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March: Bridge between Winter and Spring The month of March gets its name from Martius, the first month of the ancient Roman calendar. Martius was named after Mars, the Roman god associated with war and believed to be an ancestor of the Roman people through his twin sons Romulus and Remus. According to legend, Romulus founded the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom. Mars’s month Martius was considered the start of the season for warfare, and the festivals held in his honor during the month were paralleled by other activities held in October when the season ended. Until around 153 BC Martius was also the start of the Roman calendar year, and several religious observances in the first part of the month began as New Year’s celebrations. March is the first month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Europe, North America, Asia, and a section of Africa, and it is the first month of fall in the Southern Hemisphere, which encompasses South America part of Africa, and Oceania. One...

If you’re a teacher who has a premium  dry erase painted wall  in your classroom, you’ve undoubtedly been in front of it many times taking notes during a problem-based learning (PBL) session, drawing a diagram to supplement a verbal explanation, or simply listing the main points presented in a lesson. In such cases, your dry erase wall serves as an invaluable tool for recording and communicating ideas and images to your students in a large, easy-to-see format. Regrettably, however, the ways in which dry erase walls are used in the classroom are often not especially original or creative. Generating mind maps, writing lists and outlines, and making drawings and graphs are the go-to dry erase wall activities for most teachers and students during the typical school day. However, it’s possible to use this classroom staple in much more imaginative and unusual ways to enhance the process of teaching and learning. Here are six novel dry erase wall strategies for your consideration that can add...

What Kinds of Team Meetings Are Really Necessary? Unlike human beings, all business and organizational meetings are not created equal. When deciding on whether to hold a meeting or to use another communication strategy with your team members, you should first consider what type of meeting you need to host. In fact, a number of different meeting formats exist, i.e.  whiteboard wall meetings  and you can try various options if your present team get-togethers are not as productive and informative as you would like. Most meetings can be placed into a handful of general categories. The following are some meeting types that typically can’t be replaced with a different means of communication, such as an email or a phone call. Whiteboard Wall Brainstorming Sessions Coming up with creative ideas for product launches, new marketing strategies, company website content, and the like can be extremely challenging, even for those who are creative by nature. When team members try to think of innovativ...

Marketing Your Painting Business in the COVID-19 Environment The recent COVID-19 outbreak has caused major transformations in businesses and industries around the world. The need to adapt to the changing times has affected virtually every sector of the global economy. In the case of commercial and residential  painting contractors , the current environment offers many new and unforeseen opportunities to enhance company growth, brand recognition, and profits despite the hurdles faced in dealing with a slower economy, social distancing, the need to wear protective masks, and other issues. The following information is designed to help commercial and residential painting contractors market their businesses, preserve or improve their profit margins, and represent their companies as safe, reliable options for businesses, organizations, and private individuals to hire in the current COVID-19 environment. Build strong brand awareness of your company among consumers Develop a brand that leaves ...

Having a Dry Erase Wall in Your Classroom Can Change Your Life No matter what your experience as a teacher may be, and whether you teach at any level from preschool to college, in a private or public school setting, applying top-quality dry-erase paint to your classroom walls can significantly change your life as an educator and also the lives of your students as learners. From doing daily lessons to brainstorming ideas for class projects to creating storyboards for the upcoming class play, the immense, durable, and easy-to-use surface of a dry-erase painted wall allows for infinite levels of personal and professional transformation. Many Teachers Find Their Classroom Walls Need Serious Upgrades On your first day at your current school, when you entered your classroom for the first time, you no doubt looked around and had a variety of first impressions about the room’s interior decor, ranging from “That looks good” to “Wow, this really needs some improvement!” Generally speaking, the a...

Whiteboard Paint Reduces the Need for Electronic Devices Of the many environmental benefits of applying ReMarkable dry erase paint, one of the greatest is that it reduces the use of electronic products such as tablets and laptops, which generate an enormous quantity of waste that has devastating effects on Earth’s environment. As the amount of e-waste dramatically increases year by year, solutions for its proper recycling have lagged far behind. Although it is essential to give e-waste items to a certified recycling company that meets strict requirements for handling these materials, many individuals and businesses fail to do so. Their old electronics end up in landfills, producing toxic results for our air, water, and soil. The main hazardous substances to be found in discarded electronic products are lead, mercury, cadmium, zinc, yttrium, chromium, beryllium, nickel, brominated flame retardants, antimony trioxide, halogenated flame retardants, tin, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and phtha...

Hosting an Effective Meeting with a Whiteboard Wall Holding a successful business meeting is a bit like landing a space module on the planet Mars. Keeping track of the seemingly infinite variables involved in the process appears hopeless, and conducting the perfect team gathering never seems to work out quite as you had planned. But unproductive company meetings aren’t as inevitable as they may seem. With the right communication tools and a touch of inspiration, you can conduct the meeting of your dreams every time you and your team members get together. One such communication tool is the premium  whiteboard wall , which offers a highly durable and virtually endless space for presenting facts, expressing opinions, and coming up with creative ideas for product launches, marketing schemes, and the like. Make meetings a team activity To have your meetings become more than personal lectures by you, the organizer, it’s a good idea to take regular advantage of the distinctive viewpoints, exp...

Balancing Job Duties and Daily Life in the Work-from-Home Environment Working from home can be a daunting experience, even for long-time telecommuters, and it often requires a period of adjustment to develop a productive daily routine. In the work-from-home setting, distractions invariably come up throughout the day, so balancing job duties, health, family, and personal interests can seem impossible, and the boundary line between work and personal life can easily become blurred. In the current global environment, most people lack the time to make an easy transition to working from home and planning an organized home work schedule, with pressure from household duties being high and timelines to finish remote projects short. Many who work remotely also have to care for children or parents, creating a situation in which people are doing two jobs at once. This can lead to burnout if telecommuters don’t take the time to focus on their own needs and plan their lives efficiently. With the wor...