For many, including us, Spring means renewal, new projects... and a fresh coat of paint. In this case, we're talking about #murals, again in partnership with The Monarch and YOUR chances to be a part:
If you haven't voted for your favorite #ARTicipate project mural yet, do so HERE online or come see us at #O1PLATFORMS on TONIGHT from 530-730pm and vote in person!
We’re getting ready to start Phase 2 - the actual painting of the winning murals - and since some of you have asked about volunteer / service opportunities, here’s your chance to help!
We thought it might be fun to have a quick community paint party to help prime the wall on Saturday April 13th… it should go quickly, if we have 5-10 people… you can SIGN UP HERE. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Shay Design is a multi-faceted graphic design/publishing and media management company founded in 2001 by its brainchild, Matt Shay, with his wife, Brandy, coming on board as business manager in 2004.
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Contest runs April 3rd - 17th. Ziegfeld will give away 4 sets of 2 tickets for Singin' in the Rain to the winners.
Show runs from April 26th - May 18th.
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ART / CREATIVE CALENDAR
April 4: WSU Guest Artist Lecture: Jeffrey Alan Scudder
(If you'd opened this email yesterday, you wouldn't have missed it - it was great!)
TONIGHT
April 5: Hard Hat tour of The Monarch!
April 5: First Friday Art Stroll
April 5: Onsite Voting:
#ARTicipate mural Project
April 5: Continuing:
Milky Silk Soft & Pretty at ArgoHouse
April 5: Van Sessions
LATER
April 9: PoetFlow at the Lighthouse
April 9: BachFest Concert #1
April 10: Jazz at The Station
April 10: BachFest at the Treehouse
April 11: Art + Action: A Series of Leaps
April 11-13: WSU Sunday in the Park with George
April 16: PoetFlow at the Lighthouse
O1ARTS INITIATIVES
Ogden First is a non-profit (501c3) corporation established to create and deliver arts programming, in all forms, in the context of adaptive reuse of historic or iconic spaces, organizing venues where artists can create, learn, perform and exhibit, amplified by our city’s architectural legacy.
PLATFORMS
Formerly a vacant lot, now a vibrant, community-oriented performance and exhibition venue
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Happy Friday, Jim-
Kristina Podnar, an advisor, digital-policy consultant and author of the new book, The Power of Digital Policy: A practical guide to minimizing risk and maximizing opportunity for your organization, offers the following comments about the most recent Facebook gaffe. She will tell you:
"The recent news that Facebook app developers leaked millions of user records might feel a bit like Groundhog Day. Of course, there was the Cambridge Analytics scandal last year, but we also saw Facebook’s September acknowledgment that 50 million user accounts were breached. This should set off alarm bells to us all. Moreover, this is a wakeup call to every business, in the U.S. and around the world, that data privacy and security is critical and needs to be addressed by companies more comprehensively and maturely. Sound digital policy, or guardrails, on what should and should not be done with user data and inculcating these policies and practices internally can curtail a business disaster. Most importantly, as I have found in twenty years as a digital policy consultant, digital policies can be a competitive advantage, building trust with users by making the appropriate investments and doing the right thing, and driving bottom-line benefit by streamlining operations, liberating employees and unlocking opportunity."
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Bryan Miller and School for Good Living selects Education Services LLC to enhance Life's Best Practices coaching program
Bryan Miller's innovative 36-week course and online learning platform improved through learning engineering
Education Services helped us quickly improve our product and we learned a lot in the process.”
— Bryan Miller, Founder of School for Good Living
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, UNITED STATES, April 4, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Education Services LLC is proud to have been selected by Bryan Miller and his School for Good Living to enhance their revolutionary 36-week Life's Best Practices coaching program through enhancements to course content and the company's custom online learning platform.
Before this project began, School for Good Living (SGL) had already fully-developed the base content for their Life's Best Practices (LBP) program, and thoughtfully organized it into 18 micro-learning courses that parallel the chapters of Bryan's forthcoming book by the same name. The core content and instructional design of the program and courses was solid but the learning experience was too book-like and did not yet satisfy Bryan's vision for the program.
A member of the SGL Coaches Coalition recommended inviting Education Services to evaluate the program and apply principles of learning science and learning engineering to improve the user experience and participant engagement by enhancing the training content and learning platform.
"Bryan has dedicated himself to helping others find happiness and reach their potential. His Life's Best Practices online group coaching program is thoughtfully designed to reach as many people as possible. We are honored to work with him and help move his program a little closer towards his vision," said Steve Klingler, Founder of Education Services LLC.
Learning engineering is the confluence of learning science, learning technology, and instructional design. In practical terms that means going beyond traditional instructional design to include intentional consideration of human-computer interaction through UI/UX and modern learning technology, thoughtful application of data and analytics, and learning science informed strategies such as metacognition, integrated practice, immediate feedback, personalization, and gamification.
After consultation with Bryan and his staff, interviews with past participants and active coaches, and rapid iteration through design concepts and prototypes, Education Services presented a collection of recommendations to improve course design through integration of practice activities, knowledge checks, and by embedding the reflection and writing assignments within the lessons. Recommended improvements to the WordPress-based learning platform included: refinement of the login and dashboard pages with elements of gamification and personalization, persistent visibility of course progress and navigation, ability to review prior responses at any time, and the ability to increase or decrease font size and color scheme to ensure all users can engage the content comfortably on any device.
