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The Essence of Coffee
Immerse yourself in THE coffee education experience of the year!
Monday, 11/12 and Tuesday 11/13 at CTW.
Space is limited – learn more and register today!
NAMA Foundation Coffee Crawl
Join the NAMA Foundation at its inaugural Coffee Crawl to experience the finest flavors of New Orleans before immersing yourself in Day 1 of CTW.
This one-of-a-kind, guided tour through the famous New Orleans French Quarter will take you to four notable establishments – including the world-famous Café du Monde.
Space is limited – learn more and register today!
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Forbes
Can you have high standards and push for results while building a fun and engaged work culture? Many leaders think you get born to a camp and stick with it, but is that true?
Imagine how productive and loyal a workforce would prove if leadership could do both. As it turns out, they can.
A 2017 analysis of 360-degree data gathered from over 60,000 leaders found that 13 percent ranked highest in both skills and made the 91st percentile. So, it’s possible to do both and do them well.
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Little Debbie® Vending has introduced a new Double Decker Fudge Round to the vending trade. This fresh, delicious 3.9 oz. cookie is made with fudge creme sandwiched between three soft, fudge cookies, and topped with a wavy fudge stripe. Programs are available.
Order Samples! Questions? Email us:
foodservice@mckee.com or call us: 1-800-251-6346 x 24656
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Business.com
Videos are the most engaging form of content on the web, and they’re not just for big companies anymore. Convey your small business’s message through video and your audience will be sure to hit the "play" button.
Let’s face it: attention spans are short these days. People are bombarded with content every second of every day and don’t have the time or patience to read a long article. Add to that the difficulty text posts have standing out in a crowded feed of funny and interesting videos — it can be hard to connect with people.
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American Express OPEN Forum
It's the stuff of fantasy for many entrepreneurs: A pool of interested customers and not a competitor in sight. In most cases, it's never gonna happen. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, competition in business can actually be beneficial. And let's face it: Since the competition isn't going away, we might as well make the best of it!
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Harvard Business Review
Since at least the time of Frederick Taylor, the father of “scientific management,” control has been central to corporate organization: Control of costs, of prices, of investment and — not least — of people.
Control, even a perception of it, can be comforting. Moreover, it feels like what a manager should be doing: Setting targets, monitoring adherence to procedures, directing, shaping the future of the business. Control feels essential — especially if you are the boss.
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Entrepreneur
In our digitally connected world, what defines or makes a company successful? The brand design agency Siegel+Gale teamed up with SAP and Shift Thinking for a joint consumer survey study whose findings indicated that successful brands that had invested in a digital transformation both both thought and did things differently.
Specifically: Legacy companies focus their marketing efforts on positioning their brands in the minds of their consumers, while digitally forward-thinking startups focus on positioning their brand in the lives of their consumers.
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For over 20 years, SMART has been a premium service management system for all types of service companies. Additionally, we have developed industry-leading components, highly specialized for Amusement, Gaming, and ATM Operators.
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PYMNTS.com
Visit one of the places where time still crawls — New Orleans, for instance, inside a dive bar where the beer and tobacco odors have more years on them than the regulars — and you might see one: a glass, metal and plastic box squatting along some wall, its coin slot and thick pull-handles ready to serve any boozer in need of quick nicotine.
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KSHB-TV
Brayisha Avery may be only nine years old, but she already has her own business brewing.
The fourth grader, who goes by Bray, really loves tea. She loves it so much she now sells it through her company Grandma’s Tea, naming it for the woman who introduced her to her favorite drink. “My grandma, she is very nice and she’s good at baking too,” she said. “We sit there, we talk, we drink it.”
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BBC News
From huts in remote villages to internet cafes in the capital city, coffee ceremonies are the center of social life and hospitality in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee.
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BeverageDaily.com
Starbucks brought its fan-favorite Pumpkin Spice Latte back to U.S. and Canada stores on August 28, its earliest release date ever. Other brands have followed suit and introduced their fall offerings early as well. But is pumpkin spice still a guaranteed winner — or could other flavors steal its fans?
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Entrepreneur
The golf course is where many people go to relax or maybe occasionally talk business, but for Dennis Riedel and Blair Swiler, it's where their business, Chef's Cut, was born and raised.
Swiler had been working as a chef, but changed jobs to caddy in Naples, Florida. He had been making jerky at home, and took it to the course. Once Riedel tasted it, he wanted to turn it into a business.
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Untapped Cities
You could get everything from make-up to cupcakes, jewelry and toiletries in the quirky vending machines that pop up around New York City, and now you can get freshly served ice cream. The “Love Machine,” a vending machine that dispenses soft-served cream in cups, is a new permanent feature inside Bar Moxy at Moxy Times Square.
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KGW-TV
Vending machines are one of several suggestions on feedback surveys the city is considering to provide for the homeless.
Spokane City Councilmember Kate Burke started a month-long project of meeting with the homeless and getting their feedback on living in the area. The surveys asked the homeless what they think would be most beneficial to them, like more beds, outdoor restrooms and shelter areas.
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Customer Think
Standing out from the competition can be challenging when the marketplace is already crowded. However, companies that demonstrate an obligation to various philanthropic causes are generally perceived as more marketable than companies whose social responsibility activities are seemingly nonexistent. Thus, the marketing of social responsibility is important for businesses that want to keep or attract consumers with mindsets toward the environment, social issues and economic growth.
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