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Unaudited consolidated Income Statement of JSC Olainfarm for nine months of 2018 shows that the sales of the Group have reached 89.5 million euros, which is a slight decrease by 1% compared to the same period of 2017. At the same time, the company managed to increase its profitability - in the nine months of this year, JSC Olainfarm has earned 7.5 million euros, which is an increase of 13% over the nine months of 2017.
In nine months of 2018, sales volumes continued to increase in all of its major outlets, with the exception of Russia and Kazakhstan, where sales fell by 7% and 14% accordingly. Projected Russian ruble fluctuations impacted planned decrease in sales volumes in Russia, while the increased presence in both Latvian and Belarusian markets had a positive effect on a significant increase in sales in these markets.
The biggest sales increase during the 9 months of 2018 was achieved in Tajikistan, where sales grew by 64%, and in Belarus, where sales increased by 42%. Considerable sales increase (by 17%) was also achieved in Latvia, which resulted in total sales in Latvia being comparable to those of Russia. In total in top 10 of the markets of the Group during this 9-month period The Netherlands and Turkmenistan were replaced by Poland and Tajikistan. Major sales markets of Olainfarm in 9 months of 2018 were Russia, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine. In reporting period, the Company was selling its products to 50 markets worldwide.
Although the sales in nine months of 2018 slightly lagged behind last year achievement, the Company managed to increase its earnings by more than 850 thousand euros. Major positive factor was that write offs of long-term assets during these nine months were smaller by more than 1.6 million euros, while the major negative change was an increase of COGS by one million euros.
While analyzing the activities of the Olainfarm Group in the 3rd quarter, it should be noted that this 3rd quarter in terms of profit is the most successful third quarter for the Company since 2015. Even despite foreign exchange loss increasing by almost 200 thousand euros, the net profit of third quarter reached 1.7 million euros, which represents an increase of 86% compared to the third quarter of 2017. Major factors influencing the profit increase were write offs of long-term investments being by 700 thousand smaller and write offs of other assets being by 400 thousand smaller than one year ago.
During the 3rd quarter of 2018, compared to the 3rd quarter of 2017, sales of the Company shrunk by less than 0.02% and reached 27.661 million euros, making this third quarter still one of the most successful in terms of sales in corporate history. Despite reduced sales to WHO program, the company has actually managed to repeat the sales volume of last year’s third quarter.
Compared to 9 months period of 2017, this year some significant changes have occurred to the sales structure of bestselling products of Olainfarm. Remantadine and PASA are replaced by Meldonium and Memantine, Share of Noofen, soluble Furaginum and Etacizin have significantly increased, while share of Adaptol in sales of Olainfarm products has experienced some considerable reduction.
Annual meeting of shareholders of JSC Olainfarm, convened on June 5, 2018 approved operating plan of the Group for 2018. According to it, sales of the Group in 2018 are planned to be 130 million euros, but the net profit will reach 11.5 million euros. According to this unaudited report for nine months of 2018, during this period 69% of annual sales target and 65% of annual profit target is met. Management of the Company does not expect the actual revenues and earnings of the company to show any significant deviations from approved. guidance.
JSC Olainfarm is one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in Latvia with more than 45 years of experience in production of medication and chemical and pharmaceutical products. A basic principle of company's operations is to produce reliable and effective top - quality products for Latvia and the rest of the world. Products made by the Group are being exported to more than 60 countries of the world, including the Baltics, Russia, other CIS, Europe, Asia, North America and Australia.
Unaudited consolidated 9 months Income Statement attached.

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Our initial effort to create a customer communications channel was way back in 1995 when we set up our toll-free number: 800-200-6546. At least then a customer didn’t need to spend his or her own money to talk with us. That’s kind of where technology was 18 years ago!
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Facebook came next for us. The Awakening Skin Care page has been an effective platform through which we can hold conversations with Awakening’s fans and with folks just passing by our Page! In just the past 4 months, we’ve seen a 6-fold increase in the number of people who have become Awakening fans. Some people are long-time Awakening loyalists who love the silkiness and the healing benefits of our products. Some like our non-fru fru aromas. Some like the social causes that we support and which are mentioned in the “Goods That Do Good” section of our homepage — organizations like the Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, the Animal Rescue Fund (ARF), Sirona Cares in Haiti, The Tiba Foundation in Kenya, the American Discovery Trail, or simply the local 3-room K-through-8 elementary school in Canyon, CA. Our Facebook Page has provided us with a quick & easy way to reward those who follow us with special discounts, contests and events.
While customer comments have been people powered “music to our ears” metaphorically, in truth the comments have been more of a “feast for our eyes” — at least up until now — since they mostly have arrived in the form of the written word.
As I write this post, we’re two weeks shy of unveiling our next evolutionary step towards making it ever easier for our customers to communicarte with us — and with each other — about what’s on their mind. With the help of videogenie.com, we’ll to mounting recorders on our homepage, facebook page, and perhaps even here on this blog post. The idea is that anyone with a camera on their computer or cell phone can take 25 seconds to speak their mind! For us, this is people-powered marketing at its best. In the case of testimonials, it’s a way to bridge a potential credibility gap. It’s our avenue to people powered products.
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Evaluating your organizations presence in the community and taking specific steps to improve relationships are very important enterprises to take on for any ambitious Public Relations professional. Incorporating these steps as part of a larger strategic outreach campaign will improve your company’s public perception, as well as your chances of landing that big promotion.
The first step to effectively implementing a strategic outreach campaign is writing the plan. Be sure to have an overarching goal clearly stating the desired outcome of the strategic outreach campaign, Examples of an outreach goal include increasing information about your organization, bolstering your company’s public image, or helping to develop local communities through education and investment.
Another important part of strategic outreach is defining the publics and stakeholders. The audiences for strategic outreach campaigns may include policy makers, educators and community catalysts and the plan may include nontraditional publics. Strategic outreach campaigns that incorporate community development need to take into account all of the possible stakeholders in the community.
The overall goal of your strategic outreach plan should have clear objectives which are accomplished by specific tactics. These objectives should be measurable and could include changes in knowledge, attitudes, or values of key publics. Objectives for strategic outreach plans could also include measurable improvements in education, involvement, or wealth. Tactics should detail the tasks performed, resources need, and the process used to achieve objectives. These tactics and objectives should be outlined in a schedule to make sure all team members are held accountable.
Focus on the messages that your campaign is conveying and make sure to explain ideas so that your publics can understand them. For example, banks that offer financial literacy training explain concepts in drastically different way to middle school children than they would to college students majoring in economics.
