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23 Finalists in the “Build a Better Burb” Ideas Competition Announced. LI Index People’s Choice Award voting begins

January 27th, 2012 by Econ_Forecasts | No Comments | Filed in Current Economic Issues


Garden City, NY (PRWEB) July 9, 2010

The Long Island Index invited architects, urban designers, planners, students, and visionaries to submit bold design proposals for capitalizing on the potential of the “underperforming asphalt” found in dozens of downtowns in New York’s Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Competition advisor June Williamson, co-author of “Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs,” helped conceive the competition to solicit innovative design ideas for retrofitting the 8,300 acres of opportunity in 156 downtowns and train station-adjacent areas highlighted in the Long Island Index 2010 “Places to Grow” report. It also invited designers to consider island-wide challenges that could be addressed by bold design strategies.

“The response from the design community was tremendous,” said Ann Golob, director of the Long Island Index. ”The energy of designers from around the nation and the world who tackled the proposition that we can build even better communities in the first suburbs of Long Island was extremely gratifying. It was a bold move to sponsor this competition, a first for us, and it is thrilling to see the creative use the designers have made of the data we have painstakingly assembled and tracked here at the Index over the years. It was a tough job for our invited jurors to select the group of finalists featured on our website.”

The finalist’s ideas run the gamut. Some approached the issue from a regional perspective; others were more localized. None of the ideas are small ones with just a single building to retrofit a downtown. The finalists were thinking bigger, long-term. Some are idealistic, others are inherently practical. Regardless, they are thought provoking and ask Long Islanders to consider how the first suburb might be transformed for this century.

A list of the 23 finalists are attached. To obtain contact information for members of the jury or finalits please contact Deanna Morton.

A special “People’s Choice Award” is being publicized in a broad media campaign designed to get out the vote. During the months of July and August, look for signage on buses in both Nassau and Suffolk counties, flyers on LIRR passenger seats and posters at libraries in Nassau and Suffolk encouraging patrons to cast their vote on library computers. Voting opens July 7 and ends August 31.

The public is encouraged to participate by visiting http://www.buildabetterburb.org to learn more about the competition and to view the proposals of the finalists and cast their vote. The winners of the competition as selected by the jury and the Long Island Index People’s Choice Award recipient will be announced at a press conference on October 4, 2010 at the Community Development Corporation of Long Island 40th Anniversary Gala luncheon. Prizes totaling $ 22,500 will be awarded, including a $ 2,500 prize for the top project submitted by a student currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program.

According to Nancy Rauch Douzinas, president of the Rauch Foundation and publisher of the Long Island Index, “Sponsoring the Build a Better Burb competition provides us with a unique opportunity to further our goal at the Index of providing the public with timely, useful information as well as innovative ideas and visions to help build a better Long Island. With the current economic issues facing our region, this is the right time to address how to create the homes, jobs, and communities we need. We hope through the public campaign this summer to really get Long Islanders talking in a more vigorous way about working together to shape our shared future.”

“The submitted ideas were tremendously varied in scale, scope and point of view, but most were both highly imaginative and optimistic,” said competition advisor June Williamson. “They reflect the broad range of current progressive design thinking about the challenges of retrofitting and reshaping the development patterns of North American suburbs, which experts concur must change.”

The best submissions, richly illustrated with plans, renderings, diagrams and videos, were selected as finalists by a diverse jury of distinguished academics and professionals. They are:

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5 Ideas For Dealing With The Credit Crisis

December 19th, 2011 by Econ_Forecasts | No Comments | Filed in Credit Crisis

Article by Seomul Evans

If you’re a small business owner, you’re all too aware of the current economic crisis and how it’s affecting small businesses all over the country. The most profound effect of the economic crisis is in the availability of credit. The news is grim, but it doesn’t have to paralyze your business.

Here are 5 ways to deal with the credit crisis and its effect on your small business.

1. Diversify Your Borrowing. Big banks have really gotten themselves into a quandary with messy mortgages, but local banks have primarily remained outside of the mortgage disaster. Try visiting community banks to find out what they have to offer you. Many local banks are highly interested in lending to companies that keep money within the community. Peer-to-peer borrowing is another option that you might consider, and is attractive to private lenders for the same reason that community banks are interested in lending to businesses who will keep money within the local area.

