5 Minutes to Increase Your Business Acumen
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Executive
View - How should a chemical company measure risk when evaluating investment
opportunities? Part 2 of 2.
The Four Valleys
question. Do you work for a 'Napa Valley'
kind of business? Is it in 'Happy Valley'? Or could it be heading for 'Death
Valley'? Last month, we looked at strategic
risk - how a company might evaluate different growth opportunities by using the
Ansoff Matrix. This month, we look at how a company can manage
operational risk, using the Four Valleys matrix; matching its culture and ways of working to the markets
in which it operates.
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ACS Webinars! Connecting you with subject experts and global thought leaders in chemical sciences, management, and business. FREE. Thursdays from 2-3pm ET. Check out the upcoming 2010 webinar topics... Why Attend ACS Webinars?
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ACS Webinars: Your Career Matters!
Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2-3pm ET.
Searching
for career opportunities or advancing your career in this current economic
climate can be exciting, but it's also perplexing and even frustrating! ACS
2010 President Joe Francisco discovered chemistry and used science to overcome
various challenges while in school and in his early career to become not only a
successful professor, but the president of the largest scientific society in
the world.
"Using Your Chemistry Education to Unlock Career Opportunities in the
New Decade - A story from the 2010 ACS President" with speaker Joe Francisco,
William E. Moore Distinguished Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science and
Chemistry at Purdue University and ACS President 2010.
More information and registration...
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 ACS Webinars: Small & Medium Business
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 2-3pm ET.
Wonder why all the buzz about Crowdsourcing? Wonder how you and
your company can benefit from the Wiki model? Learn from our speaker have
successfully brought open innovations into science and chemistry. Join us as to
explore the future of science in a crowdsourced world.
"How can Crowd-sourcing in Chemistry Benefit ME?" A half-hour
presentation followed by Q&A with speaker Alpheus
Bingham, Co-founder InnoCentive, Chemist, Entrepreneur, and Visionary of Open Innovations.
More information and registration...
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Whether you are looking
for your first job or seeking to advance or transition in your career, ACS
Career resources give you a competitive advantage in your job search. ACS
Careers offers members like you invaluable resources from one-on-one career
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 Looking for some Chemical Bonds! Did you meet your significant other or spouse while doing chemistry? Whether you met while performing trace elemental analysis in a lab or doing kitchen chemistry, we want to hear your story. If your story is chosen, we will publish it in the February edition of The Distillate; what better way to send your Happy Valentine message to the one important in your life. Send your story to imp@acs.org by Jan 25. Please limit to 500 words.
Where to find chemistry? According to the ACS ChemCensus 2005, about 20% of working women chemists are married to another chemist.
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 It's elemental! You can own a piece of each element in this 'Periodic Table'
According to the description, this table contains a sample of 92 naturally occurring elements, including rare metals such as osmium, housed under its glass surface. Read on to learn more about this table costing over 10,000 British Pounds.
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 "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood" by ???
Win Meg-A-Mole doll! She is ready to travel with her safety goggles, red back pack, and
sunny disposition.
Who is the famous chemist attributed to the quote above?
Email us your answer by Jan 25, 2010 to be entered into the drawing. Answer and winner will be posted in next month's edition.
Congratulations to Kenneth Aitchison of Applied Microstructures for his correct answer to last month's quote contest "The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate" by Joseph Priestly. His name was randomly selected from all the correct entries received. He will receive an ACS polo shirt. Thank you to all who entered the contest.
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