Finally, including an evaluation section is crucial. Your evaluation should measure how well your outreach plan has carried out specific strategies, objectives and goals. Did your financial literacy program influence people to start a 401k? Has public perception of your organization benefited from your strategic outreach attempts? This is also the section where you lay out which measurement tools you will use to evaluate progress.
Crafting a strategic outreach campaign can add immense value to your organization. If effectively implemented, strategic outreach can have long-lasting, positive community effects as well as boost your organizations reputation. Has your organization engaged in strategic outreach? Do you have any advice to those starting strategic outreach initiatives? Let us know!

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A state of emergency was announced recently in the western U.S. state of Washington after a measles outburst that has impacted over two dozen people and the majority of them are children. It was publicized earlier that the disease was eradicated in the U.S. in 2000 but has ever since made a return that is attached to imported cases and the growth of the anti-vaccine movement. In a statement, Jay Inslee—Washington’s Governor—stated that measles is an extremely contagious transferable disease that can be deadly in small children. The survival of over 26 confirmed cases in Washington created a severe public health risk that might rapidly spread to other counties.
The outbreak started near Portland, in Oregon, at the beginning of the year and speedily multiplied to Washington. Health executives have cautioned that people affected with the disease had visited public places. The mainstream of those infected are children, who have not been vaccinated against the disease, executives said. They further added that the outspread can still be in its infancy stage as the incubation period for the virus averages for 14 Days. The extremely contagious disease could cause severe pneumonia, diarrhea, and vision loss, and ultimately can be deadly. The WHO (World Health Organization) in November stated that measles cases globally had jumped over 30% in 2017 correlated to the prior year, in part due to children not being immunized.
On a similar note, recently, a proposal was formed to lower vaccine exceptions while respecting the rights of conscience. Reportedly, vaccine resistance is one of the foremost 10 threats to health globally in 2019, as per to the WHO. In the U.S., New York City is presently going through its worst outspread of measles in decades. Other collected outbreaks of highly and deadly contagious, but vaccine-preventable diseases are turning exasperatingly routine across the country. These outspreads are induced by some parents’ choice to claim philosophical and religious exemptions to state authorizations that children should be vaccinated in the context to attend school.


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FC Halifax Town visit high flying National League Premier side Dagenham & Redbridge in the Emirates FA Cup first round as they look to pull off an upset in London.
Billy Heath’s men will be looking to get back to winning ways and put Saturday’s 3-1 defeat at home to Brackley Town behind them, and there will be no better way than to progress into the second round of the FA Cup. It had been seven successive victories in all competitions prior to Saturday’s defeat and there would have been no better way than to go into the match high on confidence.
This week’s player spotlight focuses on Dagenham’s talisman and leading goal scorer Oliver Hawkins. The forward has 11 goals for the Daggers so far this campaign, making him the joint second highest goal scorer in the National Premier.
The 24-year-old joined the East London on a record transfer in 2016 from Hemel Hempstead, after spending three years at the National League South outfit. The Daggers Boss John Still had noticed Oliver whilst in charge of Luton Town, before the pair eventually linking up at the start of this calendar year at Victoria Road.
Hawkins had spent the early years of his career in the lower reaches on non-league. It was at Hillingdon Borough where Oliver really began to make his breakthrough under in football under Gary Meakin scoring ten goals during the 2010/11 season. Meakin then moved onto Northwood and took Hawkins with him, in the following two seasons after signing Hawkins finished as Northwood’s top goal scorer. This, unsurprisingly attracted the attention of clubs at higher levels, and the striker then signed for Hemel Hempstead.
The Daggers’ top goal scorer has been invaluable to their fantastic start to the season which has put John Still’s side only four points off the top spot and on course for an immediate return to the Football League.
Hawkins is the key man in Still’s side but there are a number of other players in the ranks who are capable of stepping up to the plate – Former Luton Town midfielder Luke Guttridge and ex MK Dons man Luke Howell to name a few.
It’s going to be a real test for Billy Heath’s lads at Victoria Road, but it’s the FA Cup, and after all ‘the magic of the cup’ does tend to cause upsets at this stage of the competition. Maybe that could be heading Halifax’s way on Saturday.
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Instagram is another today, of many social networking websites operating out on the internet. It is a stage where you can discuss your photos publicly or privately. If you wish to reach out to a larger audience, you need to begin collecting your Instagram followers. Listed below are a few legit and tried and tested techniques to get Instagram followers. Public accounts -If you have a personal Account, it is. The first step to obtaining Instagram followers is to go public. For those about privacy of your worried, you could keep a check. Hash tags -Instagram uses Hash tags to filter photos. The networking network will exhibit the photos, when you search for photos. Popularity is not the only criteria when choosing the hash tags to go for your photographs. You also need to use ones that are relevant. 3 is the ideal number of hash tags.
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This is when their accounts are checked by Instagram. Follow, Enjoy and comment -Still Another tip to boost your visibility is to follow others. You might be followed by them. Take it by commenting and enjoying on the videos and photos of other. You are very likely to grab his/her followers as well the interest of the photograph owner. It may prompt them to check your Instagram account out .Sync with Facebook -With Facebook taking across the programs, now you can share your photos over Instagram by integrating Instagram account and your Facebook. If they like what you upload will begin after you. Call to Action -Your captions should have a Call To action. You should aim for involvement with your captions. In that, they ought to induce them to comment or start an interesting discussion. These are Ways you can get Instagram followers. You could join groups and take part in discussions there. Instagram, the Website had gained popularity. With networking sites, the more followers you have, the more you have the ability to leverage their potential.
Image sharing has been provided a major social upgrade thanks to introduction of Instagram. The Instagram system has actually come to be hugely popular with greater than 80 million users, who enjoy modifying their images with special effects and awesome filters prior to sharing them with good friends and fans. Companies can start utilizing this brand new type social media as a method to market their firm and build up a following. Individuals enjoy solid visual pictures, so uploading images of products and also workers will certainly make them really feel closer to you. This sort of marketing is what helps build brand name commitment. In Integra’s newest upgrade, individuals now have the choice to label a particular area with their photos, which are saved to an individual photo map. These can be shown your followers.
This is excellent if you have a physical place or even if you travel around the city, state or nation. If you have booths at local craft fairs or other supplier occasions, after that you can snap a photo and tag your location to allow your fans understand where you can be discovered. Rationale behind social media is sharing. Your followers and also followers are offering you an opportunity to reach them on a much more individual degree so make sure you are giving them the exact same. Take photos of the personnel in the workplace and put it in an instagram and they are the best tips for instagram marketing. Snap shots of upcoming products to give them a sneak top. If you get on the roadway, take some images along the way. Offer followers a real sense of how points lag the scenes to aid them seem like a component of the brand name.
