Sentences with phrase «of successful initiatives»

Several years ago, after a string of successful initiatives and riding a wave of confidence and influence, the manager decided that the department needed to implement robust contract management.

This analytical report highlights a number of successful initiatives that improved regional urban sustainability while also addressing other local problems, thus achieving co-benefits.

Accessible Spay / Neuter Toolkit The Humane Canada report, The Case for Accessible Spay / Neuter in Canada, lays out the evidence for the benefits and savings of implementing spay / neuter programs and provides examples of successful initiatives that can be modeled in other communities.

Read the full COACHE benchmark report on tenure and promotion, with examples of successful initiatives by member institutions.

Read the full COACHE benchmark report on teaching, with examples of successful initiatives by member institutions.

The organisation has launched a number of successful initiatives including social entrepreneurship awards and partnerships with NGO's.

One of his successful initiatives was the introduction of a Western - style system of bachelor's and master's degrees in universities, which enabled Russia to join the Bologna process of integration in higher education.

Her work in creating a number of successful initiatives to promote best practice at companies concerning LGBT rights has been shared and replicated across the world across corporations and sponsors 41 diversity - network groups across 30 countries.

An example of a successful initiative is McLean & Eakin Booksellers in Petoskey, Mich..

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To some extent launching a successful Kickstarter project takes care of marketing and sales in addition to generating cash for product development or investment in growth initiatives.

If successful, the initiative would help Amazon become even more ingrained in the daily lives of consumers and grab a greater chunk of the giant food and beverage industry that still predominantly lives inside brick - and - mortar stores.

Miller says, «The feedback of others, can identify more than just whether the initiative is successful or not.

Growing public acceptance of marijuana, highlighted by a slew of successful legalization initiatives, is encouraging investment.

Known as The Swedish Recycling Revolution, the initiative has been so successful that the country has run out of trash for its recycling plants and has started importing it from other countries.

It was another industrious year for the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, with more than 120 successful events and a number of key public policy initiatives that moved our organization forward.

Following the successful completion of that process, Amherst then assisted CPF in securing new financing to support ongoing operations and fund growth initiatives.

Through various initiatives and a keen focus on managing the business through a Lean / Six Sigma lens, Checkpoint experienced a significant rise in profitability in 2 years which ultimately led to the successful sale of the company.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Research shows that successful entrepreneurs share certain traits and attitudes, such as perseverance, the desire and willingness to take the initiative, competitiveness, self - reliance, a strong need to achieve, and self - confidence (William Jennings, A Profile of the Entrepreneur).

One of Canada's most successful entrepreneurial initiatives for university students is coming to Calgary.

Chapter 13 contains resources that will teach you the importance of social media with regard to an SEO campaign, how it fits into your overall marketing initiative, how to execute a successful social media campaign, and how to measure and track results using specialized analytics.

The SEO industry changes faster than many, and one of the clear changes is the shift toward the importance of content strategy for a successful SEO initiative.

Perhaps one of the most significant characteristics of RBC's overall performance last year is that it's broadly based and diverse, reflecting successful growth initiatives around the world.

Our list below depicts names that are not necessarily the top headlines in international newspapers, but that are nonetheless responsible for some of the most successful marketing and growth hacking initiatives.

NACO is proud to publish its first whitepaper with the objective to promote policy initiatives intended to increase the number of successful startup companies, jobs, and wealth creation by supporting early stage capital investment provided by Angel investors in Canada.

These risks and uncertainties include: fluctuations in U.S. and international economies and currencies, our ability to preserve, grow and leverage our brands, potential negative effects of material breaches of our information technology systems if any were to occur, costs associated with, and the successful execution of, the company's initiatives and plans, the acceptance of the company's products by our customers, the impact of competition, coffee, dairy and other raw material prices and availability, the effect of legal proceedings, and other risks detailed in the company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the «Risk Factors» section of Starbucks Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2014.

This award recognizes a woman who has become a successful job creator and significant contributor to the economy of Greater Vancouver through her entrepreneurial initiatives.

