Sentences with phrase «with measurable impacts»

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... in 2015, University of Toronto sociologist Melissa Milkie published a study showing that the amount of time children aged 3 to 11 spent with parents had no measurable impact on their emotional well - being, behavior, or academic success.

In a SIB, the government contracts with an outside provider to achieve a measurable social goal (like reducing recidivism among juvenile offenders), private impact investors finance the program's upfront costs, and the government promises a return to them if the program's targets are achieved.

The Venture Center helps startups obtain customer validation and reach viability through systematic programming, premium mentorship that leverages best practices in lean methodology, and strategic acceleration with an eye on reaching scale and creating measurable economic impact.

The impact venture fund, managed by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, will invest in early - stage for - profit companies with a core social and / or environmental mission, measurable positive impact and the potential for strong financial reimpact venture fund, managed by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, will invest in early - stage for - profit companies with a core social and / or environmental mission, measurable positive impact and the potential for strong financial reImpact Investing, will invest in early - stage for - profit companies with a core social and / or environmental mission, measurable positive impact and the potential for strong financial reimpact and the potential for strong financial returns.

The Danforth Study of Campus Ministries, published ten years ago under the audaciously inclusive title The Church, the University, and Social Policy, has probably had little measurable impact on any of the three communities addressed — which focus respectively on goodness, truth and power — much less on strengthening their linkage with one another.

Most Provocative: Andrew Jones with «9 Reasons NOT to Plant a Church in 2012» «The measurement criteria of the church planting project, focusing on numbers of attenders and momentum of new church launch, is too narrow, too shallow, un-holistic and ignores more vital measurable signs of a transformed society in its various spheres (economic, environmental, social, impact outside the church environment, etc).»

Among them were the Purdue and Rochester studies of athletes in high school and college football [1,8,9,12,13, 31 - 38] and ice hockey, [8] which, as noted above, found subtle changes in cerebral function in the absence of concussion symptoms or clinically measurable cognitive impairment which researchers linked to the volume of head impacts, and a much publicized case - study autopsy of a collegiate football player, Owen Thomas, with no reported history of concussions, which revealed early signs of CTE.

Many studies looking at health outcomes have included infants with any breastfeeding, for example, a few days or weeks, in the same category with infants breastfeeding exclusively for six months, thus diluting the measurable impact.

I look forward to working with the Council and Steering Committee members to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of New York's women and girls.»

The ACA has had a measurable impact on increasing the number of people with health insurance in the United States.

Several studies echo a high level of satisfaction among short course participants and found measurable impacts, but it is important for students to come in with realistic expectations and make an effort to further their learning after the program is done.

This means that adoptees with high - genetic risk for schizophrenia - related disorders did not have any measurable impact on parental communication and care giving skills, or on the functioning of the rest of the family, according to the OPAS rating system that was used to evaluate the families in the study.

A small study published on Medscape.com found that underhydration had no measurable impact on maximal strength and power generation when participants performed a single, maximum rep. Where hydration did reduce performance was for resistance exercise with multiple reps and sets.

See the book in which 70:20:10 is described as a reference model aimed at strengthening L&D in the world of organizational learning and expanding services with measurable business impact.

If you want to see a measurable return on the training investment, you can't afford to waste time with obsolete training methods that don't impact behavior.

Join us for Delivering Measurable Business Impact with Extended Enterprise Learning, a free webinar sponsored by eLearning Industry with Docebo Content Manager Paul Leavoy.

Investing in custom eLearning solutions comes with a host of benefits for your business and learners and will help you reach your desired training goals while bringing measurable business impact.

From full - time, devoted AmeriCorps members, to strong partnerships with school administrators, and to individualized support for students, our WHOLE SCHOOL WHOLE CHILD approach has made a measurable impact on the students and communities we serve.

Among the key actions principals must take, it says, are designing programs to achieve measurable, rather than just scalable, impact; providing students the right dosage, or amount of time on task, to improve literacy skills; and ensuring programs are implemented with efficacy.

Our research - based School Transformation Framework creates a measurable impact for the children we serve and builds capacity in the teachers and leaders we partner with each year.

Resources should be strategically leveraged to meet measurable goals with the potential for widespread impact on student outcomes.

eObservations.com provides me with an accurate, measurable, and consistent way to fully asses what is going on in the classroom to impact the quality of instruction.

April 14, 2015 Governor Deval Patrick has taken a job with Bain Capital to head up their Social Impact Bond fund, an investment vehicle where SEL could have an impact in its ability to deliver on measurable Impact Bond fund, an investment vehicle where SEL could have an impact in its ability to deliver on measurable impact in its ability to deliver on measurable goals.

