Sentences with phrase «group efforts at»

It mobilized group efforts at self - awareness and self - understanding; it dispelled the flatness by precipitating here - and - now involvement; and it freed the leader from any pretense of always being «on top of it,» tuned in, fully aware.

Analyzing the more than 1500 fossils, representing more than 15 individuals, was a group effort at a workshop in South Africa.

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Bart Smith, cohead of the ETF Group at Susquehanna, is spearheading efforts in crypto for the firm.

Luckey had not posted on social media or made any public statements since September, when it was revealed that he had anonymously funded a group, Nimble America, aimed at supporting then - candidate Trump's election efforts.

Some of Lee's efforts to improve training and step up Google's presence at historically black colleges have resulted in programs like Africans@Google, a group for employees of African descent, and the Black Googler Network.

Examining modern campaign politics, the open - source movement and some of the few recent bright spots in the traditional music business, Benkler isolates a handful of «design levers» — «elements of successful cooperative human systems that we can employ to motivate [people]... to contribute to the collective effort rather than exclusively pursue their own interests (at the expense of those of the group).»

The efforts of Internet.org, Google's «Loon For All» and other groups can now accomplish a similar task on a global level. Internet.org may be just a lot of talk at this stage, but the promise it holds is real.

Speaking at a press event Tuesday in San Francisco, Google's (goog) head of cloud Diane Greene explained that the new hires are part of Google's effort to formalize an artificial intelligence group into its business.

At the Virgin Group, we put a lot of effort into this: one example that comes to mind is that everyone at Virgin America — the CEO, the pilots, the accountants, everyone — attends an annual training program called Refresh to celebrate their achievements, build team spirit, encourage creativity and brainstorm new ideas togetheAt the Virgin Group, we put a lot of effort into this: one example that comes to mind is that everyone at Virgin America — the CEO, the pilots, the accountants, everyone — attends an annual training program called Refresh to celebrate their achievements, build team spirit, encourage creativity and brainstorm new ideas togetheat Virgin America — the CEO, the pilots, the accountants, everyone — attends an annual training program called Refresh to celebrate their achievements, build team spirit, encourage creativity and brainstorm new ideas together.

After Trump won the presidency, Nicole Hockley, another founder of Sandy Hook Promise, said that the group would continue its efforts at the state and local level - and argued that, no matter who is in the White House, «I still don't think our country is ready yet for federal change.»

The pricing issue, which has drawn scrutiny from members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice, and Chairman Robert Coury's nearly $ 100 million pay package last year have caused a group of investors to launch an effort to vote down the company's board at its annual meeting on Thursday.

Though he chose the name Pride in part because it connotes the gay and lesbian community, Farley says, «we don't market solely to them,» and his efforts to target that community are no different from any other group marketing at Pride.

The group has had a major impact at State Street, with mentorship efforts that have reached thousands of women.

Warren Buffett donated about $ 2.2 billion of stock in his annual gift to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, betting that risk takers at the group will make breakthroughs in global health and U.S. education even as they acknowledge that some efforts will be unsuccessful.

Elsewhere, other employment advocacy groups have made efforts at unionizing drivers.

The group's vice president for international economic affairs, Linda Menghetti Dempsey, told a congressional subcommittee in April that such an effort would be «at once both a radical idea and, in our estimation, the most pragmatic and effective way forward» on trade with China.

We can applaud the courageous perseverance of Assistant Secretary Phyllis Borzi and her team at the Employee Benefits Security Administration, as well as the efforts of many professional organizations and consumer groups, for bringing the «conflict of interest rule» this far.

«In the face of this situation, our top priorities at CWB Group are to take care of employees who have friends and family displaced or affected by the fire, ensure our clients have the support they need, and to contribute to the overall relief efforts.»

This means that our outward - facing marketing and PR efforts are needed simply to reach out to and capture, at the beginning, a group of highly interested, loyal, and fanatical users.

Announced at the first meeting of a cryptocurrency exchange study group established by the FSA in early March, the data release marks the latest effort by the financial watchdog in bringing greater transparency to the industry following a recent hack of one of the domestic exchange Coincheck.

Another surprise event at this year's convention was the decision to reject the effort by some to change the auxiliary status of the Woman's Missionary Union, a missions - support group, and bring it under the direct control of the convention.

The conflict must continue until the secular and religious groups arrive at a compromise which accepts the best in both points of view, but this will require a sustained effort to liberalize the popular concept of Islam.

Despite the efforts of the Modern Church People's Union and «Sea of Faith» conferences and other theologically radical groups, many questioning followers of Jesus have drifted away from church life, or at least from participation in the church's decision - making forums, thus allowing undue influence to more traditional positions.

