Category Archive for "Education Center"

06Mar

Who make the Best Employees?

Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg shares his secrets for recruiting great team members. This Inc Magazine article covers his strategy for assessing and hiring. Click to read the article by San Francisco’s Jeff Bercovici...

04Mar

Another snow day? How to work from home effectively

The weather outside is …truly frightful if you live in the midwest or the east coast this winter. Read Craig Malloy’s Inc Magazine article for tips on prioritizing and setting clear expectations so working from home is productive....

15Feb

Sweet Candy Cafe receives grant from The Allured Fund

Congratulations to Felicia Evans Long owner of Sweet Candy Cafe of Lumberton, North Carolina. Ms. Long is the most recent recipient of a grant from The Allured Fund to further her training in our confectionery industry. She will participate in the National Confectioner’s Association Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago...

05Feb

Millennials – Portrait of Generation Next

Pew Research Center has published a comprehensive analysis of the present and future impact of the US Millennial generation. Millennials – Portrait of Generation Next articulates Millennials’ priorities and aspirations. The study delves into expectations of parental responsibility, purchasing power, technology use, financial responsibility and ongoing change for this demographic...

25Jan

Announcing Allured Fund grants for confectionery education

Polish your confectionery skills and food science knowledge. There are many fine training opportunities in our industry this spring and summer to build your skills and knowledge. Allured Fund for Confectionery Education need-based grants provide financial help for industry members who wish to expand their food-science knowledge or confectionery skills...

20Jan

15 Economic Facts about Millennials

Millennials represent one third of the US population. The US Council of Economic Advisers has released a comprehensive study titled 15 Economic Facts about Millennials. The study focuses on trends in purchasing, education, career, civic-engagement and life-location decisions for this diverse and connected generation....

15Jan

Practice Structured Debate for Effective Decisionmaking

According to Harvard Business Review, “structured debates can provide an opportunity to rigorously discuss and dispute interpretations of current trends, as well as future predictions, in a kind of organizational “safe mode” that enables teams to explore external risks without putting individual members of the team at internal risk.” Read...