By Breanne Harris on August 16, 2012
Recently, Pearson was named a Top Training Company by TrainingIndustry.com. Specifically, Pearson was ranked in the Top 20 organizations for Content Development. This is a very prestigious award and great recognition for the custom training content Pearson creates and delivers to organizations worldwide. The award also speaks to the overall mission of Pearson which (as [...]
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By Breanne Harris on June 19, 2012
Last week I was in San Antonio participating in the brand new THINK Now! Critical Thinking Training program, and was supposed to have a nice short flight home on Friday morning. However, my 2 1/2 hour travel day turned in to 11 hours of sitting and waiting while a mechanical issue on my plane was addressed. [...]
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By Breanne Harris on March 23, 2012
This week, an 8th grade civics teacher at Liberty Middle School in Fairfax County, VA has come under fire for assigning his students a political research project. What could possibly be wrong with a civics teacher assigning a research project, you ask? Well, students were divided into 4 groups and were each assigned a GOP [...]
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By Breanne Harris on January 31, 2012
I travel often for work, and have become quite critical of the airlines I choose. Frontier, United, Continental, Southwest, American, Virgin, Delta- each have their own unique advantages and disadvantages. So, how do you choose the right airline for your needs? I suggest using a strategic approach to decision making that I learned at the Critical [...]
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By Breanne Harris on January 1, 2012
Did you just read that title and groan? Why do so many of us find talk of New Year’s resolutions so loathsome? Perhaps it’s because so often New Year’s resolutions are made over and over again (meaning we didn’t really commit to them in previous years). How many years in a row have you made [...]
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