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...Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). The industry is on track to spend almost $3 billion in 2005 solely on meetings and events for physicians, according to Verispan, a health-care market-research firm in Pennsylvania. The drug industry argues, with reason, that gift giving evolved as a necessary tool for sharing information about new drugs with busy physicians who needed incentives to stop and listen. Says PhRMA's chief medical officer, Dr. Paul T. Antony: "Any physician can decline a gift at any time...
When asked what career tool they lack but most need, minority women executives had the same answer: mentors. Although 66% desire mentoring from senior colleagues with similar ethnic or cultural backgrounds, 29% lack any such mentors...
...version of the PowerPoint software that, according to the company, is used for an estimated 30 million presentations around the globe every day. The most obvious change is a brand-new interface, with a "ribbon" of common commands replacing the current, confusing menu. The best new feature is a tool that converts information from any slide into a graphic that you can refine with an easy-to-use menu of ready-made options. And the software simplifies some menu choices only experts used to know about, including an improved "kiosk" that will run your presentation automatically...
Nothing sucks the life out of a meeting quite like a flat, boring presentation. To sharpen your show and keep yawning at bay, try Ovation ($100), a new software tool that takes your existing PowerPoint file and morphs it into a professional-looking talk. It even lets you create a scrolling teleprompter onscreen to help you deliver your message more effectively...
...expanded greatly. Consider the function of photography in the imagery of Vietnam or the Great Depression, or the role of Constructivist art in uniting millions of Russians. Pop art forces us to examine our absurd consumer society by parodying such a culture. Art is an immensely powerful tool in shaping the way in which society sees the world in a particular context and reflecting upon that context...