If you utilize Twitter, you understand how reliable hash tags can be at sharing. You can use the exact same on your Instagram photos. People that are currently utilizing your items need to be encouraged to break a picture of themselves using it and tag it with one of your hash tags. This will certainly reveal people how to use your items and show how many people enjoy with your company. Individuals enjoy a chance to win prizes and utilizing Instagram to hold a picture competition is an interesting way to give them what they want. You can ask followers to send out in an image of them utilizing your item and then pick a victor from among them. There are any number of means to get innovative and get more followers by holding a contest using Instagram.
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An outstanding logo design is the cornerstone of your company¹s branding strategy. Like the tip of an iceberg, your logo is the visible part of an in-depth marketing plan that has the power to build a superior competitive position for your product. Above all, we understand the need to strengthen a symbol by simplifying it down to its powerful essence.
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We are offering Delivery in almost all cities in Pakistan..
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text: Tracy wants to make art that crashes through boundaries. As a professional artist working in both theater and film, she considers herself a bit of mashup: equal parts actor-writer-director-teacher-learner. Her career spans twenty years of making with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Boise Contemporary Theater, and now Migration Theory. She trains with SITI Company and uses this training in her classes and as a means for generating new works. She received the 2015 Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Award in filmmaking and the 2015 Adjunct Faculty of the Year Award at Boise State. She holds an MA in Filmmaking from The London Film School, an MFA in Acting/ Theatre from The University of Texas at Austin, and a BA from Duke University. She is an Associate Artist at Boise Contemporary Theater and teaches at Boise State University, the College of Idaho and The Cabin literary center.

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This has been a busy month! Shaun showed off all four finished Retro Game Crunch games plus Super Clew Land Complete at XOXO Arcade in Portland. (Four player frenzy with GAIAttack!) Rusty and Matt showed off End of Line at Fantastic Arcade in Austin. (End of Line on a theatre screen!) And Rusty just got back from Indiecade in Los Angeles. Phew!
So we’re going to tack on an extra week to wrap up the complete version of Brains & Hearts. Until then—BELATED GIF BOMB!
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Check out the list of frequently asked questions below!
We have compiled a list of the most popular questions on the topic LS Intranet Software. Check out the list of frequently asked questions!
An intranet is a private network created for only one organization. It doesn’t matter at which types or sized (for small 20 mates or 500-2000 thousands staff of employees) of companies it’s integrated into. Is connections only through the Internet. Intranet has numerous goals but the main are data storage and sharing info among team members.
What is the purpose of intranet?
The major purpose is to deliver corporate data for employees, streamline communication and improve work efficiency with an additional set of tools. This toolset greatly varies and depends on the company’s type and size, its business objectives, established communications, required social options etc. For example, nonprofit or charity organizations require extremely collaborative, informational and supportive intranet provider. While banks mostly need to ensure data security and permission levels .
What is the difference between intranet, extranet, and internet?
The Internet is a public place, where everyone can publish, comment or simply read data freely posted on any of the sites.
An Intranet is a private network accessible only for the users with installed intranet solution and internet connection.
An extranet is in fact intranet, but it can be accessed by authorized users such as partners, customers, suppliers, vendors, and others to get specific data.
Social intranet is in some way a concept of social networking, which helps employees build relationships in the digital space.
Communication – everyone can like, comment and discuss all updates inside the portal.
What are the basic features of an intranet (and small teams in the whole)?
Intranet software includes a great number of possible options, features and additions.
Calendar – helps schedule working hours and sync with company events/meeting.
Employee’s Directory – to find colleagues’ contacts and other data easily and quickly.
File Share – allows safe documents storing in the cloud that can be shared and edited online.
Slider – visualize important company data: events/meetings/aims and objectives.
Newsfeed – to share corporate news and their discussion.
At first sight, they all seem too simple. However, their power is in this simplicity. Be it small, middle or big, any company will surely needs these options.
What is your primary goal of corporate intranet?
All the company opportunities can be greatly enlarged with any of intranet additions thus improving the work environment and team building.
How to define your intranet objectives & requirements?
Who is the end user of the intranet?
What do they need and how they usually cooperate at work?
Why will employees use intranet?
To answer all these questions you should conduct interviews/surveys to get staff’s feedback. The more open and sincere results will be, the more chances you can create a popular portal.
Should small companies have an intranet?
Despite the size of the company, a number of employees, the intranet can be useful for both small companies and big ones. For example, some employees of one organization work in the office while others are remote, and even are freelancers from different countries.
Work on mutual projects can be streamlined by one portal that allows free communication, where everyone can chat, share news, comment them and discuss with the whole team.
Get all common work programs in one place such as calendar, task management, newsfeed, surveys, photo gallery, file share and a lot of others in one digital place.
Should intranet have a name or identity?
No, it shouldn’t be named.
There’s no strict requirement or necessity to name intranet. But to build more personal intranet and strengthen corporate culture its better to denominate your corporate portal. If you haven’t branded your intranet yet, a good way to engage your workers is to create a poll and let the community to make their suggestions and vote on a company name.
Does a non-profit need an Intranet software?
Yes, non-profit organizations need intranet software as well.
Just like the organizations from other industries, nonprofits including NGOs and philanthropic organizations have the same needs – keeping data in one protected place, communicating and collaborating between in-house and remote teams. Charity organizations have most of their teams dispersed across different geographical jurisdictions.
For that matter, to streamline workflows and augment teamwork contribution into their daily operations, such orgs require advanced instruments to connect employees, share information and strengthen staff engagement. Intranet can certainly assist nonprofit companies in all of the above exigencies because it is exclusive business software that supports the required functionality, flexibility and effecient cost.
What is the average percentage of concurrent users that the corporate intranet software can support in one instance?
What is the capacity of your team? Was your intranet deployed to support such a number?
Do your employees have a smartphone app? Mind that intranet native mobile app fosters staff utilization of the intranet.
An obvious fact is the more users who integrate the intranet in their devices, the higher the number of concurrent users.
Our customers’ stats show that only 60% of employees use the intranet. Depending on the users’ time zones, their usual time of visiting the site may vary depending on their work schedules, tasks and the need to check emails, follow newsfeed, and chat with colleagues.
So on average, only 20-38% of users can utilize the intranet concurrently. Yet the purpose of the intranet is to share ideas and enable real-time communication between teams. Organizing the intranet can help boost user usage percentage.
What is the best way to organize the content on your intranet?
Decide the kind of information that is useful and important for your employees. It’s crucial to understand the type of information workers would like to have. If you have no ideas, gather this data through public researches or own surveys (maybe internal polls, etc.).
