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December 3 2013

Chesterfield Fire & EMS Solves Its Training Challenges with…

The Chesterfield Fire and EMS Department, located in Virginia, is a combo department comprised of 487 career staff (including 207 ALS Providers) and 300 volunteer personnel, all of whom are, at a minimum, certified as EMT-Basics. Serving an area of…

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July 15 2013

Improving Employee Productivity With More Informed Management: Dan Ariely’s…

Dan Ariely has one PhD in cognitive psychology and another in business administration. He’s the James. B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. He’s also got appointments at the Fuqua School for Business, the Center for…

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May 14 2013

Police Department Sees Quality and Efficiency of Training Elevated…

The North Attleboro Police Department in Massachussetts is maximizing TargetSolutions’ online training management system to streamline the delivery of training assignments. Serving approximately 30,000 residents in Southeastern Massachusetts, the North Attleboro Police Department is responsible for providing quality police services…

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January 29 2013

Atul Gawande’s “The Checklist Manifesto”: All About Checklists

We’re big fans of the surgeon and best-selling author Atul Gawande here at Convergence Training. And we’re also big fans of checklists, which are very useful in several manufacturing contexts, including operations, quality, and safety. So you can imagine how…