Teams from the London School of Economics and Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that involvement in organized religion was more effective at producing «sustained happiness» than sports, political groups, charity work or continuing educational efforts.

Similar efforts have been launched in recent months against Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes, for speaking at a Focus on the Family event; and Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, for agreeing to appear at a leadership conference sponsored by another Christian group, the Willow Creek Association.

He said that instead of targeting fellow Muslims at mosques and market places, they'll also be focusing their efforts to attack Christian humanitarian groups.

Besides being compensated by the same group for her time and expenses in appearing at a news conference in New York a few years ago, «that is the only time [she] received compensation for her effort,» Mokotoff wrote in an e-mail.

This question usually triggers among non-converts an uncomfortable silence broken by the phrase, «Well, I was born in a Christian family,» followed by an effort to locate a singular moment of conscious conversion some time during middle school, probably at the altar call of a church youth - group retreat.

After meeting for several weeks for lecture and discussion, the young mothers were asked if they would be interested in continuing to meet in a small sharing group in which they could support each other in their efforts at being adequate mothers.

Clearly then, «Dignity in Dying» (formerly, the Voluntary Euthanasia Society), the lobby group at the centre of efforts to introduce assisted suicide, believed that the Falconer provisions contained the winning legislative formula that would have allowed them to get them this first crucial foothold in the law.

For the most part, the Marxist parties seem to reflect the effort by competing communal groups to form majorities that can keep Hindu and Muslim militancy at bay while taking some modest strides toward a welfare state.

It is important for a group to concentrate its efforts on one project at a time, to have frequent evaluation sessions on the progress of the project, and to draw in such resource people as may contribute to achieving the goal of the project.

The contention that strength equals weakness further complicates the politics of victimhood by discouraging — or at the very least rendering morally problematic — efforts by members of victimized groups to better their own circumstances.

One of the more frustrating elements of this group (like so many others) is that every effort at edification or even simple concern seems to be challenged for it's philosophical point of view.

Along with oppressive government laws, secret prisons and chronic food shortages, there are also groups of homeless, at - risk orphans in the country that Bae had photographed in an effort to bring attention to the issue.

Whether you join a small group at your church, find an FPU or Crown Ministries class, or seek out virtual community by following a blog or hashtag, begin to knit together a group of people to support your efforts and point you toward God's plan for your life (which includes your money).

Help in pondering all this comes from this book by Robert Booth Fowler, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, who considers how far various groups have gone in their efforts to be political.

«We are extremely appreciative to Nightclub & Bar Media Group for investing their time and efforts in five of our outstanding scholars,» said Brian J. Warrener, Associate Professor at Johnson & Wales University.

Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

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In his latest look at sustainability efforts across the drinks industry, sustainability expert Ben Cooper digs behind last month's headlines of the «merger» of Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group.

A new report published by the Dairy All - Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) in the UK looks at how dairy products contribute to a healthy lifestyle at all ages and calls for greater efforts to promote dairy as part of a balanced diet.

Visit fetzer.com/waterfor more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

The SOAAN Steering Group concluded at its meeting on 24 November 2015 that focusing its think - tank efforts on the Organic 3.0 feature of True Value and Fair Pricing should be its next priority.

They are tied with the other 3 Teams in their Division at 1 - 1 and they are likely closer to the group we saw run through Team Harris in Week 1 than the effort in Week 2.

An agreement at the time between Germany and Austria allowed the two sides to play out a game with almost no effort from either team which saw them both finish with enough points to eliminate Algeria from the group stage that year.

Unless there's something of a group effort from the under - 30 set like Mike Zunino, Dustin Ackley, Brad Miller and Austin Jackson to emerge from their potential chrysalis at the same time, it looks like the same Mariners team as last season to me.

Among other lit groups, defending champ Sergio Garcia, reigning PGA champion Justin Thomas, and top U.S. amateur Doc Redman, will tee off at 10:53 a.m.; two - time Masters winner Bubba Watson, Jason Day, and Henrik Stenson go off at 11; 04 a.m.; Rory McIlroy will launch his latest attempt to complete the career grand slam at 1:38 p.m. with 2013 Masters winner Adam Scott, and the fiery Jon Rahm; and Jordan Spieth kicks off his effort to earn a second green jacket at 1:49 p.m. with Alex Noren and 2010 British Open winner Louis Oosthuizen.

Endangered Bumble Bees The Focus Of Chicago Groups» Protection Efforts - DNAinfo.com Chicago - January 13, 2017 The bee is occasionally found in local parks and gardens, according to Allen Lawrance, Living Invertebrate Specialist at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

Arlington Heights — In an effort to address a group of residents» concerns about a proposed nature sanctuary near Lake Arlington, a member of the Prairie Woods Audubon Society will hold an informational meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Village Hall.