Delegate responsibilities to your subordinates. Determine the persons who will prepare and publish content, manage its frequency, and select target auditoria for each direction/sphere of interests.
Upon launching the process of content management, monitor the analytics closely and take note of traffic: peak and fall times, the level of employees’ engagement, most used devices, and common subjects of discussions.
What are the best project management systems integrated into an intranet software?
Helps automate staff schedules – quickly assign tasks, see responsive persons and check deadlines.
This instrument lets you create different E-Forms for various tasks such as booking business trips, preparing payrolls and so on. Available templates enable you to manage workflows on the go.
What is the best way to publish news on the SharePoint intranet?
2) Identify audiences and create targeting groups for each of them.
3) Classify all news types. Add them to the content store and tag each one of them for efficient document versioning.
4) Choose portal architecture best suitable for publishing updates. Assign authors with the permissions. Also, provide appropriate language translation for the site.
5) Create widget to place the news posts. Common practice involves showing the image, headline, subheading, and date of publication but you can provide any other information apt for your target group.
6) Check if the criteria/method used to target the audience is appropriate.
What is the best Intranet platform?
There are a galore of technologies that allow you to build an intranet – Microsoft SharePoint/Office 365, WordPress, IBM Websphere Portal, Liferay, SAP Netweaver and a lot more. There is no single answer or a one-fits-all solution for all the organizations. The very answer depends on the type of a company, intranet team skills and what you value.
Also, you can rely on Nielsen Norman Group, which is a consulting firm that analyses user experience. One of their projects is researching on the best intranet solutions. Annually they learn about the most popular and valuable intranets. According to their latest report (2016), the top 9 technology platforms use SharePoint.
Each customer has his/her own needs. That’s why customization is so important. With SharePoint intranet, you can customize everything you see on a screen, and you don’t require technical skills to customize content on SharePoint.
Most organizations use Active Directory (e.g., 95% of Fortune 1,000 companies) for user management and Microsoft Exchange for mailing. When you launch your intranet, one of the first steps is to create or sync user profiles and manage them. SharePoint intranet and Office 365 have native support for Active Directory, and that’s why you will have no problem importing user profiles when deploying SharePoint.
When you launch your intranet software, you will have to develop and support it. You need to train or hire technical staff to make it possible or contract a third-party supplier. The bigger the number of technical specialists and suppliers, the better the quality of the services provided. And of course, a large community means finding answers has been made easier.
A big vendor makes a sizable budgetary allocation for R&D and building a support team. Microsoft is one of the Top 3 publicly traded companies around the world with a market capitalization of more than $500 billion.
What are some free or low-cost intranet solutions?
There are no absolutely free intranet solutions.
Probably only some separate components or additions. But then you can hire an intranet specialist/developer to build a platform for your company from scratch, which isn’t cheaper than SaaS solutions.
Considering low-cost intranet solutions, we advise you to take a look on the available ready-to-use packages. Our experience has proven that about 80% of our business clients have a similar set of assignments. The remaining 20% require particular specifics that are apt for their unique line of business. SaaS providers can easily redevelop solutions in case if there’s a need.
LS Intranet has about 50 tools and features tailored to meet the needs of most organizations. Also, it is one of the low-costed intranet solutions you can find around. The standard package involves all that common company demands: my space, support, updates, workflow management, task notifications, blog, news feed, calendar, and even more at only $699 per month for 499 users.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using an Intranet for internal communications?
Intranet has not only benefits but disadvantages as well.
Learn key intranet drawbacks in our blog article.
How can intranet help eliminate email system?
To get more detailed info download our free whitepaper.
How much control will you have over your intranet?
The intranet enables you to be in driver’s seat giving you complete control over all processes taking place. You can set permissions for users, which will regulate all the accesses, documents to be shared, permitted actions, and the level of the influence they have on the intranet as a whole.
Administers – responsible persons who can assign the user with permissions, moderate News Feed, Blog and other widgets, tune the portal’s appearance and track all users’ analytics.
Publishers – can create content, post it on the intranet portal.
Participators – can use the tools at their disposition, read the content (like or comment on it) and participate in discussions.
Also, there can be other roles, and rights required for some specific instruments on the intranet.
What are the best company intranet software options and practices to streamline internal communication in an organization?
1) News Feed – facilitates the broadcasting of corporate news by departments, groups of interests, etc.
2) Blog Tool – lets managers share their knowledge, experience, and updates with colleagues.
3) Private Chatroom – provides every user with an opportunity to ignite a conversation with anyone from their team or the whole group of people.
All these tools are quite intuitive for users. Comments, likes, @mentions, private invitations, email notifications are also available. It’s more like the conventional social media platforms.


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Last week I had the opportunity to sit down with Dan Taylor who is the Vice President of State Programs for the National Audubon Society. Audubon’s mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity (www.audubon.org). Dan mentors, coaches, and supervises nine state directors and program directors in the Northwest, Rocky Mountains, Intermountain West, and Alaska. He spends about 50% of his time coaching the Audubon staff how to work with volunteers.
I found Dan to be very optimistic and was very excited and energized about the work that volunteers are doing. I want to share some of that interview with you. I left inspired. I trust you will also.
Dan was optimistic because he saw the power of volunteers in helping him accomplish his passion. In summary, Dan is optimistic because . . .
Volunteerism is on the rise.
The 21st century volunteers are very professional and bring a wealth of talent to the organization.
People want to get involved in changing the world—to tackle social issues.
People beyond the walls of Audubon are willing to join hands with them to work on projects that have a mutual concern.
There is a shift from the individualism of 2000 (Putnam, Bowling Alone) to joining communities that want to make a difference.
There is a shift from training volunteers to training the organization how to work with volunteers—and he loves that part of the job.
The internet is causing the 21st century organization to be transparent—and that is good.
Tom: How long have you been working for the Audubon Society?
Dan: I started with Audubon when I was 27, and I am now 55—so I’ve been with Audubon for 28 years.
Tom: How long have you been in your present position, vice president of State Programs?
Dan: Since 2002. Before that I was state director in California for six years.
I went from the position of being a player to the specific role of being a coach.
Tom: Audubon has been working with volunteers for over 100 years. How has Audubon changed in how you work with volunteers?
Has Audubon changed in how you work with volunteers?
