October 15, 2018 EditionEdition

🔒Yard Goats named 2018 commitment to charity award winner by Ballpark Digest

The Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club has been named the 2018 commitment to charity award winner by BallparkDigest.com. The Yard Goats have focused on increasing outreach by developing unique community […]

🔒Medicare Advantage open enrollment in CT

The annual open enrollment period for Medicare Advantage kicks off Oct. 15. Insurers will be vying to retain their existing members, poach customers from competitors and enroll newly eligible (age 65-plus) Baby Boomers.

🔒CREC, Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters kickoff e-mentoring program

All 110 incoming freshmen at CREC's Academy of Science & Innovation in New Britain have been matched...

🔒USJ program aims to graduate more low-income STEM students

For years, educators and researchers have studied why low-income, minority and female students are underrepresented in college majors and jobs in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.
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🔒Private investment in state assets? CT should explore it

Connecticut residents and business people who fly out of New York got welcome news recently with the announcement that JFK Airport will undergo a planned $13 billion renovation.

🔒Privatize DECD? Smith thought about it

It's campaign season, so Connecticut gubernatorial candidates are telling voters where they think state government could cut spending and be more effective.

🔒Health insurers test new employer wellness programs

Q&A talks with Jason Madrak, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's regional vice president in Connecticut, about the insurer's newest employer wellness program.

🔒Insurance exchange aims to raise profile, attraction of small business health insurance option

Connecticut's insurance exchange, Access Health CT, is trying to raise the profile and attraction of its small-business health insurance plans.
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🔒Creating a ‘change’ culture

“The Challenge Culture — Why Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback” by Nigel Travis (Public Affairs Books,...

🔒Kelser charity challenge raises money for Hospital for Special Care

The 22nd annual Kelser Charity Challenge raised an estimated $25,000 for the Hospital for Special Care's new...

🔒Jimmy Nielsen | Head Coach, Hartford Athletic

Jimmy Nielsen started his soccer career as a player, but the first-ever coach of the Hartford Athletic said managing a team came naturally to him.

🔒It’s time for followers to lead

“The leadership industry has failed.” Harvard professor and renowned leadership authority and author, Barbara Kellerman, made this declaration at the 2016 international leadership conference I attended with 1,500 other leadership trainers, professors and researchers.
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🔒Pulito rides out recessions to lead, grow SLAM Collaborative

After riding out the Great Recession, SLAM Collaborative President Robert Pulito has grown the Glastonbury architecture firm's national footprint.

🔒Republican candidate Stefanowski makes big bet on massive tax cut

Republican candidate Bob Stefanowski is making a big bet on massive tax cuts.

🔒How to get prospects to find you

“I am looking to further my prospecting techniques,” the salesperson wrote in his email. “It seems I need to increase my ratios by the end of the quarter.” The story isn't new. Twenty years ago, salespeople were expected to get in front of prospects. Today, those doors are sealed shut. Voicemail and email messages are ignored. If all that isn't enough, few customers are willing to stick their neck out and make referrals.
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