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Business leaders join University Campus Suffolk

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(PRWEB UK) 17 July 2012

University Campus Suffolk (UCS) has appointed four highly regarded business leaders as visiting professors and senior fellows within the School of Business, Leadership and Enterprise to contribute to the research, enterprise and teaching and learning within their specialised fields.

These latest appoints add to the fifteen prominent visiting professors and senior fellows already appointed within the School of Business, Leadership and Enterprise at UCS and adds further gravitas to its reputation globally.

Strategic Management guru, television presenter and award-winning copywriter Professor Tony Eccles joins UCS as Visiting Professor of Leadership for Competitiveness and Change. He was Professor of Strategic Management at London Business School for 15 years and has also held positions at Manchester, Glasgow, Cranfield and Bath management schools and has experience of consulting with major international organisations as well as leading many senior executive workshops.

Those joining UCS as visiting senior fellows include Michael Parker, Chairman of national charity Street League, David Ralph, Chief Executive of the Haven Gateway Partnership, and sought after business advisor and trouble-shooter Christiane Wuillamie.

Professor David Weir, who joined UCS as Head of School of Business, Leadership and Enterprise in 2011 having previously guided four university Business Schools, said of the appointments: The School of Business, Leadership and Enterprise is delighted that our colleagues and students can benefit from the experience and skills of these leading players.

Links with business are strong within the School, especially locally in the East of England, with involvement in curriculum development, continuing professional development, research and consultancy. The School is planning for significant growth in student numbers, further development of its external links and on-going internationalisation of the curriculum.







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Digital Marketer Video Blog Post Shows How to Use Bitly to Track Engagement

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Austin, TX (PRWEB) July 16, 2012

Digital Marketer has published a video blog post focusing on Bitly and its new and improved capabilities.

Josh Loposer, Digital Marketers Managing Editor, both writes and appears in the video blog, sharing his expertise with marketers across the Internet.

Theres a really cool feature in Bitlys newly revamped dashboard that allows you to do all kinds of awesome new things, said Loposer in the post, like track your blog engagement, see whos sharing your posts, and even spy on your competitions traffic.

Most Internet-savvy people know Bitlys link-shortening uses, saving valuable text real estate when every character counts in social media posts. Now Bitly is integrated with Facebook, Twitter, and WordPress so it can collect engagement data and create instant, custom graphic documentation of where the clicks are coming from.

Digital Marketer is keeping marketers in tune with the tools and measurements they can use to determine their own strategy effectiveness with insightful blogs and accompanying videos that explain the process.

Information like this is available on a daily basis on the Digital Marketer blog, where the best of the best online marketing gurus share their ideas on trends and news flowing through the Internet. Its part of DMs continuing efforts to keep marketers across the globe up to date on whats affecting their business on every landscape.

Digital Marketers blog is available to anyone, but becoming a member of DM Pro gains access to information-packed monthly digital newsletters from the brightest minds in the industry, as well as a collection of Special Reports on how to combine marketing with major Internet players like Apple, Amazon, Google, and YouTube. A DM Labs membership takes things a step further, with split test results, website reviews, and bonus trainings available anytime from any online device.

Digital Marketer releases informational and educational materials to help businesses and entrepreneurs gain insight and information on the trends, data, and strategies that can take them to the top of their industry. Through their RAW Training courses, strategic plans, blogs, newsletters, site reviews, and Special Reports, Digital Marketer supercharges every single marketing campaign it touches. For more information, visit DigitalMarketer.com.







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Synergis Education Appoints Three Top Executives

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(PRWEB) July 13, 2012

Synergis Education is pleased to announce the addition of three key team members to its executive ranks.

Clay Gillespie joins Synergis as Chief Marketing Officer; Lowell Vande Kamp has been appointed Chief Technology Officer, and John J. Donohue, Ph.D., joins Synergis as Chief Learning Officer.

