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Risk Transfer & Understanding NYS Labor Laws with SterlingRisk

Join our webinar with seasoned insurance professionals Josh Weisberg and Michael Fleischer of SterlingRisk.

Nonprofit Compensation and the Transparency Pay Act

In this post, you’ll learn all about how the ongoing push for pay transparency can play into your nonprofit’s compensation strategy.

Guest Article: NY Solar Energy Credits

Escalating utility costs, generous incentives and an increased need for more sustainable energy sources have created a robust renewable energy industry in New York. While the best renewable energy plan for your business should be tailored to meet your individual needs...

Guest Article: Is it time for your organization to have an AI Acceptable Use Policy?

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to dominate the tech news, many individuals and organizations are utilizing AI systems to create content, automate processes, and increase their productivity. However, few (if any!) organizations have bothered to establish...

Guest Article: Ditching the Deductible: Cost Reductions through Creative “First-Dollar” Coverage

Plan design decisions impact costs for both employers and employees. Employers and their advisors can manipulate the levers of plan design to manage costs but these changes can also increase costs for participants, creating dissatisfaction and barriers to care. What...

Guest Article: Controlling Spiraling Cyberattacks: Understanding Today’s Cyber Landscape is Essential for all School Leaders

As we have seen in recent cyberattacks at schools, it is no longer a matter of if, but when your school may become the next target of ransomware, phishing, denial of service, or other cyberattacks. Understanding today’s cyber landscape related to the education market...

Guest Article: Keys to Sustaining a Professional Learning Program that Sticks

Today, a school’s success relies on its implementation of research-based and current instructional best practices. To improve student achievement and teaching practices, educators must also focus on integrating their own continuous learning in a sustained and...

Guest Article: Helping Schools Embrace Mindfulness

Mission Be is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to bringing mindfulness-based social, emotional and life-skills to students, youth, families and educators in order to create a more sustainable and compassionate world. Mindfulness is the practice of paying...

Guest Article: Mental Health Support For Students

Schools on Long Island are required to provide health education that must include instruction on mental health. Per the State Education Department, the purpose is to ensure that the instruction enhances student understanding, attitudes and behaviors that promote...

Guest Article: Has your School District Been Riding the Interest Rate Wave?

The Federal Funds Rate is the interest rate at which banks and other depository institutions lend money to each other, usually on an overnight basis. It is an excellent benchmark for short-term interest rates and investors use it to determine how local government...
Guest Article: Building Your Bridge to Monetization™

Guest Article: Building Your Bridge to Monetization™

Remember when you first started your business? Young, maybe a little naïve, willing to take the necessary risks, not knowing if success or failure was in your future. Fast-forward to today; you have built a successful company that has provided your family and others a...

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Guest Article: Contract Surety Bonds

Guest Article: Contract Surety Bonds

Bonds are required for construction projects when a government entity/municipality requires repair/restoration work or new construction to be performed on a property it has authority over. The government agency is referred to as the owner and in the case of surety...

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Guest Article: Writing Nonprofit Job Postings That Stand Out

Guest Article: Writing Nonprofit Job Postings That Stand Out

In Fall 2021, the National Council of Nonprofits conducted an online survey with the goal of understanding the workforce shortage currently impacting nonprofit organizations. The survey had over 1,000 respondents from all 50 states and found that: over 26% of the...

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Guest Article: Cybersecurity – Legal Expert Analysis

Guest Article: Cybersecurity – Legal Expert Analysis

Navigating the ambiguous requirement of ‘Reasonable Security’ measures while protecting personal information. Over the last couple of years, cybersecurity laws have commonly required that sensitive information be protected through the use of “reasonable security.”...

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Guest Article: Disposing Technology

Guest Article: Disposing Technology

What businesses should know about electronic data destruction and e-recycling to maintain data compliance, avoid a catastrophic data breach, and protect the environment. IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) is the process of retiring computer equipment and other IT Hardware...

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