All posts by Kim Coutts
Need Some Global Good News?
Today rather than focusing on the number of coronavirus cases exploding around the world, check out the global Good Deeds Tracker on ForBlake.org. The Tracker highlights stories from all over the world as a reminder that acts of kindness, no matter how small, create a ripple effect that can lift us all up especially during…
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Evolving Approaches to Meaningful Work
Most of us want to do meaningful work—something that gets us jumping out of bed every morning (or at the very least makes us feel like we’re contributing directly to an organization’s success). If that sounds like you, you’re not alone; research from LinkedIn shows that nearly three-quarters of U.S. workers want a job where…
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Teens Drink Less When They Know the Facts
Local Schools See Lower Rates of Teen Drinking Thanks to a New Community Education Campaign Alcohol is everywhere: it’s on billboards, in magazines and movies, and in many homes. Seeing alcohol all around us may lead many parents and teens to mistakenly believe that drinking is an inevitable rite of passage for high school students….
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Looking Ahead in 2020
Whether you see it as the last year of a tumultuous decade or a fresh start to the 20s, this year will be pivotal in many ways. We will hold our 59th presidential election, Japan will host the Olympics and Argentina will welcome a total solar eclipse. Tesla’s electric truck will hit the streets, Friends…
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Civilian Awarded for Marketing Efforts to Reduce Teen Alcohol Use
The National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) presented Civilian Agency with a Silver Donald J. Berreth Award for Health Marketing for its work on behalf of the not-for-profit Mission Hospital. Civilian’s parallel campaigns aimed at reducing teen alcohol use in several Orange County, California high schools—Strength in Numbers and Raising Healthy Teens—were recognized for excellence…
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