Dan: We have gone through an evolution in Audubon. My own sense is that we went through a period about nine years ago when the volunteer aspect of Audubon was not as valued as it was before that and as much as it is now. I think it was a reaction to the fact that when you pitch your tent on volunteers it requires you to be a patient organization, and you have to be a transparent organization. At that point we were not a very patient organization—we wanted to go and we wanted to go quickly. And the volunteer aspect--while it provided talent--also required much more in the way of being patient before moving forward. There was some anxiety around that issue. I think that Audubon resolved it by first of all realizing patience is a good thing to have—this is a long term way to work your way up. Volunteerism is part of our organizational DNA. If you ignore it, you do so at the expense of great talent and leadership. I’m delighted to embrace it.
Tom: You spend most of your time on the road in nine states training your state directors. What percentage of your time in coaching the staff is spent on training how to work with volunteers?
Dan: Broadly I would say that about 50% of my time is spent helping the staff deal with this universe of people who will help make us successful. What we are learning when it comes to volunteers is that the need is not to train volunteers, but the need is to train organizations how to use volunteers. Volunteers come today with talents that we could not even hope to purchase if we could. Our job is to train our staff how to maximize that talent—how to affirm that, how to respect it and how to develop it.
Tom: That is good. I want to repeat it. What you have learned is that the role of Audubon staff is not to train volunteers, but to train the organization how to use the volunteers because today the volunteers you get are very professional and have so much to offer.
Tom: I want to remember that. Talk to me about how you train your staff to work with volunteers. When you train your staff, say in Alaska, do you run a workshop, meet face to face, use digital training systems?
Dan: I do my best work face to face. I have to be there. I have to walk the ground and talk to the people and have that interaction. I probably do 25 to 30 itineraries a year—more travel than I would like to do. I stop short of having anything looking like a curriculum on the subject. What I usually say face to face is that since we can’t afford to hire everyone, how do we attract and manage this resource so we can grow in our capacity to build our program?
In addition we are moving into an internet training tool. We use WebEx to train people. We can bring 20 people together from all over the country for a three-hour session on leadership training. Using a web-based connection and WebEx. I haven’t been that involved, but what I am hearing is that it is pretty good and it is more efficient, time wise.
I still like the one on one. I remember some time ago the commercial—I think it was American Air Lines-- with the business manager who handed the air line tickets to everyone in the room and said to reconnect with the customers. I like that and believe in it.
I say this to the directors of Audubon—I don’t care if they are the director of Wyoming, Alaska or Colorado—they need to have strong, durable, deep relationships with twelve people. If they have strong relationships with twelve people who are their disciples, they will either succeed or fail. They don’t need to have relationships with a hundred people. Twelve people will either make or break the success of the program. And most of us can manage relationships with twelve people.
Tom: Interesting. It sounds Biblical. You are so optimistic and it is contagious. With so much negativity in the news and in society, why are you optimistic?
Why are you so optimistic?
Dan: There is a lot of negativity in the world. I was in Alaska and there are gangs in Alaska. I thought it was too cold to have gangs in Alaska. But no, there are drugs and gangs in Alaska just like everywhere else, and we could get discouraged about all of that.
But I am optimistic--optimistic about the world because I think there is a desire to address social problems today and I am encouraged. You can’t run away from them, and I feel that people are more open today than in the past.
Something interesting is happening out there. It is only anecdotal, but it is pretty widely believed from 2000 on that we were seeing a dearth of volunteerism. I’m sure you have read Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone and how the post war generation seemed to not join lodges and civic organizations. We experienced that. Our chapters were having a hard time recruiting leadership. But at the same time we saw that we were able to get volunteers for special projects. We could get volunteers to plant trees or the pick up trash or lead a bird watch. We couldn’t get people to run an organization. Nobody wanted to be treasurer, but they would go out and plant trees. And what we learned is that the more specific time limit that it was, the more successful we were in getting people to go along and join us. Someone was more willing to give three hours on a Saturday to go plant trees. That was the end of their commitment. They don’t have to go to a meeting the fourth Thursday of the month to sit there for three hours and listen to things that may not be interesting to them.
But the interesting thing is that we are seeing an uptick, even in the organizational response to volunteering. I haven’t figured out what is going on—why that is, but I am seeing that more people are willing to step forward and become community leaders through our own organization. We have really haven’t been able to measure it, but I am fascinated by what I am seeing out there.
Tom: So you think that in the seven short years since Putnam’s Bowling Alone, we are already seeing the pendulum shift from individual volunteering (like planting trees) back to organizational volunteering and communities are back in vogue.
Dan: I think the key word is “community.” I am seeing a small shift from individualism to community. I love Seattle. Last time I was there I went into a coffee shop—an independent one—not a Starbucks. It was a Saturday afternoon at 2:30 and there must have been about 150 people there. I would say that about half of them were looking at a computer. And I thought, “how odd.” They had chosen to be in a room of people, but at the same time they had also chosen to be looking at a very narrow, small screen. There wasn’t a lot of conversation going on, but they had chosen to be in a community or sorts. Rather than stay home and work on their computer, they were in a community of other people just like them focused on a tiny little screen.
Tom: Are you seeing people more willing to join Audubon, organizationally, to accomplish your mission?
Dan: Again Tom, I can’t back this up with facts, it is only anecdotal. But yes. For example, I just got back from Seattle where we are opening an Audubon center in Seward Park. Seward Park is 300 acres of forest land within the Seattle city limits. It is home to eagles' nests, old growth forest, a 2.4 mile bike and walking path, an amphitheater, a native plant garden, an art studio, miles of hiking trails and more. But the community around Seward Park is a very diverse community—70 languages (Latino, Asian, African) all living together. We have raised $3 million to restore a nature center. A large part of the success is the community buy in. We are getting people to volunteer—young professionals who are choosing to live in these communities. They haven’t run off into the suburbs. They are living in these communities because they want the urban life style, and they want their children to have these experiences living in this community. They are stepping up, chairing committees and accepting the task to raise the money to build this community. It is wonderful. The reason that we have been successful is because we are offering volunteers opportunities that mean something to them. We are not saying, “Join with us so that we can save Africa.” We are saying, “Join with us so that we can save Seattle.” The Africa cause is great too. That is a different argument. But we are finding people who want to change their community. Again it gets back to this whole community aspect. What is going to make Seattle work? Strong communities. We can counteract the unhealthy aspects of communities like gangs, drugs, and those sorts of things.
There is an interesting book by Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.
Tom: Wait a minute—Nature-Deficit Disorder? You mean like Attention-Deficit Disorder?
Dan: Yes—he coined that phase for his thesis that children don’t go outside anymore. It’s risky. Parents are afraid that they will fall, they will get bitten by a snake, they’ll break a leg or they’ll be abused. Their life is regimented: music lessons, soccer, swimming, homework and bed. They don’t have a field that they play at that is safe. We at Audubon are responding to that and trying to get communities to fill this need.