Synergis Education is privileged to welcome three distinguished leaders to our already strong management team, Said Norm Allgood, CEO of Synergis Education. Each of our new executives brings a wealth of experience in and outside higher education, and each shares our mission to construct vibrant, sustainable and reputable adult learning environments for our partners, and deliver superior learning outcomes for their students.

Following is additional information on Synergis Educations three newest executives:

Clay Gillespie, Chief Marketing Officer, Synergis Education:

Clay brings more than 20 years of progressive marketing experience to Synergis Education. Throughout his career, Clay has launched, shaped and guided multiple high profile brands across numerous industries, including higher education, finance, automotive, pharmaceutical, sports/entertainment, and e-commerce.

Prior to joining Synergis Education, Clay most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer for both ECPI University in Virginia and for Orbis Education in Indiana. Previous to that, Clay lead all marketing and media initiatives as Senior VP of Marketing at Career Education Corporation (CECO) a $ 2.1 billion for-profit education company with a 17-brand portfolio, three online schools and more than 90 ground campuses.

Throughout his career, Clay has delivered strong performance by effectively adapting his marketing approach to rapid changes in consumer behavior, technology, and new media, said Allgood. We are privileged to have him on our team.

Lowell Vande Kamp, Chief Technology Officer, Synergis Education:

Lowell is a 20-year technology veteran whose information technology leadership and management experience spans multiple industries including education, financial services, and organizational development. His technical capabilities include software, hardware, networking and telecommunications.

For the past 12 years, Lowell has focused on higher education systems, moving from a Software Director with Apollo Group in 2000, to serving as Vice President of Software for Education Management Corporation.

As a lifelong learner, Lowell is passionate about improving both the way that we teach and the way that we learn said Allgood. The alignment of his personal mission with those of our partners makes Lowell a significant asset to us all.

John J. Donohue, Chief Learning Officer, Synergis Education:

Dr. Donohue is a higher educational professional with an outstanding record in teaching, administration and leadership, having worked in both public and private two- and four-year institutions. He has designed, implemented and taught programs leading to associates, bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees, and has served as tenured professor, dean, vice president, provost and acting president. Dr. Donohue is an expert on curricular design and program development and brings over twenty-five years of experience in these areas to Synergis Education.

Prior to joining Synergis, Dr. Donohue worked at several colleges and universities that were committed to curricular innovation and the design of programs targeted to serve the needs of non-traditional learners. During his tenure as chief academic officer at three different colleges, he provided academic leadership that led to dynamic program, curricular, and institutional development. Dr. Donohue also has served as a consultant for chief executive officers in higher education, providing analyses of program costs and benefits and creating analytic tools that assist institutions to support organizational mission while simultaneously improving operational return on investment.

Dr. Donohue most recently spent almost six years as Chief Academic Officer at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven Connecticut. Prior to joining Albertus Magnus College, he was Vice President for Academic Affairs at DYouville College. He began his career in higher education in 1987 in Adelphi Universitys University College, a division of the institution that focused on special programs for adult learners. He also served as Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at SUNY Morrisville, and became Chief Academic Officer of Medaille College and ultimately was selected to serve as that institutions acting president.

Dr. Donohue brings significant experience in strategic planning, new program development, online program development, and institutional accreditation, said Allgood. Our organization, our partners and their students will benefit significantly from his expertise.

ABOUT SYNERGIS

Synergis is a premium, full-service provider of educational services designed for college and university leaders who are not satisfied with the status quo. We assist our partner institutions in gaining regional prominence, enrollment growth, and overall sustainability through continual improvement and best practices. Synergis is unique among education services providers in that it is positioned to work with the entire adult higher education market, remaining agnostic as to the delivery method (online, face-to-face, blended, etc.).







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Vulkan Forge Selects Strategic Training Partner

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Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) July 13, 2012

Vulkans Forge Consulting Ltd., also known as Vulkan Forge, announced that Ground Floor Partners, a Chicago-based boutique management consulting firm, has been selected as a strategic partner in the area of marketing training.