SGL retained Education Services to implement the recommended platform enhancements and enhancements to the first course, to serve as an exemplar and reference for use by SGL staff as they update the remaining courses.
"Steve and his team at Education Services were able to quickly evaluate our program and online platform, identify opportunities to improve the user experience and program efficacy for our coaches and participants, then used working prototypes to explain each recommendation. They helped us quickly improve our product and we learned a lot in the process," said Bryan Miller, Founder of School for Good Living.
About Bryan Miller and the School for Good Living (https://goodliving.com/)
Bryan Miller is the founder of the School for Good Living. He also serves as a board member and Executive Director of Culture for the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, created a Legacy Family Coaching program, authored "Behind the Drive" and written the soon to be published "Life's Best Practices" books.
The Life's Best Practices online group coaching program helps participants create a life of happiness, meaning, and contribution. Throughout the 36-week course, participants learn to develop clarity about their personal priorities and purpose, maximize productivity, and to appreciate and enjoy every moment of every day, love fully, and live well.
The 36-week online group coaching course is organized into three sections:
1. Power: Live with clarity about who you are, what you want, and why you're here.
2. Productivity: Do more, in less time, with less stress and more fun.
3. Peace: Appreciate and enjoy every moment of every day; love fully and live well.
For additional information about Bryan Miller and the School for Good Living, visit https://bryanmiller.com/ and https://goodliving.com/.
About Education Services LLC (https://www.edsvcs.com/)
Education Services LLC is a professional services firm specializing in workforce training and performance management through use of applied learning science and modern learning technology. Services include consulting, program design, creation of online and blended learning programs, learning technology evaluation and selection, and development and operations of custom learning platforms. The company supports learning systems running in private and public cloud infrastructure and AWS GovCloud.
Steve Klingler
Education Services LLC
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Patients with heart disease cut their risk of a second major cardiovascular event by 50 percent, if they take statin medication as directed by their doctor.
A lot of clinical trials have shown that statins reduce the risk of secondary outcomes, so it’s really important that they take these medications.”
— Heidi May, PhD, Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute.
SALT LAKE CITY , UT, USA , April 4, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new study has found that patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease cut their risk of a second major adverse cardiovascular event by almost 50 percent, if they adhere to taking a statin medication as prescribed by their doctors.
While that’s good news for patients, the bad news, however, is that researchers from the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute in Salt Lake City found that only about six percent of patients are in fact following the statin regimen given to them to lower their cholesterol, negating any potential cardiovascular benefits.
“A lot of clinical trials have shown that statins reduce the risk of secondary outcomes, so it’s really important that they take these medications,” said the study’s principal investigator, Heidi May, PhD, principal investigator of the study, and cardiovascular epidemiologist at the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute. “The surprising thing that we found is that so few patients, even within an insured population, just didn’t take their statin medication as prescribed.”
Results of the study were presented on March 16 at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in New Orleans.
In the study, researchers identified 5,468 patients first diagnosed with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease between 1999 and 2013. These patients received a statin prescription to reduce their cholesterol within the first 12 months of diagnosis. Researchers then looked at two things: whether or not the patients took their medication, and how many major adverse clinical events (stroke, heart attack, or death) they had over the next five years.
They found that patients with optimal adherence — who took their statins as prescribed at least 80 percent of the time — reduced their risk of dying or having a heart attack or stroke by nearly 50 percent. Unfortunately, though, only 351 out of those 5,468 patients fell into the optimal adherence category — which is about six percent.
Researchers also found that 25 percent of patients never filled their statin prescription in the first place, and 25 percent didn’t fill their second one.
Researchers think there are several reasons for non-adherence, including a bias against statins, concern that they’re already taking too many medications, worry about side-effects, the incorrect belief that after a few years on statins, they’re cured and don’t need to take them anymore, or they are just not that important.
The cost of the drugs is most likely not a factor, researchers say, since all of the patients in the study were enrolled in SelectHealth insurance, and the statins cost them only about $10 for a 90-day supply.
Dr. May believes the importance of taking statins could be lost in the abundance of information patients are given at discharge.
“During this time, patients most likely don’t feel their best, they’re probably scared about what just happened to them, and nervous about their future. They may not be able to process everything that’s happening and how to best follow up,” she said.
Dr. May added that the findings of the study should help caregivers see how crucial it is to ensure their patients who are being discharged understand the importance of the medication, and that continual education needs to be provided about the importance of taking their medications as prescribed.
“The patients should be asked about whether or not they’re taking their statin at their follow-up appointments, especially soon after discharge,” Dr. May said.
For the study, researchers from Intermountain Healthcare collaborated with The Medicines Company.
“This is important research to better understand the real-world treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and to validate the benefits of statins as proven first-line therapy and the challenges associated with poor adherence,” said Dr. May. “We appreciate our collaboration with The Medicines Company. They share our commitment to improving cardiovascular care for patients.”
Study funding was provided, in part, by donors to the Intermountain Research and Medical Foundation.
Jess Gomez
Intermountain Healthcare
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