2. Offer Less Credit. You’ll be in a better position to deal with the credit crisis yourself if you cut back on the capital that you need to run your business. This necessarily means that you will be able to conserve your capital if you offer less trade credit for your customers. Another option is to reduce your accounts receivable by reducing amount of time you give your customers to pay you, and by offering incentives to pay you early.

3. Cut Back. This is a common sense idea, but the less capital you need to run your business, the less credit you require. This is a really a great time for you to step back and get a big-picture view of your business. What small changes can you make that will allow you to cut back on the amount you need to borrow? Some ideas include leasing your equipment instead of borrowing money to purchase it. You might also consider utilizing sales representatives who work on commission instead of hiring salaried employees.

4. Raise Equity. Since the debt markets are more immediately effected by the credit crisis, try other sources of equity such as venture capitalists, friends, family, angels, and strategic partners. And if that doesn’t work, you might try getting equity from your venture’s founding team. This necessarily means that you’ll be less diversified since you’re putting your own capital into your own business, but you’ll also avoid having to ask lenders who aren’t lending to give you money. A final option is to fund your business using retained earnings rather than funding your business through borrowed money.

5. Sell, Sell, Sell. Sell any valuable assets that your business might have. Selling your equipment and leasing it back is an effective way to avoid borrowing more money. And making the switch to leasing from owning might give you enough cash to keep your business going.

The obvious solution to the credit crisis is to wait it out. Things will eventually come back around and the future won’t look quite so bleak. But the bottom line is that you need to keep your business going until the future starts to look a little brighter. These 5 steps are just a few of the ways you can cope with the credit crisis without having to close up shop completely. You probably have a few of your own tricks up your sleeve. The most important thing is to be creative and to do whatever it takes to keep your business running. It’s your passion and your life, so keep it alive until change comes along!

Seomul Evans is a senior Search Engine Optimization Services specializing in Meta Search Engines and a search engine marketing articles contributor.










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Career Change Ideas: Considering A Career Change Why Direct Sales May Be For You

October 19th, 2011 by Econ_Forecasts | No Comments | Filed in Current Economic Issues

Article by Matt McDonald

With our current economic issues, many professionals are looking for career change ideas. Many people have considered sales as a career. Many more have even tried sales at some point in their lives. And still many more have failed, never to try again because of a bad experience. What a shame. It is a career that is ” laden with opportunity yet is fraught with heartbreak and despair and the bodies of those who have failed, were they piled one atop another, would cast it’s shadow down upon all the pyramids of the earth” this quote comes from one of my favorite books, ” The Greatest Salesman In The World “, a classic written by Og Mandino. It is a shame because many of these same people are rock star salespeople waiting to be discovered. I sincerely believe that.

Obviously, the main incentive to consider a career in sales is the income potential. The top salespeople are in the top 3-5% of income earners in the country. Note that I said the top salespeople, not salespeople in general. Other than income potential, there are many other benefits to a career sales, especially in this day and age. Many sales positions allow you to work from home, at least part time. Most sales jobs come with a certain amount of autonomy, if not a great deal of it. Which means you won’t be micro managed. That means that you’ll need self discipline and to be responsible for your results.

Unfortunately, the majority of people who have tried sales and failed, did not fail because they lacked ” moxie “, “mojo ” or some “magic ingredient”. They failed because they were never trained in a sales process. They were given a list of leads, a script and told, “Go get ‘em”. They were never guided by a mentor who understands how to navigate their way through the minefield that sales can be to the uninitiated. If someone does aspire to be in sales as a career, they need to be coached on expectations, attitude, techniques, prospecting and the rest. And the first thing that they need to be taught is that salespeople are not born. Con artists are born. Salespeople, especially top salespeople, are made. Selling is a learned process. This is where I start in training my associates. The next thing I teach is that sales is a people business, not a commission business. It’s about creating, building and maintaining relationships. Successful salespeople understand and are able to wrap their heads around this concept. You need to care about people. Sincerely care.

Since time immemorial, people have been taught that sales is a numbers game. “Pitch” to enough people and you’ll make sales. I suppose that there is some truth to this. But sales is much more than a numbers game. It’s a people game. And to me, a game it is not.