Ground Floor Partners will work closely with Vulkan Forge on the development of the marketing training modules, with a heavy emphasis on promoting marketing best practices, including metrics and benchmarking.

Vulkan Forge recently negotiated a contract with the City of Chicago Department of Housing and Economic Development to deliver management training to six eligible companies through its TIFWorks program. One of the first companies selected is a local architectural metals firm with over 30 years of experience.

According to Dylan Tuttle, founder of Vulkan Forge, We chose Ground Floor Partners for their expertise in marketing and market research. The principal’s technical and scientific background is aligned with our focus on process improvement. We intend to jointly develop content that is relevant and compelling to professionals seeking a competitive advantage.

TIFWorks stimulates the success of local companies by promoting innovation and continuous improvement. The Vulkan Forge training curriculum includes four modules with a focus on three areas: Operations Management, Business Marketing, and Cost Accounting. Vulkan Forge takes a systems approach that works on the tactical and strategic levels of the organization. To ensure that benefits are realized, they also benchmark results through long-term monitoring of appropriate metrics.

While the principles of process improvement have their origin in manufacturing, they have been successfully applied in transportation, warehousing, wholesale trade, and construction. Success requires the integration of concrete metrics from beginning to end.

Vulkan Forge links operational metrics to financial performance and aligns business processes with strategy, adding to their clients bottom-line through practical process improvement.

Ground Floor Partners is a boutique Chicago management consulting firm specializing in market research, analysis and strategic planning.







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Retirees burdened with mortgage payments

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(PRWEB UK) 13 July 2012

Research by http://www.TheRetirementCentre.com reveals a staggering 21% of retirees are still paying off their mortgage each month, placing a significant strain upon their retirement income whilst they continue to make their monthly repayments.

The research revealed an average outstanding mortgage balance of

ThreatMetrix Named an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner

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San Jose, CA (PRWEB) July 12, 2012

ThreatMetrix, the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions, announced today that it has been named one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners. ThreatMetrix was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

This years AlwaysOn Global 250 companies have been shaken up by the recent surge in on-demand and mobile innovation, said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. This years winners are driving the technology market into new, uncharted territory, representing the highest-growth opportunities weve seen in the private company marketplace in the history of the Global Silicon Valley.

ThreatMetrix and the AlwaysOn Global 250 companies will be honored at the tenth annual Innovation Summit at the Computer History Museum on July 23th, 2012, where Alisdair Faulkner, chief products officer, ThreatMetrix, will join a panel of fellow executives from 4:20 5:00 p.m. to discuss The Challenges and Opportunities in Big Data. Faulkner will also present in the CEO Showcase on Tuesday, July 24, from 9:45 a.m. 10:30 a.m. where company executives are given the opportunity to share their business plans with potential strategic partners, customers, investors and business media.

ThreatMetrix is honored to be recognized as an AlwaysOn Global 250 company at the Innovation Summit, said Reed Taussig, CEO, ThreatMetrix. This opportunity further validates ThreatMetrix as a technology leader in Silicon Valley while we maintain our position as the only integrated provider of device identification and malware protection.

A full list of all the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at: http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/Announcing-2012-AlwaysOn-Global-250-Top-Private-Companies\ .

About AlwaysOn

AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOns preeminent executive event series includes the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit, OnMedia, OnHollywood, IMPACT Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic, Venture Summit East, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, OnMobile, and GoingGreen Silicon Valley. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.

About ThreatMetrix

ThreatMetrix is the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions. The ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Defender Platform helps companies protect customer data and secure transactions against fraud, malware, data breaches, as well as man-in-the browser (MitB) and Trojan attacks. The Platform consists of advanced cybersecurity technologies, including TrustDefender ID, which is cloud-based, real-time device identification, malware protection with TrustDefender Cloud and TrustDefender Client, as well as TrustDefender Mobile for smartphone applications. The company serves a rapidly growing global customer base across a variety of industries, including financial services, e-commerce, payments, social networks, government, and healthcare.