Tom: Are the volunteers that are responding to this need beyond the walls of Audubon?
Dan: Absolutely. They are different people. This is a challenge for us. When they respond to the community need, they don’t know us. They don’t even know who we are. Then when they get to know us, and they like us. But at first they are not buying into Audubon. They are buying into their community. Then that allows us to let them know who we are and what we are doing. They are responding to that.
Tom: Sounds like relational marketing. First, they join a project that answers a need in their lives, and then they find out about you, like you and then join.
Tom: Do you have a virtual volunteer program?
Dan: I think we probably are not the best organization that is using the digital world. I think the better ones are the younger ones that were created with that in mind. It is not our core business model, but we are adapting to it. Our business model is that we are living, breathing human beings who affiliate for a common mission. And I live with that. We are using the digital tool with living, breathing people who have physically made themselves available to help us do what we do. I’ll accept that. But the groups who have made it a core part of their strategy are probably doing it a lot better than we are. They have probably much more robust, muscular ways to use the technology.
Tom: In what ways has the digital world affected Audubon?
Dan: The digital world is forcing us to be more transparent. I think that the web and the digital universe has democratized our society even far more than perhaps anyone initially expected. You can learn almost anything you want. You can learn how much the president-elect makes. For volunteers that actually puts far more information out than they have ever had before. It requires the entire organization to be far more prudent as they make decisions. In this flattening and democratization of the organization, I believe that my job is to make the organization transparent to the staff, and their job is to make the organization transparent to their volunteer core—to let people know what is going on--to shine the light on and let the people know. Because you can’t keep anything secret anymore. In this digital world there are no secrets. Get over it. You don’t have to be a hacker to learn what goes on today—to learn how much you paid for your house. Thirty years ago things that would have seemed unavailable—now it’s all out there.
Tom: In your nine states, how many members do you have?
Dan: Oh, not many because most of the states are rural areas. I would say we have about 50,000.
Tom: And what percentage of those are active volunteers?
Dan: The rule of thumb, those who are active volunteers—going to meetings, leading a group, doing something that actually involves their physical presence, I would say no more than 5%.
Tom: And that is your rule of thumb. When you are able to get 5% of your membership to volunteer, then you can make things happen. You can accomplish your mission.
Dan: Yes. For example, In California—California is not one of my states--we have 45,000 members, and we have 2500 active volunteers max. That number would capture all of our chapter leaders, all of our group leaders and all of those who are giving us $500 and more a year.
Tom: In your contact with other organizations, is 5% a general rule of thumb?
Dan: I would say for a national organization, yes. But in a local organization you need a lot more than 5%. If you had a church of 200, you certainly need more than 10 volunteers. And we have found that the more local our organization is—the local chapters—the more that percentage grows. And we work hard to make that happen.
Tom: Thank you, Dan, for your time. Many people will benefit from your expertise and experience.
Note: To see the many programs that Audubon has, visit their website.

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Heads up, stationery addicts! Here's where to get your fix.
(SPOT.ph) Slightly obsessed with stationery? We feel you. It could be nostalgia or a throwback to the years when you used to collect and swap stationery with your classmates. Or maybe you just can’t resist pretty things. (We don’t blame you. We can’t either.) Or maybe you just have a serious stationery obsession. Whatever the case, we don’t judge. So here are a few stores to check out if you need to buy more notebooks. Because sometimes, you just can’t have enough notebooks. We speak from experience.
If you’re looking for stationery and school and office supplies that are trendy and cool, this store is your best bet. Unicorns, cats, pineapples, succulents—this place is a hipster’s dream come true! BRB, buying a cute cat notebook.
Typo has branches at B6 Bonifacio High Street, 11th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City; and G/F TriNoma, Quezon City.
Everything is so kawaii! Which is not surprising given that Artbox is Korea’s leading stationery gift shop. You’ll find cute illustrations of teddy bears, penguins, and pandas—lots and lots of pandas—on everything from pens and notebooks to socks and umbrellas. P.S. We especially love their drawing pads. They do the job and they’re cute to boot!
Artbox is at G/F Glorietta 4, Ayala Center, Makati City.
Buy local and support homegrown crafters and artists. Head over to Common Room, which houses a carefully curated collection of merch from local makers. The postcard shelf—with everything from dreamy to cute to cool—is guaranteed to make you want to take up the lost art of letter writing.
Common Room is at F.B Dela Rosa Street, Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City.
Your favorite crafts supply store recently just moved from Esteban Abada to UP Town Center. It’s still the charming little store you’ve come to know and love, except now it has lots of space to hold more crafting supplies, washi tapes, as well as stationery and gift items from local artists and crafters.
Hey Kessy is at Urban Turf, 2/F UP Town Center, Quezon City.
So much color! It’s like a unicorn threw up rainbows. And yes, we mean that in the best way possible. We’re huge fans of cheerful and colorful stationery that are bursting with good vibes and positive energy. Their notebooks are perfect for your young nieces and nephews, and the journals and scrapbooks would make great gifts for your besties.
The Paper Stone has branches at G/F Gateway Mall Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City; 5/F Mega Fashion Hall, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City; UG/F The Annex, SM North EDSA, Quezon City; and G/F UP Town Center, Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City.
Your source of cute pens, pencils, erasers, and other school and office supplies, Scribe is also the place to go to for your calligraphy needs. They sell inks, nib holders, and brush pens. They also stock chic travel notebooks and stickers that you can use on your next trip!
This furniture and lifestyle store is all about design made happy, and their paper goods will certainly make you happy. Check out the art prints by artists Raine Sarmiento and Jamie Catt, note cards from Rifle Paper Co., Fiona Cartolina, and Sycamore Street Press, notebooks from Two Thirty Sixty, and weekly planner pads from The Lunch Break Project. Pretty stationery equals happiness! Makes sense.
Heima has branches at 103 Three Brixton Building, Brixton Street, Barangay Kapitolyo, Pasig City; and 229 LRI Design Plaza, 120 N. Garcia Street (Reposo), Bel-Air II, Makati City.
You’ll absolutely love their pretty, locally designed notecards, notebooks, and weekly planner pads. They also sell cute pencil wrap cases, lovely magnet boards that you’ll be more than happy to hang up on your wall, and the sweetest looking clipboards you’ll ever see in your life. Fab Manila has everything you need to prettify your desk!
Fab Manila has branches at 2/F Archaeology Wing, Power Plant Mall, Makati City; and UG/F New Wing, Alabang Town Center, Muntinlupa City.
