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How AI Can Help Universities Boost Student Performance And Improve Retention

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For example, Georgia Institute of Technology deployed an AI-powered chatbot named “Jill Watson” to complete the automatable tasks of teaching assistants, including answering students’ questions on a messaging board.

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31 Great Ways Universities Are Using Google+

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Georgia Tech College of Sciences regularly shares great news about successes within the university community. At Georgia Tech, students use Google Plus Pages to promote the latest updates on their research journal. Faculty, staff, and students can collaborate and share as a group with the use of Google Plus Hangouts.

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Are You Hiding Behind Your Business Name?

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Even if you aren’t a corporation or an LLC, your state government may have rules about what business name you can use. If your name is John Smith and you run a business called Smith House Painters , then you’re using a business alias (also known as a “trade name”). Why Have a Business Name? Why Must I Register?

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Going Bananas for a Well Selected Name

Mike Michalowicz

A powerful name does wonders. Recently, I went to a Savannah Bananas baseball game in, you guessed it, Savannah, Georgia. Now, I’m not going to downplay the significance of how the event is run and all the efforts of the team, but this phenomenon was no question sparked by a powerful name. Names matter.

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Rediscovering Atlanta

Jeff Hilimire

What’s fascinating to me is all the names that, if you live in Atlanta, you hear all the time but you really don’t understand the historical context of them. Even how the name of Atlanta came to be. Originally Atlanta was named Terminus and then later changed to Marthasville (named after Governor Lumpkin’s daughter).

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Skyrocket Productivity with Xebec

Austin Startup

Another study conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology showed that employees were able to complete tasks 2.5 Theories are great, but do scientific studies support this? Turns out, they do. This study published by Fujitsu Siemens Computers discovered three monitors increased productivity up to 35.5%.

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The Secret Sauce Of Start-Up Success

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Can a competitor’s product name be easily substituted for my company’s brand? Wain Kellum is CEO of Atlanta, Georgia-based VoIP service provider Vocalocity. As you develop your value proposition, think about the following questions. If the answer is no, it’s time to go back to the drawing board.

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