For more information, visit http://www.threatmetrix.com or call 1-408-200-5755.

Blekko Debuts ROCKZi, the Visual Platform for Fresh Content Curation

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Redwood Shores, CA (PRWEB) July 12, 2012

blekko today unveiled the all new ROCKZi, a social environment that delivers the power of curation to the everyday internet user. ROCKZi brings communities of likeminded people together to discuss and comment on timely and relevant news.

The new curated social platform features news boards with popular topic categories like sports, politics, fashion, tech, recipes and more. Users simply click on one of the news boards to view timely, quality content from top sources on the Web in an easily digestible format. In addition, on the news boards ROCKZi users vote stories up, share articles and comments with friends and, in the process, collect their own favorite content. ROCKZi users can contribute relevant content from any place on the Web through an easy to use browser bookmark.

ROCKZis great content, its state of the art design, and its very intuitive, low touch set of tools, creates a social platform that brings curation to the masses, said Rich Skrenta, CEO of blekko. Everyone reading content from anywhere in the web can now also be curating it.

The site is launching today with an initial 33 news boards and plans to expand to several hundred in the next few weeks and thousands by the end of the year. ROCKZi users will eventually have the ability to create their own custom news boards which they can share with their Facebook network and the ROCKZi community.

ROCKZi is blekkos initial effort at taking a different tack on the social and search divide. Rather than the traditional approach of adding more social features to the search interface, ROCKZi creates an independent, low-touch social environment that utilizes search assets and allows users to engage in the content they care about most.

As the number of news boards expands and we introduce more customizable Boards, this has the very powerful potential to revolutionize the way we discover good content on the increasingly cluttered Web, added Skrenta.

Social signals generated by the ROCKZi user base will eventually translate into search signals that blekko can use to identify the highest quality content and curate search results while pushing spam to the bottom.

The introduction of ROCKZi comes as blekkos audience continues to grow. Blekko was founded in 2007 to seek innovations that would eventually eliminate spam from search. In 2010 the company introduced its search engine and unveiled slashtag technology that essentially allowed experts to create vertical search so that results were curated to focus on the best sources on the Web. Users created 100,000 plus slashtags on topics as diverse as college football to gluten free. In May 2012, blekko recorded 5.5 million unique visitors who made more than 110 million searches.

For more information, visit: http://www.rockzi.com

About blekko

Founded in 2007, blekko has pursued technology innovations that would eliminate spam in search results. The company’s investors and strategic partners are Yandex, MLC Private Equity, U.S. Venture Partners, CMEA Capital, PivotNorth Capital, and leading angel investors including Ron Conway, Mike Maples, Jeff Clavier, and Marc Andreessen. blekko has 44 employees, including former Google and Yahoo! Search engineers.







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Falcon Containers Awarded C-IED Mout Training Complex Project by the Department of the Air Force, Air Force Special Operations Command

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Austin, TX (PRWEB) July 12, 2012

Falcon Containers, a leading provider of repurposed shipping containers, announced their recent military prime contract award to provide training systems and structures for the Department of the Air Force, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), 27th Special Operations Wing (27 SOW), Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico.

The Military Operations program and Urban Operations Department at Falcon Containers will be responsible for the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training site development, which will allow full mission profiles, designed to defeat the tactical challenges of improvised explosive devices (IED) as well as the strategic challenges of defeating the network that emplaces the IEDs.

We are excited and honored to be working with the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), and to be part of this effort that enhances MOUT training for our warfighters. Training increases the success of their missions and their safe return home, said Mario Ravelo, VP Military Training Programs, Urban Operations Training at Falcon Containers.

This military project will give Falcon Containers the opportunity to bring together much of our expertise in repurposing shipping containers, including self fabrication, design and installation. The end result will be a simulated city made of containers, said Stephen Shang, CEO, Falcon Containers. This prime contract exceeds $ 13 million worth of military training structures and will consist of the design, fabrication, installation and integration of more than 570 containers into more than 350 buildings and associated instrumentation, control and after action review facilities. Falcon Containers will be locating these structures on Melrose Air Force Range (MAFR) in Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico.

