or promotions. Customer service begins inside the organization and starts with the culture of the company.
Kindergarten readiness depends on a child's first 1,000 days
- June 14, 2016
- / Reggie Dogan
- / education
A growing body of research shows that success in kindergarten and primary school depends greatly on good nutrition fueling cognitive development during a child’s first 1,000 days.
Make meetings count: prepare, communicate, rate
- June 13, 2016
- / Quint Studer
- / training-development,quint-studer
Standardizing meeting protocols and leadership training are important to making sure meetings are clear, productive and efficient.
The hard truth about
- June 13, 2016
- / Brandy Allport, CREO
- / training-development
Communication, team building and problem solving are vital for students to take from an academic setting into the workplace.
Shannon's Window: The power of play to build brains
- June 10, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / education
How to avoid the Big Slowdown: Trading the movement and unstructured play-based learning of preschool for alot more sitting still and worksheets in kindergarten.
How benefits have grown as cost of doing business
- June 10, 2016
- / Phyllis Pooley
- / economy
UWF's Phyllis Pooley writes about how the rising cost of fringe benefits, such as health care, and how that affects wages and employment.