If you’re a child of the ’90s, you’re probably familiar with this rustic gift shop. Chances are you wrote your friends’ retreat letters on Papemelroti stationery back in the day. Step into the store and it feels familiar and new at the same time. We’re really loving the huge selection of notebooks, photo deco posters, the gigantic cat face postcards, and the Philippine Flavours postcards—a cooler alternative to the ’80s-style, local scenery postcards that we’ve been stuck with forever.
Naturally, NBS a.k.a. the pambansang bookstore is going to make it on this list. They carry chic paper goods and small gift items from Kate Spade, Bando, and Jonathan Adler. They also have Moleskine notebooks and planners (we love the Snoopy, Star Wars, and The Little Prince series.) and Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks and planners in all the colors of the rainbow! The pretty On the Go and Street Journal notebooks are also a fave. They’re tiny enough to fit in your jeans pocket!


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Details regarding each concert are listed below. For more information, please call 509-777-3280.
Tues., March 24, 7 p.m. - Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Vancouver, B.C.
1440 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
*Denotes special guest choir(s) that will open the Whitworth Choir program and join the Whitworth Choir to sing a mass choir selection later in the program.
The Whitworth Choir is regarded as one of the premier university choirs in the Pacific Northwest and continues to build upon an 80-year heritage of fine choral singing. The choir pursues an active schedule that includes the popular Christmas Festival Concerts in Spokane and the Seattle area, regular tours, performances of major works with orchestra, and recording projects.
Joan Lack, music tour coordinator, Whitworth University, (509) 777-3280 or jlack@whitworth.edu.


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Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave didn’t get a chance to attend Franz Jackson’s 95th birthday bash in November of 2007.
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Why are Chinese buyers snapping up so much Australian property?
Chinese investment in Australian property is on the rise. But why? And is that even legal? Crikey intern Sunny Liu reports.
The Reserve Bank has joined the chorus of criticism of negative gearing, in defiance of the government's enthusiasm for it, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.
China may have hit peak steel early. And other business tidbits of the day.
It's time the government fixed Australia's broken investment system that tends to more often favour the big end of town.
Our tax system and culture have deliberately conspired to drive up housing prices, with no thought to the consequences, writes businessman and Private Media director John Addis.
‘My dad’s the Prime Minister’: did Frances Abbott get off too lightly?
Prime ministerial daughter Frances Abbott has had a spot of bother with her landlord but ultimately got her bond back. Tenancy worker Dean Campbell wonders whether the rest of us would have been so lucky.
Negative gearing is costing the government billions but is doing absolutely nothing to boost supply. Let's get rid of it, writes economist and MacroBusiness commentator Leith van Onselen.
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text: 2030Watch monitors the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Germany. The SDGs were set by the United Nations in September 2015 and will be implemented by 2030. All members of the United Nations have committed to realizing these 17 goals and 169 targets. The goals include the eradication of poverty and inequality between and within countries as well as action against climate change. 2030Watch primarily uses data from the OECD, the World Bank and other international organizations. The project will also propose indicators for goals which are hard to operationalize, such as fair trade relations. The launch of the 2030 Watch website is planned for the end of October 2015. The project budget for 2015 is 55.620 Euro. 73% of the budget is funded by the German ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. The other funders are Welthungerhilfe (9%), Brot für die Welt/EED (9%) and Terre des Hommes (7%). The remaining funds are private donations (below 1%).


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Safety is an idea. It can mean a department and a budget line to a CEO, an audit responsibility for a middle manager and a lingering back injury or requirement to wear protective gear to a line worker. Since communication is the art of expressing an idea, it is little wonder that savvy safety professionals such as Gary Olmstead of General Mills call it "the most important aspect of any program." Without effective communication, says Olmstead, companies will not be able to get employees at all levels to buy into the program. If employees lack that personal interest in safety and do not value it, it has little chance to be successful.
Consultant Robert Pater stresses that safety is about "creating change in people." Communication is the vehicle used to change their knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and values so that they will act in a safe manner.
"It is the carrier wave for any change," said Pater, the managing director of Strategic Safety Associates, Portland. "You can purchase the best PPE around and if people don't know it is available or don't know how to use it, you have just wasted a lot of money and time."
Safety managers frequently spend much of their time communicating to line employees through training and other contacts, working to change their behavior on an individual basis. While that has value, Pater notes, they typically spend too little time working with supervisors, mid-level managers and senior managers.
In particular, says Pater, senior management offers time-pressed safety officials the most bang for their buck because they wield the most influence in their organizations.
At General Mills, for example, Olmstead, the director of safety and environmental management, meets three times a year with the safety and environmental executive council, which includes the heads of each of the company's seven business units. These meeting offer an opportunity to review safety programs and metrics, and get their input on what action may be needed for improvement. Moreover, because these managers are together, they compare how their operations are doing, an incentive for underperformers to improve.
Olmstead also tries to attend all plant manager meetings and, where possible, be on the program. In addition, someone from his department visits virtually every facility annually. This frequent contact helps plant officials understand the program and their role in it, but also develops the trust and understanding necessary for ongoing support of the safety program.
In addressing different audiences within the organization, said Robert Emery, executive director, Environmental Health & Safety for the University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, it is important to match the message with the recipients and make sure that it is crafted in a way that it will interest them. As an example, he said if you monitor for noise and find that levels require implementation of a hearing conservation program, the message to upper management should note that there is a regulatory concern, it may be impacting quality and employees' ability to do a job safely, and here are the program's initial and ongoing costs.
Line workers, said Emery, will have a much more personal interest in the program. "They want to know Do they hurt when I jam them in my ear? Can I get extra ones to put in my pocket and take home for hunting season? Are they available in neon colors?" he said. "We have to understand what they resonate to and sell to that point."
Safety managers have an unprecedented array of communication tools at their disposal, from personal contacts to group meeting and training to various printed and electronic media. "Strong safety programs use broad-based, multiple contacts of communication, all of which are well done," said Pater.
He cautioned that each type of communication has advantages and disadvantages. For example, one-on-one contacts are very personal so you can find out the person's concerns and what they think could be done better, but they are time intensive. Written communications such as newsletters or e-mails reach many people and are time-efficient, but offer little feedback.
Emery recommended that safety managers communicate succinctly. Charts and graphs offer a good way to communicate information quickly. For example, a summary chart can quickly show when fire drills are scheduled and when, to date, they have taken place.
While communication should be concise, it should also offer a way for people who desire it to get additional information. Emery uses this method in an e-mail system he has set up to explain when false alarms go off in the university. The e-mail provides a short message about where and when the alarm went off, but then offers a link to additional information on the emergency plan.
While a fair amount of safety training is required because of government regulations, no regulation requires that the training be boring or repetitious.
