Wearable devices such as fitness trackers have started to impact consumers’ personal lives, making them more knowledgeable about their activity levels, sleep patterns, and eating habits. However, the impact of wearables goes beyond trackers and personal lives into work life, as well, giving companies and employees the tools and technologies...
Business Email: Why Your Response Time Could Be Hurting You
When this press release passed my desk, I couldn't turn it away. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people don't get back to me via email. I send out an email, I expect to get an answer pretty quickly. I mean, we do have mobile phones, tablets and...
Seven Reasons to Bite Your Tongue in the Office
When it comes to behavior in the office, it’s important to err on the side of caution when you are establishing your professional image in the workplace. Diane Gottsman is a national modern manners and etiquette expert, sought out industry leader, accomplished speaker, author and the owner of The Protocol...
How #Selfies Are Changing The Face of Photography
Art professors Ren Hullender, Al Wildey discover 63 categories by analyzing 4,500 selfies The world is having a love affair with selfies, the digital self-portraits usually taken with a mobile phone and uploaded to social networks such as Facebook or Instagram. This year alone, people will publish 880 billion self-portrait...
How to Save On Halloween Costumes, Candy and Fun by Stephanie Nelson
Halloween is now reported to be the 2nd most expensive holiday of the year! Even though we don't exchange expensive gifts on Halloween, it is easy to rack up big bills on costumes and candy. The good news is that there are many easy ways to save money on Halloween...
Do’s & Don’ts Tips On Social Media…
This was a press release I recently received. It was so funny and yet so true, I thought I'd share with you... ----------------- Trend Micro, a global developer of security software solutions, provides a summer social media guide to ensure you’re engaging with friends, family and acquaintances with content that...
Celebrity Softball Game to Benefit American Cancer Society
To benefit “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” and provide a memorable day of summer fun in the sun, the Ronkonkoma Chamber of Commerce is hosting its second Annual Celebrity Softball Game on Sunday, August 3rd at the CYA Complex on Easton Street, in Ronkonkoma, NY. Last summer’s first-ever celebrity softball...
Central Park Conservancy’s Mother’s Day Gifts from the Heart
Looking for a last minute Mother's Day gift? Why not give a gift that your mother will enjoy and you will also help support the Conservancy, a not-for profit organization that manages the Park year after year. Here are some ideas: For the Gardener: The annual blossoming of Central Park's beautiful...
The Fashion 3D Virtual Dressing Room, Double Robot w iPad, and Chanel Holographic Book
As seasons change so do wardrobes and room arrangements and fans of both style and future tech have found the perfect solution thanks to the Fashion 3D located in the FLUX Innovation Lounge at the offices of Engage Production Ltd https://fluximpact.com/#!/home. “We’ve received very good feedback from the retail brands...
The Modest, Yet Exceptional, Employee By Chris Palermo
I was thinking about the irony of job-seeking versus being a great employee. The very traits that make someone an exceptional employee are not necessarily the ones that convince an organization to hire them in the first place. What do I mean? Simply stated, most companies seek out employees that...