The training system is funded by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) and procured by 1st Lieutenant Kyle J. Gagnon, Flight Commander of the Commodities section for the 27th Special Operations Contracting Squadron (27 SOCONS), Cannon AFB. It is essential as the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) and enemy tactics continue to evolve, the training facilities offered at MAFR must also evolve to ensure the highest level of training support, said 1st Lieutenant Gagnon.

Several Department of Defense Special Operations Forces (SOF) Components to include AFSOC, United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC), Marines Special Operations Command (MARSOC), and interagency organizations will train on MAFR in joint operations designed to enhance their skill sets in support of their missions. The dynamic capability of this requirement allows changes to the complex layout; thereby providing updated scenarios based upon the ever-evolving IED tactics, techniques and procedures employed by todays insurgents. All of the environments include extensive C-IED problem sets and simulators as well as realistic environmental additions such as sight, sound, and smell generators configured in a way to provide the utmost realistic tactical situations encountered in the deployed environments. Specific areas in each environment contain audio and visual sensors to digitally record and play back the actual scenarios performed by ground and aircrews for after action review on how they communicate with each other to establish lessons learned through synchronicity of operations.

Completion of this requirement will bring a tremendous capability to Cannon AFB. Falcon Containers proposed a high level of technical capabilities and cost-effective value to this project. We are very confident Falcon Containers will do a great job and we are thrilled to get started, said 1st Lieutenant Gagnon.

About Falcon Containers:

Founded in 2003, Falcon Containers repurposes shipping containers to simplify their customers operations. Applications include portable storage containers, military training assets, customized conex containers, and shipping container homes. Falcon has served numerous customers in the Central Texas area and the US Department of Defense throughout the United States. More information can be found at http://www.FalconContainers.com.

About Canon Air Force Base and Melrose Air Force Range:

Cannon Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Clovis, New Mexico. It is under the jurisdiction of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The Melrose Air Force Range (MAFR) is the primary training range for the host unit at Cannon -the 27th Special Operations Wing (27 SOW) assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The 27 SOW plans and executes specialized and contingency operations using advanced aircraft, tactics and air refueling techniques to infiltrate and supply special operations forces (SOF) and provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and close air support in support of SOF operations. More information can be found at http://www.cannon.af.mil.







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United Nations Foundation Commits to Making the Goals of the London Summit on Family Planning a Reality

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Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) July 11, 2012

As partners from around the world join together in London to launch an ambitious effort to enable 120 million more women in developing countries access to voluntary, lifesaving family planning, information, and services by 2020, the United Nations Foundation reaffirms its commitment in support of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moons innovative Every Woman Every Child movement. This effort builds upon the Foundations long history of investment and work on adolescent girls and womens health, including the Universal Access Project, to achieve universal access to reproductive health care Millennium Development Goal 5 which leads to healthier women, stronger families, and more stable, prosperous communities.

Reproductive health issues cut across virtually all of our campaigns and initiatives, said Timothy E. Wirth, President of the UN Foundation. The London Summit — a global call to accelerate support for women and girls — builds upon the leadership and work of the United Nations Population Fund and the long-term support of the U.S. government to achieve universal access to reproductive health care and voluntary family planning. We call on all governments to prioritize this critical work moving forward.

We know that more than 220 million women around the world want, but do not have, access to modern contraception. By making a significant dent in this unmet need were not only saving the lives of women and children, but were also putting families on a path to a healthier, more sustainable and prosperous future. Voluntary family planning is one of the smartest investments that we can make said Timothy E. Wirth.

To help make the goals of the London Summit on Family Planning a reality, the UN Foundation is proud to fulfill and accelerate its $ 400 million commitment made together with partners in 2010 in support of Every Woman Every Child to improve womens and childrens health. This includes: