Sentences with phrase «organization of its kind in»

«From all research we've done in the past several weeks, The Vancouver Board of Trade is the first and only business organization of our kind in Canada — possibly across North America — to have more women on our board of directors than men,» said Manning, who also serves as Regional Vice-President of Commercial Financial Services at RBC Royal Bank.

He additionally spent time at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, which advocates for improving end of life care and is the largest nonprofit membership organization of its kind in the United States.

The Stonewall Book Awards — Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award are selected by the American Library Association's (ALA) Stonewall Book Awards Committee of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT), the first professional GLBT organization of its kind in the United States, with support from the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services.

It's the only organization of its kind in the state, maybe even the nation, and it's filling a void many never realized existed.

Animal Care Sanctuary is the only animal care organization of its kind in the country that offers pet companion internships with housing.

We are the largest rescue organization of its kind in the Midwest and we are well known and respected throughout the animal shelter community.

It was the first organization of its kind in the United States, but it wasn't the last — over the next decade, several similar organizations came into existence [source: Learning to Give].

Founded in 1974 and still located in Manhattan, it was the first not - for - profit organization of its kind in the nation, and has since become a model for others around the world.

The Center for Book Arts, the first not - for - profit organization of its kind in the nation, was founded in 1974 and the only location in New York City where visitors can view book arts exhibitions in the context of an active, working studio.

It is the only organization of its kind in northeastern New York.

The Coalition is one of the only organizations of its kind in the nation, with chapters in Chicago and New York City and more than 150 law firms and companies that work together to facilitate the advancement of women in the profession.

It is one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the entire country.

New Horizons, with hundreds of staff members serving more than 1,000 adults with special needs, is the most comprehensive organization of its kind in the area.

Not exact matches

For the 2018 letter, the couple opted to organize their thoughts in the form of frequently asked questions about their priorities, how the current political climate is impacting the organization, how they decide where to donate funds and what kind of thought goes into their corporate partnerships.

When I have teams that don't want to build Prof Services or don't want to really interact daily with customers helping them solve problems — which are often political in nature such as functional stovepipes in the customers organization — I then advise them to build a different kind of companies.

Studies show that approximately half of employees have witnessed some kind of unethical behaviour in their organization, but very few report it.

This is the kind of thing that somebody in the organization knew about ages ago and could have stopped, but didn't and it finally blew up in somebody's face.»

«The skill set of starting my presidential campaigns — and building the kinds of teams that we did and marketing ideas — I think would be the same kinds of skills that I would enjoy exercising in the private sector... The conversations I have with Silicon Valley and with venture capital pull together my interests in science and organization in a way I find really satisfying.»

It turns out that there are six kinds of power that you can earn in an organization - three that are formal and three that are informal or personal.

Those stuck in any kind of silo risk missing opportunities, not only for growth, but also for quickly raising funds in times of emergency, finding the product idea that will turn your company around or hiring a leader with a different perspective who can pull your organization out of the mud.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has long been a force in American politics, but it wasn't always the kind of organization that came up in everyday conversation.

«By building a first - of - its - kind organization with a mission to focus exclusively on founders working on tough tech, The Engine aims to enable startups like Suono Bio to solve some of the world's most complex challenges, «The Engine CEO and managing partner Katie Rae told Business Insider in an emailed statement.

At the time, GE was a massively complex organization worth more than $ 100 billion with its fingers in all kinds of industries like light bulbs, locomotives, jet engines and finance.

«I've never before been part of an organization that has delivered that kind of outcome so many years in a row — especially when you consider the volatility and cyclicality of this business,» he says.

The event, which was founded by the 92nd Street Y, doesn't have a specific policy on donor premiums, it said in a statement:» #GivingTuesday is an open - source movement, and we encourage organizations and individuals around the world to come up with all kinds of creative ways to do fundraising.»

It's a kind of organization that's not a positive influence in the world, regardless of what your political affiliations are.

Depending on what kind of organization you're in, your content lead may be a blogger, photographer, or illustrator.

With an overwhelming amount of data flooding into the organization each second, the company needed to find a way to identify and react to specific patterns — «like a certain number of dropped calls in a certain amount of time for a certain kind of customer» — that suggested a customer was about to bolt.

In fact, any organization that regularly uses disposables should get on this kind of a program.

LONDON — The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first - of - its - kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.

As UC Irvine law professor Rick Hasen told the New Yorker's Farrow, press organizations are often subject to lower levels of scrutiny in these kinds of cases.

Do you want to know what kind of people get promoted and succeed in the modern news organization?

We are monitoring what is happening in the local marketplaces and we are also affiliating with a number of other organizations to see what kind of effect (the rules) are going to have on the consumer.

In fact, as this article from the Harvard Business Review by economist Peter Cappelli documents, way back when they were actually pretty key to organizations management training programs, the mention of which sounds kind of retro these days.

Given the U.S. veto power by Wall Street and the insistence that right - wing anti-labor ideologues (usually French) be appointed head of the IMF, a new organization representing the kind of economic logic outlined by Keynes, Harold Moulton and others in the 1920s is necessary.

All the good works done by religious organizations of all kinds (Christian and otherwise) might get a mention in a human interest story sometimes, but decades of this media treatment have skewed public perceptions of what faith is about.

With respect to Compassion International, they appear to be a good organization but the Christian connection is a bit troubling especially if they require some kind of Christian prayer / membership before distributing assistance to those in need.

Kevin your right personal beliefs and or religion does not belong in law, and I am not saying that what this atheist organization is doing is wrong or anything, I think what there doing is a good thing, I just think this particular message could have been done from a different perspective, this message makes them appear like the self righteous ones, and it might give out the wrong kind of message, instead it should have said something like you believe in god fine, but don't put it in our laws.

If there were some kind of organization for atheists to get sober (and there may be) then I would not presume to walk in there and inform them how they were wrong and should start believing in a God ASAP.

Pew asked Americans about their membership in 28 different kinds of organizations and clubs.

Because we still have hangovers from past days, all kinds of voluntary organizations, or even sometimes public groups, in the community have their pro-forma «chaplains.»

A second question might be the following: Will the new group of reconciled persons in each place be a kind of «skin graft» growing over old divisions, or will it be simply an interim, experimental organization for developing and enhancing new relationships among still separated bodies?

Perhaps the kinds of studies that have been made of the art of administration, of the relations of policy and administration, of organization and management in other: spheres will be carried forward into the sphere of the Church and may show how much the pastoral director of our time, as pastoral preacher, teacher, counselor and leader of worship has also become the democratic pastoral administrator, that is to say, a man charged with the responsibility and given the authority to hold in balance, to invigorate and to maintain communication among a host of activities and their responsible leaders, all directed toward a common end.

It was supposed to be a church and disguised itself like it was kind of like a youth organization, but girls were stripping in there and some were as young as 14.

What would be more impressive would be to hear about all the ATHEIST organizations out there helping those in any kind of need.

In my experience and observation, often when an organization, church, or leader gets accused of being abusive, rather than offering a genuine apology, a kind...

Both kinds of organizations are vital to solving many unjust issues in the world.

NOT sorry to disapoint you but MY religion or spirituality is NONE of your business and suits me just fine, makes me a better person, more accepting of others, more kind to my fellow earthbound souls, more respectful to mankind and morther earth than all religions combined who unfortunately have over 2ooo years of evidence of horrors committed against each other ALL in the name of the religous organizations you want me to join??? I think I will stick with my smorgasborg of this and that spirituality.

Many persons who are not likely to join groups in churches and schools may do so if they're made available in family counseling agencies» mental health services, youth organizations, business and industry, fraternal groups, self - help groups (such as A.A., P.W.P., Alanon, etc.), and in the many organizations devoted to special needs of the handicapped, ex-prisoners, ex-patients, unwed parents, minority groups of all kinds, senior citizens, community action groups, ethnic organizations.

Strictly speaking, the university is a para-church body in the same way that evangelistic associations or other kinds of pan-evangelical organizations are.