And the «venture philanthropy» principles are not the sole purview of the new guard — any funder can employ strategic investment with a guiding vision, clear expectations for grantees including measurable outcomes and accountability, and a clear articulation of the desired scale and nature of impact.

Front crash prevention systems with autonomous braking that can stop drivers from rear - ending another vehicle or slow them down enough to lessen the impact are making a measurable difference in insurance claims (see Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Beyond Capital Fund, a non-profit provider of early - stage capital to businesses with a measurable social impact in India and East Africa.

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«We strive to fund established programs that use positive methodology and train to a rigorous standard, while also demonstrating strong fiscal management, demonstrated success, measurable outcomes and the potential to positively impact multiple populations, for example, a program that rescues dogs from shelters, and then uses at - risk youth to train them to become a service dog for a person with a disability would be an ideal program.»

Fain said that it was too early to tell if the policy had any measurable impact so far, but that it could have a negative short - term impact, because ships will sail with slightly lower occupancy.

There is also very small mass flux to the Earth associated with particles from the solar wind, but again, it has no measurable impact on Earth's surface temperature.

They begin with the apparently plausible principle that «large interventions need more control than small ones» (1) and develop a plan that links the degree of regulation to the degree of measurable physical impacts of proposed research projects.

In 2009, the four clans and 25 villages of the Suruí voted to impose and enforce a logging moratorium and to work with Idesam to ensure that the impacts of the Suruí actions were measurable, reportable, and verifiable.

So the issues are very much broader than the trillions of taxpayer and ratepayer dollars which the states are being forced to devote to the misguided effort to tear down fossil fuel plants and replace them with much more expensive and much less reliable wind and solar plants which will have no measurable impact on climate or anything else other than the profits of the solar / wind industries.

For example, the environmental degradation from «acid rain» caused by high levels of Sulfur emissions, the economic impact of global warming, the health damage to humans from air and water pollution (from particulate matter and mercury), all are measurable with an economic cost to society.

Despite limitations and gaps in knowledge, there is sufficient evidence to conclude with high confidence that over the last three decades the warming induced by human activities has had a measurable impact on many physical and biological systems.

«If we're looking for solutions with a true and measurable impact on the human species» overall footprint, then we must realize that all seven billion of us are consumers,» says Souvaliotis.

He said the cap - and - trade pact «does nothing more than tax electricity, tax our citizens, tax our businesses with no discernible or measurable impact upon our environment.»

Setting measurable targets — in some cases, with baselines provided as a point of comparison — to reduce disaster deaths, economic losses and damage to infrastructure, for instance, will help countries to deal with the impacts of climate change.

Due to the fact that side impact collisions strike the sides of vehicles where neither passengers nor vehicles are equipped with any measurable protection, the losses can be devastating; therefore, you need a tireless advocate from our firm fighting for just compensation!

A multitude of apps exist to assist lawyers with broadcasting courtroom presentation from their iPad, and slick, well - produced visuals can actually have a measurable impact on juries (unless, of course, they're Android fans).

Said Andrew Shimek, COO and President of Neota Logic, «We're thrilled with the work that we've done with Allens and Kira Systems to combine our knowledge and technical power to deliver a solution that has measurable impact for clients involved in the time - intensive work of contract review.»

Businesses should engage with the Global Cyber Alliance, which is uniquely placed to have a measurable impact on cyber threats.

I seek the opportunity to impact Sales Revenue, Profitability, and Operational Excellence with tools such as, Business Development, Market Development, Product Development, Organic Growth, Mergers and Acquisitions, Operational Efficiency, Team Building, Commitment to Mission, and Measurable Results

This means starting and maintaining a «brag file» of sorts with performance reviews, testimonials and client feedback, along with measurable business impacts they have delivered throughout the course of their career.

A goal - driven leader with extensive experience in employee engagement, social responsibility, cause - marketing, and public and media relations programs that have impact and measurable results.

To reduce our community's energy use and waste as well as our impact on the natural environment by partnering with Princeton residents, businesses, schools, local government and other community groups to achieve measurable results.

In order to interpret and encourage communities and cultures, specifically re - garding how they integrate with the natural world, I aim to employ curiosity, creativity, and scientific discipline to create measurable and lasting impacts.

April 14, 2015 Governor Deval Patrick has taken a job with Bain Capital to head up their Social Impact Bond fund, an investment vehicle where SEL could have an impact in its ability to deliver on measurable Impact Bond fund, an investment vehicle where SEL could have an impact in its ability to deliver on measurable impact in its ability to deliver on measurable goals.

Through this integrated approach and through innovative collaborations with other state agencies, OEC advances better - coordinated, more cost - effective, and higher impact services that yield measurable results for Connecticut's children and families.

Counseling should make a significant impact with measurable results after each and every session.