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Dr. Boyer encounters a lot of conspiracy theories on social media and in ordinary conversations with peers and simply can't believe so many people are gullible to instantly believe these crazy ideas. Being a logical person she is, she often asks realistic questions about the events and those who are conspiracy theory enthusiasts. Mostly she has more faith in her fellow human being and Americans to believe many (or any) of the conspiracy theories that are floating around. This short essay essentially asks those who hear the theories to stop, think, and logically work though not only the main-stream-media chatter, but also if they really want the answers to dig deeper into the truth that is documented by those who were there, scientists who do the research, and the authorities who search through the facts and sometimes the rubble to find the real truth about what happened. No one can keep a secret if more than one person knows about events. Look at the laws, law enforcement documentation, research the scientific data, and understand other folks are human (and make mistakes, as well as have ethics in their own lifestyles), before crying wolf in public.

This book is targeted towards building and construction planning and project managers who are professional practitioners developing cost estimating databases or with strategic goals towards integrating Building Information Model (BIM) with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. This book outlines, details, and explains how an excessive number of changes in the planning - including change orders, legal claims (contracts-related), and scheduling overruns can be avoided by adapting and using the 3-D Building Information Model. This book analyzes and explains the process of making the switch from single-dimensional (1-D or 2-D) flat-file Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) to multi-dimensional WBS and CBS that are suitable for relational and object-oriented databases. This book provides a paradigm shift in thinking for intermediate- and advanced-level planning and project managers to accelerate small to large building and construction projects. The purpose of this book is to introduce a 'better way of planning' to pull organizations out of the cost-burdensome single-dimensional WBS/CBS planning stages of construction planning into a more cost-efficient practice of cost estimating using databases or integration of BIM with ERP. This solution is ideal for BIM developers, BIM consultants, and as an introductory textbook solution for students and course curriculum developers targeting Construction Database Creation and Management on a graduate level. building and construction planning/applicationsBuilding Information Model (BIM) value engineeringEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems3-D, 4-D, 5-D, 6-D Building Information Modeling BIM developers, BIM consultantsProject Breakdown Structures (PBS)scheduling, estimating sustainability, facility

This is a 'must-buy book' for mental-health workers, licensed social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists, as well as first responders and their supervising managers, and/or the organizations for who these helpers work. This research study focuses on keeping the helping work-force professionals mentally and emotionally stable after encountering second-hand trauma from their clients or patients. This research identifies Secondary Traumatic Stress - or Vicarious Trauma - and illustrates real-life examples and recommends self-care options.First responders, social workers, and mental-health professionals encounter experiences directly or indirectly through helping others in emergencies following trauma care, and/or mental health care treatments. While these workers help others, they may also experience vicarious trauma or they may 're-experience' past traumas of their own re-lived via their patients or clients. Mental health professionals Vicarious Trauma experiences may directly and adversely affect services provided to their own patients and clients.This qualitative research study provides insight into the minds of social workers who treat patients with trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or other high-stress emotional, physical, abuse, traumatic, and/or mental conditions. Social workers may be affected vicariously via VT/STS - through daily services to patients or clients as mental health professionals. Readers of this book can feel and understand the vicarious trauma stories from lived experiences of social workers and helpers who work with these patients and may vicariously experience or re-experience trauma from their own lives. This research acknowledges the presence of VT/STS. The researcher also identifies care of symptoms presented by mental-health workers, licensed social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists who are exposed to and may suffer VT/STS from their clients. This study documents how some social workers treat their own mental, emotional, and physical VT symptoms with 'self-care, ' as well as how their supervisors can acknowledge and provide support directly to the mental health professionals to reduce or alleviate VT/STS. The participants in the study provided insight on how they provided or created their own 'self-care' treatments. The researcher also provided recommendations for organizations to be aware of VT/STS in their mental health workers and what steps organizations can take to reduce or make available options to their workers to reduce both emotional and physical VT/STS symptoms.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations can be costly for any company. While there are advantages to size and funding in larger businesses (500+ employees), there are critical success factors of the ERP process that small- to mid-size manufacturing (or other types of business organizations) can use to increase their rate of success for ERP. This must-buy book outlines research that targeted specific factors that increase any ERP implementation's success. Critical success factors were identified, and ranked, by 50+ subject matter expert consultants in the ERP field in this study. These SMEs, all with more than five years of experience in implementing ERPs for manufacturers, provided a consensus for best-practices factors vital for consideration for the ERP implementation, before, during, and after the exercise. Critical factors (failure and success) are highlighted for the planning, process, and follow-up, with positive internal and external results from the executive (top-down) buy-in to the communications and transparency of the process to middle management and line employee stakeholders. The vital points in the conclusion offer guidance to organizations, as well as ERP consultants, that are considering ERP implementation, even if the entity is not in the manufacturing industry. If you or your company is seriously considering an ERP project, this book is a required reading for industry intelligence and analytic insight. Proceeds from this book will benefit The Sydney Goldston Scholarship Foundation to make the dreams for future leaders a reality. More information about the foundation can be found at: www.thesydneyfoundation.org

