Gracefully-Yours presents Elder Chicks with Thelma Reese.

Life Lessons with Project Children Anthony Massey explores how this initiative has broken down the walls of war and prejudice in Northern Ireland.

Life Lessons with Project Children Anthony Massey explores how this initiative has broken down the walls of war and prejudice in Northern Ireland.

Forrester forecasts for chief marketing officers next year include that the chief growth officer title will replace CMOs in some cases, more will look to reduce ad budgets but accomplish more with their dollars, marketing technology spending will need to have a clear strategy and the distance between brands and customers will grow thanks to digital assistants unless marketers figure out a way to broker a relationship. Them2018 CMO predictions were released in report made available to Marketing Dive and summarized in a company blog post. Customer experience (CX) is a centerpiece of business strategy, according to Forrester, but CX quality has plateaued or dropped for most industries and companies, with 30% expected to see more declines in CX which will result in a loss of growth. The issue is executives ignoring evidence of market disruption, leading to them procrastinate until the evidence of the importance around CX is overwhelming. Such denial will put companies at risk going into 2019.Another area where CMOs drop the ball is digital transformation. The forecast sees 20% of CEOs failing to act on digital transformation putting their firms at risk, and currently 60% report believing they are behind in digital transformation.  Forrester states that 10% of purchase decisions will be directly influenced by intelligent agents. This means that understanding algorithms will become more important for marketers, with 25% expected to lack expertise in the “lingua franca” of intelligent agents.

 

Recommended Reading: Predictions 2018: Visionary CMOs Will Focus On Growth And Customer-Obsession

Forrester forecasts for chief marketing officers next year include that the chief growth officer title will replace CMOs in some cases, more will look to reduce ad budgets but accomplish more with their dollars, marketing technology spending will need to have a clear strategy and the distance between brands and customers will grow thanks to digital assistants unless marketers figure out a way to broker a relationship. Them2018 CMO predictions were released in report made available to Marketing Dive and summarized in a company blog post. Customer experience (CX) is a centerpiece of business strategy, according to Forrester, but CX quality has plateaued or dropped for most industries and companies, with 30% expected to see more declines in CX which will result in a loss of growth. The issue is executives ignoring evidence of market disruption, leading to them procrastinate until the evidence of the importance around CX is overwhelming. Such denial will put companies at risk going into 2019.Another area where CMOs drop the ball is digital transformation. The forecast sees 20% of CEOs failing to act on digital transformation putting their firms at risk, and currently 60% report believing they are behind in digital transformation.  Forrester states that 10% of purchase decisions will be directly influenced by intelligent agents. This means that understanding algorithms will become more important for marketers, with 25% expected to lack expertise in the “lingua franca” of intelligent agents.

 

Recommended Reading: Predictions 2018: Visionary CMOs Will Focus On Growth And Customer-Obsession

Enjoy author Becky Baudouin share her book Cancer, Faith, and Unexpected Joy. It's the story of her Mom's death and the lessons that she learned on how to live and die.

Of particular interest is: The holidays will be coming up soon. What words of encouragement would you like to offer those who are

facing their first Thanksgiving and Christmas without their loved one?

Expect

the holidays to

be hard

and

for

feelings of sadness and loss

to

be magnified.

A

lso expect God to

comfort and help you through

these difficult seasons

. It’s important to think about things ahead of time and

come up with a plan. It can be tempting just

to

play it by ear, but with the holidays being such a busy, stressful

season with lots of social events and

scheduled

family gatherings, we really need to be intentional about what

we would like these days to look like.

Some questions to consider are:

•

What traditions do we want to hold on to, and

wh

ich

ones are too painfu

l this year? Do we want to try

something new

,

such as t

ravel

ing

to a new location or go

ing

out for dinner or a movie?

•

Do I need to be with people

,

or do I need to spend time alone?

Enjoy author Becky Baudouin share her book Cancer, Faith, and Unexpected Joy. It's the story of her Mom's death and the lessons that she learned on how to live and die.

Of particular interest is: The holidays will be coming up soon. What words of encouragement would you like to offer those who are

facing their first Thanksgiving and Christmas without their loved one?

Expect

the holidays to

be hard

and

for

feelings of sadness and loss

to

be magnified.

