Health and Medicine |
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(Edutopia, 10/1/2007)
Schools are replacing heavy-duty chemical cleaners with eco-friendly products to make their kids and teachers healthier.
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(Edutopia, 4/1/2007)
For this magazine geared towards educators and printed by the George Lucas Education Foundation, I wrote about how teachers can benefit a quick midday nap. even if they don't get milk and graham crackers afterwards.
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Personal Finance |
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(Bankrate.com, 7/2/2007)
More universities, both public and private, are trying to become less expensive -- and more attractive -- by experimenting with ways to offset rising costs and mounting debt.
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(PC World, 2/23/2007)
Filing taxes are not fun, but a review of this year's Web-based tax-prep services finds that they're at least easier than ever to complete.
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(MSNBC.com, 1/4/2007)
A review of legislation on the Democratic-controlled Congress' agenda that may affect consumers' wallets.
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(MSNBC, 8/18/2006)
The "latte factor" states that by skipping the daily $3 coffee run, you can save hundreds, even thousands of dollars, a year. But if don’t drink that much coffee and are still short on savings, what do you do? Two women explain how they gave up their daily luxuries -- and improved their lives.
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(MSNBC.com, 7/15/2006)
Seven ways small donors can make the maximum impact with their charitable contributions.
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(MSNBC.com, 6/16/2006)
Young bloggers open up their wallets online -- and they invite you to critique and improve their financial habits.
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(MSNBC.com, 3/15/2006)
Tips for teaching tweens and teens about fiscal responsibility
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(MSNBC.com, 2/10/2006)
Because they're facing stagnating incomes, housing prices out of reach and mounting credit-card debt and student loans, it's unlikely that Generations X and Y will surpass or even equal their parents' standards of living.
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(CBS MarketWatch, 1/21/2003)
Yes, there are some legitimate ways to press tax writeoffs to the limit. This article explores the various shades of gray, as well as red flags that draw IRS attention.
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Business Management |
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(AdvisorMax.com, 1/1/2008)
The largest generation of Americans ever born is now planning for retirement. That’s good news for financial advisors, but you have a lot of work ahead of you in helping them understand what they’re up against.
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(Prosper Magazine, 11/1/2007)
Who has the most important role in the wine industry? Arguably it is the label designer, the person in charge of creating eye-catching designs that stand out among the increasing number of wine bottles on the shelf.
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(DrBicuspid.com, 10/30/2007)
Dentists need to better arm themselves against patient lawsuits. What's the best defense?
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(DrBiscuspid.com, 10/22/2007)
Dental-practice consultant William Blatchford boasts that his clients gross between $2 to $3 million annually, even when working with staffs of five or fewer. How do they do it?
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(AdvisorMax, 8/1/2007)
If done right, conferences can be career boosters -- how you can come away from your next one with more than a tan and a tax write-off.
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(San Francisco Business Times, 4/20/2007)
Credit unions are taking on big banks in the small-business market by promising lower fees and better customer service.
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(AdvisorMax, 3/15/2007)
For this subscription-only website geared toward financial advisors, I wrote about how financial advisors can use outsourcing to better serve their clients -- and their profits.
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(AdvisorMax.com, 1/1/2007)
Advice from financial advisors about how a mix of technology and the personal touch keeps remote-client relationships going strong.
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(AdvisorMax, 12/1/2006)
This article offers financial advisors tips for holding on to good clients – and getting rid of bad ones.
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(Red Herring, 6/1/2000)
The tech industry is still considered a man's world but female entrepreneurs are learning how to become lean, mean, pitching machines.
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Technology |
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(Edutopia, 12/1/2007)
Feeling brain-drained? Using an electromagnetic "thinking cap" to give your head a jump start may not be too far off in the future.
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(Technologies for Worship, 6/15/2006)
How the IT department at New York's Trinity Church transformed itself from a server room with dangling wires and archaic equipment into an award-winning operation that handles all technology for the parish and its 175 high-profile tenants.
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(Ashoka, 1/1/2006)
For Ashoka's "Changemakers" journal focusing on social entrepreneurs making a difference, a profile of retired CEO Lynn Fritz, who is using his logistics technology skills to help international nonprofits improve their disaster relief efforts.
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(MSNBC.com, 12/29/2005)
Federal agencies are requiring all financial institutions to beef up their Internet security measures by the end of 2006, but banks are debating what methods are both cost-effective and consumer-friendly.
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(Identity Theft 911, 12/1/2003)
For home computer users concerned about identity theft, this article describes the security issues they need to face and also offers tips, safeguards and software products for better PC protection.
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(Identity Theft 911, 9/1/2003)
Is high-tech scanning of fingers and eyeballs the perfect weapon against identity theft? This article explains why biometric technology may be the logical solution for stemming the growth of this crime.
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(Red Herring , 12/14/1999)
Members of The IndUS Entrepreneurs are playing a powerful role in shaping today's technology.
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Too Quirky to Categorize |
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(CBS MarketWatch, 11/22/2002)
900,000 Americans are expected to enter the "RV Nation" this year. And historically, where RV sales goes, the economy follows.
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(Red Herring, 9/15/2000)
Y.C. Sun is a computer consultant who has more influence in his moonlighting job -- as a fortune-teller advising tech execs and venture capitalists how and when to do business.
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Environmental Issues |
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(Prosper Magazine, 8/1/2007)
Local municipalities try to rake in the costs of recycling yard waste.
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(Better Nutrition, 6/16/2006)
Six ways to "e-cycle" your old electronics.
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