"I have not heard anyone address this topic in online spaces before" was a statement the author heard frequently when interviewed for education-based podcasts. This book equips faculty members with the knowledge and skills to enhance their curriculum selection, course design, discussions, and feedback in online and virtual spaces. If educators' practices and methodologies are not including consideration for student cultural attributes, the teachers and instructors are missing a 'real connection' - especially in virtual and online spaces.This book is a 'must have' in teaching and learning practice. The author addresses questions that results in answers that targets a better understanding of how to increase the connecting with students in virtual educational spaces - specifically the LatinX culture and research-based and identified cultural way of learning. The idea of cultural adaptation to learning is critical to instructional effectiveness in online higher education environments.This book provides clear foundations and examples of a specific viewpoint, background knowledge and skills, as well as small changes faculty can make in their content, discussions, and course development to better connect with and engage LatinX students in online spaces.ABOUT THE AUTHORDr. Courtney Plotts is a dynamic keynote speaker and presenter. Dr. Plotts has a Ph.D. in Psychology and at the time of this writing, is National Chair for the Council of At-Risk Student Education and Professional Standards. Dr. Plotts was recognized by the California Legislation in 2017 for a positive change in education. She consulted in the book, Small Teaching Online (Flower Darby and James Lang, 2019). Dr. Plotts provides professional development sessions on best teaching and learning practices as well as counseling practices in face-to-face and online environments for first-generation, marginalized, and diverse populations. In 2020, she worked on the Space Between series of books focused on caring and connected behaviors in online spaces for African-American and LGBTQ+ students learning in virtual classrooms and spaces. These books are scheduled for publication 2020 and 2021. Dr. Plotts is also a practicing virtual school psychologist providing counseling and assessment service to students living in rural parts of Wyoming.

The purpose of this qualitative, exploratory, multiple-case study was to explore mentoring relationships and student compatibility in doctoral programs. This design offered and explained an in-depth understanding of what creates a mentor relationship for mentors and doctoral students. The knowledge gained from this study will assist institutional leaders to focus on continuously developing effective strategies to help bridge the gap of failed mentoring relationships between doctoral candidates and their mentors. This book is a must read for doctoral chairs, academic deans, and provosts at colleges and universities that have doctoral programs as a guideline to institute, improve, and enhance mentoring relationships between organizational, doctoral-level mentors and doctoral candidate students. Key Search Terms: academic institutions, academic leaders, academic performance, advisor, career success, coach, communication skills, compatibility, cultural compatibility, developmental stages, doctoral chairs, doctoral mentors, doctoral programs, doctoral students, Emotional Intelligence (EI), emotional stability, enrollments, face-to-face mentoring, faculty members, formal mentoring process / formal mentoring program, higher education leaders, identity development, interpersonal relationships, leaders, leadership, Leadership development, matching process, mental attitudes, mentees, mentor programs, mentor training system, mentor/mentee relationship, mentoring, mentoring models, mentoring practices, mentoring relationships, mentors, mentorship practices, mentorship training, non-traditional mentoring, professional relationship, protégés, relationship building, role model, self-awareness, self-efficacy, sense of belonging, theory and model of mentoring

No matter how good the products being delivered to the government customer, performance ratings mostly depend on the relationship. If you are in the first few years of doing business with the government you have probably learned this the hard way. Government Contract work is about networking, mentoring, liaising within the government agency, interacting with agency representatives (customers), and establishing long-term relationships. Those outside government contracting often advise business entrepreneurs in the government contracting field how to compete and how to write proposals, but not many can provide direct training on how to establish and cultivate relationships with government decision makers. When entrepreneurs enter the government contracting market and struggle to learn the unwritten processes, gaining new contract work feels laborious. This book's content points business developers in the right direction to impress the new or current government agency customers and avoid serious relationship issues. Reading this book will save years of time and money associated with networking in the government contracting industry. It takes years to find resources and access to business owners - or spend a few hours learning critical insight in this book. Readers will receive tips and insight from President's and CEO's of established and active government contracting companies and from Government Contracting Officers' perspectives. The content contains insight from business owners who are currently in government contracting is a must read book to gain insight for those entering the government contracting arena. Key Search Words: audit reporting, award determinations, barriers, best-practice, bureaucratic dynamics, business insights, business leaders, business partners, business practitioners, cohesive leadership, collaborative leadership, competition, competitive bidding, competitive intelligence, compliance, contract business, contract cycle, contract deliverables, contract negotiations, contract requirements, contract types, Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), performance evaluations, contractors, debarment, Decision-making competency, demographics, direct suppliers, Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS), economic drivers, economy, emotional intelligence, employees, environmental assumptions, environmental behaviors, environmental priorities, environmental values, expenditures, Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR), federal agency, federal awardee contractors, Federal Business Opportunity (FBO), federal government contracting, government agency contracting officers, government contracts, government procurement, Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE), intellectual stimulation, leadership attitude, leadership development strategies, leadership knowledge, lived experiences, market conditions, mentor / mentoring, networking, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), opportunism, Organizational Behavior & Leadership (OB&L), partnering, past performance ratings, performance rating system, performance ratings, personal relationships, political, post-termination settlement costs, procurement, Procurement Technical Assistance Programs (PTAP), public procurement, qualitative research, quantitative research, relationship building, reliability, reputation, requisition, research and development (R&D), set-asides, Small Business Administration (SBA), Small Business Development Centers (SBDC), supply chain management, System for Award Management (SAM), teaming partners, transformational leadership, underperforming contractors, upstream supply chains, value-based leadership, vendor performance, vendor selection, Veteran Business Outreach Centers (VBOC), veteran-owned, Women-owned small business (WOSB), Women's Business Center (WBC)