I sell personal growth, development and wealth creation products and events. Life changing products and events. It’s my belief that it is an honor and privilege to promote these products. But with privilege comes responsibility. And my responsibility to my associates is to train them on our system and processes, to make them aware that there is work involved, as well as a learning curve. My associates understand that yes, you can make mid to high six, even seven figures with our organization. It’s not pie in the sky and it’s not a joke. It can and has happened to many of us. But it doesn’t happen in 90 days, And it doesn’t just happen. If you think you can just plug in to our system and earn 7 figures, that’s not how it works. Business in general, and sales in particular, are contact sports. There are skill sets that must be developed. It is realistic, however, to begin earning 5-10K per month within 90 days if you are coach-able and do what we teach. But it takes consistent effort and work.

What sales process do we teach? We teach a dialogue based sales process. A process which, when employed correctly, invites participation by both parties to a transaction. A process that eliminates all the tension, rejection and objections created by traditional selling methods. Would you consider a career in sales if they were no tension, rejection or objections to deal with? These are all actually created by traditional selling methods. I’d like to take credit for coming up with the concept of dialogue based selling, but alas, I can’t. It’s the brainchild of Michael Oliver. It’s called Natural Selling and it’s an enlightening read.

So,if you’re looking for career change ideas,do yourself a favor and take another look at direct selling as a career choice. You’ll be glad you did. You are a sales rock star just waiting to be discovered.

To your success.

Matt McDonald is a new economy coach and trainer. After having been in traditional sales and marketing for 20+ years, he grew tired and disillusioned with the corporate world. The travel, long hours and time away from family were not worth the compensation.He engaged his corporate career killswitch and is not looking back.

Matt McDonald / McDonald Media Group / Educate. Execute. Prosper. / matt@onlineprofitline.com / 206-335-6466










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25 compelling economic essay topic ideas

September 10th, 2011 by Econ_Forecasts | No Comments | Filed in Economic Issues

Article by Diana Nunez

Let us first discuss what is economics? Economics is a field of a social science which deals with the distribution and consumption of goods and services. The term is derived from ancient Greek word,OIKONMOIA which means the management of household and administration, the subject seems to be very drying for the students and when they are assigned to write economics essay they becomes confused on what to write on economic essays.

Teacher when want to know how much the students have learnt about economics they assign them to write economic essays but as there are so many topics to write on economics essays the students get so confused as it is said, The more the option, the more you will get confuse. They also do not know which topic would be interesting for the readers and which will bore them. S, we have decided to provide them a list of economics essays which will help them decide a topic.

1.Causes for the recession in America2.An introduction to corporate governance 3.Relationship between corporate governance and financial market4.The Doha development round outlook5.What are the stages in economic development?6.What does it require to development a nation economically?7.Aggregate demand and supply rule8.Contemporary economic issues9.Sustainability issues are economic issues10.An introduction to the bank for international settlement11.What does it mean by, It is a market failure?12.Assessing the economic performance of United States of America13.Relationship between micro and macro level economic performance14.Business data modeling factors15.An introduction to the business data catalog16.What is bank liquidity management?17.What causes exchange rates?18.Cash and liquidity management19.Funding patterns and liquidity management of internationally active banks20.What causes the upheavals in oil prices in the world?21.Inflation: a theoretical survey and synthesis22.Types of inflation and consumer price index23.Inflation and its impact on United States of American economy24.Economic crisis essay25.Does trade always offers any comparative advantages.

Economic essays are therefore not that difficult to write, all you have to do is to select a right topic for essays on economics. There are countless topics for economic essay that you can do your assignment the thin which matters is the selection of the topic. So, keep in mind that, no matter how good the content of your essay on economic is,if the topic is not attention grabbing then it will literally destroy your grades in essay exams.

Hence, the preceding economic essay topic will help you decide the theme of the essay; you just have to select the one which interest you the most. Remember to take permission from your teacher after choosing the topic because if there is any problem she or he would tell you about it. Final words of advice are to be creative and innovative while writing the essay because it is not only the topic which you have to work on; there is a long list of essay elements that needs your attention.

Diana Nunez is a senior research writer and provide help for Economic Essay and Economic Crisis Essay.Feel free to contact for any sort of help in this regard.










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