In the year since his nomination Giancarlo has implemented several successful initiatives, including Project Kiss which began the review process of how existing regulation was interpreted and Lab CFTC which has been addressing fintech in the space.

If Fitbit can eventually return to growth and profitability, driven by successful smartwatch products and its healthcare initiatives, the stock has a tremendous amount of potential upside.

have signed up for the Arnhem Bitcoincity initiative, there is no denying this project has been incredibly successful over the course of two years.

I have slightly mixed feelings about McFarlane's treatment of Hamm — on one hand, Trent seems like a good guy that took the kind of initiative that McFarlane recommends to launch his blog and turn it into a wildly successful site that he was able to sell for $ 1,000,000 +.

Mr. Mousseau joined EdgeStone as an Associate in 2006 and worked on a variety of successful investments, portfolio company initiatives and exits across multiple industries.

When it comes specifically to buyer personas, there have been plenty of questions about how to pull off a successful initiative.

With some of Amazon's other initiatives — cashier-less store concepts for instance — we know that the future's successful retailers will be a blend of online and e-commerce.

Some such experiences and actions can be seen in the successful action to re-conquer the earth by the farmers in Brazil or Madagascar, the initiatives for education and rural training of women in Senegal or in the exemplary battles of the South - Korean workers who demonstrated the possibility of constituting efficient inter-professional trade union organisations in the so - called emerging countries.

«You can't grow if you're not successful with your current offerings and what you're bringing to the marketplace,» he explains, noting that it is important the company always keeps it guests at the core of all initiatives.

A: When we talk about the operational strength necessary to implement a successful food rescue program, there are two particularly exciting initiatives that are in various states of roll - out across the food bank network.

Our franchise partners enjoy the benefits of customized marketing plans designed to support successful restaurant openings and maintain awareness, as well as dedicated field marketing managers who work alongside franchisees on a regular basis to coordinate and execute local marketing initiatives.

The last year was an incredibly active, busy and successful year for OUMC, which began with a huge intake of new climbers, continued with successful new initiatives like mountaineering - focused first aid courses and joint meets with Oxford University Cave Club and which culminated in an expedition by OUMC members that was noted in the international climbing and exploration media.

Powered by a sense of autonomy that comes from a successful passage through the «terrible two's,» they take initiative and launch themselves to the doors of kindergarten full of industriousness, ready to show the world — and themselves — what they can do.

She is the Chair of SFE's corporate wellness committee and has launched successful wellness initiatives targeting the executive level to hourly staff.

Mass Audubon President Gary Clayton thanked Ms. Gangopadhyay for the pivotal support of IMLS, «because strong collaborations are vital to the most successful initiatives, such as this one.

The Independent Institute joins the successful efforts of numerous community initiatives around the country to offer children a competitive education alternative in the San Francisco East Bay.

[204] The initiative has two core tenets: the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and the International Code of Marketing of Breast - milk Substitutes.

Natividad's work also came to the attention of UNICEF's Executive Director Jim Grant, and contributed to the formation UNICEF's Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, and its Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, which has become an initiative that is transforming hospital practices in 192 countries.

I'm glad we're playing our role in one of the most successful public health initiatives of all time.

The EMPower Breastfeeding initiatives are dedicated to the support of multi-disciplinary teams, the use of quality improvement approaches and tailored technical assistance to facilitate individual hospital progress towards the successful uptake of the Ten Steps.

The most important factor in replicating the success of the Harlem Children's Zone is accountability, says the man who wrote the book about the successful New York initiative.

UNICEF / WHO baby - friendly hospital initiative: does the use of bottles and pacifiers in the neonatal nursery prevent successful breastfeeding?

The Commission could further this goal by three means: conducting and publishing research into what initiatives are successful at increasing political participation; advising public bodies and institutions regarding how to better democratise their functioning; and critically, by providing resources and capacity - building to facilitate local, civil society - led initiatives that aim to increase broad - based levels of participation or deliberation in political decision - making.