A

lso expect God to

comfort and help you through

these difficult seasons

. It’s important to think about things ahead of time and

come up with a plan. It can be tempting just

to

play it by ear, but with the holidays being such a busy, stressful

season with lots of social events and

scheduled

family gatherings, we really need to be intentional about what

we would like these days to look like.

Some questions to consider are:

•

What traditions do we want to hold on to, and

wh

ich

ones are too painfu

l this year? Do we want to try

something new

,

such as t

ravel

ing

to a new location or go

ing

out for dinner or a movie?

•

Do I need to be with people

,

or do I need to spend time alone?

According to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are more people living with epilepsy in the U.S. than ever before, including approximately 470,000 children and teens and 3.4 million people overall.[iii]

Actor Greg Grunberg (who himself is the father of a son with epilepsy) has served for years as an avid advocate dedicated to raising awareness of the challenges people with epilepsy face every day – particularly children and their families. In partnership with the Epilepsy Foundation, Greg is helping launch the next phase of Talk About It!, an awareness campaign that urges people to have conversations about epilepsy. This November, the campaign is expanding to provide tools and resources to support families and children affected by epilepsy, to help them educate their communities on the condition and how it impacts their lives.

Greg and the Epilepsy Foundation believe that starting conversations about epilepsy can create greater understanding and actions that will help children with the condition feel supported and connected to others facing similar experiences.

Epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain and causes a person to have recurrent seizures. Seizures occur due to a disruption of electrical communication between neurons.

Join Greg and Dr. Christi Heck, Chair of the Epilepsy Foundation Professional Advisory Board,  as they discuss the Foundation’s Talk About It! campaign to advocate for children living with epilepsy.  Both guests will discuss the importance of this dialogue and the tools and resources on the campaign website for people to use to support kids with epilepsy and their families.

According to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are more people living with epilepsy in the U.S. than ever before, including approximately 470,000 children and teens and 3.4 million people overall.[iii]

Actor Greg Grunberg (who himself is the father of a son with epilepsy) has served for years as an avid advocate dedicated to raising awareness of the challenges people with epilepsy face every day – particularly children and their families. In partnership with the Epilepsy Foundation, Greg is helping launch the next phase of Talk About It!, an awareness campaign that urges people to have conversations about epilepsy. This November, the campaign is expanding to provide tools and resources to support families and children affected by epilepsy, to help them educate their communities on the condition and how it impacts their lives.

Greg and the Epilepsy Foundation believe that starting conversations about epilepsy can create greater understanding and actions that will help children with the condition feel supported and connected to others facing similar experiences.

Epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain and causes a person to have recurrent seizures. Seizures occur due to a disruption of electrical communication between neurons.

Join Greg and Dr. Christi Heck, Chair of the Epilepsy Foundation Professional Advisory Board,  as they discuss the Foundation’s Talk About It! campaign to advocate for children living with epilepsy.  Both guests will discuss the importance of this dialogue and the tools and resources on the campaign website for people to use to support kids with epilepsy and their families.

Gretchen Steidle knows first-hand the personal transformation that mindfulness practice can bring. But she doesn't believe that transformation stops at personal wellbeing. In Leading from Within, Steidle describes the ways that personal investment in self-awareness shapes leaders who are able to inspire change in others, build stronger relationships, and design innovative and more sustainable solutions. Steidle argues that both personal and societal transformation are essential for a just society, and with this book she offers a roadmap for integrating mindfulness into every aspect of social change.

Steidle offers mindfulness practices for individuals and groups, presents the neuroscientific evidence for its benefits, and argues for its relevance to social change. She describes five capacities of conscious social change, devoting a chapter to each. She writes about her own experiences, including her work helping women to found their own grassroots social ventures in post-conflict Africa. She describes the success of a group of rural, uneducated women in Rwanda, for example, who now provide 9,000 villagers with clean water, ending the sexual exploitation of disabled women unable to collect water on their own.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Gretchen Steidle is Founder and President of Global Grassroots, a nonprofit organization that works with women and girls to be leaders of conscious social change in their communities. She gives lectures and workshops worldwide.  Additional information available at www.globalgrassroots.org