"We are in the business of edutainment," says Emery with a chuckle. "There are requirements for training, but we have an obligation to make it entertaining. If we can't be lively and jazz the thing up a little bit, people are going to dread it."
Emery said too many presentations involve a speaker who is not animated, and slides that are dull or so busy the main point is lost. "We have to be enthusiastic advocates for safety. Training is where you make or break it," he said. "If the people leave the room feeling as if they are cared for, they'll respond and 90 percent of your headaches are taken care of."
Pater said it is a mistake to believe that simply presenting information will cause the desired effect. "If information caused change, hardly anyone would smoke, everyone would be in good shape and people would eat well," he pointed out. Instead, said Pater, it is important to realize that people are emotional beings and that it is critical to sell them on programs and desired behavior, not simply inform them. Pater urged safety managers to spend more time on how they package information.
Communication, said Pater, falls into two categories projective (outward) and receptive (inward). While safety professionals need to impart information to people in their organizations, asking questions and listening attentively is equally important. Many safety professionals are trained in projective communications. They see their role as leaders who impart their expert knowledge to others. Yet, said Pater, a small issue that is not addressed because employees or managers don't share it can cripple a safety effort.
Having a safety suggestion box or open door policy is not enough, Pater warned. Safety managers need to actively solicit information, and do it in a way that puts people at ease. For example, said Pater, if an employee is not wearing PPE, you can ask, "Why don't you wear it?" but you can also say: "We're seeing people not using PPE. Why do you think people around you don't do it?"
At the University of Texas, Emery added to the end of observation checklists the question: Do you have any safety and health concerns? Some 83 percent of the people asked said they did. Many of the concerns involved issues not on the checklists, such as water quality in drinking fountains or safety in parking lots. "By asking, it engaged them in the process and let them know we were concerned about them," said Emery. "Then we followed up on anything they came up with."
Employees quickly realize when safety communications are not sincere or done only to satisfy regulatory requirements. With such "stamp ticket" communication, says Pater, employees receive the message that the company does not believe safety is important or does not know what it is doing.
Olmstead said safety communication must occur regularly and, most importantly, in a meaningful way. Employees need to understand why they should care and be responsible. "We are working against the attitude that exists in our culture that it is always someone else's responsibility," said Olmstead. "What we are doing is protecting you so you can go home to your family. Isn't that something you are interested in?"


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Unless you have suffered back problems prior to being pregnant, or during previous pregnancies, it is uncommon to have any in the early stages. In the mid to later stages, women develop an increase in their lumbar curvature as their centre of gravity changes with their increasing bump. The other curves of the back and neck also increase due to compensation, and this puts more pressure on some of the joints of the spine causing discomfort, and for some women pain.
A hormone called relaxin is released during pregnancy which softens the muscles, ligaments and tendons in order to prepare for birth. As pregnancy progresses into the final stages the increasing size of your bump combined with looser ligaments make it easy to overstretch, or to find that lifting something is more of a problem than normal.
Some chiropractors undertake postgraduate studies to obtain the necessary specialist training to enable them to work with women who are pregnant, and there are many adaptations that can be made to our treatment methods, and benches, to ensure the comfort of our pregnant patients.
Evidence suggests it is very beneficial to both mother and baby if the pelvis and lower back functions biomechanically at its best during pregnancy, and especially during the birth. The three joints of the pelvis need to work and expand equally during pregnancy and birth to reduce the risk of overstretching, which can lead to postnatal pain in that joint. There are also some research articles that suggest chiropractic can reduce labour times, and the need for pain relief, due to decreased pressure on the back.
Talk to your healthcare professional to discuss stretches and exercises that are suitable for you.
The fitter you are, and the more muscle tone you have before pregnancy, the more likely you are to be able to cope with the body’s postural changes.
When sleeping on your side putting a pillow between your legs/knees, or supporting your bump can help with lower back or pelvic pain.
Core exercises are very useful and you can talk to a chiropractor, GP, midwife or other healthcare professional for advice on this. During pregnancy specialist yoga classes, taken from 12 weeks onwards, can be very beneficial. Swimming and aqua natal classes are also of benefit, as being in the water takes the pressure off strained joints whilst providing good exercise and relaxation.
Avoid high heels and wear comfortable, supportive shoes. If you have children already, it can be difficult as they will need lifting and carrying.
Always lift with your spine straight and bend knees to avoid leaning, stretching or bending.
Do not sit for prolonged periods, take regular breaks and, when sitting, let the seat take your weight and, if possible, keep as much of your body in contact with the chair so that your whole body is supported. Knees should be lower than your hips.
Try to keep stretching leg muscles to make sure unnecessary extra pressure is not put on the knees.
Elevate legs whenever possible to offset any weight pressure and reduce any swelling - ankle circles will also help.
Get measured for bras regularly throughout your pregnancy. This will help make sure you are wearing the right size and, therefore, getting the maximum support possible.
Do neck and shoulder stretches regularly to relieve tension in the muscles.
Even now I still have patients coming to me who have been told it is normal to experience these types of problems and that they will go away after the baby is born but as you can see that is not always the case.
In a perfect world, it is ideal if you can be fit with good muscle tone before pregnancy without any back problems, but we are not always in that perfect world! However, It is never too late to start. Core exercises are very useful and you can talk to a chiropractor, GP, midwife or other healthcare professional for advice on this. During pregnancy specialist yoga classes, taken from 12 weeks onwards, can be very beneficial.
Long term use of these types of supports is not recommended, as one of the ways they work is to reduce the work the muscles have to do so weakening them and in the long run this can lessen the body's ability to support itself and recover.
For further advice on the type of support that's best for you and when to use it talk to your chiropractor, midwife, or physiotherapist.
Manual therapists can help patients with back and PPGP by mobilising and loosening tight ligaments and muscles, allowing stiff joints to move more freely thereby reducing pain. Each person's case is a little bit different, so treatment varies depending on what the patient needs, and more importantly, what is comfortable for them!
Keep your knees together when getting in and out of the car, turning in bed, or getting out of the bath. If you are lying down, pulling your knees up as far as you can stops your pelvis from moving and makes it easier to part your legs. If you are sitting, try arching your back and sticking your chest out before parting or moving your legs.
When sitting your hips should be above your knees. Birthing/exercise balls can help to reduce the pressure on the pelvis when sitting, but ensure it is high enough.
If you are comfortable enough to do so, you can get down on your hands and knees to take the weight of your baby off your pelvis and back. Hold in a stable position for 10-15 seconds then slowly walk your hands towards your knees to help you upright. Do not do this if you find it painful getting in and out of this position as you risk making the problem worse.